Actually Buying the Best Big Survival Knife 

Better yet, Joe Flowers takes both Seth and Thomas on a trek through the Brazilian Rain Forest. That'd be an AWESOME show!

YES.

​@@random_eskimo_in_the_rockiesI second this motion! Seth and Thomas in the Amazon!

Yessss!

@@knifecenter that would be awesome .

That's a good survival knife just might have limitations but still very capable. Buck makes very good things and has a very good warranty.

That knife is priceless. I have a 1980 Schrade LB7. I'm now in my 60's and still think its a great knife. My son will get, and other more expensive ones, but that old folder is special.

@@mikehigbee2320 Its the one you have with, so always treat it right. The knife isnt so much the issue. Knowledge and skill and experience is how you make it thru. You can find a river or fteek bed and a good shiny or smooth rock, bteak it with anither rock, and you have a cutting edge.ive done that few times just to test Did one thin and sharp. Another with fat break but edge good ekough for rough work.

I'm having trouble picturing that in any way that sounds comfortable...

Wow. I do basically the same thing to certain fixed-blades to have a more versatile carry and to get outa my way when forced with climbing rock obstacles. Ive got "loops and line" on several fixed-blade rigs, and i just like it. Starting doing that 40-something years ago, and still do when i go thru certain terrains.. i've been messin about in forests and tough terrains for over 50 years. I respect whatever knife i use, found out not to chop with my field knife like this fella has been saying. Get a small saw or hand axe. Treat 'em like your best girl. Ive used the same field knife over 40 years, and, as with any knife, i dont try to see if i can destroy it like some do. I try to respect whatever limits it may have by having amother tool if plausible that suits heavier tasks. I've never truly believed in "only one knife" principle. Through the decades, ive up to 4-6 knives for different tasks, plus short machetes, and sometimes a hand axe, not on a regular basis. Sorry to ramble. But glad to see someone else use the "loop and line" on the knives. Safe travels. Huckster

Blade hq "DILBERT"

Who's the Blade HQ punk? I stopped paying attention to BHQ's videos after Ben moved on.

@@DEVGRUnotST6 George AKA DILBERT, every once in a while I make the mistake of watching till I'm ready to scream

@@billvan5219, I got curious and watched a couple minutes of a video with him. I can't put my finger on why, but he immediately rubbed me the wrong way.

ya... Blade HQ dodo boyyyy... i hate that fake guy

I have a bunch of blades made from it myself. Small black Smith, friend, and I can't say enough about them. His artistic ability to make the weapon/tool to fit what I wanted, and the durability of them is insane. At first I bought them to have them in my collection and one for use, now I have many to pass to my children, I can't see many blades holding up like they do and if my kids need a blade i want it to he something I trust for them as well, not to mention each was made special for each one of them , with touches that fit their personality.

@@beentheredonethat5908 Yeah, 9260 is great for making strong, tough blades. The only real downside to it (as long as you don't need it to be stainless, but even then 9260 isn't that bad with rust) is that the large amount of silicon means forging 9260 is somewhere between very difficult and almost impossible. If you're going to forge a blade rather than grind/stock removal a blade, you're better off with one of the simple 10xx series steels, or better yet, something like 80CrV2. However, for just grinding out a tough, dependable large blade, 9260 is great stuff.

Are you mistaking 5160 spring steel?

@@ap0lmc Certainly not. 5160 is similar, yet very different from 9260 at the same time. Chemically, 5160 has small amounts of chromium, while 9260 has none whatever. However, the big difference is in the silicon. While 5160 has a very small amount on silicon, 9260 has significantly more. The higher levels of silicon are a real impediment to forging. In addition, 5160 is much more forgiving in the heat treatment. With 9260 it's much harder to get a good quench and temper. APOC and Cheness are about the only producers who consistently get good HT with 9260. Much of Asia (especially Nepal) not to mention the rest of the world is filled with smiths getting marvelous performance with 5160.

@@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies thanks. What about Cheness swords are they any good? Some people said they're inconsistent and others love them. I heard they're out of business.

Pity you did not consider the CS Trail Master! I have one and it excludes two important aspects. The cross guards are fine and my San Mai III version does not corrode and is super tough, full convex grind. It's a superbly balanced knife (like the Survivalist)! Check it out - but I warn you, you might just end up buying one!

@@dennisleighton2812 you have the SanMai version?

Bark River has some big issues not to long ago. Labeling steels wrong if I remember correctly.

Absolutely. I can't believe people are still buying 1095 knives at these prices. Ka-Bar should be making the Beckers in 3V or something by now.

@@TheSpoovy lol casual

@@TheSpoovy And yet Becker keeps selling huge numbers of knives each year, not to mention the THOUSANDS of 1095 knives sold by Esee and Tops. Why? Because there are a lot of people out there who either work or play hard with their knives, and we know we can depend on an expertly heat-treated piece of 1095 to do what it's supposed to: cut and cut and cut while holding together under abuse. I'm a teacher in a small ranching/farming communities in the high Rockies. I have students who come in to class after pulling in hay loads or shearing sheep still carrying a Tops BOB or a BK16 on their belt because they forget to leave it in their truck. They come to my class first because they know they can leave it with me and pick it up at the end of the day and I won't turn them in (yes, the assistant Principal knows I do this.) We've got plenty of kids who join the Army or the Marines, one of the most common gifts is a BK7. Nothing wrong with simplicity.

Same goes for cold environments if you live where that happens the rubber helps

I’d go with the T6, but yes I too was very surprised to not see a Lionsteel in there!

I see what you guys mean. But ofcoars, it's tough to get all the favorites in there. Likewise. How isn't the TRC's apocalypse in there?

On your journey, do yourself a favour and make a turn towards Japan. That's where the Cold Steel Trail Master (San Mai III version) is hand-crafted in a full convex grind blade. It'll knock your socks off!

Thanks for the comment. I've wanted to add to that part of my collection (fixed blades), and that's a nice tip! Thanks again!

While I did go with an BK7 and did go with the scale upgrade and really liked that combo, but when I went for a bigger blade, I went the same way you suggest and really am pleased and highly recommend it .

BK9 AWESOME KNIFE IF I HAVE TO PICK ONE THIS IS IT ,THE DO IT ALL AND THEN SOME

Todd, sorry mate, the Junglas is way bigger than the BK9!

@@dennisleighton2812 Junglas II, 88.75 " - close enough for me !

Spend some money on having an experience with a knife you already have! Make some memories, take a course.....I also use and collect knives. Just my opinion

Skip all the others and just go straight for the TM San Mai! I love mine! I had Rob Evans (Wales, UK) make me a stunning leather dangler sheath for it! Proud owner.

​@@dennisleighton2812he already got the others! 😅 Now he'll leave all the others at home!

I would definitely like to see those videos too!

I imagine Seth lives in Virginia, not Alaska. 🤣

@@gamallsdokkalfs7253 its a "survival knife" those are survival tasks. I want to know how that knife fulfills the tasks required of a true survival knife.

You're asking for Bushcraft skills, not for good tools for bushcrafting.

@@logangodofcandy No I am asking for survival skills if you were in a plane crash and had to survive for an unknown amount of time till rescue came.

You could just get a red headed stepchild for that

After using my CS Trail Master, I also don't understand that either, Krefcenz The other day I used my TM to do some extensive clearing out around a tree in the yard with tons of chopping/cutting and with far less fatigue than my previous wood-handled chopper. It was a sheer delight to use.

I'll answer for Seth here. Sometimes, counterintuitively, rubber handles can have TOO MUCH grip, which can actually cause blistering under some heavy or prolonged uses. -DCA

@@knifecenter Hi DCA, Yeah, I've seen you mention this before. Well I'm 75 years old, and do very little work with my hands, so they are pretty soft. I recently tackled two linden trees to cut away the thick growth around the bowl, where there were hundreds of suckers proliferating. We had a very wet winter and we sort of left them a bit late so they were quite tall, over a metre). I chopped them all out and in most cases cut them in half to fit the leaf bag. I also cut out some brambles into the bargain. After all that there was not even the slightest hint of a hot spot or blister formation. I was not even wearing gloves. My trusty TM came through with flying colours! I'm not sure what one would do that would require harder/longer work but this is possibly a guideline from which to start. For example, if I was doing hard chopping thick branches into shorter bits it might cause injury. But then I wouldn't be using a knife, but a saw! Right tool for the job. Thanks DC for taking the trouble to respond. Appreciated, as always. Cheers mate.

Anyone who actually knows what they're doing would be perfectly fine with a simple Morakniv & folding saw

yah, me too. My 21cm blade traditional Leuku, fulltang 12cm blade from EKA, and a Fällkniven folder with good edge retention in CoS steel. Then, if you want to chop down trees and logs, you use an axe and saw.

@@MB-jg4tr Don't think he mentioned saws

@@timtitus2532 he didn't, I'm just saying a small knife and a saw is way better than one big knife in a true survival situation.

@@MB-jg4tr true, very true.

My pick out of what he had on the table.