| The best fixed blade knife for survival is, of | | | | areas? A knife with a rubber handle is good to |
| course, whatever knife you have on you. You will | | | | have if you live near water because it will keep it |
| hear that mantra from almost every survival | | | | from slipping out of your hand if it gets wet. |
| enthusiast that is worth his or her salt. That being | | | | To serrate or not to serrate... Ok, so maybe |
| said, what do you want or need in a survival | | | | Shakespeare didn't say that. But that's only |
| knife? I am going to go through a couple of what | | | | because I don't think he had serrated knives back |
| I consider are the most important features when | | | | in those days. If you have the luxury of carrying |
| choosing your fixed blade survival knife. | | | | more than one knife I recommend carrying one |
| Where do you live? Does it get below freezing in | | | | with serrations and one without. If you'll only be |
| the winter time? Does it get extremely hot in the | | | | carrying one knife then I would recommend the |
| summer? These are important questions because | | | | serrated knife. Why, you may ask? Well, basically |
| believe it or not climate has an impact on the | | | | because a knife with serrations is like a jack of all |
| survival knife you choose. You don't want a knife | | | | trades. It's great at cutting things like rope and |
| with a metal handle in extreme cold or extreme | | | | you could use it to saw through various materials |
| heat. The skin of your hand can and will stick to a | | | | if you had too, but it still has a nice straight blade |
| fixed blade knife with a metal handle in cold | | | | on it that would be good at things like skinning. |
| weather. Or, in the other extreme you can grab a | | | | Whatever your choice be sure and do your |
| red hot knife in the desert and burn your hand. | | | | research. It is true that whatever knife you have |
| Not good when you're already in a survival | | | | on you is the best survival knife. But I, for one, |
| situation. | | | | would prefer a large fixed blade over a pen knife. |
| What if you live near the coast or in swamp | | | | Wouldn't you? |