What are your favorite knives/edged weapons for a Bug Out Bag?

Busse ASH1 and a Scrapyard 1311 and there is not much I can't accomplish. Throw in a folder for cleaning under ,y fingernails and I would be all set..

 

Busse Combat Rare Fat Satin Ash-1 Black canvas - Black Canvas


Scrap Yard 1311 mini review. what a beast!!!!



The above are a bit pricey for the health of my bank balance, I'll just have to make do with my machete and kfs set from back in the day with the green machine.





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I have bought a few knives of Trevor (knife hunter) but that ASH is a bit pricey. About 550-600 for a fat ASH1 about right. I think I have 13 or 14 of them now so I have a bit of an idea

The 1311 can still be had for 280 so so US.

 

Possibly the first of the ASH1s I would grab..

 

Busse:
1 of 100 SHBM
1 of a kind original Nuclear Variant SH - Jerry gave it to me when I retired in '04
Leaner Meaner
Other:
Gerber tool
Folding saw
MAYBE my 40 yr old Swiss Champ

Bob

 

That is a very nice cluster of Busses mate !!

 

Old Gerber Trailmaster Bowie
Kershaw Camp Knife + CRKT sheath knife
Kershaw Blur Tonto (EDC)

 

Lot to be said for having a both large and small blades handy ,
At some point the more heavily used tool is going to need sharpened ,and at the same time the demand is high for having a very sharp back up tool, at hand, as well.
I load my defenses as well. first round is for snakes ( in the desert) and fallowing rounds are for the more substantial threats.
Though my big Bowie is used for about every thing , meat and wood processing , because it is having alternatives is a wise back up system .
I am impressed with the carrying cary systems people are devising for them selves as alternatives to traditional on the hip. which means a knife can be as big or small as one wants and carried in any number of places .
Be creative and experiment with better ways to do things , think outside the box, away from what every one else is doing.
We live in a world of possibilities ,with new materials and fastening systems or fathers never knew.

 

2 blade box cutter.
Considering the damage single blade box cutters did on September 11, 2001 two blades should be twice as sinister.

 

All the bags have multiple blades, the only blade that made every bag was the one piece stainless steel scalpel.

 

I have one of those, as well as exacto knives which i used at work extensively .
One handle, and several spare blades, I sharpen under a microscope.
Things look very different there.
Each tool requires a different sharpness due to it's purpose .

 

Mora Companion, Bahco Laplander. I might have an ESEE Izula-II or a CRKT Hissatsu on me if it was TEOTWAWKI. I've been looking into other larger camp blades probably from Becker or ESEE/RAT.

 

Hissatsu is not high on my list, but I'm not that much of a jap blade fan these days. Switched out my laplander for a Sven saw, couldn't be happier.

 

Yea, I've been looking at backpackable bow saws to harvest larger wood for the winter. It hasn't been a high priority for me yet though, being in the high desert now wood for a camp fire is pretty scarce.

 

I carry them for crafting projects. Better for some size of things, or to define some shapes easier.

 

SOG Paratool - belt
SOG SEAL pup - belt
KaBar - I run it in the flap on the top of my 1916 holster
SOG Trident Tanto folder EDC - pocket
Hatchet - pack
Machete if needed on pack
Etool - pack

 

Um, were you questioning me with what I have survived with or what I wished to have when I survived with it?