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

Discussion in 'Blades' started by Maximus Stomholde, Feb 1, 2015.


  1. Mine are :

    #1 Gerber Gator Machete
    #2 Light My Fire Swedish FireKnife
    #3 Smith & Wesson SWMP5LS M&P Linerlock Knife

    Post yours below.
     
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  2. KAS

    KAS Monkey+++

    i have a mora in every bag
     
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  3. oldawg

    oldawg Monkey+++

    At least Mora and Kershaw camp in each.
     
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  4. RevJammer

    RevJammer Monkey+++

    In my bag or on my person, is my CRKT Drifter (my daughter just got me this for my birthday recently), Condor Bushlore, and a SOG Fixation.


    RJ
     
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  5. DarkLight

    DarkLight Live Long and Prosper - On Hiatus

    Looking for a new pocket folder, thinking either Kershaw or CRKT. I am very seriously considering adding my @Bear machete to the bag in my truck.
     
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  6. Yard Dart

    Yard Dart Vigilant Monkey Moderator

    What is my favorite.....well it really depends on what job I have for it to do ;)

    My second answer would be, anything that our own Iron Monkey @Bear has made !!! I have one of his tool's in each rig in our GHB's.

    My daily carry is a Camillus folder.....9'' Carbonitride Titanium® Cuda® Folding Knife with Quick Release and G10 Handle.
     
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  7. ghrit

    ghrit Bad company Administrator Founding Member

    Camillus electrician's in my pocket, K-Bar in the pickup toolbox, machete on the tractor and a Bear special to grab no matter which way I go.
     
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  8. Brokor

    Brokor Live Free or Cry Moderator Site Supporter+++ Founding Member

    all_blades.
    1. D.L. original custom fighter, cpm154 steel
    2. C.R. custom mini skinner, D2 tool steel
    3. Rapala folding fillet knife
    4. Cold Steel Trail Boss, with my own customizations
    5. Mora Companion/Clipper with custom sheath
    6. Mora Light My Fire
    7. Mora 546-G Utility
    8. Estwing hand axe
    9.Browning take down buck saw

    Now, I wouldn't take all these in one go. For example, I would not take both axes and maybe only take two Mora knives, not three. I just wanted to show some of the variations in choice possible. The title of this thread is "weapons", and the only blades above I personally would prefer to use as a weapon are the Llewellyn fighter, and the axes. However, I could go with one other option I have considered:
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    Oh yeah, the Cold Steel Gladius (machete) is certainly more of a sword than a machete.

    Of course, for some folks, size and weight (especially on a bug out) are critically important. For them, there is the Tomahawk...

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    But, perhaps you don't like tomahawks, and maybe you just want a smaller machete that is tough and durable and will basically chop through anything you throw at it....but does such an instrument even exist?

    I think it does. One of Bear's own creations....
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  9. KAS

    KAS Monkey+++

    brokor if i were u ...i would be carring that one @Bear made on my hip or back {crockidle dundee style} all the time ....
    U better not disagree... we are on a role here!!!
     
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  10. Bear

    Bear Monkey+++ Founding Member Iron Monkey

    LOL... Thanks for the kind comments @DarkLight @Yard Dart @ghrit @KAS and thanks for the pic... @Brokor always nice to see pics of the "orphans" and happy to hear they are finding their way into a place in your gear ;)
     
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  11. mikeh53

    mikeh53 Monkey+

    In pouch on my side, Letherman super tool, Line man's sisers, & letherman parana tool,
    On my keys. Letherman mini,
    In mymwallet... small folding guber

    In each bag, Mora, and guber machete,

    in truck tool box, Hatchet, & tomahawk (cold steal), double bidder axe

    All are... sharp!


    Enough I think
     
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  12. stg58

    stg58 Monkey+++ Founding Member

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    35 year old Buck 110 a dog decided the pouch was a chew toy but the knife is still going strong.

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  13. MountainMariner

    MountainMariner Clearly Ambiguous

    My favorites:

    -Australian Military machete, by far the toughest machete ever made.

    -Gerber Mark I, dagger.

    -Spyderco Atlantic Salt, will cut just about anything, quickly.

    -Havalon Bolt and a Benchmade 162 Bushcrafter for game
     
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  14. Georgia_Boy

    Georgia_Boy Monkey+++

    I have a 1943 USMC machete that was carried across most of the Pacific by a friend's Dad. I also carry a Cold Steel Kukri, a 1972 Buck 110, and a Mora Clipper.
    GB
     
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  15. NotSoSneaky

    NotSoSneaky former supporter

    I'm a big fan of Case knives. The Trapper on top is the one I bought on the base PX back in '74. I've "lost" it several times in the past 40 years but somehow it keeps showing up. About 5 years ago I found a vintage Case Trapper in excellent condition complete with the fancy sheath at a local gun show. I'll admit the new-to-me one on the bottom spends more time on my belt than in the BOB. I prefer the Case Trapper because it has two distinct blades each has it's uses and with two blades I can keep one reserved so it remains sharp.
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    The K-Bar spends most of it's time in the pack waiting patiently to be called up for use.
    K-bar useful for medium chopping and batoning for splitting larger wood.
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    Molle gear, sidearm and boolets go in a different pack. [tongue]
     
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  16. AxesAreBetter

    AxesAreBetter Monkey+++

    Bear makes pretties. Neat.

    I swear by a Mora Companion. Love Puukko. Always pack at least a tomahawk with me. Looking into some larger knives and daggers that will hold up, and suit my needs.
     
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  17. madmax

    madmax Far right. Bipolar. Veteran. Don't push me.

    Wetterling axe, GB hatchet, Custom Kukri, Mora #2, Opinel, and a Corona saw.

    Seems like a lot... until you spend some time out there with less. I guess I could be good with the saw and kukri. Maybe I'll try that next fall...
     
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  18. vonslob

    vonslob Monkey++

    It depends, I do not have a dedicated bug out bag, but a bag that the contents change on the circumstances. So it might have a buck 110, a sog field pup, a buck 119, different types of swiss army knives, a leatherman or sog multitool. If the situation was to arise where I would be leaving my house, the destination is well stocked with all kinds of cutlery. In the truck a cold steel bolo machete, corona folding saw, and an eastwing hatchet are waiting to be used. My choices of what I am carrying are plenty. I have four pairs of shoes, almost always wear carhart t-shirts, three belts, one for dress, one for work and one for everyday, but I have tons of knives and different types of sharps, I could go the rest of my life and never have to buy another knife. My want list of knives grows weekly and will never be sated. When I was a child I was knife deprived and that unfortunate experience has turned me into the knife fiend I have grown into. Mothers do not let your children grow up to become a knife fiend like myself, make sure you sons do not grow up knife deprived or they will become knife depraved like me. :(
     
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  19. fyrmanswanny

    fyrmanswanny Monkey

    Eric Luther Knives custom made bush craft knife. 4.25" long 2"wide blade, 9" over all, 1/8" thick. CRKT M16 folder. Abiqua Hunter skinning knife and a Fremont Knives, Farson Blade. Sawvivor folding saw. Still deciding on the hatchet/axe I want to add.

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  20. Line Dawg

    Line Dawg Monkey+

    Mora Companion, multi tool and an Ontario RAT5. image. image. image.
     
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