Survival Knife Review: The Swiss Army Knife Classic?

You'll go from: "Why do I need it?" to: "How did I get along without it?"

Calling a Classic a survival knife is quite a stretch, and I’d never carry that knife as my only survival tool. But it doesn’t matter where I am, or what I’m doing, if it is legal, I have a Classic with me.
The tiny knife has a variety of tools you will need, but that the expensive survival knives won't have. In and of itself, the Classic is an inadequate survival knife. But combined with a larger knife, the Classic will prove to be worth its weight in gold. Here is why you should have a Classic in every survival kit!

Survival Knife Review: Is The Cold Steel SRK The Best Survival Knife?

My old, worn Cold Steel SRK knife has served me well for two decades of hard hunting.

You Can't Compromise on survival gear quality, so  20 years ago, I invested in a Cold Steel SRK.

 For what I need, specifically, a survival tool that can double as a backcountry big game hunting knife, the SRK is perfect. My SRK  has field dressed well over 50 deer and been used on several elk. In one instance, the knife field dressed and quartered three deer without it needing sharpening. The handle never gets too slick to hold safely, no matter how messy the field dressing job gets.

 If I could only have one survival knife, which would also be used as a  field dressing tool for big game and a meat cutting implement,  it would be a Cold Steel SRK. Here's why!

How Does the Master Hunter Perform in the field?

The Master Hunter served me well through three elk.

Some survival equipment tests need to be done at home, but the bottom line is how an item performs under field use conditions. (To read the Master Hunter review, click here.)
For a hunting knife, that means using the tool while hunting.
But at the end of October, during an Oregon elk hunt, my group harvested three elk: a 5×6 bull, a spike bull and a cow. I got in on the field dressing whenever I could get to the kill site on time.
Over two days and three elk, the Master Hunter was used to remove several lower legs and quarter a carcass; quarter an apple; drill holes in the plastic sled we dragged meat out with; divide my ham-and-cheese sandwich in half and cut several pieces of quarter-inch nylon and sisal rope.  Read the rest of the Master Hunter field test update