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Survival Equipment
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Do you know what makes a good survival knife? Do you
know what to look for and why? This article will go
through what you should be looking for when you choose
a survival knife for your wilderness survival kit.
Why do you need to carry a survival knife when you go
into the wilderness? A survival knife can be used to
cut parachute cord, create tinder by splitting wood,
create a spear by lashing the knife to a stick,
preparing any food you have brought or caught, plus a
whole host of other uses.
The best survival knife is constructed of one piece of
metal, to which there may be slabs of material
attached to form a comfortable handle. This does not
include folding pocket knives. This kind of
construction is known in the knife world as "full
tang" or "narrow tang". A good survival knife will
include a relatively heavy blade with a total
thickness of around 3/16 of an inch and a blade length
of about 5 inches. You don't need a "Rambo" knife as
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