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Survival knife for wet environment

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#1 ·
I need a mid-length survival knife for canoe trips and other wet weather environments. Suggestions?
 
#28 · (Edited)
Mora makes stainless steel knives.
Then those models should have been recommended.

Mora makes fine knives for their purpose and price.


What they aren't, are quality knives with similar expectations of those seeking full tang, quality steel knives that can handle salt water, minimal care, batoning or anything else some folks EXPRESSLY looking for in a SURVIVAL knife. We get that you are NOT that person. Try to stay on point.
 
#30 ·
Then those models should have been recommended.

Mora makes fine knives for their purpose and price.


What they aren't, are quality knives with similar expectations of those seeking full tang, quality steel knives that can handle salt water, minimal care, batoning or anything else some folks EXPRESSLY looking for in a SURVIVAL knife. We get that you are NOT that person. Try to stay on point.
He said mid length survival knife for canoe trips and I suggested mora he's not an infant he can look at what model he thinks would suit him best. You need to calm down buddy not everyone is as hardcore as you.
 
#31 ·
He said mid length survival knife for canoe trips and I suggested mora he's not an infant he can look at what model he thinks would suit him best. You need to calm down buddy not everyone is as hardcore as you.
Maybe you could try and suggest something at least mostly relevant to the OP's request next time.
 
#33 ·
That is a very smart idea if it works. Could that cause any problems? Will it come off in really hot weather?
I have never had it melt off my car in the sun, my guns when I shoot them, or my knives that I treat the blade.

Over all, I would say the knife is the easiest duty for polymer car wax. For rifles, I only use it on blued hunting rifles, I don't worry about black rifles so much, but I assume it would burn off them in rapid fire.
 
#34 ·
Uhhh...carbon steel knives won't rust much with regular use and as they develop some patina they will become even more rust resistant.

I guess if all you do is leave it stuck in the sheath all the time its going to rust...but I get my carbon steel knives bloody and wet all the time. Wipe them off and move on. Put a drop of oil on it every couple of days. Its not rocket science. Stainless will rust as well...OK corrode. I have a little Bark River carbon steel knife I keep in my blind bag for duck hunting and that sucker has dressed hundreds of ducks and gets wet quite frequently. Has a nice grey patina from use and I don't worry about rust in the least.

Hell, my best kitchen knives are carbon steel and get wet daily and cut all kinds of acidic things and exposed to blood etc. Wipe em off, dry them and back in the rack...no oiling or special care. Nice patina no rust
 
#36 ·
+1. I have high carbon knives for outdoor activities. My ESEE 5 is pretty new and has been covered in blood several times, wet,etc. It works really well for some final cleanup of game. I have a small ESEE knife that I used for skinning and gutting small game. Same thing and no rust.
 
#39 ·
"Dive knives are 99% garbage metal and garbage tools." Probably - and I don't own any.

Remember the Sizzler ad with three shop girls walking down the street talking to each other:
1. I want a lot of choice;
2. I don't have much time;
3. I don;t want to spend much money. (you can have only two and not all three)

or
hiring a contractor:
1. you get things done cheaply;
2. you can get things done timely;
3. you can get a good job (but you can have only two and not three)

Nearly the same applies to knives, except I don't know of any knife that will not rust. I live near the ocean. Doesn't matter if I take anything metal (carbon steel, "stainless steel", aluminum) and leave it in storage. It will oxidize. Of course, maybe a titanium knife won't rust. Haven't spent the money Rust is simply oxidation.

I want a knife that never rusts, doesn't cost much, always remains sharp or is easy to sharpen.

Try gutting a deer with any knife and put it away without servicing the knife. Try it with preparing a freshly caught fish. Try wearing the knife in a leather sheath and having the sheath get wet. Rust, rust, rust.

Sadness - finding your shiny, non carbon Al Mar knife oxidizing and it hasn't been used.
 
#40 ·
"Dive knives are 99% garbage metal and garbage tools." Probably - and I don't own any.

Remember the Sizzler ad with three shop girls walking down the street talking to each other:
1. I want a lot of choice;
2. I don't have much time;
3. I don;t want to spend much money. (you can have only two and not all three)

or
hiring a contractor:
1. you get things done cheaply;
2. you can get things done timely;
3. you can get a good job (but you can have only two and not three)

Nearly the same applies to knives, except I don't know of any knife that will not rust. I live near the ocean. Doesn't matter if I take anything metal (carbon steel, "stainless steel", aluminum) and leave it in storage. It will oxidize. Of course, maybe a titanium knife won't rust. Haven't spent the money Rust is simply oxidation.

I want a knife that never rusts, doesn't cost much, always remains sharp or is easy to sharpen.

Try gutting a deer with any knife and put it away without servicing the knife. Try it with preparing a freshly caught fish. Try wearing the knife in a leather sheath and having the sheath get wet. Rust, rust, rust.

Sadness - finding your shiny, non carbon Al Mar knife oxidizing and it hasn't been used.
Knives made with H1 steel do not rust. Ti makes for a horrible blade material.

I've got two of the Spyderco Salt series that have been clipped on my deco bottles for 8 years and there is not a spot of rust on them. H1 steel is use hardened, it is not difficult to sharpen and most everything in that line can be had for under $100.
 
#42 ·
1. you get things done cheaply;
2. you can get things done timely;
3. you can get a good job (but you can have only two and not three)...
On rush commercial projects, I simply tell customers (and potential customers): "Fast, right, cheap. Pick two."
 
#61 ·
Just a note about the above. When I cleaned salmon with one in Alaska last year I noted that the handle on these things retain their grip even when they get bloody. I just got back from deer hunting and field dressed (aka gutted) a deer with one. That blade opened the sternum like a zipper. Very sharp, light weight to carry, impervious to the weather, easy to clean, very visible and hard to lose.
 
#45 ·
I like my Esee 6.
 
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#47 ·
Go buy a Lone Wolf knife or a Kershaw or a Gerber and be done with it, you should also look at Buck knives, it's been a while since I bought one but I really liked the one I bought, I still have it and that was 25 years ago when I bought it. It's still got an edge on it after all these years.
 
#53 ·
I think that the bench made river rescue, h1 salt, and Bahco are all good choices. Ideally, synthetic handle and sheath. Realistically, most any knife would be fine. Just use an oily cloth on them - I use mineral oil so don't have to worry about ingesting.
 
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