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A survival knife is very handy in outdoor situations, either for survival or safety purposes. Each type of survival knives has distinctive specialized characteristics.

A survival knife normally has a smooth blade. It can be used to prepare foods and cut tree limbs. It can also have a hooked blade for slicing ropes and opening cans. The luxurious type has a matte finish to avoid glares.

A survival knife is a tool aid in outdoors, where the world is vast and danger abounds. Use it wisely to protect you from wild animals or strangers meaning harm to your life.

Hikers, hunters, and outdoors sports enthusiasts use their survival knife as utility knife.

A survival knife must have a strong fixed blade to maximize its efficiency.

The typical survival knife has a handle that is normally ergonomic to fingers for a better grip. The tip of the handle has a floating compass a supplementary emergency device. All other additional tools are kept inside the handle.

Several survival specialists recommend buying a durable compact survival kit and hunting knife instead of rather than a multi-purpose one. Other survival specialists say that a survival knife with a well-stocked handle is easier to carry as compared to having a knife and emergency kit separately.

Many retailers offer a huge variety of knives with different features, sizes, and shapes. The range of survival knives start from folding multi-tools, to huge blades with special steel.

A knife tang connects the blade to the handle. The two slabs of material are then connected to either side of the metal. Narrow tang types reduce the blade size as it goes in the handle. The handle will then become attached onto the narrower area of the knife. Narrow tang knives sometimes have a pommel connected to the handle.

Listed below are some types of survival knives:
- Victorinox 18812 Survival Kit – This attractive survival knife is ideal for hikers, hunters and outdoor specialists. It consists of the following:
- pressure pencils
- nylon strings
- two sewing needles
- two safety pins
- magnifying glass
- compass with spirit level
- distress whistle
- and the Swiss champ knife

The average price of this survival knife is 66.95 US dollars.
- 12 ¾ Inch Survival Knife with Sheath – It has a stainless steel blade. The end of the handle is unscrewed to reveal a handy storage compartment of all the supplemental tools attached. The measurement of this survival knife is 12 ¾ inches. The blade is 7 3/8 inch.

- Fallkniven Knives A1 Survival Knife with Zytel Sheath – This full stainless steel survival knife is ideal for cutting wood and ropes. It has other features that aid outdoor cooking, like opening cans and lifting off bottle caps. The blade measures 6 3/8 inches. The plastic handle is perfect for palm grips. It has a black nylon and Zytel belt sheath.

- GI Pilots Survival Knife – This knife is ideal for combat army and military personnel. It is made of stainless steel and plastic handle. It has a sharp blade that can cut wood, limbs and ropes. It is 10 kilos heavy. The average price is 59 US dollars.

Survival knives are some of my favorite knives. These knives are used not surprisingly as tools for survival. People that might carry one of these knives are hunters, hikers, or any outdoor sports fan, Pilots in case of crashing or if in the military being shop down. Basically any one that might find them self’s lost in the woods. Survival knives are normally on the thicker heavier side for the reason that you  if lost in the woods would have to use them for hunting.  If you are making a survival kit, people some times get a smaller lighter knife to save room for other things that might come in useful.

What we think of as a survival knife did not get in the picture until the turn of the century. Before then men would use knives that where more like if not butcher knives.  It was that way until a man named Webster Marbles came up with the idea of making the blade heavier. Making cross guards and pommels. These knives some what looked like a Bowie knife.

Later in WWII Survival knives where given to aircraft crews. To plains and helicopters so that if they got shot down and stuck in there craft they could cut there way of though the canopy. The navy also included them in there survival kits. Later the military tried to kill two birds with one stone by making the bayonets more like a survival knife. So the bayonet could be used as a field knife but also have the ability to attach to the muzzle of a rifle. A very good idea.

There are many features that a survival knife might have. Many of these knives are made with a serration on its back side. This is meant for cutting though thin metal. Some knives have a hollow hand where you can put things like matches or maybe something for first aid. These types of knives where made very popular by Rambo first blood. After this move came out there was a huge demand for these style knives.

There are many examples of fixed blade survival knives. There are also many other knives that are considered survival knives. Like multi purpose knives, machetes with cutting characteristics, knives that you put around your neck. So if you are going into the woods don’t forget to bring you survival knife because you never know what might happen.