Stranded In the wild,pick your survival Spyderco?

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Maybe a warrior?
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bh49 wrote:I think that Rock Salt would be even better. I hate myself that I didn't buy it, when it was discontinued and was sold for just a hair over $100.
I am seriously reevoluating my accumulation and probably after selling few more pieces I will award myself with Schempp Rock, just in case if I will ever get lost in a wild :) :D
I regret not getting the entire Hossom line when I could have (as well as a Rock Salt) from some dealers who were closing them out. I remember the Forester listing for less than $175 and the little Dayhiker for under $75. If I had to take a knife that I currently own, the Forager would have to be my companion.
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Southfork
Own: C81GPBN2 x 2
Wanted: FB30GP, FB37GGRP, C180GP, C10FPBN x 2, C11FPBN & FB35PBK and a C204MF most of all!
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I'd like the whole factory with me...

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xceptnl wrote:I regret not getting the entire Hossom line when I could have (as well as a Rock Salt) from some dealers who were closing them out. I remember the Forester listing for less than $175 and the little Dayhiker for under $75. If I had to take a knife that I currently own, the Forager would have to be my companion.
I love micarta on Hossoms. This was the only reason, why I bought one. I like it so much that I even bought Retribution later (one for me and one for my son. I hope it is big enough, so my son will not loose it.)
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chuck_roxas45 wrote:I'd like the whole factory with me...

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Don't you think that this will be a little too heavy for you to carry, if you stranded in a wild? :D
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bh49 wrote:Don't you think that this will be a little too heavy for you to carry, if you stranded in a wild? :D
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Of the ones I own I'd go Manix XL. Of the ones I don't I'd go bushcraft.
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Of the ones I own (folders only), I would choose the PM2, as it has held up to some serious use/abuse even. I have batoned quite a bit with it, and it works great for feather sticks and other general cutting chores. And S30V is actually one of my favorite steels in use by Spyderco.

If it can be one that I don't own, then the SouthFork.
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Of what I own, the Manix 2 XL s90v.
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It would be the knife you have on you. Today it would be the SAK farmer for me.
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akapennypincher wrote:Just one for survival?
Surviving being stranded in the wild of a desert, tropical island, northern forest, inner city, or where?

In a city, where I want to keep the blade out of sight, a Para2.

In the Desert, where there is little that needs to be cut, the Para2 again.

On an island, a fixed blade Salt in H1. Definitely NOT serrated.

In the Northwoods, something thick because it will likely be batoned through hardwood to build a shelter and fire. Right now, probably a Serrata, but it's hard to say because I haven't even held one, much less put it through its' paces.

My answers now, after doing a Primitive Skills class and actually living off of my knife, are way different than they would have been beforehand.
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Hard to say, but between my Temp 2 and my Rock Salt, I'm going Rock Salt.
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Survival in the wild, and only one, got to be fixed. Temperance 2 or Bushcraft.
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My PM2. (and a SharpMaker!)
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If only one, then I guess it would have to be a necker, because the only way I'll only have one is if the storm/accident/whatever stranded me must have ripped my pants off. If I'm wearing pants, I typically have around 5 Spydies on me :) .
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Just a plain-Jane Military in S30V.

I haven't used very many fixed blade Spyderco models so I can't give a qualified guess on a choice there.
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The one I carry is the Salt 1 so that would probably be the one I would have to use. If I knew I was gonna get stuck in the wild, I would have my PM2 cts-204p on me as well as my sharpmaker. :)
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Of the Spyderco's I own, the Street Beat.

If any Spyderco, the Bushcraft. O-1 steel plus flint/quartz rock=sparks. :)
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The one that I have on me.
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