Choosing a Knife According to Your Survival Needs

Even if you currently live in an urban area, you may end up facing both urban and wilderness survival challenges in the event of a major disaster. You need to equip yourself with a knife that can handle many different tasks, including field-dressing of wild game, cutting and processing firewood, scavenging supplies, defending yourself, and other tasks. You may also need bolt cutters and pry bars for urban survival and a saw and/or hatchet for cutting wood.

Key Takeaways:

To pick the ‘right’ survival gear, that includes a knife, it is important to decide whether you will primarily need what you use in the city or the woods.
If, for example your plan is to escape through the city and into the hills, you may actually need to prep for both environments.
If you are planning a wilderness getaway, the importance of a strong, survival knife can not be overestimated, as you will need to process and wood and game and build shelter.

“In the urban environment you are going to have lots of resources to scavenge. You will need a quality survival knife to take care of quick tasks like separating rusted pieces of metal or maybe even cutting straps or plastics.”