my opinion? a 3 1/2 to 5 inch blade of drop point form or a shallow clip point with a decent amount of belly.
For a serious survival knife go towards the larger end with a blade 3/16-2/10 inch thick and a flat grind. Keep enough of a spine that you could use a heavy stick to hammer in the spine and drive the edge through/into bone wood to split it.
Hunting/utility smaller side with a bit of distal taper and no more then 3/16 thick but still over 1/8. Grind can be anything from flat to hollow but if you want to mess around with making kindling and the like keep the hollow on the shallow side.
Obviously you split the difference and you’ll have a pretty goo all around blade.
You could even go toward a 3 to 3 1/2″ full belly drop point form in 1/8″ thickness for a straight up hunting/skinning knife. Again I’d suggest a definite distal taper to the blade and a taper in tang thickness/width for balance.
Good luck with the bladesmithing! Expect to have numerous mistakes as you learn and I hope you have someone both good & helpful teaching you.
What Is The Best Hunting/utility/survival Knife?
Ive owned over two hundred knives in my life. Most of them fixed blade bowies. im gettin into forging and i wanted to forge a knife with all the best attributs roled into one.
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September 22, 2009
I don’t really see how one can use one knife for those 3 different duties……..My hunting knife will never be used as a utility knife… My utility knife, will never be used as a survival knife. And neither of the last two knives will EVER be used as my hunting knife.
My hunting knife is a Benchmade
My utility knife is a Kershaw
My Survival knife is a garage sale special “Rambo” type POS that I couldn’t care less about.
September 22, 2009
Glock 78 Field Knife. Practical size and very sturdy. Is available with saw back if you want. Comes with a locking scabbard that is easily released, yet has great knife retention. Relatively inexpensive, but not a cheap knife.
September 22, 2009
I’d sugest a decent multi tool, (not just a toothpick, but also not one that is three inches thick) and get a large, hardened steel blade that is a saw back blade.
September 22, 2009
Randall Made Knives
September 22, 2009
I don’t no about what knife is best but I like knifes made from Damascus steel.
September 22, 2009
it would take me weeks to teach you how to make the best survival knife possible.
