I got a new knife
I hold the personal belief that the knife is the single most useful thing ever invented by man. I also am of the mind that one should have a particular knife for a particular job. Now, sure, there are some great “utility” knives out there, suitable for a wide variety of purposes. That’s how I look at my CRKT pocket folder. It’s tough and it’s handy.
But it’s not really going to cut it (pun shamelessly intended) when I gut a deer. So I bought a new knife today. I bought a Gerber fixed blade hunting knife with gut hook. It’s nothing fancy, and wasn’t expensive. But it’s something I needed, and I’ve already taken it out in the field. Of course, it didn’t get any use, but it will.
I’ll give a full review with pictures after I have the chance to use it. Well, I might just snap some photos of it tomorrow and post them so you can see what it looks like. Preview: Full tang construction with a grip-friendly hard-rubber…grip. The blade is 4 inches long and coated with titanium. It’s sharp enough, it seems, and the gut hook is a nice feature that doesn’t stick out too much. The knife also came with a basic nylon sheath. It’s a nice knife, especially considering how much I paid for it ($22 at Wal-Mart). I’ll see how it holds up to some real use and abuse — I demand serious performace from my gear, which my wife says is just being too hard on it all.
I too firmly believe that the knife is the utmost important invention and you can never have too many. I am lucky enough to have an uncle that works at Gerber so he gives me things from time to time. I believe that you need a belt knife for most situations but pocket knives could do the task at hand just with greater difficulty. I have the Gerber Prodigy which is great. I’ve used it for camping and such but no real hardcore survival training but that will change over the summer. I also have the Gerber 06 Automatic which is an excellent knife. I just recently bought the Kershaw Outcast D2 which is another belt knife. I am quite excited to really test these knives in the field and if your interested I will get back to you on my reviews of these knives. Here’s the links of the knives so you can see what I am talking about.
The Prodigy – http://www.gerbergear.com/index.php/product/id/317
The Gerber 06 Automatic – http://www.gerbergear.com/index.php/product/id/62
The Outcast – http://www.m4040.com/Knifemaking/REVIEWS/FieldBladeReview-KershawOutcast.htm