So, thinking out loud - you're on your own in the bush - seems you'd need a saw rather than a big-ass knife. Lots easier to cut wood with a saw than with a knife. Granted, a saw doesn't look as cool as a Crocodile Dundee knife.

You CAN use a knife to take down trees, chop wood, etc.

You can NOT use a saw to skin an animal or sharpen a spear.

Look up "bushcraft".

Anyway, Jerid makes solid knives. So do a lot of other custom knifemakers. Don't hesitate to shop around and ask folks' opinions. Warning: knives tend to multiply when you leave them near each other. ;)

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Oh, yeah, and sometimes a knife just calls to you and you have no choice but to answer:

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How true that is. I have two knives that I carry, one is a boot knife and the other is a very utilitarian folding knife, and yet I seem to have knives everywhere I look including that ammo box full of knives in the bottom of the gun safe.:eek:

Thats true for most cases but you may have had an axe with you as well, I don't backpack or camp as my job involves this on a daily basis and my knife or choice is a 2 foot Cutlass, similar to a machette but the blade has a curve near the end for a bigger sweet spot, they are a handy tool in the jungle, light, sharp and strong, great for killing snakes.
Finn