What kind of knife does cody lundin carry

It's not easy to mine your own ore and set up a forge to make a knife in the wilderness! And flint knapping is an art not easily mastered.

There's a good reason that aboriginals in the Americas quickly adopted steel and iron when they were exposed to them! Life in the long term without tools is difficult and everything is harder. But that's not always the case in the short term. What do you folks think? Is the knife the most important survival tool you can have or just another option that's nice to have but not essential? Moe M. Diamond Stone Posts: Academically speaking the question can be posed in several ways, and there would likely be a different response each time the question is worded a bit differently, my answer would be no, we all know that early man did a pretty good job of surviving without the benefit of modern tools, and for those early people survival was their daily challenge.

Unless one has been through a wilderness survival event it's not unusual to make mistakes when setting priorities and choosing survival items when assembling one's "survival kit", almost anyone that has been "tested by fire" will tell you that the most important tool that you carry with you is your mind, and if it doesn't have the proper knowledge and skill set to survive your situation, your chances of surviving are slim to none regardless of how many tools you are carrying.

Viewing or reading the teachings of instructors like Dave Canterbury and Cody Lundin are a great learning aid if you actually get out and practice what you've seen or read, just reading it and understanding the methods they employ aren't going to help you when you're caught in a survival event, usually, at least for most people who are caught unawares that they're in trouble until it's too late to turn back, the first thing they experience is panic, the mind stops working and falls back on past experiences aka training and practice , no experience, no survival.

There are other things that can also cause a mental shut down, a serious injury, a loss of core body temp will not only affect the thinking process but also impair motor skills, it's said that a person can live for approx. Every year we hear or read about some well seasoned hikers who go out with all the right equipment and because of an injury or some minor miscalculation end up becoming a statistic in some SAR log, most likely because they were never subjected to a true survival challenge, and when it came they weren't ready for it.

Back to the knife, no, it's not the most important item you can carry in your arsenal of survival items, but without it you're going to have to work harder at some things you'll need to do to survive, harder work means loosing calories you should be holding on to, sweating more than you need to, and making yourself more tired that you would be if you only had a sturdy knife that was up to the task. In my area of the country we have some pretty hard stone, usually easy to find along streams and old river beds, they are fairly easy to break into flakes that are extremely sharp, fixed to a split green limb with a bit of natural cordage they make a very serviceable knife or stone axe that can be used to cut shelter material, hunt with, process fish and game, or make a bow or hand drill set, it's a great skill to learn and a real confidence builder, but as much fun as it is to learn to make primitive tools, they don't come close to doing the work of a good quality modern knife or other woodsman's tool, so in my opinion, while a knife is not the most important survival tool in my kit, it's right up there in the top three.

In youth we learn, with age we understand. Good points Phadrus. You convinced me. Bics and BarcaLoungers. I have some admiration for those Northern boys who leave the sticker at home, and go about with an axe instead.

So much depends on where you are at the time ao. It's hard to say what is most important to have. A knife is one familiar, universally useful, and generally small enough to remain a constant companion that it always makes the list.

For its utility and the confidence it can inspire, I think a knife is the number one tool. If that mind is not strong enough to keep that body in shape- the mind is likely not much good on its own-. My short answer is "I want a knife if I am out in the woods or fields. Is it required? Of course not. A sharp stick will do some of the things that need to be done to gut an animal or bird. A sharp stick can be made with a stick and a piece of broken rock.

A broken rock of the right kind can be used to start a lot of the processes we use a knife to do. Pierce the skin to get your fingers inside and you can skin a critter with little more than two hands. A sharp flake of the right kind could replace most of what a steel knife does except create spark.

Friction fire methods would be in your future. Shelter is made by getting out of the elements. A lot of dead wood can be worked into pyramids or lean to's without the assistance of a knife.

Fire can be made with friction and a sharp stone flake can make a feather stick. In addition there are lots of materials in the woods that would not require a knife to harvest them. I am writing this quickly as we are off to church in a moment and it also written without benefit of much thought.

If something occurs to me while I am gone perhaps a modification of my initial thoughts will happen. Thanks for the topic, something to think about regarding what is probably my favorite thing to have with me all of the time. Sitting an church I thought about this a bit and am comfortable with what I wrote. My EDC when in town or walking around the farm most of the time is a Buck with the polyester handle.

It is light compared to the regular but the blade is the same and it is a very useful clip point design. I would not be disappointed to find myself in a survival situation with that but I would get by without a knife should I have to I like Madmax's idea of having a pot and a lighter a lot. A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. Mark Twain. I can get you a toe.

Is it a "big deal" in a survival situation? To ME, it is I can't stop my mind from going to a nightmare scenario where I am trapped upside down in a weight-loaded seatbelt in a sinking or burning airplane, not being able to release the buckle of the belt Even worse The only chance you got at a education is listenin' to me talk!

Augustus McCrae Good post, Phaedrus. I'm in the same camp as Moe. There is a saying, "Knowledge is power. So to me, the most important thing is knowledge. Know your area, know the value of its resources, and know how to utilize them. To "know" something is to be familiar with a subject, and the truth of that knowledge. That doesn't come from "book larnin'", it comes from doing I'm never without a blade of some sort, so it's a moot question for me. But I wouldn't put a knife at the top of any comprehensive list.

I've built my share of fires without ever unsheathing my blade. That said, and since the OP addressed "survival kits", I believe a knife should be robust enough to do whatever you need to do. In all the reference material I've found, one of the most worthless items, IMHO, is the typical "Altoids kit knife" and I use the term 'knife' loosely.

One would do better to cut the handle off a scalpel down and put that in their kit for first-aid purposes if nothing else, or select a razor blade. When I'm fully dressed, I do carry a folding razor knife in addition to my Kershaw Blackout folder. I use it for a variety of mundane tasks on a weekly basis. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes.

That would be boring. Try spending 30 seconds in my head. That will freak you right out!! I'm going against the grain here. On Pot and Machete's we boiled water in bamboo. BUT we cut the bamboo with a knife. We have a lot of water in FL. But drinking it raw is rolling the dice. What's new. Recent Posts.

New posts. Log in. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Cody Lundin knife. Thread starter mario Start date Jun 4, As I sat watching the last episode of Dual Survival, I noticed something. He has been using that knife for a long time. I think it has a dark patina on it as well? Very useful knives for sure! I think Cody is what we would call "low maintenance". You mean he never wears make-up? Joking, but really.

That show is great. Best survivor show out there! Those two will keep people watching. And the best thing is that they are people like us. Nothing special, but that makes it special if you kno hat I mean. He beats pretty hard on it sometimes and it is still going strong. As much as people poo poo the little mora 1 because of a lack of gaurd, rat tail tang, red color, blah, blah, blah, the truth lies in it's performance. Most of us, with typical use will never wear it out, even in some of the more extreme situations we may encounter.

That said I do have some very expensive knives which cut just as well as my mora. Sealegs Scout. I think both of them used Moras for neckers earlier on. Cody's just sticking with it. Dave did a youtoob vid on hos mods I seem to vaguely remember.

As it happens I was on Ragweed's website today and bought my first Mora knives. Not because of Cody but rather because of all the positive comments on this site about Mora. I had noticed Cody used a 1, though. This topic This board Entire forum Google. Welcome, Guest. Please login or register. Did you miss your activation email? Home Help Donations Login Register. Hello Lurker!

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