What is a good Hunting/Survival knife to have for under 30.00 bucks?

I have graduated from two military survival schools and am now a survival instructor. Generally, it is desirable to have both a folding saw and a nice sharp knife in a survival situation to build your emergency shelter. If you were limited in space and could only have one - I reommend the Gerber Gator Serator.

This is a knife I had taken to one survival class and it worked OK for cutting small limbs to make a shelter. With a modest amount of polishing it can be easily made into a fast acting near gravity knife. The blade is perfect for skinning animals and the seratted part is extremely agressive - more so than any other knife I have seen.

I have always wanted to drop one of mine off with a knifesmith and have them install a gut hook - thanks for the question - it has reminded me to do this! For hunting - nothing beats a nice sharp 3-4" blade knife - with a gut hook. Some knifes have better gut hooks than others.

Look for gut hook that has a wide channel you can easily sharpen it with a ceramic dowel style sharpener. Small gut hooks tend to bind up with hair. Bigger is better.

Hope this helps.

My definition of a survival knife is one that you could peel bark, dig holes, sharpen sticks to make a lean-to of sorts, and, if need be, cut a tree down. This means durable, sharp, and not hefty. There are many gimmicky "survival knives" out there, but Ka-Bar will never let you down.

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