It’s quite possible this design makes obsolete the traditional rescue knife. Purpose built for emergency cutting of heavy cloth, webbing, leather, tactical nylon, and pretty much everything that will fit in the hook, the Model 5 of the Benchmade Rescue cutters is amazingly portable at just 2.2 ounces. And it small, taking up little room on your belt or LBE. Made of 440C steel, it is razor sharp and as Benchmade’s videos show, it’s quite capable of shearing apart all those materials with ease …

Here’s my knife collection. It includes: Gerber Paraframe Camillus 499 Pilot Survival Knife SOG SEAL Pup Cold Steel Recon Scout Wolverine Custom Machete Tremontina Machete I just sold my Camillus 499 to survival instructor Paul Tarsitano of www.savealifeca.com. I’ll miss it, but I know Paul will put it to good use. After all, how many knives do I really need? As usual, leave feedback and comments.

Which knife is better, the SOG SEAL Pup or the Camillus Pilot Survival Knife? They’re similar in size but differ greatly in weight and blade material. The Camillus is much heavier due to the awesome butt cap on the handle, and the SOG’s serrations are far superior to the saw teeth on the ASEK. The Camillus blade is 4-7/8″ long and is made of 1095 tool steel, which is easy to sharpen. The saw teeth on the spine work well on wire and nails, but fall short on cutting metal and plastic sheeting …

If you happen across an original 1960s era SOG Bowie knife and want to buy it, expect to fork over at least 00 plus. That’s because that combat knife is limited in number and had such a interesting life in combat with the Studies and Observation Group (SOG) in Vietnam. The SOG Knife Company’s success and expansion came out of their quality re-creation and marketing of this blade. This SOG Tech Bowie is a modern and worthy successor to the original. With AUS8 steel, beautiful and effective …