With the improvement of living standards, the group travel has not met everyone’s needs, more and more people choose to hike alone to the outdoors, outdoor knife supplies is the necessary equipment for every hobby outdoor activities, there are a variety of knives on the market, do you know what kinds of outdoor knives? How do we choose a knife that is suitable for our outdoor trips? Here we will introduce you to the types of outdoor knives, and their characteristics.
Types and characteristics
1、Wilderness survival knife
Wilderness survival knives generally have the following characteristics:
First, full keel structure. Knife handle hollow, vigorous swinging may be loose and broken, folding knife force a large often break at the rivet.
Second, the blade length of 10 to 15 cm, this length as a survival knife is most suitable. If more than this length, cutting when the hand does not feel comfortable, and then longer, that is the opening knife, if you want to cut firewood rather than bring an axe or dog leg knife.
Third, single-edged. Double-edged knives are used for fighting, double-edged knife tip is relatively thin and thin, rough use may break, and double-edged in addition to fighting there is no special advantage to speak of, knocking the back of the knife felling survival skills can not be used.
Fourth, the thickness of the back of the knife should reach at least 4 mm, too thin can not afford to toss, the blade is easy to deform.
Fifth, the knife sheath. Must have a knife sheath, cowhide material is best, the knife sheath to be able to safely fit the knife, inverted or bumpy can not fall out.
Sixth, the handle material should be non-slip. Plastic handles are simple to maintain but easy to brittle in the cold. Cold areas should not use metal handles, otherwise the skin of the palm will freeze off. Hot and humid will not be suitable for wooden handle, wood is easy to moisture deformation.
Seventh, some survival knives with serrations, cutting trees is very sharp, but you have to consider, once the knife is blunt, no special sharpening tools such as sharpening sticks, there is no way to polish the serrations. Whether or not there is a serrated depends on personal preference and the environment to which you are going.
Simply put, survival knives must be full keel, single edge, moderate length and easy to grip in the hand. And the choice of survival knife should be changed according to the environment you go to.
2、Fighting knife
Fighting knife is the knife used when fighting, it generally needs to have the following characteristics:
1. knife type to comply with the double edge a tip, can make a variety of techniques, scratch thorn giant good on the line. Double-edged is to let the knife from both sides to cut through the muscle so as to stab deeper, while causing greater damage; tip is to maximize the advantages of stabbing, so by opening a false edge or even false edge to enhance the killing power is very necessary.
2. weight to be as light as possible, in the case of ensuring the strength, the lighter the better, the knife is light to swing up quickly, the speed of attack is very important.
The blade should be 4MM to 6MM thick, too thin strength can not be guaranteed, too thick is too heavy, it is best to ensure the strength of the premise to maximize the blade as thin as possible, so that the weight as light as possible.
4. The knife’s grip should be good, to hold firm, to have a comfortable feel, so more conducive to the play of the moves.
5. The knife body is best to be able to add tactical coating, so that when attacking at night will make the enemy defensive, if it is a steel-colored knife, then as long as a little light at night, you can effectively dodge according to the cold light, so that the purpose of concealment is greatly reduced.
3、Tactical knife
The general characteristics of tactical knives:
Tactical knife is also called tactical dagger, it a multi-purpose, can serve a variety of tactical tasks of military knives, not only to meet the fighting, field survival also need to cope with other chores. For example, non-conductive, hard, can cut hard objects, have a larger war use, etc.. Compared with the basic only stabbing bayonet and light and flexible dagger, more hacking, cutting, sawing, cutting high-voltage power lines and other functions. And the knife handle often comes with wilderness survival tools.
The development of tactical knives is because modern warfare requires knives to take on more tasks and arise, is a sharp weapon in modern warfare.
I believe that through the above introduction to the types of knives and their characteristics, you can choose a suitable knife with some help in the future before outdoor hiking activities. Outdoor knives, if we make good use of it, it is not only in our wilderness survival to provide convenience, or in an emergency situation to protect their own tools. We all know that anything with flexibility can bring us convenience. Only in familiar with the characteristics of the knife, we can choose a suitable knife. I believe the above introduction can help you in the selection of knives to play a certain degree.
