M118LR
Master
To begin, everyone shall have a strong opinion and I'm not about to attempt to change anyone's opinions!
The top three references for this conversation shall be U.S. Military Manuals, Richard Graves "AUSTRALIAN BUSHCRAFT", and Mors Kochanski "BUSHCRAFT".
So the beginning of the Survival Knife can be traced back to the US Military and the Flyer/Pilot Survival Knife.
In the beginning the Military Survival Knife could be closely related to the Bowie. (I'm hopeful that others have photo's/collection pieces/experience to display/share)
Now Richard Graves once trained folks in the military with Bowie style Military Survival knifes in the arts of Australian Bushcraft. Then around Nam the Military adopted the AFSK/PSK A499 Survival Knife. ( https://ontarioknife.com/collections/classic-tactical-1/products/499-survival-knife) It wasn't until Mors Kochanski published his works that standards for a bushcraft knife became defined. (Chapter 3 BUSHCRAFT) Currently the Military Survival Knife system is the ASEK. (https://ontarioknife.com/products/a...3&_sid=65408aa9f&_ss=r&variant=31397358305366)
So when picking the pepper from the flyspecks, there is a strong difference between Bushcraft Knives & Survival Knifes.
The first noticeable difference is that a Military Survival Knife shall have a hand guard & Mors Bushcraft knife shall not.
A knife not used for stabbing has no need of a guard, and a guard distracts from many simple operations and prevents the use of a simple, secure, and deep sheath according to Mors.
Awaiting Y'alls insight, input, and opinions.
The top three references for this conversation shall be U.S. Military Manuals, Richard Graves "AUSTRALIAN BUSHCRAFT", and Mors Kochanski "BUSHCRAFT".
So the beginning of the Survival Knife can be traced back to the US Military and the Flyer/Pilot Survival Knife.
In the beginning the Military Survival Knife could be closely related to the Bowie. (I'm hopeful that others have photo's/collection pieces/experience to display/share)
Now Richard Graves once trained folks in the military with Bowie style Military Survival knifes in the arts of Australian Bushcraft. Then around Nam the Military adopted the AFSK/PSK A499 Survival Knife. ( https://ontarioknife.com/collections/classic-tactical-1/products/499-survival-knife) It wasn't until Mors Kochanski published his works that standards for a bushcraft knife became defined. (Chapter 3 BUSHCRAFT) Currently the Military Survival Knife system is the ASEK. (https://ontarioknife.com/products/a...3&_sid=65408aa9f&_ss=r&variant=31397358305366)
So when picking the pepper from the flyspecks, there is a strong difference between Bushcraft Knives & Survival Knifes.
The first noticeable difference is that a Military Survival Knife shall have a hand guard & Mors Bushcraft knife shall not.
A knife not used for stabbing has no need of a guard, and a guard distracts from many simple operations and prevents the use of a simple, secure, and deep sheath according to Mors.
Awaiting Y'alls insight, input, and opinions.