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Okay, the days of Rambo are long gone. Unfortunately the Rambo type cheapo survival knives are still around. Now the rage in survival knives are long heavy machete type knives. So called survival guru’s swear this is what you need should you find yourself in survival situation. I’ve been beating around the woods for over 20 years and have never felt the need for a big blade. Of course, if I know I might be out for a few days, I carry a hatchet either on my belt or in my pack. No use in using a survival knife as a hatchet!

My favorite survival knife to carry when I’m going to be out for a few days is the Gerber Prodigy survival knife. This is a shorter version of the Gerber LMF survival knife, but just as useful, maybe more so in my opinion. The Prodigy comes with a nylon sheath that is MOLLE compliant. The blade is anodized and holds a razor sharp edge very well.

I repeatedly dulled it testing it by batoning wood blocks and it resharpened easily every time. I’ve had a number of Prodigy’s over the years, but this latest batch is my favorite.

The blade of my latest Gerber Prodigy survival knife has a half serrated edge near the hilt. At one time, I despised serrated knives. But over the years, they have became better and better and now I prefer them over a standard edge. You’ll find a lot of uses for the serrated section, mainly cutting small saplings and other materials that a smooth edge finds hard to cut!

I can’t think of many instances where I would want a larger survival knife than the Gerber Prodigy. Perhaps if I knew I would be placed on a deserted island for years on end without a hatchet, then yeah, I might take my Gerber LMF survival knife. But then again, I’m not so sure because the Prodigy is such a darned useful survival knife!

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