There are five main criteria of a knife Backup: utility, durability, reliability, weight and transport. Find a bag ready, slide up A & E will not occur. There are too many variables that are not included in MIL-SPEC solutions. You will have to bite the bullet and be ready to take a couple of dollars and spend some serious skull sweat to find a custom knifemaker can work with you to design and create what your instinct tells you is right for you needs.

A knife should be adapted to demand. It can be used effectively? Can be used for more than one goal? Ideally, it should be useful as a defensive or offensive weapon, able to do any work that requires an edge or point, and do so with minimal chance of loss or mechanical failure.
The knife should be able to withstand the abuse unreasonable. The knife has to be tempered, annealed, hardened and – depending on the material – but it is not treated, so it is fragile. If you do not want a panic when things go wrong.
Titanium is a good choice for a knife of backup material, particularly an alpha titanium, because it is non-magnetic, has a superior corrosion resistance and is inert in the human body, even when carried out in constant contact with the skin as a bandage or tape. continue reading…


