EDC Blades for Urban Survival
Being fully prepared for surviving the mean streets or the backcountry, the author packs blades accordingly!
Much of what I write is about wilderness survival. This time I want to stretch my usual definition of survival. The issue here is the EDC or the “every day carry” knife. Not a day goes by that I don’t pop a knife into my pocket before leaving home. My EDC is typically a light folder and such a knife has served me just fine for many years.
As an outdoor education and history teacher/coach for 35 years, I have used my knife in some unusual situations. For example, I once had to cut a student’s hair that got tangled in a figure eight descender while rappelling. I used a Gerber LST for that. Another time the game warden decided not to drop a fresh roadkill deer at my home, but instead he brought it to me at school. To the delight of some of the students and to the dismay of others, I gutted and skinned the deer with my SAK Soldier on the spot.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I´m a long time TK reader,and usually the first column I devour is Mr.Shechtman´Survival. I would like TK will publish a special number with a compilation of Mr.Shechtman´s articles (better if Mr. Shechtman write a Book,including -obviously -pictures of his travels ). Thank you. Regards.
Luis Gutierrez.
Santiago,CHILE.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
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