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Survival Knives



Survival Knives: A very Useful Weapon



Let's start by defining what a survival knife is: These are knives with a Bowie hunting blade and they have a hollow handle, this hollow in the handle allows you to carry any other useful object in it for survival in emergencies.

Basically the blade of the knife serves as a tool for hunting, to prepare various foods, to cut the vegetation, some piece of trunk. The blade have a hook that is very useful for opening food cans or cutting a cord or rope.

In the handle as mentioned above you can store other very useful objects such as a compass that will serve to guide you in case you are lost, a needle that will be used to sew some fishing net, a camping tent or our own clothes. You can also store wires, a hook that serves to carry out fishing tasks, a flint stone (to light a fire and fight the cold during the night, cook or send smoke signals) or some tablet to purify water and have drinking water for human consumption. You can even store some first aid tool.

The survival knives are quite light and comfortable to load, but at the same time they are very strong and reliable; Its blade which is the most important part of this type of knife can be made of different high strength materials. .

Its blade has a certain degree of flexibility, which allows it to fulfill different tasks. They are widely used by military teams and great nature explorers. Although it is possible to find different models of survival knives, what is sought in each one is to cut and function effectively.

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This knife can save your life



When we go on an excursion we do it with the purpose of exploring, being in contact with nature and disconnecting from the stressful life in the city. We never go out thinking that something bad could happen to us or that we could experience some emergency situation.

A climate that changes unexpectedly, some fall, or disorienting and losing the way; Anything can happen and unlike what many people think these situations occur very frequently, so it is essential to always be prepared and equipped with a good survival knife .

If we need to spend the night in the forest or some other uninhabited place surrounded only by nature, we only have our equipment and skills, and part of that equipment is the survival knife , with which we can cut weeds to clear the road.

The first thing to do if we are lost is to look for a place to settle for the night. With our knife we will cut branches and sticks, to make us a refuge that can cover us from the inclement cold air and the weather, likewise we can collect dry branches and light a fire.

If the conditions are right and we are near a stream of water we can try to catch something and with our knife we ​​will clean it and put it to cook, otherwise some fruits canned food (if we have them) will suffice. We only open them with our magnificent tool, which has a suitable edge for it. It also can serve as a defense against a predator, or to cut a rope if we get stuck somewhere.

If it is necessary to climb or descend a cliff a survival knife will be very helpful, since we can nail it between the rocks to have a better support, remember that these knives are designed with great resistance and it don't yield easily.

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History of Bowie Knife



This famous knife , very popular thanks to films like Rambo, owes its name thanks to Jim Bowie, this character was a great adventurer and also a powerful landowner who owned cattle, very skilled and opportunistic in business.

He and his brother Rezin were lovers of knives and according to historical records these brothers bought multiple knives made by the best artisans of the time, even some of them still preserved as part of the story.

During the time of 1827 duels between the inhabitants of those territories were quite common, people used to always carry defense weapons and were prepared for combat at any time. Jim Bowie gave his name to the Bowie knives defending with one of them his life against the Troops of General Santana, according to the story on September 19, 1827 Jim Bowie was in one of the curves of the Mississippi river wounded by a bullet. He was attacked by his opponent who pounced over him and pierced him in the chest. Bowie sits up and pulls out his huge hunting knife to sink it into the body of his enemy killing him; Impressively, Bowie rises even with the blade that had been stuck in his chest and pounced on another of his attackers with his large hunting knife .

Bowie to the surprise of many recovered from the wounds he received in that terrible battle; the news of that duel quickly reached all corners of the territory; and as expected the story expanded the facts also did it with him.

Finally this story had its end in 1836, when Bowie and his men were fiercely attacked in the Alamo, finding death at the hands of more than three thousand Mexican soldiers.