I've thought about this more, and would still pick ...

Fixed Blade ... Swamp Rat RMD
Folding Blade ... Spyderco PM2

...the OP didn't say wouldn't couldn't have an axe or hatchet wink therefore my fixed blade doesn't have to be huge.

Its not the size of the knife ... its how long you can use it in the field.


JYD #123 The great one formerly known as Architect.

I am now a fictional British television police officer (currently a Detective Sgt) at Thames Valley Station. My governor is Detective Inspector Fred Thursday and it’s 1969.