Just a thought, but your survival knife needs to be your can-do knife for all eventualities.. I'd much rather cut live power cables (remember survival= worse case scenario, including urban) with my S6 than my Badger Attack, as 240V (Britain) bl**dy stings when it zaps you! Micarta Busse Combat knives are tougher and more corrosion resistant, but that good old res-C helps keep electricity, vibration, heat and cold at arms length.. so to me are the winners.
I think I asked back awhile if Res-C is electroshock proof. We decided that it was still rather unsafe as there was still contact with the lanyard hole. I also believe that we never came to a final conclusion if Res-C was able to provide enough resistance to prevent electroshock.
If you put a survival knife in this perspective than only the LMFII would be the best choice. I wouldn't try with any other knife, other than an LMFII. I also don't see the point of cutting a live wire unless you're trying to evade someone. Something.... follow : "If it can bleed, we can kill it." (well I guess that works for someone, too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> )
However, for a wilderness survival knife which is what is most common associated with survival any Busse Kin with a 6 - 10 inch blade length.
AK-47 would work for a hypothetical apocalypse involving the masses turning into blood-thirsty zombies. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
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