Survival knives can be just about any knife, depending upon the terrain, circumstances, and user.
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My SERE is supposed to be a Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape knife. While it will cut and slice like any good hunting knife, the swedge makes it poor for baton work. The profile is more for combat than hard field use.
I assume you are talking about the SERE 2000 with the 3.625" liner-lock blade that I have seen you post.
For the record, there are quite a few variations within the Al Mar SERE "Line" of knives including many fixed variations and multiple folders. Most of the older folders were lockbacks in a few different sizes. There were also a few button release autos. The old "Large" SERE Attack lockback folder had a 4.25" blade and was 5.875" closed - larger than the RUKUS.
"The S.E.R.E. knives were originally a collaboration between the late Al Mar and the late Colonel Nick Rowe. Colonel Rowe, founder of the S.E.R.E. school, was the longest held POW of the Vietnam conflict to escape captivity. The objective of Al Mar and Col. Rowe was to develop knives that could be used in real-world situations should the need for survival, evasion, resistance and escape become a reality."
All of the SERE line of knives had a "Swedge". And Al Mar knives tend to have a history of making more "combat" styled knives with MUCH less focus on Bushcraft styled survival.
I used to be pretty big into collecting Al Mar knives. But, since I found Swamp Rat and Busse Kin, I have had to sell off most of my Al Mar collection. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
In a wilderness survival situation, I'd much rather be carrying the Ratmandu or DMLE. But since the "wilderness" here is swamp and thick undergrowth, a light machete, bowie, or kukri makes more sense.
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In the public parks and hiking trails, machetes and knives are not permitted, so discreet carry becomes important.
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