Editor’s note: Last time the author outlined types, materials, brands and more. Among other topics, this time he focuses on specific examples from the perspectives of industry pros.
Another pragmatic perspective on the best pocketknives comes from the survival side of the world of knives—that the best survival knife is the one you have with you‡ when you find yourself in a survival situation. Seasoned BLADE readers may remember the story of Aron Ralston, who, in 2003, cut off his arm with a “dull Leatherman-type tool” to free himself after six days of being pinned under a boulder. Would anyone argue that a dull multi-tool is the “perfect knife”? It saved one man’s life
