A survival knife is a knife designed for wilderness survival situations, typically for use once a person has lost their main equipment in an emergency. It has a fixed blade ten to twenty centimeters long with a full, thick tang, built to withstand demanding tasks. It is used for trapping, skinning, cutting wood and carving. Modern survival knives often add specialized features such as a hollow handle for storing small items, a serrated spine for cutting, and a flat spine that can strike a ferrocerium rod to start a fire. Both civilian outdoor users and military personnel rely on these knives for survival, escape and rescue. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Introduced When (Circa)Circa 1900 (turn of the 20th century), marked by the modern hunting-knife design introduced by Webster L. Marble; the purpose-built survival knife as a distinct category developed later, from the Vietnam era onward. 1 OriginDescended from late-19th and early-20th-century hunting knives; Webster L. Marble introduced the modern hunting-knife concept around the turn of the century, with heavier blades, crossguards and pommels resembling miniaturized Bowie knives, and Case, Cattaraugus and other manufacturers followed with similar designs. 1 Introduced era (class) Connections
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Around the turn of the century, Webster L. Marble introduced the modern concept of the "hunting knife."
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