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What is a Tactical Knife?
The term “tactical” gets thrown around somewhat haphazardly in the knife world, but what does the distinction actually denote? Typically when a knife is referred to as a tactical knife it is in order to highlight the versatile quality of the blade. While some blades are designed for a particular purpose, tactical knives are a jack of all trades.
If you are constantly using your knife to skin fish or some other specialized activity, it would behoove you to invest in a variety of task-specific knives. For general use, however, tactical pocket knives will do. No matter what knife you end up buying, it is always a smart idea to go with a trusted manufacturer like Boker or Gerber.
Roughing It
I grew up camping with my family every summer in the mountains. We would plan our trip in the months nearing summer and anxiously await its arrival. My dad was big on roughing it, so we didn’t bring most of the traditional camping gear you may think of.
To do all of our cooking we would light a campfire. In order to gather food we would catch river trout with homemade hooks and string; filleting them with dad’s old Victorinox Swiss army knives. I will always recall my childhood fondly because of these camping trips. Thanks mom and dad!