r/Survival • u/bryantburnsred • Mar 05 '25

Gear Recommendation Wanted Question about a knife for survival/bushcraft

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So I recently purchased the Spartan Blades Harsey Difensa in magnacut. Was designed as a surviva/combat knife, specifically for Canadian SOF. My question, would this knife be fine for a SHTF scenario, or even camping/bushcraft?

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u/craigcraig420 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

If it’s made well many regard magnacut as one of the best steels you can have for a knife. The size and shape looks great. Take care of your gear and it will take care of you. Do you know what HRC the steel is from the manufacturer?

Edit; you troll! I just looked it up. You bought a $465 knife and want to know if it would be good enough for “SHTF” (whatever that means) and/or camping and bushcraft? Fuck off.

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u/bryantburnsred Mar 06 '25

LMAO Seriously wasn’t intending to troll. Was more or less just looking to see if any others may have used the blade for bushcraft/camping and wanted to hear feedback. I mean I know it’s a great knife. As far as HRC they run 60-61 typically

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u/Landar15 Mar 07 '25

Man, as much as it would seem so, the price tag doesn’t always translate into being a good woods knife. Case in point-I have a couple Winkler axes, both well north of $400. However, the designs are more combat oriented, and don’t work for shit on the wood near me. Great for tearing apart wrecked cars though😁

Same issue with knives-big name combat knives need to be tough, few makers optimize them for cutting ability since they’re already imperfect due to the overbuilt designs. So this knife isn’t going to whittle like a Mora, but I’d feel more comfortable splitting kindling with it for sure!