Survival Knife

About the Survival Knife

Every serious traveler in the galaxy's wild places carries a survival knife, because the blade that guts a fish, cuts a bandage, and pries open a ration tin is the same one that will save a life when something with teeth comes out of the dark. Compact and light, it is a tool first and a weapon second, but in a pinch it becomes a fast, close-in slashing blade that a steady hand can put to lethal use. Scouts, spacers, and frontier settlers keep one on the belt and another in the boot, valuing reliability over reach. It won't win a stand-up fight against an armed opponent, but its quickness and concealability make it deadly in an ambush or a grapple, where a single well-placed cut is worth more than any longer blade.