What we think of as a survival knife did not get in the picture until the turn of the century
Later in WWII Survival knives where given to aircraft crews. To planes and helicopters so that if they got shot down and stuck in there craft they could cut there way of though the canopy. Witch is why on the back of some survival knives they are seriated. To cut though things easier. The navy also included them in there survival kits. Later the military tried to kill two birds with one stone by making the bayonets more like a survival knife.
Survival knives as we think of them did not get into the picture until the turn of the century. Before then men would use knives that looked more like a butcher knives. It was that way until a man named Webster Marbles came up with the idea of making the blade heavier. giving them pommels, and cross guards. These knives some what looked like a Bowie knife, and are much more effective in the woods than a butcher knife.
Later in WWII Survival knives where given to aircraft crews. To planes and helicopters so that if they got shot down and stuck in there craft they could cut there way of though the canopy. this is the reason that some survival knives are seriated on the back side of the knife. To cut though things easier. The navy also included them in there survival kits. Later the military tried to kill two birds with one stone by making the bayonets more like a survival knife. So the bayonet could be used as a field knife but also have the ability to attach to the muzzle of a rifle. A very good idea.
There are many features that a survival knife might have. Many of these knives are made with a serration on its back side. This is meant for cutting though thin metal. Some knives have a hollow hand where you can put things like matches or maybe something for first aid kit. These types of knives where made very popular by Rambo first blood. After this move came out there was a huge demand for these style knives.
There are many examples of fixed blade survival knives. there are lot’s of knives that are viewed as survival knives. Like multi purpose knives, machetes with cutting characteristics, knives that you put around your neck. So when you head off into the woods don?t forget to bring you survival knife because you never know what might happen, and it is always better to have a knife and not need it, then to not have a knife and need it.
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What Do U Think 3 Plead Guilty After Illegal Immigrants Held For Ransom?
Three men have pleaded guilty to holding seven illegal immigrants in a Las Vegas motel room against their will.
The seven people were being held for ransom, U.S. District Attorney for Nevada Greg Brower said in a statement.
Court records show that in April, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents received information that people who had crossed the border illegally from Mexico were being held in Las Vegas. The captors had contacted the victims’ family members and said they needed to pay $2,800 for each victim’s release, the district attorney said.
After an investigation, law enforcement agents and ICE officials determined through telephone records the victims were being held in a room at the Aruba Motel, 1215 Las Vegas Blvd. South.
On April 23, officers entered the motel room where the group was staying. They found 12 people, five of whom were the captors, Brower said. All 12 were taken into custody, and agents determined that 11 of them were illegal immigrants, seven of whom were smuggled into the United States for a fee, the district attorney said.
Felipe de Jesus Flores-Villela, 33, entered a guilty plea Wednesday and Victor Manual Morales-Velazquez, 22, and Angel Rigoberto Uribe-Ibarra, 48, entered guilty pleas Thursday. The men each pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens for private financial gain. A fourth man charged in the case, Orlando Jimenez, 21, is scheduled to enter a guilty plea to the same charge on Tuesday and a fifth man, Gerardo Perez-Villegas, 21, is awaiting trial.
All of the defendants, except Jimenez, who is a U.S. citizen, are Mexican nationals who entered the United States unlawfully, the district attorney said.
The men required the victims to contact family members, or to provide contact information for family members so they could contact them for ransom, investigators said. The men subjected the victims to physical assault and intimidation, displayed firearms and other weapons to intimidate the victims and made threats of death and physical violence to coerce them to persuade family members to pay the ransoms, the district attorney said.
Investigators found three pellet firing replica pistols and an automatic-opening bladed knife in the motel room, authorities said. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 6.http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jul…
