There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
If you're building shelter from scrap, chopping firewood, or otherwise literally staking your life on the knife not breaking, get an ESEE or other full tang 4-6 inch blade made of 1095 carbon steel. (and a small axe) If you might need to cut some paracord, open a can, fix a camp chair, etc you can't go wrong with a leatherman.
If you're going to be using the knife a lot but aren't going to be prying or other extreme heavy use your life depends on it kinda stuff, the Morakniv's are great, low cost, comfortable, etc.