We’re big fans of Dual Survival in this household. After doing a quick check on Google to see if there was a list that stated which knives were used on each episode of Dual Survival, we came up dry and thought we’d attempt working one up ourselves, just in case any other fans were curious about figuring out which knives/gear items were being used on the show.

Please note that this list is comprised of our best guesses. Many episodes showcase snapshots of the gear that are shoddy at best, making it very difficult to get a good glance at what’s being used, let alone match an item to the exact right product from the plethora of gear available on the marketplace. We do our very best to take into consideration all the opinions of those who make suggestions at what the gear used might be, and while we try to keep this list both accurate and up to date, this proves to ultimately be quite difficult considering our busy schedules. Thanks so very much to those who have helped us figure out some of the gear in the past – your input really helps!

By way of introduction…

Dual Survival: List of Knives Used in Season 1

Dual Survival: List of Knives Used in Season 2

Dual Survival: List of Knives Used in Season 3

Dual Survival: List of Knives Used in Season 4

Ep# Date First

Aired Episode

Name Location Knife Used by

Cody Lundin Knife Used by

Joe Teti S04

E01 April 23,

2014 No End in

Sight

(Part I) Sri Lanka Rustic Custom Knife

(of Filipino origins) Tops SURV-TAC 7 S04

E02 April 30,

2014 No End in

Sight

(Part II) Sri Lanka Rustic Custom Knife

(of Filipino origins) Tops SURV-TAC 7 S04

E03 May 7,

2014 Deadly

Dunes Oman Custom Puuko

(similar to Helle

Viking) Griffin Tactical

Custom Special Ops

Multipurpose Knife S04

E04 May 14,

2014 Glacial

Downfall Norway Custom Puuko

(similar to Helle

Viking) Griffin Tactical

Custom Special Ops

Multipurpose Knife S04

E05 May 21,

2014 Journey’s

End to

a New

Beginning N/A N/A

Dual Survival: List of Knives Used in Season 5

Dual Survival: List of Knives Used in Season 6

Overall Use of Knives in Dual Survival

Just as a summation of the lists above, Cody Lundin’s knife of choice throughout the Dual Survival TV series is most frequently the Mora Classic 1, which he typically wears around his neck. For more information on Cody’s knife, read through some of the comments below (here and here, for example).

Dave Canterbury’s knife of choice is most frequently the PLSK 1 Pathfinder, a knife that he designed as a collaboration between himself and Blind Horse Knives. That being said, Dave alternates between carrying the PLSK 1 Pathfinder and miscellaneous multi-tools and other knives more frequently than Cody did in the Dual Survival series, especially in the second season, where Dave only actually uses his choice knife twice (in the last two episodes).

Joe Teti’s knife of choice for the third season of Dual Survival was the Tops SURV-TAC 7, as he carried it in seven of the eleven episodes in season 3. Teti actually helped to design the SURV-TAC 7 with Tops, which is likely why he’s so fond of this knife. Joe Teti’s second choice of knife on the 3rd season of the Dual Survival series is a custom Griffin Tactical Special Ops Multipurpose Knife, and his third choice of knife is the Tops Anaconda.

Teti has since been using the Griffin Tactical Custom Special Ops Multipurpose Knife almost religiously on the Dual Survival tv series.

Matt Graham’s knife of choice on Dual Survival has been a modified Condor Tool & Knife Jungle Bowie. We originally thought this to be the case, but because of some pretty convincing angles, we changed our minds and thought Matt was actually using the Condor Tool & Knife Gladius Hunter. Thanks to some clear shots in Season 4 Episode 8, however, we are now confident that the knife being used by Matt Graham is a reground Condor Tool & Knife Jungle Bowie. We apologize for the confusion, and hope this clarifies things.

In early 2015, Condor released the Condor Primitive Bush Knife, a lookalike of Matt Graham’s modified Jungle Bowie.

In 2016, rather than starting a new season (season 7) with Bill McConnell and Grady Powell, Discovery instead continued Dual Survival’s 6th season with Bill and Grady (starting with season 6 episode 5).