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PatcherThayne

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Hello I was wondering if you guys could recommend a decent survival knife for someone new to blades It would be mostly for living in the forest, skinning, building shelters, chopping and whatnot. I recently bought a buck special 119 but I'm thinking I might return it and get something else because the chopping isn't that great and sometimes it feels a little big. Anyways if someone can tell me of a fitting knife for this new outdoorsman I would appreciate it immensely.
 
You state that the 119 is no good for chopping but that it also feels too big sometimes?
Anything smaller than that will chop alot worse (exept for maybe a tops tracker) and anything bigger will feel way too big for ordinary work. For a much better fixed blade than a 119, check out a 4-5" blade from rat cutlery, fallkniven and bark river. Pair one or those up with a hatchet and SAK and you'r all set.
Oh yeah and welcome to bladeforums, Make sure to check out the wilderness and survival skills sub-forum, thats where this kind of stuff is disscused.:)
 
Anything from Busse Combat, Swamp Rat, Scrapyard, Bark River Knife & Tool, or Fallkniven. Just pick and choose the blade profile you need and none of these companies will fail you. I would suggest for long term outdoor use a smaller knife for most everday tasks and a much larger chopper for the heavy work.
 
PatcherThayne said:
Hello I was wondering if you guys could recommend a decent survival knife for someone new to blades It would be mostly for living in the forest, skinning, building shelters, chopping and whatnot. I recently bought a buck special 119 but I'm thinking I might return it and get something else because the chopping isn't that great and sometimes it feels a little big. Anyways if someone can tell me of a fitting knife for this new outdoorsman I would appreciate it immensely.
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Anything used for chopping is going to feel a bit "big". Small knives are not choppers.

The best suggestion I can make is that you follow Absintheur's suggestion to go do some reading in the "wilderness and Survival Skills forum". He gave you the link. Go read for a few weeks. Then ask questions on that forum.
 
Oh and sorry one more question is there a good place to buy some of these knives or just through each companies website?
 
Skinning game and chopping wood are two very different tasks. Buy a nice knife with a thin, sharp blade and an axe.
 
You should check out the Busse BATAC. Ive seen someone chop with em, and skin with em, might be the all around blade youre looking for.
 
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