absolute toughest hardwork knife?

eatingmuchface said:
rat knives???
I'm sure they're great knives but they're far from what (looks like ) "bomb proof."
I think a scrapyard would be the best choice, (and they do have the same Busse warranty) as they are just as tough as busses. (scrapyards deform and chip easier, but can take just as much abuse)
and if not maybe look into rangers.
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Don't be fooled bro, Swamprats are plenty tough, check this out......
http://www.swampratknifeworks.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000048
 
ilbruche said:
I think that is probably because you can get a better knife for the money. A lot of the bevels are too thin and the stock too thick. The black crap coating doesn't do it for a lot of people. They charge quite a price for 1095 and micarta. Some may like the designs they crank out, but you could get a custom for the same price.

I had a little Ferret that was 1/8" thick. It was a good little knife. A couple of the larger ones I had in 3/16" just had horribly shallow bevels.
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I agree. I dont know how they can justify the angle they use...it seems its on most of thier knives too. This one had the edge redone by Bill Siegle, and it is very sharp...I think it will perform...I hope so, because the design is cool. Gene
 
Blind Horse Work horses....

i have had hundreds of knives pass my hands, and tis brand By far has held an edge longer cut deeper and performed better than almost all of the knives i have owned.

for the record, i have only had ONE swamp rat and no others from the busse family....so i am not comparing to them.
 

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eatingmuchface said:
rat knives???
I'm sure they're great knives but they're far from what (looks like ) "bomb proof."
I think a scrapyard would be the best choice, (and they do have the same Busse warranty) as they are just as tough as busses. (scrapyards deform and chip easier, but can take just as much abuse)
and if not maybe look into rangers.
:D
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Rat knives also have the busse warranty, bark rivers too.
 
Himalayan Imports chiruwa ang chola or M-43. At only half the price more than twice the knife.
 
langston302 said:
Blind Horse Work horses....

i have had hundreds of knives pass my hands, and tis brand By far has held an edge longer cut deeper and performed better than almost all of the knives i have owned.

for the record, i have only had ONE swamp rat and no others from the busse family....so i am not comparing to them.
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Sweet looking knive.
 
Just my two cents, you can't get any tougher than anything from the Busse family (Swamp Rat Knife Works, Scrap Yard Knives).

The true Busse knives are the toughest of the bunch, but the Swap Rats and Scrap Yard knives come pretty close and aren't nearly as expensive.

OP asked for the toughest knives, and let's be fair, all the other knives that have ben suggested are GOOD, none of them are as tough as Busse, as has been proven time and time again by Noss @ knifetests.com.

OP can save all sorts of money by buying the cheaper blades, but if he buys them after requesting the "toughest" blade, then tries beating on them like this:

Tuffblade said:
... like chopping wood, batoning, stabbing through sheetmetal, knifetest material.
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He is going to be sorely dissapointed.

My advice, if price is really a concern, buy something from Scrap Yard. Those knives are seriously tough. If you want the BEST, the absolute TOUGHEST knife, go ahead and buy a Busse. It's what you're asking for.
 
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After all my love of TOPS, Busse, Fehrman andc others, I am going to cast a vote for the convex ground Fox River from Bark River. The conves grind makes the 4" blade perform like a bigger knife, and with a baton I can chop through anything, I can pry the living daylights out of all sorts of material, and then I can still cut though wood, meat, bone and other mediums like a razor.

You would be mighty surprised at the huge amounts of punishment this little big knife can take. It is my "go to" knife for an emergency situation, or any other situation that come up. :thumbup:
 
I'd say the Himalayan Imports AK Bowie. 1/2" thick at the spine tapering at the start of the clip down to 3/16" where the 1/2" bevel starts. With an average blade width of 2 1/4". I don't think it's humanly possible to bend it let alone break it.

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