advice needed for camp knife edc knife

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hannibal lecter spyderco

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Hi all

I've decided that i want to carry a fixed blade camp knife edc knife. I was wondering if you guys could give me some advice. These are my following requirement American or Germany made unless its dirt cheap. I refuse to pay for china crap at jack up prices by manufacture passing so call good value at overprice. I'm looking for a knife under 100 non spear point, easy to carry around bllade length around 4 inches, full tang, non wood handle, some sort of finger guard and good steel.

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looking at your specs, i believe you couldnt go wrong by adding a few bucks to your budget and getting a hiker from stomper here on the forums. I have one and it rocks.
 
You might check out the Himalayan Imports R-10 though its blade length is 5 inch. It is forged from leaf spring steel and takes and holds a great edge. I have been carrying mine as my EDC since I purchased it. I got mine from the DOTD thread on the HI forum for around 65.00.
 
Rat Cutlery 4, Plain edge, Micarta Handle, blade length: 4.50"
Possibly?
No finger Guard, But a good knife...
 
hannibal lecter spyderco said:
D.H. Russell belt knife
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I love mine, or buck 192, or a Revolver H by sog, heck a Nimravus whoa so many choices.
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How about a knife designed in Sweden, made by japanese bladesmiths with Swedish and Japanese steel?

Fallkniven F1.
 
nodh said:
How about a knife designed in Sweden, made by japanese bladesmiths with Swedish and Japanese steel?

Fallkniven F1.
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I looked at that one, spear point tend to be more fragile imo, blade width was too small for food prep blade shape didn't lend itself to be a good skinner. Not that I do a whole lot of it, but its one of those things that nice to have. camp knife and edc knife should be imo good at a variety of task and less specialize oriented.
 
hannibal lecter spyderco said:
I looked at that one, spear point tend to be more fragile imo, blade width was too small for food prep blade shape didn't lend itself to be a good skinner. Not that I do a whole lot of it, but its one of those things that nice to have. camp knife and edc knife should be imo good at a variety of task and less specialize oriented.
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No offense but I don't know how you came to the conclusion that a Fallkniven F1 is fragile in any way shape or form.
I have used mine for all of the chores that you listed above and have yet to really find a fault in it. I have many other knives from choppers to gentlemans dress knives and honestly the one I don't go into the woods without is my F1. I have batoned wood with it, used it for food prep, field dressing, skinning and butchering deer you name it and the thing holds an edge well, is more than stout enough for any woods task that I can find and is just the right size to be useful for survival and camp life without being to big or heavy.

It is my go to knife anytime I think I'll be in camp or backpacking.
 
TLR said:
No offense but I don't know how you came to the conclusion that a Fallkniven F1 is fragile in any way shape or form.
I have used mine for all of the chores that you listed above and have yet to really find a fault in it. I have many other knives from choppers to gentlemans dress knives and honestly the one I don't go into the woods without is my F1. I have batoned wood with it, used it for food prep, field dressing, skinning and butchering deer you name it and the thing holds an edge well, is more than stout enough for any woods task that I can find and is just the right size to be useful for survival and camp life without being to big or heavy.

It is my go to knife anytime I think I'll be in camp or backpacking.
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No offense taken I'm not one of those touchy feely posters, I've owned one price is great without a question. Blade profile isn't one of my favorite given the width, I prefer a bigger belly if something of that size, 5 to 6 ounces is great weight for edc knife. g10 steel really nice steel but maybe a tad brittle from the ones that I've used not really big issue. Full tang is great but tang is exposed at the the end hurts my hand. Handle doesn't feel right in my hand, so I'm not able to do camp chores as efficiently as with other knives I have experience in. Straight handles without finger groves makes my hand tired. Its far from a bad knife but def not ideal for me as far as camp knife is concerned.
 
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