Advice wanted

tbarahon

tbarahon

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I lurk more than post, but I came to love both the members of the forum and the knowledge shared by all of you. I wish I could by more khukuris (I know, I know. Debt is good:D ) but can not give me a reasonable excuse, maybe HI virus is still not strong in my blood.
Now I am looking for a general utility knife in the lines of the Ka-Bar for camping/outdoor activities. I have checked the British MOD-4 Survival Knife at Atlanta Cutlery.
Can you give me your opinion or your recommendations?

Teodoro Barahona
 
I've got my 15'AK already. Now I am looking for a complementary blade for those cases when a Khukuri is too big (:D Did I said that?)
 
Oh...

:footinmou

That Mod-4 is looks pretty big as well. Overall 12". There's always the Cold Steel SRK (the factory seconds are fairly inexpensive). Length about 9" I think.

Everything under 15" is small to me now :)

Are there any reviews anywhere on that MOD 4?
 
For a really useful and inexpensive outdoor knife try some of the Frosts knives from Sweden. I recommend the 4" deck knife or the Swedish Army knife. They are about the same except the handle color. Either will set you back about $8 from eknifeworks.com .

These knives are lightweight, tough, take and hold a good edge, and are of a convenient length. For working they're good, for showing off perhaps not so hot. They don't look much like a k-bar but I prefer the Swedish design for general utility use.

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The Ontario spec plus line isn't bad for the money.
 
:)
Thanks for the recomendation. I already have my AK in my kit. I was looking for a complementary blade.

:D What I really like of this forum is the peer presure

Teo
 
OK what about JKM or 12 inch Siru ? Then again a 30inch Siru might go with it !! eheheh:D
 
I belong to an Outdoors club and we organize camps for city kids. When we go camping, I usually carry a big blade (lately a Ka.Bar, but it is now in my father’s hands :rolleyes: ) for heavy tasks, a smaller fixed blade for minor works (Spyderco Bill Moran Drop point, Aitor Botero , Aitor Warrior or a Pukko from Roselli) that I keep very sharp, a skinner from Aitor, a big folder, and a multitool. Axes, saws, entrenching tools, etc are to be shared between all the assistants’ packs, as is the case with all the rest of the common equipment before the trek, so that everyone carries more or less the same weight. The problem is that all common equipment is “shared”, and some kids don’t have blades, and so we handed them ours, so I know that I might not have my AK when I need it.:rolleyes:
In one of our last camps, the average was 4.5 knives per individual, and most of the kids where not carring… :D :D
 
you might want to consider looking over the old Marbles Woodcrafter knives...either at their site, or on eBay (very used.)

I have a Mora 2000, and it is a wonderful knife. I have many others of sizes and age and utility...but:

When I reach in the chest to take out a general purpose sheath knife, I almost always pick up a 50 year-old, bakelite pommelled, re-shaped tip, home-made sheathed Marbles...and I ALWAYS smile at it, the texture it has acquired, the sharpness of the edge, and the stories it wants to tell me....

It feels like a companion more than a tool.

Good news is: it's hard to go wrong these days.

Kis
:rolleyes:


We're all in this together, somehow.
 
Then again there's my Blackjack 1-5, the Russell Canadian Belt knife, the Kumar Karda...
 
tbarahon, I too looked in to getting a companion knife for my Khukuris and finally settled on either the Buck 105 or 119 and a Dempsey Knives D' TAC II Special. Those along with my 15" AK, Leatherman and Buck 110 Folding Hunter should be able to handle just about anything. :)
 
Originally posted by tbarahon
I lurk more than post, but I came to love both the members of the forum and the knowledge shared by all of you. I wish I could by more khukuris (I know, I know. Debt is good:D ) but can not give me a reasonable excuse, maybe HI virus is still not strong in my blood.
Now I am looking for a general utility knife in the lines of the Ka-Bar for camping/outdoor activities. I have checked the British MOD-4 Survival Knife at Atlanta Cutlery.
Can you give me your opinion or your recommendations?

Teodoro Barahona
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Teodoro, Even with all the good advice given you which has been excellent, if I were you I would check out the Camillus Forum and look at the Becker Knife and Tool offerings as well as the new Camillus models.
Also for a little more perhaps top of the line, or not, check out the new Swamp Rats from Busse.
I like the steel that Camillus uses and I love the 52100 series of steels.
The handles on all the BK&T knives as well as some of the newer offerings of Camillus appear to have sort of largish handles.
I've never handled one so can't say from experience.
It appears they may have some after market scales that the ELU can install now that may be a little smaller if largish handles are a problem.
The guys over there all seem to like them and say they're very comfortable.
The new Swamp Rats are 52100 with Kryptonite added they say.;)
One of my near future knives is gonna be a Camp Tramp. They have a blade about 7 1/2" and for me I really like that size! It seems to be more useful for many things than a longer 9" or 91/2" blade.
The new Swamp Rats have a respirene handle that first appears to be rubber. It isn't, exactly. Personally I like it and find it 100 times better than the Kraton that Cold Steel uses. I dislike Kraton intensely and swore I would never buy another rubber handled knife.
I've been very impressed with the all around performance of my Busse Basic #9.:D
The Camp Tramp is also very favorably priced IMO at a little less than $130.00.

Here's their URL......
http://www.swamprat.com/

By the way, Welcome to the Cantina.:)
 
Thanks you all for your help. I´ve been checking the knives you recomended. By now I have two finalists:

Ontario ON-P3 US Army Quartermaster Knife
store.knifecenter.com/pgi-ProductSpec?ONP3


and Swamp Rat Camp Tramp
www.swamprat.com/knives.html


but I am still looking.
Teodoro
 
I have checked the British MOD-4 Survival Knife at Atlanta Cutlery.
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The MOD-4 is possibly one of the worst issued knives in recent history. It is heavy, dull (as in you will never get it as sharp as it should be), thick, soft, expensive, and comes with a very poorly designed sheath that would be dangerous if this thing actually had an edge.

The Camillus Becker line would be far better, but if you like this style of knife, you can still get a genuine (1940s vintage) WWII quartermaster's Q225 knife for about the same price and simply replace the worn sheath.

n2s
 
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