Affordable hog-hunting knife???

+1 on the OSI / OSS from Cold Steel. I haven't handled the Bacon maker but it looks right for the job. If you're going to be near Dallas I'll loan you my old Bowie. It'll definitely take care of business. Just pm me.
 
rkmoore said:
+1 on the OSI / OSS from Cold Steel. I haven't handled the Bacon maker but it looks right for the job. If you're going to be near Dallas I'll loan you my old Bowie. It'll definitely take care of business. Just pm me.
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+2 on the OSI / OSS from Cold Steel Sub-hilt makes for good blade control. :thumbup:

I don't understand the difference in the OSS & OSI - anyone? :)
 
cziv said:
+2 on the OSI / OSS from Cold Steel Sub-hilt makes for good blade control. :thumbup:

I don't understand the difference in the OSS & OSI - anyone? :)
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OSI has a single edge ffg, should be slightly better at slicing

OSS is a double edge dagger, should be slightly better at penetrating

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If the OSS mentioned up above was good enough for a water buffalo it's good enough for a hog :D

Same like a fixed blade for people I would recommend one where you get a nice, full grip on the handle while in the sheath and you don't have to mess with any strap - just in case it's a fast paced situation and fate doesn't give you time to slowly draw the knife, orientate it for a proper grip, assume karate stance from movie.
 
here is some good cheap blades i have used over the years, ,Ontario Spec Plus Fighter Knife,Ontario Marine Raider Knife,Ontario Marine Combat Knife,Becker Combat Knife Model BKR9., Becker Magnum Camp Knife,Ka-bar USMC Fighting Knife,kershaw outcast,Old Hickory Slicing Knife,Old Hickory Butcher Knife,cold steel 12" bowie an barong machetes,condor barong machete,ect....if you want super cheap the old hickory slicing knife is great no sheath $8-$9,,,if $50 range you can afford i like an used for many years the Ontario Spec Plus Fighter Knife,an usmc kabar,if you can go to $100 limit then i liked the browning crowell/barker knife...please post pics when you get back,,an good hunting
 
ocnLogan said:
Its a high value knife, and is definitely the knife I would use (that I own) to stab something. Its not bad as a chopper either, and does surprisingly well at little stuff for such a large knife.

Only thing I might try to do if I were you, would be to grind a swedge on it. Its already an amazingly sharp point, but the FFG doesn't help with stabbing.

Good luck :).
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OK. . .gonna need a vocabulary lesson here. . .

What is a swedge? Picture would be really helpful. . .

What does FFG stand for?

Thanks. . .and I will be sure to take pic's, last time I was down there weren't many hogs on the property, but I think there are supposed to be more than quite a few now.
 
atomicjoe23 said:
OK. . .gonna need a vocabulary lesson here. . .

What is a swedge? Picture would be really helpful. . .

What does FFG stand for?

Thanks. . .and I will be sure to take pic's, last time I was down there weren't many hogs on the property, but I think there are supposed to be more than quite a few now.
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Sorry, I should have explained it a bit better, my bad. It took me a while to figure out what people were saying as well :(.

Swedge = The unsharpened false edge found on the spine of many knives near the tip. They're super common on knives with clip points, and I believe it is to help make the blade pierce a bit better, because less material has to go into the puncture initially, thus making it have less resistance than knives without them of the same design.

FFG is short for Full Flat Grind. A Full Flat Grind means that the primary grind of the knife is flat, and covers the whole face of the blade. Other common grinds are Sabre (Saber?), Hollow, and convex.

Here are some photos to help you understand.

Becker BK9 is a Saber grind (the primary grind covers about 3/4 of the face of the knife, leaving the rest full thickness), with a clip point and swedge. They're pretty obvious here.
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KaBar ZK War Sword. Its a FFG(full flat grind), with a kind of drop/spear point and NO swedge. See how much thicker the spine of the knife is near the point than the BK9? Thats why I'm saying if I was going to use it for pretty much exclusive stabbing, I might try to put a swedge on it.
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Hopefully that helps clear things up a bit :).
 
Makes much more sense now. . .thanks!

I've taken a couple of knife making classes (a grinding class and a forging class) so I'm familiar with the different types of grinds, but I just didn't put 2 and 2 together on FFG. . .the knife I made in the grinding class has a sabre style grind to it. . .

. . .and yeah, now that you mention it the ZK sword does look like it could benefit from a swedge for what I wanna use it for. . .guess I'll have to grind one on.

Thanks again.
 
Becker BK-9. Camillus used to make a BK-9HH (Hog Hunter).
Basically a 9 with a sharpened swedge.
You could easily make this modification on a Ka-Bar version.
 
Guyon said:
Becker BK-9. Camillus used to make a BK-9HH (Hog Hunter).
Basically a 9 with a sharpened swedge.
You could easily make this modification on a Ka-Bar version.
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Are you using Ka-Bar and Becker interchangeably? The BK-9 has the swedge and appears to be easy to sharpen up. What "Ka-Bar version" are you referring to - the heavy bowie or the USMC fighting knife?
 
Becker knives used to be manufactured by Camillus, and when they were being produced by them, they had a BK-9HH version that came with a sharpened swedge from the factory.

KaBar (who makes Becker knives now) does not make that version, so you'd have to sharpen your swedge yourself.

I think the time period is what was confusing there.
 
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Don't know if these are still around, but I remember an article about how Lightfoot used this to go pigsticking. I could be wrong on who the user was. I own one, and for the $50 price range, it isnt bad.
 
ocnLogan said:
Becker knives used to be manufactured by Camillus, and when they were being produced by them, they had a BK-9HH version that came with a sharpened swedge from the factory.

KaBar (who makes Becker knives now) does not make that version, so you'd have to sharpen your swedge yourself.

I think the time period is what was confusing there.
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Thanks for the History lesson man! :)
 
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