The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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A Becker bk2 would be a similar, yet decent amount cheaper, option.Becker and Esee are at the two ends of your price range, and both make some excellent blades for outdoor rough use. If you want the ultimate hard use blade, try to find a used Esee-5. Five inch long drop point blade made of 1095, and it's a 1/4 inch thick. You'd have to get pretty creative to hurt one of those. If you're lucky you can probably find one used for 100-120.
While you are inundated with suggestions/recommendations, I must second the initial response query: What tasks do you anticipate/desire use of the knife for?I have been looking for a good general purpose outdoors knife for around $60-$120. Any suggestions?
I have been looking for a good general purpose outdoors knife for around $60-$120. Any suggestions?
The mora or green river would give a great time tested blade that was designed for an outdoorsmen/hunter and not for youtube battoning vids...plus it would leave some $ for things like beer/wine, some new books, a pair of nice slippers, something nice for the woman, bills, etc etc.
Thick short knives leave me a little puzzled. They're heavy enough to be annoying to carry, they're often clumsy to use compared to knives like the Clipper, and they can't chop worth a damn. They make sense for soldiers because they work as pry bars, but as outdoor knives they seem to have most of the faults of the small knives like the Moras, and of the long knives, like the 7-9 inch Bowies.