Best 6'' to 8'' fixed blade hunting/survival knife

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harrybobble

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Hi,
I am pretty new to these forums but over the last week I have spent hours and hours reading new and old posts on different quality of steels and good knives out there. I have come to these conclusions cs san mai series is not as good a quality as fallkniven northern lights series due to the higher carbon core if you like in the cs is VG-1 which has had several bad reviews for its properties + a heck of alot of people have made bad reviews with regards to the shape of the handles and how quickly they detiorate where as Fallkniven use a VG-10 steel core which has had a whole lot of good reviews especialy with the smaller knives, specifically- spyderco who use this steel alot. I therefor think fallkniven will hold an edge alot longer whilst being as strong as the apparent cs due to the 2 outer layers of the laminate are made of the same 42OJ2 steel.

I could be wrong but cs strikes me as a mass produce company that use cnc robots and grinders where as Fallkniven seem like more family oriented craftsmans. I have not found many reviews of Fallkniven but the ones I have, have been good.

Therefor my own opinion, be it that of a novice is that the best knife I think is the Fallkniven NL2 that said I am a little wary of the hyde handle when I am skinning animals for getting to slippy and loosing grip. I owned a limited edition estwing hammer I used at work for a while and I took it back as I could not keep a hold of the bloody thing when it was raining out. Ideally I would like to have a handle fitted to it more like the Randall Model 14 if anyone knows of a good knife maker who deal with micarta handles or a link to a thread as I do not know where is best to go.

Just to add I e-mailed randall knives asking them a few questions about there products that they do not advertise and the response was blunt they had disregarded part of my e-mail and quite frankly as a first impression I would not deal with them again. Where as Fallkniven were friendly and helpful.

My apologies for going on and on I hope at least a little is helpful

Chris
 
You have many good companies to choose from. Fallkniven makes great knives, no doubt about it. If you can snag any Beckers, they are very good also. Most on-line stores still list their Beckers with pictures, but are out of stock. At least you can see what you like there. Some other good knives in that range are, in no particular order, Ranger knives in 5160, Swamp Rat, and Busse. Try doing some searches, that's half the fun, and you will no doubt unearth a whole bunch more. Good luck!
 
If you can pick up a Busse Steel Heart in the forums exchange, you'd have a great utility/survival knife, but they are dear (paying for nuclear tough quality!)... They make the best there is IMHO, but Fallkniven also have some fantastic blades... they do a specific survival knife, the FALLKNIVEN S1 BUSHCRAFT SURVIVAL HUNTING FISHING KNIFE... look it up, I think it'll fit your needs...

The VG-10 steel is laminated, which gives extra strength as well, they claim up to 25% I believe, but its a knife that on my hit list.... ;)
 
Fallkniven! Excellent Knives!

Ontario RAT knives are awsome too.

Check em out!
 
The choices available are almost infinite, which keeps us knife knuts here busy comparing and arguing :)
For a heavy duty production knife, I love Busses and switched over from Cold Steel , but they aren't the best for skinning or kitchen duty. Fehrman is up there with Busse, and the thinner models are very versatile
All in all, I really like KP puukos ( available from Kellam in Florida). Expensive, but incredibly versatile and the silver steel is amazing.
I've always tried to have at least two knives, one heavy duty and a smaller utility blade, because, frankly, no one knife is perfect for everything imho
 
I don't agree with the blade lengths unless you are over 6' tall yourself.
Otherwise...
Fallkniven Forest Knife
My own Outdoorsman
Otario TAK1 in D2
 
harrybobble said:
I could be wrong but cs strikes me as a mass produce company that use cnc robots and grinders where as Fallkniven seem like more family oriented craftsmans.
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Fallkniven contracts mass-production shops in Japan to make their knives and Cold Steel contracts similar shops in Japan, Taiwan, India, and China (they used to work with a US maker, but that maker went out of business).

You might want to contact www.ragweedforge.com and check out the Scandinavian designs they carry. Lots of good choices and many are great prices.
 
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