Best all round camping Fixed Blade knife ?

If I'm doing anything more than car camping I don't want to be lugging around a large blade. The smaller I can get away with, the better. For years all I brought with me on hikes and camping trips were folders and I never needed anything else. Now I'll take my Marble's fieldcraft or Swamp Rat Bandicoot with me every once and a while. I'm going up to Michigan to do some bird hunting and a little fishing for 10 days in early October, the only knives I'm bringing with me are a Greco dangler and a SAK. None of these would cover your chopping requirement, but I 'd rather have a blade that I didn't notice until I needed it, than something that keeps getting in my way. So for me, a small quality fixed blade is the best all around camping knife.
 
two busse N.I.C.K. mods - one for kitchen, one for edc. on the edc, the blade now goes above the gaurd, but it doesnt have to. it originally had the blade go under the gaurd, but i didnt like the way it looked (edge was at an agle the way i cut it, rather then having a larger front curve and a lower straight edge).

ber thin, very light, good stuff. bit expensive though :rolleyes:, and warrentee is in serious question with this big of a mod. you could always have it done at the busse shop if you have the money for it...


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that nick mod came from this concept design (photoshoped image)
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Having been a avid back packer and traveled in Europe I can tell you leave the macho bowies home. Take a sak in your pocket and a Swedish Frosts in your pack. If you forget about the chopping a 4" Mora bladed knife with cut anything that needs cutting. Any blade you carry has to look unoffencive or it can mean trouble with local fuzz, particularly in the U.K. and the Netherlands.

If you really feel you have to part some heavy wood, take a folding Fiskars saw. Only a couple oz's wieght and very effective.

A good rule of thumb for carrying a knife abroad- if it's sold in the stores there its MAYBE legal to pack.
 
Pick any one of Bob Dozier's knives and you just cannot go wrong. My personal choice is the Yukon Pro Guide, but there are several excellent models from Bob that would be perfect.

AJ
 
I think the ideal knife has ~5" blade.

I'd be looking at a Dozier Pro Guides knife or the Fallkniven Frey.

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Mike
 
I'm experimenting with an actual kitchen knife. A Wusthof 4" Cooks Knife. Also marketed as 4.5" "Multi Prep" knife.

The jury is still out, but I think it has a lot of positive qualities.

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Why not go with an old fashioned Ka-Bar USMC? Of my knives, that's what I'd take. If I had endless $$$, my choice would be different.
 
I would take the cold steel srk mine has been threw hell and back skinning about eight cows and two hogs and worked them up and cut and split wood so I know they are tough
 
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