Best knife under $20

theJman said:
With the tasks you use a knife on I can see getting by with a folder. Our definition of a camp knife differs vastly though, so perhaps it's simply a matter of context and intended usage. I tend more toward the primitive end of things, and for me a folder would be nowhere near sufficient.
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What are you doing while camping?
 
If you want a slipjoint and don't want a Rough Rider, get the Sanrenmu H03--an excellent folder for about $7.
 
I've lived and worked outdoors for many years as an archaeologist, and carried nothing more than an Opinel, which I rarely had need for. There are surprisingly few things in the outdoors that need cutting. In fact on most hiking trips, even multi-day, I've never needed a knife at all and when I did, it was for minor cutting tasks like moleskin and food packs.
That being said, a knife does come in handy from time to time and it is one of the Ten Essentials.

Despite carrying an Opinel for years, I've decided that a fixed blade suits me best. Safety and hygiene are the two primary reasons. :thumbup:
 
Right you are, Bob W. Some of those food packs are like airplane peanuts. Guy would starve if not for a knife to get into them.
 
Apophis said:
Wow, thanks for posting this. First I've heard of the Meyerco Lambert Shockwave. G10 and carbon fiber bolsters for <$25 is silly. I normally avoid recurved blades, but this looks worth an exception.
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leghog said:
What are you doing while camping?
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AreBeeBee said:
Can you tell me more about how it was primitive? Curious.
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For me it's all about how much I can do with how little. I've done tent camping and backpacking for several decades but in recent years I've become somewhat enamored with primitive camping, which for me means going into the woods with a knife and maybe half a dozen other small things (like a ferro rod, sharpener, some 550 cord, signal mirror, etc). Everything else I want/need I build, trap, scavenge and what not. No pocketknife would handle what I need to do, except perhaps the BHK Tree Frog. But even during my backpacking days - when I had much more with me - my knife usage required something very sturdy, so I don't imagine a folder would have worked then either.
 
Our cave monkey ancestors did not beat .25" sharpened prybars through a log with a hammer.

Imho; if you can't get by with a sharpened rock, you're not doing it right.

Primitive
 
More MORA love here - in particular, the carbon steel Companion (first pic) and the HD Companion (second pic):



 
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