Bushcraft/hunting knife?

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seanystrangle

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So I'm looking for a bushcraft knife that I can also use for skinning I basically narrowed it down to two bark river fox river or Liten bror. Which would you all recommend from experience? Or would you recommend a different one?
Thanks in advance.
 
I don't own either of them, but the fox river looks like it might do a little better skinning than the liten bror. If you want to keep the whole "bushcraft" part as your number 1 priority, the spyderco bushcraft feels good in the hand, and has a profile that works okay for skinning (I have and have used this one). You might take a look at the bushcraft knife super review thread Marcelo Cantu has going on. They got bushcraft knives from a whole bunch of makers and put them through the paces complete with pictures... Lot of good info there.
 
From only those two? Fox River... But does it need to be BRKT? 0_o
There are so many knives that fit the bill of "bushcraft"/hunting, what other qualities were you focused on? For example, I consider the H1 among the absolute best such production knives, but the design-style may not be what you are looking for...
 
I ended up looking at those two because I'm looking for a knife with a blade no larger than 5" under 200$ with a natural handles a uncoated blade and a convexed edge that is good for bushcraft and suitable for hunting.
 
For that price you can get a custom piece tailored to your specs. Check out JKknives over in the makers section or any of the makers.
 
Tough call. Fox River is designed as a hunting knife...Liten Bror is designed as a bushcraft knife.

Flip a coin!
 
seanystrangle said:
So I'm looking for a bushcraft knife that I can also use for skinning I basically narrowed it down to two bark river fox river or Liten bror. Which would you all recommend from experience? Or would you recommend a different one?
Thanks in advance.
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As much as I like the BR Fox River as a hunting knife, reading your post I would reccommend the FR Liten Bror.


The CPM 3V is super tough and offers great edge retention making the Liten Bror a top performer; it will serve well for bushcraft tasks, and though it has less belly then a dedicatd skinner, that blade is up to that task also.




Big Mike
 
seanystrangle said:
I ended up looking at those two because I'm looking for a knife with a blade no larger than 5" under 200$ with a natural handles a uncoated blade and a convexed edge that is good for bushcraft and suitable for hunting.
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Most any fixed-blade will work for "bushcraft" (e.g. Mora #1) and most high-ground fixed-blades that aren't too pointy will for hunting/skinning - I personally prefer a drop-point, but that's me. Most any knife can be given a convex edge if it doesn't have one already, although many do these days.
I personally prefer hollow and flat-grind to full convex for hunting/skinning - less drag. (Also, hollow is plenty strong if ground shallow or on sufficient stock or decent HT.)

Fallkniven's F1 and H1 can be purchased as VG-10 blanks (~$100) and have custom scales made. Enzo blanks or finished knives can be found at bensbackwoods.com, along with a variety of puukkos (e.g. Kellam Fang).

A lot of customs can be had for under $200 - check out fletcher knives Delta4 as well as anything from the "bushcraft challenge" thread. Bob Dozier's K2 (among others) is a great knife but usually comes with micarta scales and just over $200, but you might pick one up or another custom for <$200 on the exchange here...

Have you already done all this? Is this what you meant by "narrowed it down" or had you looked beyond BRKT yet?
 
The CPM 3V is a great steel, it would be hard to advise against, the LB would be my pick, great knife!
 
I have looked at other companies I own several moras I'm just not fond of how they feel after a bit of use. I did also look at falkinven but many of them were outside my price range. I did not look at custom makers honestly didn't really think about that. And I looked at a few blanks and thought about handling them my self but I realize I really suck at it. Is there any other companies anyone would recommend?
 
Knives of Alaska by far; would put their skinners up against anything. A lot of knife for the money and if you want stag they'll give it to you for a greater price.
 
The Knives of Alaska Alpha Wolf is my go to knife for just about everything ... You should check out the knife Bruce Culberson made for the Bushcraft Challenge. Seems like it might be exactly what you are looking for.
 
I know i'm late but hey, why not. I use a custom made drop point knife from ml knives. It holds an awesome edge and can easily be sharpened as well, comes in a convex grind which imo is the best grind in bushcraft AND hunting,and if you either get the patina or patina aged finish say goodbye to oiling your knives :D
 
In the size and price range you described, I would add the Ambush Alpha to the list. Ambush also makes other knives. I reviewed the Alpha here if you wanted to take a look. That's a link to the Bladeforums version of my review (it's pretty much identical to the blog review).

Although, now that I check online, it looks like the Alpha has moved just a skosh outside of your price range.
 
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Svord deluxe skinnner
 
Did not realized this was a long dead thread until it was too late, sorry.

I use a saber grind BHK Muk it had a good belly for skinning, the saber grind for slicing, and is stout enough for batoning should I ever loose my axe. The knife is very comfy in the hand, extremely comfortable to wear aall day in the dangler sheath and was well under your $200 price point.

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