bushcraft knife....

[hollowdweller]

Rock 6

DAMN nice line up there bro!:thumbup:

 

[ROCK6]

Rock 6,what is the BRKT 4th from the left?

On the left of the Skookum is BRKT's Northstar as already mentioned; on the right of the Skookum is BRKT's Nebula...a hybrid convexed-scandi. I really like the smaller handle than the Aurora.

Hey!!! Good to see you!! I've got something for you coming off the bench soon. Just waiting on a sheath.

Yeah, we made it back right before Thanksgiving...it's good to be back! Looking forward to you Bushcraft!

ROCK6

 

[batosai117]

As to the original post, I like to carry either my Benchmade Rukus model 610, or my SOG Vulcan.

The Rukus is a great size knife, a folder too, and is probably as tough or tougher than 90% of the fixed blades out there. Here is the page if you want to see for yourself, mine is the black coated with partially serrated blade.

http://www.benchmade.com/products/product_detail.aspx?model=610

The Vulcan is also a great folder and is perfectly legal to carry around as an edc, the blade is 3.5" but the knife is a tough .16" thick, for a folder that is good enough for me.

http://sogknives.com/store/VL-01.html

Well, after choosing one of those, I carry a SOG Field Pup on my belt and rotate out between the pocket knife and the belt knife for whatever task is at hand. Hope this goes along with the thread, J.

 

[Myakka]

Well, rustic is open to interpretation, but Roselli's Hunter and some of Helle's blades are pretty nice.

I'm really enjoing Rod Garcia's Skookum Bush Tool. As already mentioned the Fallkniven F1 is excellent; just had Micarta handles added...feels great in the hand. A real sleeper is Bark River's Kephart; if they make another run with wood handles, that would be a great choice. If you really want a functional piece...Fiddleback's knives are excellent performers...that bottom Nesmuk served with me in Iraq. I was only able to skin a few Turkish doves, but there was the bird flu scare, so they ended up getting fed to a little fox.

ROCK6

Rock,
That is a great collection of wilderness knives you have there. :thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Noshtero]

been giving this a little thought lately....to me this would probably end up as my middle man in a trio of tools between a multitool and a hatchet...I've been prefering a more rustic look and feel lately...possibly wooden handle carbon steel blade, scandi grind...3-4 inch blade length... what do you all use...what are your charectaristic preferences and why??? I have a puukko and a mora on the way both carbon gonna play around with them and compare them to some of my other blades...just collecting thoughts and ideas...aside fromthe mors korchanski stand on your knife stuff...no offense to anyone he's probably right but i'm not there yet...

To those specifications, I'd just have wood handles put on my Ranger bush shiv

This is the best little bushcraft knife I've used. The grooved handle fits the hand great. The thumb grooves on the spine give it good control. Scandi grind. Carbon steel. Can't beat it.

 

[tarmix101]

To those specifications, I'd just have wood handles put on my Ranger bush shiv
This is the best little bushcraft knife I've used. The grooved handle fits the hand great. The thumb grooves on the spine give it good control. Scandi grind. Carbon steel. Can't beat it.

I have read a lot about the Ranger Bush Shiv, but never actually seen it. Looks like a very functional knife. :thumbup:

How thick is it?

 

[hollowdweller]

That one looks to really be scandi grind.

I had him make me one. Was supposed to be scandi but it was slightly hollow with a secondary:thumbdn:

They are nice blades. On mine the handle could be just a TOUCH longer though, although that one looks like it might have a longer handle.:thumbup:

 

[Any Cal.]

I like that Ranger. Looks like a pretty handy knife.

 

[StretchNM]

Those EKA knives are very under rated. They are excellent knives (I have the H8 and W11) with great steel: 12c27

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CZ

A couple of us are wondering about the pins on the EKA H8. Are they flush with the scales or are they rounded over and protruding? If they protrude, do they interfere in any way? And, while we're at it, how is the edge ground (v-grind, scandi, convex) ?