Bushfinger vs Kephart

[Pinnacle64]

Looking at buying one of these two models for general woodland task such as hiking/camping/hunting activities and wondered if there was any user feedback to help me decide.

 

[Odaon]

Can't go wrong with those two. However, IMO the blade shape of the Bushfinger would be better suited for hunting.

 

[TrainedBullets]

I have and love a Bushfinger. IMHO, it’s a fantastic all around outdoors knife. It suits my purposes well enough that I’ve never tried a Kephart.

 

[Choppaman]

I agree with Odaon Either one would be fantastic and I have both on my user shelf of knives. Maybe start with a pro kephart and pro bushfinger and get the feel for them. Then go score yourself a few beauty's to settle in with.

 

[Mistwalker]

Can't go wrong with those two. However, IMO the blade shape of the Bushfinger would be better suited for hunting.

And camp cooking

I prefer the Kephart as a bushcraft knife and for some other things. The Bushfinger is more of an all arounder though in my opinion.

 

[Bushcraft Forever]

I own the Kephart, and it excels at bushcraft tasks. If you plan on doing a lot of skinning the Bushfinger may be the better option, but if it's main purpose will be bushcraft, I'd go with the Kephart, and never look back.

 

[Bmurray]

I agree with the above assessments.

 

[Pinnacle64]

Thanks for the feedback.

I can see where this is going I’ll have both before it’s all said and done.

 

[Choppaman]

Thanks for the feedback.

I can see where this is going I’ll have both before it’s all said and done.

let us know how you feel about them once you get them!! What are you leaning toward for knife #1?

 

[ndmiller]

Just buy both.......or Try both.

 

[Pinnacle64]

OK, went off the deep end placed my order. She’s no Bushfinger or Kephart but she’s my first Fiddleback knife

Still plan on picking up a Bushfinger just looking for one that catches my eye just right.

I have several bushcraft type knives already and three Kepharts this just made sense to have something different. Only have had a couple cheap Nessmuk’s in the past like the design overall for camping/hunting.

This ones a lot nicer than those though.

 

[Choppaman]

Nothing wrong with a Nessmuk!!!

 

[The Shatz]

Should be a great skinner I don't own any nessmuks but the blade shape with all the belly always
Gets my attention please let us know how you like it

 

[ndmiller]

Yeah, I could have called that from a mile away.

 

[Pinnacle64]

Yeah, I could have called that from a mile away.

You could have at least warned me ahead of time

 

[ndmiller]

I think there are 6 other Muks in the FF catalog, including the Gnome that on the border of Mukness.

 

[Pinnacle64]

Bushfinger added to collection also I like red burlap with natural liners/pins

Now I’ve spent my stashed cash (married man understand the term stashed cash ) and will need a hunting knife so I can kill and eat game or starve next two weeks until payday.

Now the wait for the mail man so I can beat my wife to the packages LOL

 

[NOLA]

Sorry for the bad picture but the weather just hasn’t cooperated



Bushfinger - blood wood with natural bolster A2
Production bushfinger
Bushfinger with AEB-L
Custom shop kephart

 

[Bushcraft Forever]

Sorry for the bad picture but the weather just hasn’t cooperated

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Bushfinger - blood wood with natural bolster A2
Production bushfinger
Bushfinger with AEB-L
Custom shop kephart

OMG Osage Kephart.❤

 

[Pinnacle64]

Love Osage myself 95% of all my wood handled knives are Osage. Fiddleback Forge has a Handy Man model in Osage and CPM-154 on their site right now.

It was all I do not to buy it as cpm-154 is my favorite stainless for a fixed blade and then you add Osage too.