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Ya, i agree. Horsewright does some amazing work.
The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
bonus point with @Horsewright, he uses (I'd even say specializes in) aeb-l which is some of the toughest stainless steel in existence. His sheath's usually surpass functional & go into the artistic realm
Benchmade arvensis.
Case Finn or vintage Western Boy Scout knife, basic Bird & Trout. Hess makes it 1095 carbon steel. Stacked leather handles or nice wood with thin blades make a classic useful camping knife. It's an easy carry, I have as both a boy & man.
The best under 100 knife for woods I have ever used is the Ontario rat 7
I spend alot of time in the brush and have tortured it and it is still like new lol. I just hate the black finish
This is also a high contender. Is there anything you specifically like about it above other fixed blades?
Well, since you're looking for suggestions, and your wife doesn't want to give more input, as I had mentioned before, my wife loves the Fallkniven F1. It's near the top of your budget, but my wife likes it because of the relative light weight, slim handle that fits her hand very well, grippy and indestructible handle material, stainless steel which is nice and easy to care for, and she's much more of a "modern materials" kinda gal, rather than carbon steel and leather which is where my mind likes to wander.
All in all, I love my F1, and i can't fault her at all for liking it as well.
The chopping function. I have a video up of it cutting a old and HARD railroad tie like butter and it didnt phase it at all. I'll try to share the YouTube link. It's me and my rat 7 in action. It doesn't slip it is nice to use and you could build a shelter with this and cut down saplings big and small
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I'll 2nd the 3V Master Hunter !CS Master Hunter in CPM 3V. Right at your price point. Less then 6 oz too.
https://www.bladehq.com/item--Cold-Steel-Master-Hunter-Fixed--29665
My buddy has an Ontario Cerberus fixed blade. 4.8" of D2. Comfortable G10 handle. Decent sheath for $100. Less then 8 oz too.
I like the Bucklite Max.
It's easy to sharpen, 4-ish ounces, made in USA, got a great warranty.
Insanely inexpensive as well.