Recommendation? Camp knife?

A lot of good camping knife and edge tool ideas. One other thing that to me makes a good camp knife is one that you can use with fire steel. Ditto a good sheath with a dangler. A small axe comes in handy. Here is a custom made ML Kephart that is flat ground with a 4.5 inch blade. Osage wood scales.
 

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shane45-1911 said:
This ^^

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What did you use to get that choil so perfect?
 
Bh2019 said:
I'm thinking I'd like something with around 4 to 5 inches of blade, reasonably lightweight for backpacking. The Bradford Guardian 4.5 or 5.5 seem great, as do the Bark River Bravo 1
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The Bravo 1 has a fairly thick blade which would seem to me to limit its usefulness for some camp chores. I used to have a Cold Steel SRK and I thought of it the same way.
 
Bh2019 said:
Hi everybody, I'm new here and looking for a knife for camping, making fires, nothing too crazy. I bought into the Gerber Strongarm hype a few years ago, but it seems far too thick to really be a good cutting tool, and I really don't like the rubber handle. The Lionsteel B41 has caught my interest, but I haven't found many reviews of it, and I'm not very familiar with Sleipner steel or how it compares to well executed CPM 3V that seems to be the de facto standard. What do you guys think? And what would you recommend under about $150 or $200? Or maybe a little more if you really think it's worth it. Thank you so much for reading, and I really appreciate your input!

Ben
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Hello Ben, welcome. The Buck 104 Compadre is a great camp knife. 4 1/2 inches, micarta handle. 5160 steel. It sells for a little over $100 and it’s made in the good ol’ USA. Definitely worth the price. It comes with a nice leather sheath but there are also aftermarket kydex sheaths for it floating around online.
 
bdmicarta said:
The Bravo 1 has a fairly thick blade which would seem to me to limit its usefulness for some camp chores. I used to have a Cold Steel SRK and I thought of it the same way.
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They make a Bravo 1 LT with a thinner blade. Some people prefer it to the standard Bravo 1.
 
cbach8tw said:
I think he just spoke to Sasquatch, who observes a lot of us in the outdoors, after all he is the hide-and-seek champion, and noticed that most have a small medium fixed blade or Swiss Army knife. :) (just for fun).
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Mora 511 or Mora Companion.

If you want more of a wood and steel vibe, Condor makes good camp knives with great sheaths. Their prices have crept up the past couple of years, however. They used to be an amazing value. Still a good knife though
 
Cold steel roach belly makes a decent camp knife and cost not much.

Also super pointy. So if camp cooking consists of opening packets(like mine does) then that is covered as well.

But otherwise. The blade is lower than the handle so you don't rap your knuckles on the chopping board.

And there is no design features that will make gunk stick to it. So it is an easy clean. Just metal and propylene basically.

Otherwise it goes through wood. If that is your jam.
 
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