Camping/Hiking Knife!!!

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ezzekial

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I like to go camping and hiking and have several knives i usually take with me including my leatherman multi tool, what i am looking for is a folding knife that would be good to take for usual tasks that may be involved with hiking and what not cutting rope, possible some wood work whatever, it will probably be abused for what ever situation i am in so i dont want to buy a super expensive knife, no more than 120 dollars, and id like to stay away from the tactical side i have far to many tactical knives im looking for a camping knife... Thank You very much for the help
 
Hi,

A good SAK, like a Vic Soldier or maybe a Farmer would make me happy. Though a good carbon steel slippie in say a Stockman pattern would also be very handy since you already carry a Leatherman.

If you want a locking type, a Buck 110 is classic and always in good taste. I sometimes carry my Kershaw Scallion for such use.

dalee
 
The Benchmade Griptillian(or mini-griptillian) and spyderco endura(or delica) come to mind. They are well within your price range and will complete your required work well. Both are not that hard to sharpen either. If you dont mind the difficulty with sharpening a cabelas d-2 griptillian will hold its edge a bit longer and is still easily in your price range.

Dalee up there reminded me of SAK's they would also be great and so would slippies. It all depends on what you like.
 
hi ezzekial , it depends what you mean by "camping/hiking". for some folks this involves a car and a campground and a tent and i'd guess that many knives would fill the bill there. for me, camping means backpacking--multiple days/nights spent with nothing but the stuff on your back. therefore, in my case, weight is a consideration as is the size/value/utility of the knife. in the past i have experimented with taking along a fixed blade (Spyderco Temperance) on several trips but found that a folding knife is be much more useful by virtue of its convenience. currently, i generally only take one folder along on trips along with a multitool (which itself has a blade). in the past, my backpacking knives had been either a Spyderco Delica or a Benchmade 710 (both plain edges). of late i have acquired a BM Griptillian (552) and i like it's design very much and anticipate that it will take over all my backpacking chores.
 
yeah my type of camping would be the kind where you cant drive to easily. usually take my jeep to a spot make a base camp with a larger tent then continue on hiking further with a two person tent and friend among other things, i have a grip very nice just looking for other things and suggestions to add and maybe try out other knives really thanks so far some real good suggestions
 
ezzekial,

Click on the link in my signature - we have a wilderness forum here, where we discuss all aspects of the outdoors, especially as it relates to knives. Hope you'll join us there.
 
I generally take either a Spyderco Manix or G10 Endura when going in the bush. My custom Buck 110 gets some backpack time as well.
 
just looking for other things and suggestions to add and maybe try out other knives really thanks so far some real good suggestions
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I rarely encounter anything in the wilderness that needs cutting, and on many trips never use a blade at all. But better safe than sorry, and "pocketknife" is one of the Ten Essentials.

My knife for backpacking and hiking is the AG Russell Hunters Scalpel. Super-lightweight, durable, non-folding, good materials, relatively loss-proof, and very affordable.

Otherwise, probably more backpackers carry a SAK than anything else. Great slicers for food prep, and the included tools can replace some personal items from the pack - tweezers and scissors for example. Some models have locking blades too.

For many years I carried an Opinel while working and living outdoors, and a BuckLite before that.

Each of these knives was perfectly capable of performing every cutting task ever encountered in the outdoors.
 
Brian Jones said:
ezzekial,

Click on the link in my signature - we have a wilderness forum here, where we discuss all aspects of the outdoors, especially as it relates to knives. Hope you'll join us there.
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Best advice I've seen in awhile. :thumbup:
 
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