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Bill Siegle Bill Siegle makes the best hard use camp knives for the money anywhere. No two are alike, heat treatment is excellent, fit and finish is excellent, performance is EXCELLENT. There might just be a few for sale in the makers section as well..

I’ve owned many Busse, Carothers, Gossman’s, SET’s.. many other makers - Siegle knives are up there with the best of them
 
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Bill Siegle Bill Siegle makes the best hard use camp knives for the money anywhere. No two are alike, heat treatment is excellent, fit and finish is excellent, performance is EXCELLENT. There might just be a few for sale in the makers section as well..

I’ve owned many Busse, Carothers, Gossman’s, SET’s.. many other makers - Siegle knives are up there with the best of them
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I agree.

What about a little Siegle "Camp Mistress"?...



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Forum member bladesmith OP Bunch. He is a true craftsman.

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I am not a bushcraft kind of guy myself. Our son takes the grandkids family camping every summer though. If the stock markets does a dipsy-doodle in a positive direction this year I may get him a Chris Reeve "Backpacker" to go along with the Sebenza I got him last year.
 
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Not a sales thread....
but Camp Knives are some of my favorites,
and I'm always ordering steel,
also I generally always have a stack of ready to go heat treated blanks available..... Private message for interest.

*Note, I'm between batches, waiting for my next couple of treats to come in. Afterwards, once they do, I'm back to filling orders and I won't be available for some time, idk when? It's getting scary busy on my end.... Thanks.
 
luethge said:
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Siegle, Esee and Siegle

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Lionsteel

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Architect, lionsteel, Martin, SET, SET, Shaerk , Flat Rock and Breed.

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SET

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Thanks x 2

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Carothers

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Martin

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Winkler’s

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Gossman’s ( yes - I had a serious addiction to Scott’s knives ).

Anything pictured above would make an excellent camp knife - some carve and some chop, others do both.
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Damn man. Had no idea you were rolling that deep!
 
When I think of "Camp Knife", I think of a tool that has a blade length of 7-10", nimble in hand-yet robust enough for tough tasks.

Gossman Knives are awesome. I've owned dozens of them. BUT...they are hard to come by, expensive, and I find the handles.....uncomfortable. My hands just don't jive with them anymore. I would like to try a few Siegle and David Mary large knives.

I currently fall back on the ESEE Junglas. Love them. They are not perfect, but do all that I need in a "Camp Knife".

A nice off the rack option may be the Bark River Tundra III if you can find one. I have one for sale.
 
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theblacksheep said:
Looking for a Gossman knife but hard to find. What other companies similar to Gossman?
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I think your question has been answered by everyone else in here, I just want to add that, since you mentioned gossman, that may be an itch that needs to be scratched. I haven't talked to him in many years, but you may be able to go directly to him and order the knife you want. It may take some time to get to you, but you will get what you want in the end.
 
Whatever works for you . . .if that is a big utility profiled blade that is not a machete I am happy for you.

I am now retired, visually impaired and having a tough time rehabilitating from hip surgery, so roughing it in the great out doors is pretty much out of the question. However, in my lifetime IK have been camping as a Boy Scout and as a Troop leader. At times, I have done some backpack trekking . . . .before ultra-light gear became a thing.

For some reason, I never felt the need for a big knife that was not actually a machete. True, I always had a sheath knife on my belt. I wore it behind my right hip with the end of the sheath held in the back pocket of my jeans. . . . so about four inches. At other times, it was smaller, as when trekking. Sometimes it was an "Old Hickory" brand blade from the grocery sore. If we were "car-camping", as a family there would be a hatchet, bow saw and shovel available.

I just never felt the need for what folks in this thread call a camp knife.

But if it is good for you . . .git-er-dunn!
 
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Busse and Kin make great camp knives. When I go I take something with a 6-8” blade. Bigger if I expect rough trails. This one’s a favorite:



I like having something big enough to hack brambles, lop off a walking stick, hammer a tent stake, quarter a chicken and cut up stuff for the stew pot, but still compact enough to choke up and whittle with.

I always have a folder and a traditional on me too, so I’m never without something smaller.
 
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