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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is available! Price is $250 ea (shipped within CONUS).
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/
Can you find me a similar knife?
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I'll derail this thread no further. I'll leave it to the teenagers present and their higher knowledge to hash out what is the most awesome survival knife. :thumbup:
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Teenagers. Ok. We need to better define your requirements. Is it to thwart the zombie apocalypse, does it need to have a lazer-beam, or survive a brazillian tree-fighter attack?
Just kidding......but really, is it for camp chores like fire and food prep, bushcraft, hunting, backpacking, fishing, etc. ?
Just kidding......but really, is it for camp chores like fire and food prep, bushcraft, hunting, backpacking, fishing, etc. ?
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You habe not seen how thick a jungle canopy is then
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Jungle canopy would be for like batoning chopping, the like but I would like to do all these plus fine shavimg habe a flat butte... basically the Blackbird is just an inch too big on blade size but fits the bill
Maybe try a Mora, I like mine alot, it's probably my most used knife! I can understand what marcinek is saying. It's probably just how you guys read it. Most likely, people don't meant harm and aren't talking down to you. He was only trying to narrow down the parameters to select the best knife for the job.
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Well at least you're not the kid who buys the biggest "survival" knife he can find to show off to his friends. I first started getting into knives at your age too. What you choose should depend on what your intended use is and what appeals to you. Until you know your intended use your choice will rely on asthetics alone. My choice of knives has changed a lot because of experience since then (about 3 years). Let the good folks of bladeforums know what you want to do with your knife and they'll be more than happy to help.
I first started getting into knives at your age too. What you choose should depend on what your intended use is and what appeals to you. Until you know your intended use your choice will rely on asthetics alone. My choice of knives has changed a lot because of experience since then (about 3 years). Let the good folks of bladeforums know what you want to do with your knife and they'll be more than happy to help.Maybe start with a mora or one of the bk's. Most young folks aren't sitting on a pile of money and if you are at their prices you can try a couple different knives. I'm sending my son who is a Marine a bk14 because they are nice little light weight knives and somebody on these forums suggested it because of their experience. I to am very intelligent but I have also learned to listen and take other peoples advice.
After i got my izula 2 i stopped looking for similar knives. I dont need them because the izula 2 gets it done. Ive split small kindling, cleaned fish, cleaned squirrels, cut all kinds of cordage, rope, you name it. Ive abused it opening paint cans (not smart) ive done pretty much everything with it. Cant go wrong with one.
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Get a mora and use it. I have thick knives up to a 1/4" yet my mora is used more for splitting kindling. They're cheap, lightweight, easy to sharpen and frankly work better then the other knives I've owned and that includes ESEE 4, Scrapyard 711, and Swamprat HRLM, M6 and the Ratmandu. These companies build knives to split wood which they do well but when you go to make fuzz sticks or do some simple carving they fall short. At least with the factory edge.