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pinnah said:
Wish the Compadre had a flat grind.
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Agreed. And no recurve would be great. This is supposed to be a bushcraft knife. I've never heard anyone over on the bushcraft forum say they wish their knife had a recurve. I honestly don't understand Buck's obsession with them.
 
Camp knife. I think they push the Selkirk as a Bushcraft type knife.
 
Googled Recurve Bushcraft knife.

Interesting.


The Recurve Bushcraft Knife

This is my style of bushcraft knife, it has more of a belly than the Woodlore and in my opinion its design is more suited to dressing animals and cutting wood for camp duties as opposed to making spoons. Although on saying that, if you have a look on the Mors Kochanski page you will see a couple of photos of a netting needle carved using one of these knives


Recurve
A recurve is basically when the blade has something of an “S” shape in it, usually creating a big belly that helps the knife excel at slicing and chopping, but also creates a bit of a forward angle on the edge.

Any type of blade, such as a drop point, clip point, and even a hawksbill can have a recurve, so a recurve isn’t necessarily always a stand alone shape as it can be part of others too.

Advantages of Recurve:

Can be incorporated into other blade styles

Gives you a number of cutting options

Disadvantages of Recurve:

Harder to sharpen
 
Makael said:
Camp knife. I think they push the Selkirk as a Bushcraft type knife.
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I agree that there is a difference between a camp knife (Compadre) and a bushcraft knife (Selkirk).

That said, I don't think a hollow grind is good for either.

For a camp knife, I want a knife that will cut meat and vegetables for meal preparation while still being able to make kindling for the fire. For me, a camp knife is bigger than a bushcraft knife and is unlikely to be carried around on my belt or in my pack like a smaller bushcraft knife will be. For a camp knife, I like something in the 5"-6" range. I prefer it to have no finger guard as I don't stab things in camp and it only interferes with working on a cutting board. I also don't like recurves because it interferes with food prep generally speaking. I strongly dislike hollow grinds for camp knife and just behind that, dislike fat convexed or scandi grinds as neither slice well. IMO, the Compadre would be a better camp knife if it had either a full flat grind or better, a convexed saber grind.

On a bushcraft type knife, I like something in the 4" range (but can live with 5") but I very much prefer convexed Scandi grind for better splitting and wood shaving performance. I also strongly prefer a grip that doesn't lock me into or that prevents common holds. The Selkirk's full flat grind doesn't attract me and the sharp metal drop from the grip to the tang precludes comfortable draw cuts (something the Buck 110 and Bucklite Max fixed blade are both good at). If Buck were to take their flat saber grind and put it on their larger Bucklite Max, they would have a much better bushcraft knife than the Selkirk, IMO. I'm also not interested in buying a Buck 420HC blade that doesn't have BOS heat treatment on it.
 
When I got my original 651 wayback when they first were sold (under $50.00!!) the printing on the end of the box said 'Pig Stik**' just not completely spelled out..Very soon after that it doubled and tripled in price..Wish I still had mine.
 
I ordered the new 650 and 651 pig sticker. also a couple of the 840 and 841 ball bearings just cause. kinda small blades wish they were 3.5" or bigger.
 
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