Could use some help picking out a fixed blade

Becker BK7, Cold steel Recon Scout, Ontario RD7, Kabar Bull Dozier?
 
All my knives that came with a coating have worn to ugly fairly quickly. Im recommending the a-1 also. Try doing some more research on knives,and bush craft before makeing hard and fast requirements for tools.
 
The Government said:
If you buy some black duracoat paint your options will increase tenfold.
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Really good idea. Ive thought about it

1066vik said:
Becker BK7, Cold steel Recon Scout, Ontario RD7, Kabar Bull Dozier?
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Dont like the blade shape of the becker, dont like cold steels warranty, looking currently at the Ranger RD-7(same thing?), dont like kabars

RevDevil said:
Try a Busse Tank Buster, those are pretty awesome and very durable.
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I think its too expensive at least the places i looked

winbag338 said:
All my knives that came with a coating have worn to ugly fairly quickly. Im recommending the a-1 also. Try doing some more research on knives,and bush craft before makeing hard and fast requirements for tools.
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I had a buck nighthawk a few years back, the finish held up great for a long time, it never really wore away except on the sharp edges along the blade, even then, it was really minor. I would expect the knife i want to get costing 2-3x more to be at least as resilient. The A1's coating is really pathetic. However i could just recoat it myself.IF ever have any warranty issues, fallkniven is all the way in sweden. Not sure how their warrany is either. Plus, the A1 is 80 dollars more than the RD-7, and 60 dollars more than the Yard Guard.
 
Knifes I am currently looking at possibly getting:

A1(expensive, will have to recoat myself, but its a pretty knife)

RD-7(OK looking, cheap, coating is decent, i hear some people dont like the handles which is a major issue, however it comes with an awesome warranty and free sharpening)

Yard Guard(OK looking, coating appears to be good, really really tough knife, and good warranty)
 
Thejoyofdriving said:
Knifes I am currently looking at possibly getting:

A1(expensive, will have to recoat myself, but its a pretty knife)

RD-7(OK looking, cheap, coating is decent, i hear some people dont like the handles which is a major issue, however it comes with an awesome warranty and free sharpening)
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I have a Ranger RD6 and RD9; both are really fine knives.
1/4" thick, very well made, and very tough. (The thickness does taper off rapidly towards the tip though.)
I find the handles to be very comfortable and I've got big hands.


As for the Fallkniven A1, I'm not able to speak about it from personal experience.
Just never felt the need for a big stainless steel field knife.

I can tell you that the S1 and F1 are both excellent.
(The F1 is one of my all-time all-around favorites, especially the 3G version. :thumbup:)
 
So it looks like im going to be getting the Scrap Yard-Yard Guard at the moment unless i can find something else. The SR-77 steel has proven its self on knifetest.com and comes with one of the best warrantys out there. Unless i find a reason not to get it, or someone else recommends something better, im going to be getting one. :) But nothings final so im still open to suggestions!
 
one other thing you might look at since you're already zero-ing in on Scrap Yard - they posted yesterday on the SRKW forum about a bunch of military overrun Regulators for good price -- might be worth looking at one of those as well.
 
If an esee-6 is not to your tastes I would second a recon scout for your needs and wants. Tough and affordable
7.5 in with kydex at 15oz. It chops better than my esee-6 but the 6 is a better camp knife.
More than tough, my trailmaster has taken extreme abuse and the recon is the same knife just shorter. The coating is really tough as well.
The sk-5 is a good tough steel
 
Brad "the butcher";7900632 said:
If an esee-6 is not to your tastes I would second a recon scout for your needs and wants. Tough and affordable
7.5 in with kydex at 15oz. It chops better than my esee-6 but the 6 is a better camp knife.
More than tough, my trailmaster has taken extreme abuse and the recon is the same knife just shorter. The coating is really tough as well.
The sk-5 is a good tough steel
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The coldsteel recon scout?

Dont like coldsteel, or that knife. The knife doenst appeal to me :)
 
1066vik said:
one other thing you might look at since you're already zero-ing in on Scrap Yard - they posted yesterday on the SRKW forum about a bunch of military overrun Regulators for good price -- might be worth looking at one of those as well.
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Ill check that out, thanks :)
 
As an owner of a Yard Guard, I can say it's a great knife for the money. I've chopped roots with mine, hitting gravel and burying it in the ground, pried with it, dug with it, etc. and its held up great. It doesn't have the greatest edge retention in the world, but that's the price we tend to pay for a knife that can take the kind of abuse this one can without breaking. But it sharpens up fairly easily and will take a hair-popping edge.

Of course the edge would probably hold up better if I wouldn't chop roots, gravel and dirt with it.
 
Dr Heelhook said:
Fällkniven A1 maybe?
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That blade was mentioned previously, thank you.

jbombelli said:
As an owner of a Yard Guard, I can say it's a great knife for the money. I've chopped roots with mine, hitting gravel and burying it in the ground, pried with it, dug with it, etc. and its held up great. It doesn't have the greatest edge retention in the world, but that's the price we tend to pay for a knife that can take the kind of abuse this one can without breaking. But it sharpens up fairly easily and will take a hair-popping edge.

Of course the edge would probably hold up better if I wouldn't chop roots, gravel and dirt with it.
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Could you compare the edge retention to 154CM? Thats what my EDC benchmade is(obviously the use of the blade has a role) and the edge retention is ok. I would like something with at least as much edge retention. The SR-77 steel did great on knife test.

How is the handle?
 
I just found out you cant buy the scrap yard knives when ever you want to, they have windows of production. Either I wait to see if the next knife coming out is going to be the scrap yard or, I find a new knife(possibly get the Fallkniven A1)

EDIT: Unless I can find a yard guard on sale in good condition, i will get one. However thats not looking well.
 
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My problem with the A1, is that:

The coating sucks

Its more expensive than the Yard Guard

Has worse warranty, by far

And it isnt nearly as tough.


This is so frustrating!
 
Thejoyofdriving said:
I think the RC-6 wasnt a bad suggestion, is there anything sort of similar with maybe a little longer blade, more weight and possibly a different steel with better stain resistance?
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Check out the becker BK7. If it was me id probably go with the RC6 though.

Goodluck
 
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