decent inexpensive folder for bushcraft jobs

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edged932

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Im looking for a decent folding knife that's going to stand up to use and abuse in the outdoors preferably with a locking blade. I would also like it to be in a traditional style, i have looked at the buck 110 but I'm open to sugestions or perhaps something like a tenacious or endure. Anyway what do you lot think?

Cheers-dave
 
You might look at the Kabar Dozier Phat Bob. its a good bushcraft style and relatively inexpensive.
 
Cold steel recon 1--I have the clip point, full size and mini. They're great.
 
Alnamvet68 said:
Victorinox Farmer, or any of the cellidor models.
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Thats my choice, as backup to a fixed blade of course.

I have little use for a locking folder in the woods when I can carry a Mora. I find the Farmer useful for processing smaller wood.

Personally, I would ever enter the woods with just a folder if I had a choice.
 
edged932 said:
Just another quick question. How good are rough rider knives?
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RR knives are very good for the price they have.

Why haven't anyone suggested an Opinel yet? Traditional, locking blade, easy to modify and disposable. Break it or loose it, just buy a new one.
 
collim1 said:
Thats my choice, as backup to a fixed blade of course.

I have little use for a locking folder in the woods when I can carry a Mora. I find the Farmer useful for processing smaller wood.

Personally, I would ever enter the woods with just a folder if I had a choice.
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Agreed i do take a fixed blade and a multi tool but i usually only use it for larger or extended tasks but i would like a lock knife for other smaller tasks
 
For bushcraft, look at what Nessmuk or Kephart carried. Multiple blade, carbon steel slipjoints. Maybe try out one of Case's yellow handled options.
 
I like my Vic farmer. The awl is a great firesteel striker and the saw is, well, a saw. Great for making tinder, cutting notches for traps, shelters, furniture. The blade is super thin and a decent slicer, but don't put any sideways pressure on it. I've had to have more than one swiss army knife repaired after snapping a blade.
The opinels are amazing too. And don't pass up a Svord peasant either. I have a full size peasant, convexed, and it's a razor. I liked it so much I got 3 more and 2 of their hiker fixed blades.
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Buck 110 is a very good knife. It would get you through a couple nights stranded in the woods, doing everything you'd want a knife to do.

If the knife is to be more task oriented, i.e. camp chores and maintenance, food prep, light wood work, etc., then you should own a SAK first. Actually it's a tossup---most people, for outdoor, should own a SAK first anyway, IMO.
 
Inexpensive Bushcraft Folder = Svord Peasant Knife. There is also a mini version if you are worried about blade length.

[video=youtube;KB67N28oihA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB67N28oihA[/video]
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Svord Peasant (non locking but it really can't close when you're holding it), SAK with a saw and awl (there are locking models in different sizes), Cold Steel Voyager or American Lawman (or pretty much any of their Tri-Ad lock folders), Opinels (they're tougher than they look). The Buck 110 you're looking at is quite good, if a bit heavy.

Personally, if I had to choose a folder as my single outdoors tool, I'd go with one of the larger locking SAKs (either one from the Ranger series previously made by Wenger or a Victorinox). The steel isn't fantastic but is sharpens easily, the extra tools always come in handy (especially the saw and awl, for woodworking) and they prevent the main blade from being abused. Choose whichever model better suits your needs. I tend to use the Victorinox OH-Trailmaster (I reground the blade to a plain edge) or a RangerGrip 78 (which used to be a Wenger model, now it's still sold by Victorinox).
 
I like the SOG Salute for when something a little longer than a SAK blade is called for. If you look past the G10 scales, it's not really all that different from a traditional lockback. I wish there was a USA-made version with something better than 8Cr13MoV steel, but for the price, I don't mind getting it gunked up.
 
mantzao said:
Enlan EL-01
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Best you'll get for a really good price.

[video=youtube;axX_vsTvDWE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axX_vsTvDWE[/video]

Video by SRJoben of lazy lizard gear, sells them and puts wave and front serrations on if you need it. Recently he's done some excellent etching on various blades.
 
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