"Do-It-All" Fixed Blade

Here's 2 knives proven by years of success in the field. One large, one small. The small will do most of what you need, but if you really want a big knife, you'll have it.

Leuku and Puukko (fifth item down)

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I went through the very same thing a couple weeks back.
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Yeah, I go through the same thing once every couple of months myself, Noshtero.

I usually come here and talk about it. Its like Chopper Anonymous!

"Hi my name is marcinek and I wan't to get a knife that is way bigger than I'll ever use."
 
I picked the Gameskeeper for my 'There can be only one' knife. This is a bit of a experiment for me, I always relied on the 'Further from the road the bigger the knife' mentality. Most of my woods knifes are what most call Choppers.

I looked real hard at the Bravo-1 and the ability to choke up for fine work was the decider for me.

Some think the blade is to thick for a lot of work. I find it gives me a feeling of security to have a little extra heavy duty with me when I'm away from any back-up/replacement.
 
GUN SNOB, you should be happy with the Gameskeeper. I think the Bravo-1 is a good modification of it for tactical situations, but the original works better in the woods.

Don't worry about the thickness. The edge being convex will be thin and sharp enough.
 
I think I'd like the Bark River Highland Special for a solo fixed blade. I'm trying hard not to buy one!;)
 
Ratmandu! perfect size for sticking hogs and skinning and yet thick enough for batoning if need be.
 
Hey Guys..

I agree with Pitdog..

I don't think there is a Do everything type of knife..

There are many knives that some Very close, however they work Great at one thing,, but lack in others...

I agree that the Fallknivens come Very close to being that perfect knife....

ttyle

Eric
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I've still not decided which of mine is my favourite. It's currently a contest between:
Street Scrapper 4 (wish the blade were a touch thinner and half an inch longer)
Doug Ritter RSK Mk3 (wish the handle felt as secure as the SS4)

I also have a FBM which I love but it's kinda hard justifying the size (to the police more than anything with the restrictive laws over here).
 
Esav Benyamin

I haven't had a chance to really use the G.K. but am very happy with it and agree the Bravo-1 mods. serve a purpose (read 'I want one of them to') but agree the G.K is more suited to my intended use.

This is a impressive knife. (the Gameskeeper) It is thick enough to be a heavy duty user and fine enough to really cut. I was surprised how light it feels in the hand and still presents its self as a bigger than it is knife. It dose not qualified as a chopper, IMHO, but with in reason I'm sure it would.

There are several good knifes mentioned here. The hard part is to pick only one.

Not mentioned is the BRK&T Rouge. Not for every one but a very nice 7 in. blade. I saw a 8 in. 'Monster Nessie' by Daniel Koster that jumped all over my short list as a woods clever(?) and Bark River will be doing a run of Hudson bays in Oct (?). 8 in. of classic sweetness.

Hi. My name is GUN SNOB and I want a knife that is way bigger than I will ever use.
 
I like the trailmaster by cold steel. I've done all those tasks with it before just to see if I could. I also like the older Western bowies. But I'd say a really good cooks knife would work about as good as anything. Just wouldn't look as cool.
 
"Hi, GUNSNOB."

Must admit, I really like that Gameskeeper. That particular knife was not on my radar. I like that blade length (4.5 inch is reasonable, in my book) and thickness.

Very similar dimensions to the Marbles Plainsman I was considering. Different steels, though, but both convex ground carbon steel...
 
I'm gonna third (or is it fourth) the Fallkniven S1.Although the Impact series from Ka-bar have some great designs.The impact warthog is a great little camp knife.tough as nails too.
 
My becker BK-7 is my do all knife in the woods and it is a little large. The wife just gave me permission to order that doug ritter fixed RSK next week. The becker is what I have been using for like 4 years now and I think it is a excellent knife but I keep wishing I could have gotten ahold of a BK-2.
 
marcinek

I got cought up on Bark River and the biggist problem was making the choise. The Fox River and Aurora also have a very strong following. (as do others) Most seem to have been desined as real working tools and the few I have do the job well.

If you like the Gameskeeper you may look at the Montana Guide also. Very simmiler to the GK. Same blade, redesined handle.

My present favoret BRK&T is the TUSK. Not what I think of as a Bush Knife but I have been EDCing it for a month now and have not found any thing it could not do. (in the size range.)
 
(Flame suit on) Although it won't accel at every task, but it could handle each task, my current favorite fixed blade to grab would be my RS6 Predator WSK, perhaps because it has seen a lot of use recently.

Although I haven't had a chance to put my NWA BFSK through it's paces yet!
 
I'm with rctk1! All of the knives mentioned here are great for the purpose but the RatManDu is hard to beat. It is the one for me.

Drue
 
GrayWall04 said:
I like the trailmaster by cold steel. I've done all those tasks with it before just to see if I could. I also like the older Western bowies. But I'd say a really good cooks knife would work about as good as anything. Just wouldn't look as cool.
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Thats a great point GrayWall! The old-old timers used exactly that and fared pretty well.

If I was smart, I'd pick up a nice old used (or new) heavy carbon chef's knife and find a sheath for it. I'd imagine it'd do anything. I suppose batonning is the only thing I haven't done with my Henckels chef knife.

But, like you say, all these new knives are so cool!

mmmmm...Ranger RD-9.....
 
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