Falkniven a1 or esee 6 or esee 5 or onterio rat7 or bark river 1.5 without ramp for a

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agavalas24

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The title says it all but I'm thinking about on eof this knives can anyone help me make the choise
 
What will you be using the knife for primarily? Most excel at certain tasks and others not so well.
 
KenHash said:
Fallkniven A1 pro.....laminated Cobalt Steel. I don't even have one yet...
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I second this. The lam CoS steel in my V1-Volcano is excellent. Takes a wicked edge and holds it well. Easily sharpened for a super steel as well. Fallkniven makes a top shelf product. Beautiful as well as functional.
 
I like my Rat7. Used it for a couple months. Chopping and limbing poles. Old hard dry wood. No chipping. Took the black BBQ paint off when I got it. By far my favourite knife so far. Sheath is nice. Pocket holds a firesteel and a folder.
 
Busse Team Gemini Light Brigade (or the newly announced Team Gemini Battle Grade) or Swamp Rat Rodent 6
 
Since you obviously don't have any of them (yet), ESEE 6. You can always buy the rest later.
 
I only own the A1 so can say only about this. It’s a very good knife and I would recommend it :thumbup:. I have since several years, actually it is the first “serious” fix blade I bought. During the first years, I used this exclusively and extensively in all my outdoor activities and have always been very pleased with it. As said many times, I’m just a week-end hiker and knife hobbyist, I use a knife for simple hiking tasks like making some pegs for the tarp, minor wood processing for setting up small camp-fires, doing some food preparation, etc. The A1 does it all in a good to great way. I like the fact it’s stainless, like all my other knives. I often prepare food when out and stainless it’s good for me, very easy to clean properly and never had a single spot. It takes a great edge and it’s relatively easy to sharpen, sometimes, when out, I touch the blade up with the DC4, if I want a super cutting ability for precision tasks. It keeps its edge for long. The handle it’s very good for me, just the right size and grip. The A1 is just a duty knife. It has no thrills, no bells & whistles. It’s a plain duty knife, function rules :). This is its beauty in my eyes. Zytel sheath is just plain. It does its job but it’s nothing “nice” and, in this case, contrary to the knife, functionality can be improved easily (e.g.: the belt loop tends to slide all over my belt, the knife “rattle” a bit in the sheath, etc.). If you want to “carry” this and not put it on/in the rucksack, I suggest to get a decent sheath. My A1, after 7+ years, it’s still in its great shape, it shows some use but, like for the wrinkles on my face, those marks tells me some stories and bring back great memories. There's a lot to read about A1! :)

Today I am mostly carrying folders on my hikes and, if I go for fixed blades, I’d rather carry the F1, its small brother, for size reason. The A1 turned out to be too “big” for my uses. Filleting a trout or slicing salami and cutting bread and tomatoes, peeling cucumbers or carrots, carving a walking stick, doing few pegs, making a spit or some skewers, cutting paracord, splitting some kindling and twigs, scraping some barks, chopping small branches, etc., these tasks I perform better with a thinner, smaller blade which I couple either with a small hatchet or with a folding saw if I need to clean cut some bigger logs/poles.

Whatever knife you’ll chose, I wish you to have a great time with it outdoor! :)
 
ill be using it for camping and general outdoor purpose like bushcraft and surviavul but the knifes main use will be a camping knife that is versatile and can replace many other tools such as a hachet, ext.
 
or even the becker bk2 opr blackbird sk5 or falkniven s1 or the puma ip scout master or the onterio bushcraft field knife or the tops bob
 
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