First true "bushcraft" knife.

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Sufler

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Happy Holidays to all!

I'm playing around with the idea of buying my first true "bushcraft" knife. I'm not thinking of going all out just yet on any high quality customs or brand names.... but, I'm actually thinking of a Condor Bushlore. For around $35, I think it might be the exact starter knife I'm looking for. Either it, or a Mora.

Any opinions on the Condor? Any other alternatives in the $35 range that I should look at as well?

Thanks much!
 
Very good knife for the money, you can`t go wrong with it if you get the later generation.
First one was a little too thick and with a big choil that atleast I did`nt care for.

It comes with a good convex grind, but I reprofiled mine to a Scandi-grind, just because I like it better, and I have the equipment to do so (without paying for it, LOL.....)
 
They're great knives! I have two of the new generation Bushlores. Probably the best deal out there. The sheaths are really nice, too!
 
The Mora Triflex is also a good knife at a great price. You can find them new for about $25 including a decent sheath and shipping.
 
The classic moras are great once you sand off the red paint from the handle. Nice and cheap to learn stills with.
 
I have the Condor Bush Lore knife; it is a good starter knife to find out what you prefer. The thing is built like a tank. (The Mora is not.) For someone who does not do a lot of "buskcraft" things, it works or will work perfectly fine for me. My bushlore knife in the past was a Dozier Wilderness Knife. But I like the spear point design better.
 
Kellam has a whole series of bushcrafters in that price range. Pretty sweet stuff. Can't speak for the new Bushlore as far as design goes, though functionally a Mora 840 is hard to beat in any pricerange. Condor's manufacturing and materials are good, though I think the steel is a wee bit soft for a designated bushcrafting blade.
 
The Condor Bushlore and the Mora Triflex are very different knives

The Bushlore is a full tang hunk of steel that you can beat on and baton to your heart's content
It is an excellent knife with an uncanny balance at the finger notch so it is very light in the hand
But even with this balance it is not a small knife
And the back notch and the lanyard means you can swing it to do light chopping
You will need to work on the blade to get it to very sharp
I would look it more as a 'survival' knife

The Mora Triflex is an extremely sharp cutting knife
The stick tang will take very calculated batoning that will take discretion.
It comes razor sharp and will cut with ease
The handle is molded and very comfortable for hours of cutting
I would call this a 'bushcraft' knife and presume you have a hatchet in addition for splitting.

Each cost about $25
If you can afford both, then do so, because they are so different it is worth your while to learn how to use both.
An alternative to the Triflex is the $12 Mora #11863: The Companion MG Carbon

I do not have the Condor Sapiens, but I want to try it out as a smaller knife than the Bushlore and still a full tang.
 
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