Hey, I am looking for a folding knife under 100$ from Ebay that will be good for EDC and for wilderness/survival or just sitting in the camp and carve some wood, I searched for a while and I just got confused from all those knifes.
Any suggestions? thanks
I would suggest you first try to learn about blade grind geometry, how it affects performance, and how relates to the type of use you want to help narrow the mass of options available.
Otherwise, it will be a long expensive journey. Not because any one knife may be expensive, but because many fall prey to the crow syndrome; of always looking for a new shinny object to chase/acquire (searching for something new without an understanding of where you have come from or where you should be headed - from a performance perspective).
You should be able to satisfy your initial references with a quality performance based knife for well under $50, perhaps under $25 even. In this way you could for example buy/try two knives with significantly differing blade-grind geometry and learn how they can affect performance of various tasks.
Spend/budget out of your investment for a sharpening system that will allow for repeatable results and learn how to sharpen and also to adjust the cutting edge bevels.
Here is a pic. illustrating a few common blade grind geometry as reference example. Additionally, the Saber grind is very common (somewhat of a Scandi as illustrated below, plus a Secondary bevel applied to the cutting edge similar to how the Flat grind is shown).
Truth be told ..., I will admit the first knife that came to mind for me, based on what you mentioned in your OP, I the Cold Steel Finn Wolf. It is however a Scandi grind, and my guess would be that many do not appreciate what a Scandi brings in terms of performance. I come from a history of working with wood (chisels, etc.) and sharpening all my tools personally (includes worm drive saw blades and carpentry saws) on a daily basis (jobsites with files & stones).
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