Good fixed blade for 100 or less

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Mrbladedude

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Looking for a fixed blade mainly to be used as a small bushcraft knife and occasionally for skinning small to medium sized game. Blade no thicker than .125" (3 mm). No longer than 4 inch blade length. Stainless steel. Medium sized hands. No rubber/Thermorum handle. Preferably Micarta. Full tang of course. Finger guard a must.

Ideas?
 
Kershaw Diskin Hunter 1085?
I think it checks off just about every category. Thickness is 0.13" rather than 0.125", but if you can tell the difference of 0.005", you're pretty special.

Kershaw's website puts blade length right at 4", but a couple vendors put it at 4.4". I wonder why the discrepancy.
 
Not really wanting a 440C blade. Wouldn't mind VG 10 or better. Price is flexible a little so $120 max
 
For some reason there is a stigma against the mora bushcraft. Available in stainless or carbon. I have both. Good for fish,squirrels, deer,batoning small diameter logs. I love them both. Got a nice sheath with firesteel loop from bens backwoods. Two knives one leather sheath cost me $125. I wouldn't want any other knife. I have lots that just sit in drawers now and the moras get used.
 
Queen makes their fixed blades in D2 which is pretty much stainless. Buck has the open season series in S30v, the "small game" one looks like it might work for you. Marttiini and Helle put out some nice looking wood handled stainless knives in your price range. CRKT Hunt'N Fisch is just a little bit over your thickness requirement but is worth looking at. The Grohmann Trout & Bird comes in micarta but it doesn't really have much of a finger guard, although with the handle shape it doesn't really need one.
If you were willing to go carbon you would have a lot more options available in micarta and your price range.
 
Spyderco Street Beat or Bill Moran in vg10 w/ frn handles
(No finger guards)

Böker Arbolito lines makes a bunch that would fit your ideas, but the n695 Steel is 440c + nickel
(Not sure what you have against 440c)

one of the SOG Huntspoint in s30v, has a polymer or wood handle; though I can't comment on SOG's quality of Steel or build, since I've never owned one.

Mora 277 exclusive has a wood handle

My recommendation, Raise your budget just a tad, and get yourself a Knives of Alaska alpha wolf with d2 steel (almost "stainless") and g10 handle, or a bit more and get yourself the Alpha Wolf in s30v or a Benchmade Saddle Mountain Skinner or Hunter
 
Pioneer Valley said:
For some reason there is a stigma against the mora bushcraft. Available in stainless or carbon. I have both. Good for fish,squirrels, deer,batoning small diameter logs. I love them both. Got a nice sheath with firesteel loop from bens backwoods. Two knives one leather sheath cost me $125. I wouldn't want any other knife. I have lots that just sit in drawers now and the moras get used.
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Love all my Moras. Especially the Bushcraft Black. I am considering a Bushcraft Forest just to have one in SS.
 
Looked at a couple but nothing really caught my eye. Not really interested in carbon steel since I already own blades in those and want something new. No 440 C or rubber handles. Micarta or wood would be preferable with exposed tang.
 
Check out Hattori knives at Japanese knives direct website. He makes impressive stuff. He also does Fallkniven' s fixed blades as well as Cold Steel' s San mai line, so there is a lot of stuff that looks similar. He also made a lot of the SOG MODELS that are simply eye catching. Happy hunting.
 
A bit over your $100 budget but Bradford guardian 3 is nice. M390 steel 3" blade. I have the G4 and it's pretty awesome.
 
This one may meet your criteria

http://cudeman.com/en/25-survival-knives?p=4

This one may be a touch thick for you, yet it looks to be an excellent choice otherwise.
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...MT-5-survival-bushcraft-hunting-knife-◀

and one a little smaller
http://cudeman.com/en/knives/48-116-b.html

and a leather handle which I like in a hard use knife

http://cudeman.com/en/knives/125-138-o.html

and a slightly different version
http://cudeman.com/en/knives/358-148-b.html

this Boker can also be found in your price range
https://www.boker.de/us/fixed-blade-knife/boker-arbolito/02BA351H.html

as can this one
https://www.boker.de/us/fixed-blade-knife/boker-arbolito/02BA325HH.html
 
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