Good food prep camp knife

[lucymartin]

Check the link mentioned by Arathol.

 

[NapalmCheese]

I can’t believe no one has mentioned Opinel, any size you like, carbon or stainless and no sheath required.

I often take an Opinel #8 for picnicking trips. A larger Opinel would be a fine camp kitchen knife if you have a raised cutting board.

 

[Mistwalker]

More expensively, I recommend the TOPS Pasayten Lite Traveler.

Great suggestion! That's exactly the role Steve, who loves cooking, designed the PLT to fill. It's style and shape are perfectly suited to the job, and the heat treat and cryo they do on their 440C is very good. This is exactly the knife I popped in to suggest.

 

[Drop bear]

The latest ongoing discussion......

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/recommendations-for-camping-and-cooking-knife.1967031/

And I will say the off grid grizzly is the best knife I have come across in this thread as well.

 

[Drop bear]

OP wanted smaller. The Mora kransbol works quite well. It doesn't have the knuckle clearance. But it cuts really well at a high angle.

And it isn't full tang. So it doesn't fly off the plate when you set it down.

 

[Patrisage]

BPS Savage. Affordable, nice slicer.

 

[Ozmose]

I just ordered this out of curiosity, with that very purpose in mind. I can let you know what I think when it gets here.

Station IX The Partisan

 

[Wandering_About]

Grohmann #1 comes to mind.

 

[kobold]

I use these in the kitchen, I would take them to camp too. All have great sheaths.
I just cubed a bunch of beef with the Kalahari mini-sportsman (CPM154) and the Kephart (3V), to compare them and the Sportsman came out on top. I will have to investigate further. The bottom one is an ULB (Elmax).
Chef's knives are too big for me, four to five inches are just perfect.

 

[GPyro]

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I've got lots of knives.
The wife has a few as well.
She puts this in the R.V.

 

[Greggy]

I like Dicks......

Get right back into that closet sir.

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

My favorite camp cooking knife is my favorite kitchen knife, I just bring slip to cover the blade. A 10 inch carbon steel K Sabatier.

My next favorite camp cooking knife is my 8 inch Leuku, but it makes a mess of hard vegetables if you're trying for anything finer than a dice.

My third favorite is my Becker Kephart. The only place the Kephart exceeds the other two knives is prepping avocados, it's like it was made for it!

So I guess I wasn't any help because none of these are stainless and they're all over 4 inches in length.

Though this one has been gaining a little traction with me for food prep. Made from 1080 barstock and heat treated by myself after seeing a Condor Libertariat and thinking it was cool.

No worries. I didn't mean to write a novel. I could have just summed it up with small food prep knife. I would rather just have a 4" or 5" blade that I can throw in my pack and really not worry about. All my other 6"-10" blades are mid-carbon 5160 or 1095.

 

[Sibyrnes]

Cold Steel Master Hunter has to be a contender as well.

Seriously???? I know you Cold Steel guys love the brand, but a non stainless, 3/16" thick blade for food prep? Of all the many choices out there you really think that is the best knife for that?

Lot's of other good recommendations for the OP so far from others.

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

How about a Spyderco Waterway? Slicey and won’t rust.

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That thing looks nice.

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

My advise is to find a kitchen knife you like and make or find a sheath for it. View attachment 2465964
Or as @Alberta Ed pointed out the Buck 103 skinner is a good choice. Pretty much any 100 series Buck is a good choice.
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But maybe seek out one of the flat ground limited editions? This one would be a good choice but hard to find now. View attachment 2465965
A flat ground 104.

That would be perfect but probably out of my price range.

 

[Ruari]

Seriously???? I know you Cold Steel guys love the brand, but a non stainless, 3/16" thick blade for food prep? You really think that is the best knife for that?

Lot's of other good recommendations for the OP so far from others.

I don't see the problem!
San Mai stainless, full flat grind, drop point, grippy synthetic handle - seems to be pretty on point for what he is asking for.

 

[beeinak]

Seriously???? I know you Cold Steel guys love the brand, but a non stainless, 3/16" thick blade for food prep? You really think that is the best knife for that?

Lot's of other good recommendations for the OP so far from others.

Not saying it is the ‘best’ food prep knife, as that would be a kitchen knife. However, that model cuts very well for anything I would be cooking in camp and can handle many other chores as well. Personally I would choose my CPK Kephart for the best all around camp/cook knife. If it is just for cooking- use a chefs knife.

 

[Sibyrnes]

I do a lot of camping. For food prep I (and/or) my wife use a sharp, stainless kitchen knife made for food prep. I carry a White River FC 7 or an axe for the heavy duty camp work that needs to be done. No reason to limit yourself to one knife.

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

The latest ongoing discussion......

https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/recommendations-for-camping-and-cooking-knife.1967031/

I know. I probably should have just simplified it to small inexpensive packable blade options in stainless. Lesson learned. Less is better.

 

[Ruger 44 Redhawk]

I do a lot of camping. For food prep I(and/or) my wife use a sharp, stainless kitchen knife for food prep. I carry a White River FC 7 or an axe for the heavy duty camp work that needs to be done. No reason to limit yourself to one knife.

Yes that's where I was going with this. We want to do more healthy cooking at camp with two young kids. We don't RV or trailer camp or pay campsites. I break out the topo map, pick a mountain road and go up high - usually Eastern Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming regions. So all of my 5"-10" blades are mid-carbon 5160 or 1095. Hence why I'm looking for a dedicated inexpensive, moisture resistant, packable food prep blade. Preferably made in the usa.