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Hi,
I want a general purpose / bushcraft / food knife. Wooden handles, leather sheath. Blade size 4-5 inches, full tang. I've got medium hands. Full flat grind preferably, or scandi (I'll make secondary bevel). Old school desing. Less money.
After looking into many knives I narrowed my current need desire to
* Condor Scotia (interesting canadian-belt-knife-style look, carbon 1095, but an inch smaller), and
* Condor Hivernant (larger and I like the shape more, but it's stainless 440C).
Blade thickness is almost the same (0.5mm difference), build quality would probably be the same (but it's Condor, LOL), good quality sheath comes with either.
Both knives cost exactly the same here. I really like the use and sharpening of carbon steels, especially 1095. Stainless could be good when canoeing, but I do it only a few days every year so it's basically a minor advantage. 1" longer blade could be a bigger advantage tough.
So, in the end - one is longer and the other has better steel.
There are like zero reviews for the Scotia and just a few words here and there on the Hivernant. Any help, experience, etc. pls?
I want a general purpose / bushcraft / food knife. Wooden handles, leather sheath. Blade size 4-5 inches, full tang. I've got medium hands. Full flat grind preferably, or scandi (I'll make secondary bevel). Old school desing. Less money.
After looking into many knives I narrowed my current need desire to
* Condor Scotia (interesting canadian-belt-knife-style look, carbon 1095, but an inch smaller), and
* Condor Hivernant (larger and I like the shape more, but it's stainless 440C).
Blade thickness is almost the same (0.5mm difference), build quality would probably be the same (but it's Condor, LOL), good quality sheath comes with either.
Both knives cost exactly the same here. I really like the use and sharpening of carbon steels, especially 1095. Stainless could be good when canoeing, but I do it only a few days every year so it's basically a minor advantage. 1" longer blade could be a bigger advantage tough.
So, in the end - one is longer and the other has better steel.
There are like zero reviews for the Scotia and just a few words here and there on the Hivernant. Any help, experience, etc. pls?
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