I need a camp knife I can also throw

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When I'm camping, I need a good knife to do various chores from cutting food to whittling, to occasionally splitting kindling. You know, general camp stuff. My problem is I also compulsively throw my knives when I'm camping, so I need something thats a good camp knife first, but that can withstand throwing without getting destroyed. Any suggestions?
 
Cold Steel's SRK is a fine thrower. It holds up great. You may also like the Glock Field Knife. This is an incredible thrower and can hold a very good edge as well. I own both and highly recomend either one for what you need.
 
Never owned one, but I've heard you could throw a Strider AR at an armored car (not that I would recommend that) :) I did hold one at a knife store in L.A. and I believe it.
 
Jeff Clark said:
A Cold Steel Tru-Flight throwing knife would make a decent camp knife (as long as you aren't looking for something to chop wood). You would want to hone the edge to a lower angle if you want to whittle with it. It would work fine for splitting wood. http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=CS80TFT
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I have a couple of tru-flight throwers. I love throwing them, but they don't work all that well for other camp activities.
 
Definitely a Cold Steel Bushman. I throw mine all the time and it has been indestructible. It also takes an edge very easily and will serve well as an all around camp chore knife. I don't think there is much that you can't do with one.

Check Elite Tactical Sources. They usually have decent prices on the large and small versions. I wrap my Bushman handles with inner tube. Makes it non-slip and gets rid of the CLANG! shovel sound when you make a bad throw.
 
First off there is no such thing as indestructible when you are throwing the knife. Cold Steel found this out the hard way when everyone started returing their now discontinued Warhead knives. (I wonder why they discontinued it? Not!)

I'd recommend you spend less money than some of the recommendations so far. That way when the inevitable happens you won't be out much and can cheaply replace the one that snaps in half from a throw gone bad.

Or you could just sharpen an old leaf spring or pry bar and put a point on them and throw them for entertainment. :)
 
I second the Glock Field Knife. It could eventually break but they are not too expensive to replace.
 
Check out Ranger Knives. You could probably order one of the RD series with cord wrap or no scales. He also makes a nifty thrower.
 
i have the Glock 78 field knife...thrown it against a few trees too....they have a reputation for being tough knives, no good a chopping though.
 
dniice87 said:
i have the Glock 78 field knife...thrown it against a few trees too....they have a reputation for being tough knives, no good a chopping though.
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But they do batton well enough.
 
Get a camp knife (I'd recommend Swamp Rat, Becker and Fällkniven) and a dedicated throwing knife. Some of the attributes that are important or desirable in a camp knife will make it a bad thrower and vice versa.

By the way, your user name is disgusting. :barf: ;)
 
Tru-Balance(tru-bal) makes a few throwing knives that will serve well for this type of thing. They're 3/16" spring steel, fiber handle, high 40's rockwell, at 12 to 16oz weight.
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Learn to stop compulsively throwing your knives. And that is a rather rude user name that you have. picked, really not funny or clever at all.
 
Knifeclerk said:
But they do batton well enough.
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What does that mean?

Also, thanks for all the suggestions so far. I know that trowing knives and camping knives are cross-prupose, but I'm hoping to come up with a good compromise.
 
Get a Swamp Rat Battle Rat or Camp Tramp. Throw it as much as you want, wont hurt it.

Batoning is when the knife is pounded through the wood by beating on the spine with a large stick.
 
If you need to split kindling or chop crosswise through small branches using a lightweight knife the most efficient approach is "batoning". You place your knife edge where you want to cut and hammer on the spine (backside) of the blade with a heavy stick (a baton). Your baton should be around 2 inches in diameter. This would work well with a Tru-Flight throwing knife. The Tru-Flight is too light to work well for just straight chopping. On the other hand it will work OK for whittling, food preperation and throwing.

The Ranger knives would work well for throwing, but they are heavy and have a rather obtuse blade profile for utility work. If you got one I would ask to have it given a full grind and a finer edge than their standard practice.
 
bob bowie said:
Tru-Balance(tru-bal) makes a few throwing knives that will serve well for this type of thing. They're 3/16" spring steel, fiber handle, high 40's rockwell, at 12 to 16oz weight.
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Unfortunately, they barely hold an edge. I went with a Harald Moeller Frontiersman instead. Very well made.

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