I need help to find a suitable knife for military/campsite use

[AgentSteel]

Yes, the Strongarm's price has doubled in recent years here in Europe. It's around ~90€ on french webshops.

Also check Czech ( ) knives ANV (Acta Non Verba), great military blades. Their P250 is very good and not too expensive.

 

[EngrSorenson]

The Skrama 200 would be a great general woods and abuse tool. There, you can see me helping remove an 11 ft tall, 7 ft diameter Christmas tree from my house. Easy to get inside while green and bendy. Impossible to get outside once dry.

I think mine was less than 100 bucks shipped from Finland.

 

[Mannlicher]

the Case XX Marine Corps knife might be suitable. They served our troops for many years doing the same tasks as you mentioned. I have been to Hungary many times, and have a lot of Hungarian friends. I wish you well.

 

[The Zieg]

Peltonnen Ranger Puukko M95 (Sissipuukko). Under €100 and suitable for all camp and self defense tasks. Made by your Finno-Ugric family to the north.

https://www.sissipuukko.fi/

Or, even less expensive, Teräva Jääkkäripuukko by Varustelka. €40 maybe? Also Finnish.

Good luck and let us know what you choose.

Zieg

 

[The Zieg]

Hello everyone. Im Victor a 20 years old Hungarian guy with just enough knowledge about the english language that maybe enough for some questions around here. I serve in the Hungarian army in an artillery unit and I would like to get a knife that is suitable for combat, campsite tasks and other cuting jobs (like cutting pieces of rag for gun maintenance etc) I read a lot about the bowie knives because they are the survivor knives of the old times and I thought that maybe the bowie will be the ideal knife type. Im sure that I can find a lot of people who know much more about knives than I do and I would appreciate any tips about knives that would be better for me. Thank you for helping advices in advance

Do they issue a knife?

Zieg

 

[Legendary_Jarl]

There are ton of options and most of them are probably impractical for military use, but most of what I own is impractical. The Cold Steel Drop Forged Survivalist is a great Bowie style knife. It's one piece of 52100 carbon steel and can be found for less than $80 US dollars. Its extremely tough but slices well. Its very pointy as well. Here's mine, which I stripped and cold blued. It comes from Cold Steel with a gray paint finish that is perfectly functional, but not "pretty."

Cool! did you install those scales yourself?

 

[Alberta Ed]

Hultafors Heavy Duty.

EXTREMELY tough stainless (edit - oops - not stainless - even better!) almost unbreakable even in abusive uses.

Light weight, but enough heft for light chopping.

Inexpensive.

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Dang, now you've done it. I just ordered one.

 

[rlewpolar]

Cool! did you install those scales yourself?

Those scales come standard on the CS Survivalist. I wish Cold Steel would include those type of grips on all of their drop forged knives. They are excellent

 

[scdub]

Dang, now you've done it. I just ordered one.

Oh man now I feel bad!

Ok tell you what -since I misinformed you about the steel - send that puppy to me and I’ll trade you for one of my stainless Henkles kitchen knives and we’ll be square.



Also, just for others reading this thread in the future, the Glock field knife is another great option that’s not too expensive and is extremely durable.

Spring steel at 55hrc.

Pretty sure it’s stainless.

 

[Legendary_Jarl]

How about the Glock knife from your neighbour Austria?

Available in a Hungarian website called knifestock.

 

[Flatsman007]

Yes, the Strongarm's price has doubled in recent years here in Europe. It's around ~90€ on french webshops.

Also check Czech ( ) knives ANV (Acta Non Verba), great military blades. Their P250 is very good and not too expensive.

This one “Acta Non Verba” several reasonable to fit the bill or the HD Mora.

 

[Tafkaag]

T Tafkaag
A Strongarm is about 130€ over here in the EU, I read somewhere that you can find them for 55$ in the US somewhere, so it's not a cheap knife for us over this side of the big pond, but I've put mine through some pretty rough stuff and it's held up phenomenally

I don't dispute the toughness of the Strongarm, but even in the US it's not much of a deal anymore, with an MSRP/MAP of $90. At $40-50 it was a good deal, but now? No.

For the OP I'd still recommend the Hultafors GK, Mora HD Companion, or the Glock 78, whichever is cheapest and most readily available.

 

[Drop bear]

Hultafors Heavy Duty.

EXTREMELY tough stainless (edit - oops - not stainless - even better!) almost unbreakable even in abusive uses.

Light weight, but enough heft for light chopping.

Inexpensive.

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Amazing knife.

Also for a bit more there is the OK 1 which mostly just has a better sheath.

 

[Drop bear]

Dang, now you've done it. I just ordered one.

If you do want to increase the rust resistance. I dunked my knife in a very strong coffee for a couple of hours and it came up in a very nice patina.

 

[jdk1]

Cool! did you install those scales yourself?

As R rlewpolar stated, they come on the knife and they are excellent. Its really a great knife and extremely tough. The balance and pointy tip would make it a pretty sweet fighter, as well. If I had skills, I'd love to make some Micarta or G10 scales. Even wood would look great and probably wouldn't be too hard for a skilled woodchuck with the proper tools, but, the OEM plastic works great, as is.

This one may be a perfect candidate for an apocalypse knife, the type of which we often debate on this forum. 52100 is very strong and easy to maintain with a stone or anything you can find. Being one piece of steel, it's unlikely to break and nothing on it will rot, like wood or leather handles can. If you cracked a handle slab, just wrap it with something, or don't, as it doesn't require a handle of any sort. It's one of those rare, great knives that's very reasonably priced. I think if more people tried them they would be a lot more popular as there's really nothing bad you can say about it.

 

[DocJD]

The Skrama 200 would be a great general woods and abuse tool. There, you can see me helping remove an 11 ft tall, 7 ft diameter Christmas tree from my house. Easy to get inside while green and bendy. Impossible to get outside once dry.

I think mine was less than 100 bucks shipped from Finland.

Sure , OK ...but why is there a somewhat abused tree , inside a room ???

Unless it's leftover from Christmas .

 

[KenHash]

I do like the SRK knives and have them in both SK5 and 3V; they are really good but be warned that the handle material may not stand up to certain types of uses and abuses as well as other handles.

I would like to point out that the idea that synthetic handles do not "stand up" is more of an internet myth than an established fact. It is true that there have beem some reports of deterioration. However for the most part they are highly durable. The CS SRK has been used as the issue knife for USN BUDS training school. There are countless photographs showing that many Cold Steel as well as SOG knives both with sysnthetic handles have been carried in the battlefield. The Fallkniven F1 with a thermorun handle has been approved as a pilots survival knife for the USN and USMC Air Corp.
In general, synthtic handles have proven highly durable, able to withstand various conditions, and offers the advantage of weight reduction with a hidden tang system. I believe even the Ka-Bars used a hidden tang for that reason.

Like everyone elses, I have wood and micarta handled knives as well. And they certainly blow away any synthetic handled knives in the looks department. But a military use knife doesn't prioritize aesthetics.

Just my 2 cent opinion.
My 1989 carbon V SRK. Used enough that the coating is nearly all gone.

 

[rlewpolar]

I would like to point out that the idea that synthetic handles do not "stand up" is moe of an internet myth than an established fact. It is true that there have beem some reports of deterioration. However for the most part they are highly durable. The CS SRK has been used as the issue knife for USN BUDS training school. There are countless photographs showing that many Cold Steel as well as SOG knives both with sysnthetic handles have been carried in the battlefield. The Fallkniven F1 with a thermorun handle has been approved as a pilots survival knife for the USN and USMC Air Corp.
In general, synthtic handles have proven highly durable, able to withstand various conditions, and offers the advantage of weight reduction with a hidden tang system. I believe even the Ka-Bars used a hidden tang for that reason.

Like everyone elses, I have wood and micarta handled knives as well. And they certainly blow away any synthetic handled knives in the looks department. But a military use knife doesn't prioritize aesthetics.

Just my 2 cent opinion.
My 1989 carbon V SRK. Used enough that the coating is nearly all gone.

That Carbon V SRK is sublime. I wanted one for years and finally found one NOS. I way overpaid for it (like 4x what a contemporary SRK goes for) but I didn’t care. It’s a classic all-around military/survival knife. The current SRK in SK5 is a really good knife in its own right and at about $35 on sale is one the OP should seriously consider

 

[Choctaw Dan]

@ V Viktor0421HUN :

I've been giving this a great deal of thought. I'd recommend you have two knives instead of just one: [a] a folding knife such as a Swiss Army Tinker (example only) and a larger fixed blade knife. You are far more likely to be using the SAK-type knife for most of your tasks, and the larger fixed blade only occasionally.

Also, in the event that you were being serious about shaving with a knife, I would advise against it. The edge needed to shave well would probably not tolerate the heavier and more common uses to which you'd put it.