In search of a perfect convex fixed blade

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There are not many offerings in production knives that meet your criteria.

To keep the budget your looking for, you may have make the primary grind convex yourself using a mouse pad and sandpaper.

The Real Steel is pretty much the only production fixed blade that can meet your price with the features you want.
 
The Fallkniven the MB10 is insane and the smaller A1Pro would work as well. Both are laminated cobalt steel and hand finished by Ichiro Hattori in Japan. A true master of the convex grind.
 
Work Sharp Ken Onion Knife and Tool Sharpener ...
I believe these can convex your edge with little effort ..
So buy a sharpener that can convex an edge rather than a knife with a convex edge ..

My BPS had a convex edge , so look at BPS knives ( Ukraine ) ..
I was not that impressed by convex .. Yes , it's just a little bit better carving wood ... ( small percentage )
My edge retention was 150 ..
I put it on the wetstone grinder , and the difference was Marginal at best on wood and my edge retention went to 400 ..
Yeah !
You want what you want , but the perfect knife at the price you want to pay might be a pipe dream ..
So maybe buy a sharpener that can lay down a convex ?

Just surfing FeeBay , and there is also the .... Smith Knife & Scissor Sharpener (?)
 
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After reading the OP's posts through the whole thread ... this must be the look on my face.

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The Buck 120 has more than 1/2 the width convex, and a pretty thick blade. I think its 420HC, 59-61 rockwell, for around 100.00$. It has a 7.25" blade, but you'd need to drill for a lanyard hole. That's what I'll probably do with mine before I take mine out.
 
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Although of course I agree long blades do greater chopping than smaller knives with lanyard. But it's only thanks to its weight.
I'm a hiker, I tend to go as light as possible each time. So I compromise on it using the power of the science 🙂
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For chopping power, ya the weight does a lot of work, but as a blade gets longer, blade speed starts to take over and dominates weight for cutting power. Axes are awesome because they can utilize use both!

Convex grinds might be relatively efficient to make by hand (I find them tricky and laborious to make well), but not for machine production, where making a flat surface is easier. That's why it's hard to find machine production knives with full convex grinds: not efficient to make that way.

I think full convex blades are underrated, but I'm not going to say they cut deeper and more efficiently than flat grind blades.

What you need is a titanium alloy pack axe, or maybe a titanium alloy short machete, with a convex grind. :oops:
 
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Well, my main wish is to get 5-6" unbreakable blade, in convex grind, rather than a true chopper Rambo would be proud of
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Buy a Fallkniven S1 satin. 5.1 inch blade fully convex pretty much unbreakable under normal use.
Can be found for $165.00.

And no, VG10 does not chip everywhere all the time. This is an internet myth that started with VG10 kitchen knives entering the US market where people were used to Krupp 4116 variants at 55-57 HRC thick solid blades, not thin hard ones. I know cause I've repaired so many of them.
I have had 8 Fallknivens and only one (an F1) showed chipping, which was easily fixed by sharpening, and never seen again. These knives have been around since the 1990s.
 
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Hi there!
Folks, this is it, the not existing "Unicorn" was found.
Real Steel Bushcraft Plus, made of Sanvik 14C, which is great, is nearly a perfect match for me. A little bit shorter, but that's acceptable compromise.
Thank you guys who advised this thing 😉
For the others, God bless you all!
 
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