Is this knife useful for the outdoors?

[redsquid2]

So I bought a blade and made a handle for it, but the handle turned out skinnier than I intended it to be. I mean, to me, it looks skinny. I am looking for other opinions. Is this knife OK for camping or hunting or fishing or anything outdoors? Should it only be used as a kitchen knife, because it has such a skinny handle, or is it OK for the outdoors, too?

Blade: 5" long.
Handle: 4 7/8" long, and exactly 5/8" thick at the thickest point.

 

[1SHOT1KILL]

That looks like an ideal skinning knife...

 

[Thomas Linton]

Google "puukko"

General use pattern popular in Scandinavia for centuries.

 

[Big Mike]

Is this knife OK for camping or hunting or fishing or anything outdoors? Should it only be used as a kitchen knife, because it has such a skinny handle, or is it OK for the outdoors, too?

Only you can answer that question.


Put it to use, and decide for yourself.




Big Mike

 

[Schuey2002]

Only you can answer that question.


Put it to use, and decide for yourself.




Big Mike

Yep. Take it outdoors and try it out. You'll know if it works for you or not...

 

[cramsey3006]

looks good to me

 

[willseeyalater]

That looks dangerously skinny, you should mail that to me so you don't get hurt with it. In no way should you use it outside of your home. Maybe it could peel an apple but I would be careful of that even.

Or....just use it, looks like a knife that I would use in the woods. The handle looks good, is the knife tang all the way through?

 

[redsquid2]

That looks dangerously skinny, you should mail that to me so you don't get hurt with it. In no way should you use it outside of your home. Maybe it could peel an apple but I would be careful of that even.

Or....just use it, looks like a knife that I would use in the woods. The handle looks good, is the knife tang all the way through?

Thanks for starting off my day with a laugh.

The tang doesn't go all the way through. It is set in with epoxy.

 

[lilknifekid]

That looks awesome. It looks like a perfect bushcrafter to me.

 

[CWL]

That blade design (Scandi/Puukko) is what is commonly given out for use in outdoor survival courses, -not weekend car-camping class, but real outdoor survival classes. Mors Kochanski carries one similar and he helped coin the term "Bushcraft".