KaBar Camp Knife?

SpookyPistolero

SpookyPistolero

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Howdy folks-

I was at Sportsman's Warehouse (my home away from home) and had a chance to fondle the KaBar Camp knife. While I've never been a big fan of the guard on the KaBars, I really liked the kryton handle and the balance of the blade. It seemed like being just enough without having to haul a short sword around.

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I used the search function here, but couldn't really find a review of one.

So does anyone here have one? How have you liked it? What have you found to be its strong points / weaknesses?

I've got the USMC KaBar and feel like the quality is pretty high, so I don't feel like that in particular is a worry.

Secondly, I've never batoned with a recurve before. If I got a bigger fixed blade, it would be to largely supplant my Fiskars hatchet (no small feat to pry from my hands), so I need to know it would handle some firewood gathering.

Thanks for any help-

Spooky
 
Not that it's probably much help, but I've done a ton of batonning with my Becker Machax, It's recurved and it works just fine, in fact, I think that the recurve could actually help because depending on which part of the blade you use, it would actually be slicing?

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I've looked at that KaBar before and it does look interesting. (I've got to get off this forum before I go bankrupt :( )

Doc
 
DOC-CANADA said:
(I've got to get off this forum before I go bankrupt :( )

Doc
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Brother, you aint kiddin'. This forum has cost me more money than the sum of all my lady friends (Ok, maybe not quite that much). I might get this, then I need an F1, and about 6 Beckers when they start up again, and a puukko and.... :eek:

Thanks for the help! Glad you haven't had a problem with the recurves. The KaBar bowies are about $20 less than these things, which is a considerable difference.
 
I owned a Camp Knife and I like it a lot but I knida keep it as a back up knife since I own too many blade...:) but it's a great all around knife!!!
 
SpookyPistolero said:
Brother, you aint kiddin'. This forum has cost me more money than the sum of all my lady friends (Ok, maybe not quite that much). I might get this, then I need an F1, and about 6 Beckers when they start up again, and a puukko and.... :eek:

Yeah, hahah, I was joking in my social problems class how having a knife fetish can be a problem. :D
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I have one and I really like it. I have done a lot of chopping of small branches and bark with it. It retains a good edge and I can touch it up with the belt sander when needed. A small file does work too.
 
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