Looking for a good bush knife

ElectrikHellfire said:
See if you can find an Enzo Trapper. It is a very good bushcrafting blade IMO. You can google and find a kit for your price point that is very easily assembled with the materials of your own choosing. Put a bit of your own soul into it.

+1 on the Enzo Trapper! The first rule of a knife fight, or, in this situation, of surviving in the woods is to bring a knife. I've also heard it put that the best bush knife/survival knife is the one that you have with you. So don't fall crap people feed you about not being able to have a 'good' knife for under a hundred bucks. You should find a blade shape that you like and handles that fit your hand and then go with that. I have a bunch of blades but my Enzo ALWAYS makes it to the field with me and if you're willing to put in a few hours making scales, you can get everything you need for a stellar knife from Thompson's Scandi Supply for under 70 bucks. Here's mine:

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Magicatus said:
For one I never mentioned any names such as your Becker.

Secondly I thought this was an open forum for people to get a vast opinion from the members here.

Third, words like good, great, awesome are relative to a persons experience I mine is different than yours whoever you are.

Fourth, if you guys don't want everyone opinion and only respect the opinion of a few people here then label it under your house rules for everyone to shut up!!

Fifth, I have bought my share of the mall ninja crap to learn that it is crap and have moved on to what I consider finer knives to which I end up owning fewer because I have to save longer for them.

Sixth, no I wouldn't think twice of hammering any of my Bark River, Fallkniven, Esse or Tops blades into any block of wood but I would think more than twice of doing so with your Beckers, gerbers, and whatever else you think is good to do so with because I know they will break from personal experience and reading the review of others.

I came on here to learn and participate... If that is not what this place is for say so and I will gladly leave with no intention to return.
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So let's see a pic of some of your arsenal of knives!
 
SBK, I freakin' love this knife. The steel (12C27) is a little hard for my taste, but they have some carbon offerings that I will surely pick up in the near future.
 
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moosecaca said:
SBK, I freakin' love this knife. The steel (s72c) is a little hard for my taste, but they have some carbon offerings that I will surely pick up in the near future.
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I like 01 in bushcraft knives. The fact that it's the cheapest of the options doesn't hurt either! Sadly, they appear to be out of stock on the site that you mentioned.

I had never heard of these before this thread. The look pretty awesome! I like the Enzo necker too.
 
Scooter079 said:
Trying to find a good 4"-5" scandi grind bush craft style knife under $100. I already own a mora so looking for something different.
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Vanilla option: Go to a sporting goods store and buy whatever looks and feels right. Unless you try to break it to prove a point, it will work fine.

Wildcard option: Check out the fixed blades for sale subforum - I have seen some ridiculous deals on awesome one-of-a-kind blades.

Many other options presented here work fine too. Lastly, if you put that $100 back in your pocket and stuck with the Mora, you'd be no worse off. So there's that option too.
 
Scooter079 said:
Trying to find a good 4"-5" scandi grind bush craft style knife under $100. I already own a mora so looking for something different.
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A small one-man operation called WoodBearKnives specializes in made-to-order Scandi knives in the 4" - 5" range, but they're in the $140 - $150 range. The website looks interesting, and can be easily Googled.
 
CapitalizedLiving said:
Vanilla option: Go to a sporting goods store and buy whatever looks and feels right. Unless you try to break it to prove a point, it will work fine.

Wildcard option: Check out the fixed blades for sale subforum - I have seen some ridiculous deals on awesome one-of-a-kind blades.

Many other options presented here work fine too. Lastly, if you put that $100 back in your pocket and stuck with the Mora, you'd be no worse off. So there's that option too.
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WOW, it's like CL read my mind, I couldn't agree more with his statement. You know what though, till this thing called the internet, I was happy using my old Schrade , Ontario and K-Bar knives.
 
Better go flush these before they stink up my house. LOL
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To the OP, I would reccomend the Tops Bob. You can find one for about $110 at tck. If you dont want to spemd that much I would reccomend something from Condor.
 
I'm leaning towards the enzo all though I have been eye balling the spyderco bushcraft and have fallen in love!!!!

I'm a huge spyderco folder fan
 
Magicatus said:
There is no such thing as a "good" bush knife for under a hundred bucks... I wouldn't even begin to consider going into the woods for a day with the crap they sell for under a hundred... if you want "good", you will have to go as high as two hundred... if you want great you are going to close to three hundred or more!!

Frank
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I am sorry but this is absolutely the most absurd thing I have ever read on this forum.

Way to win the "dumbest thing ever said award."

As to the OP's initial question,

check out Helle, Woodsknife, Tops BOB, Condor, or some of the many fine custom makers who build mighty fine knives for under $200.
 
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Magicatus said:
Read before you post... I said you can't get a "good" knife in my opinion for under a hundred... not for under two hundred... there are plenty of "good" knives for between one and two hundred... and no I don't own any of the JUNK you just labeled because after having used them I have tossed them...
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hahaha. this is awesome. lets argue about what 'good' means. I'll call my buddy socrates you get whoever. ready?


anyway. just want to enter my agreement on the usual suspects:
ESEE 3/4 awesome in general, crazy awesome warranty
Enzo Trapper, i think someone said something about 'soul' earlier, true dat.

Helle's look awesome, never had one.

It's pretty damn hard to beat the ESEE warranty though, they hold the crap out of their value, and made in america


Crap, sorry Magic cat cast his spell on me and I forgot you were looking for saber ground knives specifically.
and the TOPS bob is pretty cool looking but it's a convex grind, more like an axe so you're not going to get that straight "scandi" feel.

anyway rock on...not you though mean mr magic, you distracted me...made me look dumb...oooooohh

enzo trapper.
 
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So MagicAhole?Anus? Magic whatever it is guy, what is your opinion of Busse and Kin for use, if Beckers are crap I just gots to here what you have to say about Scrapyard. The 911 is under $200.
 
How about a russell/grohman, they make a very functional knife that would fit most if not all of your criteria, or do only canucks like myself like the russells.
 
If you want a really good tradional bushcraft knife with a scandi grind, then Roselli knives are a good choice in my opinion, especially if you're into the whole tradional thing with the high carbon steel, and the leather sheaths. They aren't cheap but are reasonable. Ragnar Forge is a good place to look. There is abosutely nothing wrong with a Mora knife either. Are they collectable or as nice as a Roselli or some of the other scandinavian knives? Maybe not but bushcrafters like them because they are scary sharp, they do their job and mainly, if you lose them, it's not like you're out a lot of money. With all the post responses in regards as to if Beckers are any good and to how much a good bushcraft knife costs, it seems we've veered off the original topic. Hope you find what you're looking for. I myself like bushcraft knives, I'm a sucker for high carbon blades and birchwood handles.
 
^^^^ I may be a little immature, but that made me laugh!! :D

Lots of good info in this thread(minus Magicanus). Like many have said, I'd check out many of the knives from Becker, ESEE, OKC, Condor, BRKT, Fallkniven(over $100, but my F1 is my go to knife).., there are many more great companies out there I'm sure I'm forgetting.

Best advice IMO, head to the nearest knife shop and see what fits your needs/wants the best. You can tell more in 30 seconds by handling a knife than you can by looking at 100 pictures online.
 
I can second that Fallkniven F1 ... The price is over 100 USD, but the knife has excellent reputation and is a sure choice if the 100 USD is not absolute limit.
 
savage99 said:
How about a russell/grohman, they make a very functional knife that would fit most if not all of your criteria, or do only canucks like myself like the russells.
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I'm pretty sure that they're not Scandi grind ... which was what Scooter had initially specified. Has anybody "checked out" that WoodBearKnives website that I mentioned earlier in the thread? I'd be curious the hear the opinions of some of the more experienced knife guys here.
 
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