Looking for a good knife for Bushcraft

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Titus Pullo

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Basically looking for a great knife for woodworking while camping to teach my kids how to make things like stakes, spoons, bows etc..

I am just trying to see what are the alternatives to things like Mora. Love the price of them but would not mind something that is NOT plastic and has something close to that Scandi grind.

Trying to be under $50-60 if possible.

Any advice is appreciated. Thanks guys.

Here are some blades I LOVE to get an idea of what im after.

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If you like scandi blades, there are a LOT of Mora and others out there made with wood handles.
Helle, Brusletto, Iisaakki Jarvenpaa, H. Roselli, KJ Eriksson, etc...
Ragweed Forge is a good website to see pics and descriptions of a bunch of different brands/styles. (prices are fair, too)
 
1066vik said:
If you like scandi blades, there are a LOT of Mora and others out there made with wood handles.
Helle, Brusletto, Iisaakki Jarvenpaa, H. Roselli, KJ Eriksson, etc...
Ragweed Forge is a good website to see pics and descriptions of a bunch of different brands/styles. (prices are fair, too)
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Pretty much everything he has that ive liked he is out of stock on. He is out of stock on id say 50% of the stuff on that site!

I would not mind picking up a Mora Clipper in Carbon green.
 
Maybe build your own EnZo scandi with a kit from Bensbackwoods or thompsonsknives. Pure scandi-ground-to-zero O-1 blades.

Here's a curly birch and green micarta....both kits (though I added the lanyard tube to the grn mcrta)
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The Helle Symfoni is pretty knice. Consistently one of my sharpest! blades. Ragnar sells them for a knice price:
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Nothing beats a convex-ground Bark River though, when it comes to good bushcraft knives:
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If you like Bark River knives, but are still set on a scandi-grind, check out their Liten Bror at knivesshipfree.

Then again, there may be another hundred knives (including some customs made by forum members) that would suit your fancy.
 
hmmmmm.....good question. I kindly got carried away and forgot about your price limit. Scratch those BRKTs ok?

(Free knife in the mail to you for proferring such a good question and catching me off balance)
 
StretchNM said:
hmmmmm.....good question. I kindly got carried away and forgot about your price limit. Scratch those BRKTs ok?

(Free knife in the mail to you for proferring such a good question and catching me off balance)
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Now you're gonna have half the forum stalking you and trying to catch you of balance again:p

Seriously though, that is very generous of you:thumbup:
 
Somebody mentioned bensbackwoods as an alternative store; their knife line up is similar to Ragnar's, so you might find one in stock.
 
StretchNM said:
Maybe build your own EnZo scandi with a kit from Bensbackwoods or thompsonsknives. Pure scandi-ground-to-zero O-1 blades.

Here's a curly birch and green micarta....both kits (though I added the lanyard tube to the grn mcrta)
ENZO-dtl-08.jpg

EnZo-grnrswd-01.jpg


The Helle Symfoni is pretty knice. Consistently one of my sharpest! blades. Ragnar sells them for a knice price:
Symfoni-02.jpg


Nothing beats a convex-ground Bark River though, when it comes to good bushcraft knives:
Bravo-Camp-Northstar.jpg

BRKT-02.jpg



If you like Bark River knives, but are still set on a scandi-grind, check out their Liten Bror at knivesshipfree.

Then again, there may be another hundred knives (including some customs made by forum members) that would suit your fancy.
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Those EnZo scandi are really nice knives.
 
Do you need anything special to put together one of those enzo kits? (tools wise) Looks like something I'd be game to try.
 
Ragweedforge has a ton of great scanid knives for your price point. He is also very nice to work with.
 
BananaClip, that's a curly birch kit from Bensbackwoods, I think is where I got it. I like it too, but I've since gone to putting my own scales on for 3 reasons:
- a wider choice of scale material;
- I can extend the scale (make it longer) toward the ricasso;
- I can put a lanyard tube in the scales.
You can put a lanyard tube in the scales with the Kits, but it's tougher because the Kit scales are already formed and not coplanar.

MarineAir said:
Do you need anything special to put together one of those enzo kits? (tools wise) Looks like something I'd be game to try.
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MarineAir, to put together a "Kit", all you need is some quality epoxy, a couple of three small C-clamps, a grinder (for bringing the Corby bolts down once they're in and the glue has dried), and access to a drum sander with varying grades of sandpaper (about 120 through 320 or 400).

A flexible shaft drill (like a Foredom, Vigor, or Dremel) with a cutoff wheel is nice so you can cut as much excess off the Corbys before grinding is nice. In fact, once excess is off, you can file them flat to the scales with a single-cut bastard file too - the pins are brass and hence relatively soft.

To order just the blades and make your own scales demands a drill press (with drum sanders) and a 1" belt sander, to avoid too much painstaking labor.

I have a Word document set of instructions on how to make your own if you're interested.
 
Here are a couple I've done... Ebony and Cocobolo, both with mosaic pins. The Ebony is my favorite:
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EnZo makes a blade called the Elver. These are D-2 flat ground blades, but I liked them pretty good. Ebony with stainless pins and Rosewood with mosaic pins:
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Here're the sheaths for the Curly Birch and Micarta Kits (you can;t make a Kit knife and not also make a sheath!!!):
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Hey Stretch did you make those handles or can you buy them aftermarket somewhere? I'd love to pick up one of those Enzos and a set of handles to slap on.
 
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