Looking for information for knife selection

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I am new to the forum and I am looking for help with the selection of a survival knife. I would like about a 6-8" blade and need help with the selection of the blade material (what is better and why) and what knives are considered good quality knives. I will put a price of 100-250 dollars and would consider something more if someone could tell me why it would be worth it to spend more. If there is already information on this forum please help get to where the folder.
Thanks
John
 
Howdy and Welcome to BladeForums.

There are many forums here. There's an entire forum dedicated to Wilderness and Survival. If you wanted to, you could do a bunch of reading and see what those fellas think. They discuss survival knives with fair frequency.

BladeForums.com > Knife Community > Tactics & Training > Wilderness & Survival Skills
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=692
 
Get a BK&T BK-9, a Swiss Army Knife, and a CS Trailhawk. You should be able to do all three for around $100. You could even trade the SAK for a Mora 2000. A good hatchet is always a useful tool, and Fiskars makes a very light weight one.
 
RAT Cutlery RAT-6, Scrapyard SOD, Scrapyard Scrapper 5, Bark River Bravo1.

Something cheaper might be the Swedish Mora.

The Wilderness & Survival Skills forum will definitly give you some great reviews on some camping/survival/bushcraft knives.
 
heck a KaBar fighting knife/USMC would do the trick as well. they are 7inches I believe, easily take an edge and are $45-50 bucks.
 
jvisser said:
I am new to the forum and I am looking for help with the selection of a survival knife. I would like about a 6-8" blade and need help with the selection of the blade material (what is better and why) and what knives are considered good quality knives. I will put a price of 100-250 dollars and would consider something more if someone could tell me why it would be worth it to spend more. If there is already information on this forum please help get to where the folder.
Thanks
John
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try a bk 7 or 9 inch blade.i have a bk7 for camping trips, this knife will cut, chop and slice anything.i have used it to build shelters, hammer nails and used it as a draw knife.the sheath has a large pouch for a good multitool, firestarting gear etc.i did take the handles off the knife and roughed them up with some 200 grit sandpaper.the blade steel is 1095 hc.
 
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