Lost in the wild. Which knife?

Opinel, BuckLite, FeatherLite...

Doesn't really matter, as long as it's at least average quality and sharp.

-Bob
 
Coming from Alaska I'm suprised so many people have said what are basically small knives. If I was in the woods or bush and had only one knife it would have to be capable of most tasks. Small folders may be great for EDC but most EDC knives would fall short of even a half baked camp knife. I would take a Ruckus as it would stay sharp for awhile and would be capable of any task needed up to and probably including bieng battoned into a few things. I dont think your gona wana take a 110 and try and batton it through a coconut or anything else hard. The lonewolf harsey with the full size blade or an Ontario Retribution would be equal in stature for this scenario. If you have an axe and stuff like that it may not matter that you have a dainty blade, but when that knife is your axe and a few other tools your missing, overbuilt becomes just right. Oops, missed the under 50 part ><. thats a hard one. Not shure who makes a big and solid folder for that cheap, I dont find to many knives at $50 that make me happy, I guess a griptilian would be better than a cheap folder with a big blade ><
 
BigJimSlade, the reason we are mentioning small folders is that the origional question was if you were lost in the woods and had to cary a folder priced under 50 bucks what would it be? Remember that this is what theaverage backpacker might be carying.
 
Yeah, i had to edit the end. I'd say the average backpacker is ill suited to really be "stuck in the woods". But yeah, that endura 4" looked like it might be about the most knife you could still get with good quality and reasonable steel.
 
Tobacco_Spit - I actually appreciate this thread. You are right. I would guess that more than 95% of folks hiking in the woods are carrying a cheap (under 50 bucks) folder only. For the past 25 years (before finding this forum) I have hiked/backpacked almost all of the states in the Northeast, most of the states in the midwest and now the western US, all with a folder.

My goto knife that I have done everything with was a SAK. Perhaps i was lucky in that I never got lost (knock on wood). But even today, I see people pretty deep in the backcountry in utah, colorado, wyoming and montana with just folders. It would be great to know which ones hold up - and which ones don't.

G
 
I like single bladed folders a lot but i'm also a SAK-aholic.
A SAK/multi is more versatile if you can have only one folder.
Honestly i don't see batoning with a folder as a good idea, regardless of what model or brand it is. And the 50$ limit narrows the choices anyway.
For me it would be Victorinox Huntsman or Outrider or SwissChamp.
or if you can live without scissors
a Rucksak or Farmer or OH Trekker.
If you can live without a saw then the Victorinox Compact.
A OH Trekker with scissors would be ideal if only such a non-custom beast existed, lol.
 
Answering the question the way it was asked, The Buck 110 would sure be my choice. BTW it would be a good choice for any woods encounters. I Know because I have had one in the woods since about one year after they were introduced. Second choice, My Kershaw Blackout.
 
If possible, Vic of some sort. If we are only talking single blade folders, Kershaw Storm II or Spyderco of some sort.
 
Obviously, if I can find them for $50 or less, I'd probably take a Kershaw JYD II or a Spyderco Delica/Endura.
 
If I'm going to be LOST in the woods, I want whatever knife that has a compass in the handle. ;) :p
Greg
 
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