My Magnum Camp

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Wolf_1989

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Here it is. I bought it sometime around 1999 and used it hard and used it a lot.

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Why did I pick this model?

Some might disagree with this as a survival knife, but I must point out that the survival knife of the american frontier was often a humble butcher knife or similar. That's exactly what the Magnum Camp is - it's a large carving knife on steroids. It's good for butchering large game, it's great as a short machete. It's relatively light and quick and slices like the dickens.

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A version with a 6" blade would be wonderfully useful.
 
Thanks for posting the image.
There is something about seeing a well used Knife over a Safe Queen.:cool::thumbup:
 
Everybody who wants one of these, say "Aye".



"Aye":D

I really want one of these, for all the reasons mentioned.
 
I think this would be a great knife, and I would add my name to the list of guys who want one, but like the Brute, Ethan said a while back that the Magnum Camp is not going to happen...maybe he'll change his mind.
 
Any Cal. said:
Guyon, the picture don't count. Say the word! :D
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why doesn't it count?

here's mine...

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Uncle Guyon bought most of the Magnums on the planet, but I *did* manage to score some. hahahahahaha. mine mine mine.


Bladite
 
Hey Wolf...

Thats the way I think a Becker oughta look..USED, I am glad it has been a good knife for you......That 6incher is waaaay down the pike from now ....It IS an idea I will talk to Brother Fisk about...and then John & Paul at Ka-Bar...Thanks for the input....And the Pic...

Guyon...I wish I owned that many MAGNUM CAMPS !!!! You and Bladite are THANKFULLY incorrigeable....

All Best....

ethan
 
I often help neighbors butcher cattle and hogs.

The three blades I always use:

BK&T Magnum Camp - heavy duty power slicer
Himalayan Imports 20" Ang Khola - heavy duty power chopper
Green River Dadley - small & nimble slicer for finer details

I'll probably still be using this same butchering team 20 years from now for the same purpose. As a team they are nigh impossible to beat.

There's something satisfying about that Magnum Camp slicing effortlessly through a thick mass of pork.

And I can personally attest - when you are soaked in blood up to your elbow, the surface texture of a knife handle doesn't mean too much at that point unless you have some really deep texture, such as a diamond pattern set in deep and pointy (which will also tend to give you blisters if you are using it for extended periods). The blood is thick. It is both sticky and slippery. Texture on the handle can help - a little - but the handle's shape is everything. The ergonomics of the stock handles on the BK&T knives are just about right.


Another way I look at the Magnum Camp is it's a sort-of backwoods tanto. Judging by the blade's shape and balance, it just feels like that would be the optimal way to use it for self defense. I've seen how easily it slices deep into flesh. I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that. It also has a resemblance to a Searles Bowie but with a thinner blade more like a butcher knife or machete.

I love it. It's very well designed to do its job.
 
How about a 10" version? Although I'll take any version they make!
This IMO is one of the best knife designs that I have seen in the
Production market and I think it should be made available
Regardless of the demand, some things are just classic. Cmon
Ethan, you gotta bring this one back! Please!
 
It is 5mm thick at the ricasso and gradually thins down to about 3mm at the tip.

This is odd compared to most modern large survival/outdoors knives, where "thicker is better" seems to be the standard approach.

Despite this (or maybe because of this), it is a remarkably strong blade. Nothing, but nothing, I own slices as effectively as my Magnum Camp.
 
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