Name a Knife That Fits This Description

MW740

MW740

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-3.75"- 4" blade
-full tang
-little or no choil
-micarta or g10 handle
-3/16" - 1/4" carbon steel, tool steel, or quality stainless blade stock
-preferable convex or flat ground, hollow ground is ok if the blade design allows for a strong tip
-any blade shape but tanto

Name this knife
 
ICU by Newt Livesay
Woo also by Newt Livesay
Hard to get, but worth it.
 
Mike Cooper's "Mighty Mite".

Blade length is in your range. Spine carries its full thickness almost all the way to the tip. The tip is as strong as about any you will find. Extremely tough little knife.
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What is the advantage of no choil....or guard?

I have hit something hard on a few occasions when I didn't expect it and the guard actually ....guarded....my fingers that hit it unexpectedly.

:confused:
 
Originally posted by Lavan
What is the advantage of no choil....or guard?

I have hit something hard on a few occasions when I didn't expect it and the guard actually ....guarded....my fingers that hit it unexpectedly.

:confused:
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MW740 asked for little or no choil, not guard--guard and choil are two different things.
 
You didn't mention a price range, so I'm gonna give a suggestion on the inexpensive ($60 +/-) side...

...Ontario TAK...

Fred
 
Bark River Knife and Tool Highland Special. I owned one for a while and it is a very nice knife.

Reading your description it almost sounds like you were holding the Highland as you described it.

www.barkriverknifetool.com

Hope that helps,

-John
 
Is the handle on the Highland as nice as it looks? Is the edge fragile? Does the lack of guard concern you when you hold the knife?
 
Yes, everything about the Highland is very nice. It is all hand made and so there are some slight variations from knife to knife, but everyone I've spoken with or read reviews from seemed very happy with theirs as well.

The blades are all full convex ground and as such I would say that NO there is no concern over fragility in the edge. Mine came scramingly sharp (one the sharpest factory edges I have ever handled) and was very easy to maintain on a mousepad/600 grit wet/dry paper setup.

The handle is very comfortable and I never experienced any slipping (though I didn't use it a WHOLE lot). However, the lack of a guard and the near-lack of a choil did worry me a bit and is the main reason I got rid of it. I mentioned it because you specified "little or no choil", but I didn't know if you wanted a guard or not or if you wanted a guardless/choiless knife for task-specific reasons.

Hope that's helpful,

-John

Edited to add: HEY, this is my 500th post...neat!!!
 
Another vote for Bark River here. I got one I love so much it's hard to quit carrying. VERY sharp right off the shelf. As a matter of fact it's made me a true believer in the convex edge.

I was lucky enough to get my Highland Special for $25 but that was a sheer fluke. It's one of the very, very, very few that I'm sure will never be traded off. If you check out thier homepage they got some slightly stouter ones in the "Big Game" category, but the names escape me at this moment. If you go with 'em though you may investing in or making a new sheath. I made a pretty nice one in about an evening myself, even if the fact that it's reverse grip (or left handed) is a little bit odd looking when carried openly.
 
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