Need advice!! Performance on extended camping trip

Basis 8 LE if weight is an issue or uncoated ASH2 and a pocketknife if it's not. If I were going as long as you are planning, I would go ASH2 and pocket folder all day long and probably something in between also if I could possibly justify the weight, like a HOG Badger or Satin AD6.
 
Either the Alpha Dog 6 (AD6), Euro-Basic 6 or Basic 8 (B8) would be my recommendation for a "one and done camp knife" due to their higher blade grind and the Res-C handles for your (potentially year-round +) trip.

The B8 can be seen under the B11 in JACKMANDU's post above. Here are the AD6 and EuroB6...
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If busting up coconuts or batoning will be a regular item on your menu... Heavy Ordnance Grade Basic 8 (HOG-B8) is never a bad answer (might be able to find a thread about these on this forum).

Safe travels, good luck and have fun.
 
OK, so we are all both jealous and happy for you. But we can help better with more information:

What kind of camping? Extended self-contained backpacking with weight limitations? or traveling by and living out of a vehicle? can you resupply if equipment breaks?

What environment? desert? temperate climes? tropical? boreal forest?

What roles do you expect this knife or knives to fill? Food prep? general camp chores? shelter building? clearing trails? game processing? wood processing? opening freeze dried food bags?

etc, etc, etc. Help us help you.
 
One blade? Your killing me. I'd do a hr2. To keep cost down coated and micarta.

However, if cost isn't an option? I'd do a big knife, and a little knife.

Specifically and elmax slicer for your smaller tasks.

Part of me still wants to say an hr2 because I love that knife, but my battle saw has won a place in my heart. I sold my ash2 because of it. It is lighter, but a big chopper.

In all honesty your year camping also depends on where you are. In alaska, I'd be more then happy with a battle saw, and elmax slicer.

But for one knife up here? A ds8 would be king. Don't have a ds8. Got a ds6 I love tho.
 
dogboye said:
If hot weather, the TGULB for me.
If cold weather, I'd recommend the DS-8 (I don't have one, but it is basically the same blade as the TGULB, but imbedded in RecC). The ResC is easier on the hands in cold weather.
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So, here is a cold weather tip for your favorite knife.

Bike tire material.

It's a pain in the ass to get on, and will change your handle thickness. But It will make the knife not painful to handle anymore.
 
Hey there KD...
When you say bike tire material; do you mean bike TUBE material?
I think I've read of peeps doing that before, to Good Success...!
Thanks for the Hot Tip; I mean, Cold-Preventative Tip...
 
jay1992 said:
Hey yall. As title suggests, im going on a very extended camping trip (6 months minimum, 1 1/2year max) what would be the best as a general camp blade? Money is not an issue, ill be testing many, many blades before i decide. My uncle had a Busse with knuckle dusters on it, that was the first id ever seen and fell in love instantly. Obviously i wont be punching a tree down however. Id love to hear thoughts and opinions!!
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I've used a SW Ratweiler for years and so far its my favorite as a single all around blade. That being said I also favor a piggyback carry with a Basic 11 and a SW Vex.
 
Climber said:
Hey there KD...
When you say bike tire material; do you mean bike TUBE material?
I think I've read of peeps doing that before, to Good Success...!
Thanks for the Hot Tip; I mean, Cold-Preventative Tip...
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Yes sir! Lol. Put it on my Muck, hr1 and hr2.

I have mixed feelings on the way it makes the knife feel, but, my hands were happier at -40 in fairbanks hunting
 
Id like to suggest 2 all around great camp style in case you get a chance at em. Ba-e (badger attack ergo) and a Basic 6. Not by any means over the top but definitely as capable as any to take a lickin and keep on tickin.


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KD~
Happy Hands in Minus 40 Temps in Fairbanks is a Really Good Endorsement of inner tubes around knife handles for cold prevention, Bro~!
I'll take that as "scientifically proven."
I wasn't far from you 2-3 years ago; I stayed up in Wasilla for about a year. Great Place! Was there through the 7.2 Richter-Scale Earthquake November 30th, 2018: that was the introduction to my first full week there! RUMBLE, RUMBLE: WELCOME TO ALASKA! RUMBLE RUMBLE! Yep...!
 
Climber said:
KD~
Happy Hands in Minus 40 Temps in Fairbanks is a Really Good Endorsement of inner tubes around knife handles for cold prevention, Bro~!
I'll take that as "scientifically proven."
I wasn't far from you 2-3 years ago; I stayed up in Wasilla for about a year. Great Place! Was there through the 7.2 Richter-Scale Earthquake November 30th, 2018: that was the introduction to my first full week there! RUMBLE, RUMBLE: WELCOME TO ALASKA! RUMBLE RUMBLE! Yep...!
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I was down in kenai working at Walmart at that time. If hogs only knew the ammout of booze lost in ak that day. RIP.

But I am a new infi addict. An cruel buddy of mine got me addicted to infi when I bought a hr2 about a year and a half ago.

Almost 10k in busse later, I still regularly let him know how much my bank account hates him.

But to OP.

I cannot pick "one" knife. But, if you have a little SR101 that tickles your fancy, you can steel infi with sr101 easily.

So as I play with both, I lean more and more towards a big infi knife, and little sr101.

But don't make me choose. I love them all.

Except the team Gemini series. I don't like the handles.
 
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