Recommendation? Need help buying the right knife.

The buck 11* series is a great choice

If you are looking for a more modern look I would recommend the Kershaw Atmos
It is very light and it as a flipper it has a great action

if you prefer a modern slipjoint, the manly wasp comes with a pocket clip and is a great slicer
 
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Shorttime said:
I wish I could recommend CRKT. It's been a while since I bought one, and my Batum is an amazing knife, considering what I paid. If I work at it, I can get that 0.187" piece of steel to shave hair, just by touching up the existing bevel.

BUT

My experience with Columbia River is that, if you buy ten random knives from them (across all styles and prices ranges), one will not hold an edge worth anything sharper than a pair of kitchen scissors. I guess these are the ones farthest from the coils in the heat treat oven, and their quality control department is... permissive... with the hardness testing process.

If you don't mind rolling the dice, or you want a knife that you're not afraid to get dirty, CRKT is an option. But I usually don't recommend them, unless the OP leads me to believe that this kind of quality control problem is something they don't mind. In this case? As a knife you're going to give to a friend? No.
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My experience with the Batum is much the same as yours. I also have a CRKT Pangolin that loses its edge instantly when cutting. It seems to have the edge-holding ability of Velveeta cheese. Maybe that's why it was on sale for the extra low-low price of twennybuckaroonies. That said, I do like the looks of the Mossback.
 
You cant go wrong with a Buck 110. Theres a variety of handles, steels, finger grooves and all that too. Theyre a great size for hunting, theyre tough, they come with good sheaths, they have good steel and theyre affordable. Buck is a great option, and a ton of hunters use them (including me, when I feel like dealing with all the gunk that gets into the blade slot of a Buck 110 after gutting a deer, thats the 110s biggest downside lol).
A Spyderco Bow River might be good too, Im thinking of getting one myself.
 
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