New cold steel Voyager 4inches blade as only camp and food prep knife....

boki_zca said:
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It's going to depend on what type of food you prep. If I wanted a folder for food prep I'd sooner the Magnum Cuisine II. It's got a sensible blade profile for that, a bit over 4" long, and a very desirable thickness at 1.8 mm. With a nice tip down delivery it makes more sense than something like an Opinel that a lot of people like for that because of the thickness. And being stainless won't impart that revolting taste and smell that simple carbon steels do.
 
I used a 4" voyager for a couple years as my only knife while traveling overseas. It works in the kitchen, but it's not as good as a kitchen knife. It works in camp better than most. I can't think of a better folder for a do-everything knife, regardless of price.
 
a CS Voyager would not work for me. All three of the designs in that series are plug ugly, look borderline dysfunctional, and are made of a steel that I would not chose. I can't stand their crappy looking serrations either.
 
Honestly just about any knife will work for prepping camp food, unless you are doing some full blown chef style slicing and dicing. Only thing I don't like about folders for cutting lots of food is you have to make sure and clean them really well or you will have all kinds of nasties incubating in the blade slot.
 
I know there is a lot of cold steel hate around. But I have to give credit where credit is due. I have enjoyed high end knives most of my life and recently started carring a 5.5" voyager to work. I work in Narcotics and am not allowed to carry a fixed blade. I wanted a knife I could use and trash and not have to worry about. This knife is a performer. She slashes and stabs. Cuts well enough. Light weight to carry around and lock up is very good. I am brutal to this knife. I have dug into the hard ground. Do yard work and cut through small limbs. Had a knife throwing contest while camping. Lock up is loosened up but still is not bad. I have brought the voyager camping on several occassions and it will never replace my true woods knifes. But..... It has never failed. Not something I can say about every knife including higher end knives that I have had.

For wood work I would say the knife is poor. Edge retention is not good. But usable. Mine sharpens on a Diamond paddle in about 30 seconds and will shave after a few swipes on my spyderco sharpmaker.

I think you could do worse for a folder.
Just my .02
 
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Get one with a plain edge, and it will do just fine.

The grind on these is a flat grind, unless I am mistaken, which will work much better than a hollow saber for food related tasks.

It will be tough enough to do camping chores as well (not a chopper or for batoning).

They are very light, and strong for their weight.
 
I don't really like folders for food prep since a fixed blade is generally much easier to keep clean. I have a mora in my Kitchen at home and, honestly, it gets most of the use out of any of my kitchen knives. I'm considering picking up a few more.
Unless you just have to have a folding knife I don't see why you wouldn't go with a mora for camp kitchen. But if you can have more than one knife or you knife doesn't have to be a folder, I would go with a mora. Moras are so inexpensive, light weight and useable that I don't see why you wouldn't want one.
 
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