Newb help, please. Colt Jungle Commander / UC Rambo

mrrrtn said:
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this is a bushcraft knife

:thumbup:
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not if you live in sequoia national park :eek:
 
Points taken.

On the small blade is better than a large blade, I agree, but I used to use SAK's, and even though I enjoyed using it, this time would prefer another large survival knife like my old AW.

Okay so it's not really needed that extra few inches, but for me I like to have a knife that just makes me feel like it could cut a tree in half in one hack :p

Back to reality, and I've looked at all the knives you've posted, and have taken on board what you said about the Rambo II - I definitely won't be getting it now, that's for sure.

On the bush-craft side of things, I think that I may be calling the type of knife I would like the wrong name. Whatever class a Rambo-style big black comes under is roughly what I'm aiming for.

The RTAK II is definitely the sort of knife I'd like, but where as I can find the Colt JC for around $50 brand new, it seems that you naturally get what you pay for. Hence the RTAK II's larger price tag.

Anyway, thanks for posting and this information has really helped.

Please keep giving you're views,

Regards, King.
 
Hey Guys...

Brit...


BritanniaWD said:
But what if I said I could get the Rambo for $20?
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I would say you can do better...

An Ontario 12"-18" Machette will run you $21-24, and you'd be MUCH further ahead. Add a $10.00 Mora and your in Great shape..

The $10.00 Mora will cut circles around both of those knives...

ttyle

Eric
O/ST
 
Life is too short to buy & own a junky knife!! There are much better knives that you CAN buy!! I implore you to buy a better knife!! I don't want you to get hurt!! Normark made some GREAT suggestions.
 
Okay, been busy for a few days, but I've managed to get back to say thank you for the ideas.

I'd like to ask, since I've been searching on a number of knife sites, a few more questions on a few more knives...

First off, could I ask about the Linder Crocodile Hunter? My father very much likes this knife, and I would like to ask if Linder's are any good or not.

Second, in a freak turn of idea's, I spotted one Cold Steel knife I actually do like. It's the OSS. Could someone give me a quick review of it?

Thanks again,

G. King
 
Cobalt said:
not if you live in sequoia national park :eek:
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I don't care if you live in Botswana, Antartica or wherever.. That's is a bushcraft knife. Period.. a Knife you use when practicing bushcraft. Add an axe or a folding saw, hell, even a big chopping blade, but you will love your bushcraftknife.

:D
 
Well, just to let you know, even though I loved the RTAK II, I saw the Linder Croc Hunter and it took my breath away :D

Build quality, looks, cutting edge... everything was just amazing. Plus being handmade, it had soul.
And looking back, I think the RTAK looks a bit like a kitchen knife :p

So, even though you all were helpful, I still bought something totally different, sorry xD
 
BritanniaWD said:
Build quality, looks, cutting edge... everything was just amazing. Plus being handmade, it had soul.

So, even though you all were helpful, I still bought something totally different, sorry xD
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A lot of knife-buying is running enough ideas through your head until you realize what it was you really want. :)

Good advice goes only so far, and buying a knife because someone else likes it can mean buying the wrong knife for you.

Enjoy the Linder!

And looking back, I think the RTAK looks a bit like a kitchen knife :p
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In the good old days of frontiersmen and voyageurs and Indians and mountain men, the survival knife of choice was generally something we later came to call a "Bowie knife" but looked a lot more like what we would call a kitchen knife now.

Here's one.
Here's another.
One more.

Simpler was better, and the blades were not exceptionally thick, either.
 
BritanniaWD said:
Well, just to let you know, even though I loved the RTAK II, I saw the Linder Croc Hunter and it took my breath away :D

Build quality, looks, cutting edge... everything was just amazing. Plus being handmade, it had soul.
And looking back, I think the RTAK looks a bit like a kitchen knife :p

So, even though you all were helpful, I still bought something totally different, sorry xD
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Sorry I misread you. Enjoy your new knife.
 
Hey Guys..

mrrtn..

I would agree..

That is a bushcraft knife...

However we would all have to agree what is a bushcraft knife...

Cobalt may feel that a Busse Battle Mistress is a bushcraft knife...

To him it may be..

Personally I don't feel that a Busse BM is a Bushcraft knife..
A fine knife indeed,, a Very useful tool in the woods,, but Bushcraft it is not.. For me at least...

A bushcraft knife for me would be a Mora (insert favorite Mora here : __________ )

or a Fallkniven FI or any number of smaller 4" knives...

However thats me personally...

These are my standard Woods knives, however they may change from time to time,, basically they will always fall into these types of knives

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ttyle

Eric
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This is what I use in the woods for a knife.
The Scandiknives weigh about 6 to 8 ounces and are excellent cutters.
The Swamprats are far more robust, but with reprofiled edges very good slicers with durable edges..
The Ratweiler though, I call my choppingblade.. It'll chop that Ramboknife into pieces with ease..

:D
 
Well. I would recommend the Fallkniven F1, S1 or A1.
The F1 is a survival/bushcraft/camping/hunting knife.
The S1 is the same but more chopping power, a forest knife.
The A1 is even more chopper and need a small knife as a companion.
The MC1 mine clearing sword is like a F1 with the blade extended almost half a meter. That is a real knife and outlasts any Rambo knife anyday.
 
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