Old Hickory for Bushcraft?

I measured an Ontario filed knife (1095, 10" blade) at 0.095" Got it new at Knifecenter.com for ~$13.

Ric
 
I carried and used a 7" OH butcher as my all purpose hunting/survival/ everything knife for many years when growing up. They are more knife than most people will really use, i have cut down pretty decent size trees with one before.
Made lots of traps, shelters and camp implements too, so that counts as bushcraft.
people used to give me a hard time about carrying a "bread knife' in the woods. until they saw what it could do. I wanted thicker steel, but never broke it, and it was light to carry.
best $4 i ever spent./
 
I put together an old hickory paring knife that I refinished the oak by sanding it down to an oval and lemon oiling , with a ferro rod with an oak handle, along with a kydex neck sheath for Christmas gifts. With that, you have a quality bushcraft set. The back spine of the blade will throw a shower of sparks and the 1095 blade is excellent. with everything I think I have maybe 15 bucks invested and they turned out great.
 
I used on of these on a week long trip to the Colville Nat Forest back in early 2000. Very similar to the O.H. knives in that it is carbon steel, this stock (1/8" I believe), and wood scales.



I made a sheath, and it worked extremely well. It now resides in my kitchen, and is one of my favorite slicing knives.

If you're worried, take both. For the price, a Mora, and an O.H. shouldn't break the bank, and will not add to much weight, or take up too much space. :thumbup:
 
I cut one of the 8" slicers down to 4.5" and it's pretty good.
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You can see it at the very top. That is my current kitchen set, with three old hichories. Two are modified and all have been convexed on the edge.
 
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