opinions of bush type knives

really dont have a preference or enough experience with both to know which I prefer.


are there knives with both?
I thought most scandi knives were both
 
Carbon steel will require more maintenance in damp,humid,or salt water environments.If you know how to care for a blade properly it should pose no problems.I live close to the Oregon coast and use alot of carbon blades,with no ill effects.Stainless,of coarse,will require less care.Some may also point out that a good heat treated carbon blade will withstand more abuse.So,what will your uses be,location,ect.?
 
texas and carbon will work for me
one of my favorite things to do is clean my guns, I can add my knives in with that
 
What kind of "bush" knife are you looking for? You're not going to be able to look at a Busse within your price range, but IMO they're the best fixed blades on the market, that said, they don't scream "bushcraft" at me, although I have made fuzzies with both a fat ash-1 and fat fusion battle mistress. A mora would be a lot more effective. That said, they make the best choppers around. Bark river makes some excellent bush knives IMO, and the Bravo-1 is one of my all time favorite knives, but it all depends on what you want it for. It's hardly a chopper, but can chop in a pinch but mine came with excellent geometry and a razor edge that holds great. You're looking at more money though than what you're looking to spend.

Check out the custom maker forum, I really like the look of JK knives quite a bit although I haven't tried one yet, but it's in my future.

For production in your price range? Rat cutlery.
 
merdenoms said:
I'm new to knives and interested in a good fixed knife. Something for around $100-$130. Whats your recommendations?

bark river
busse
rat cutlery
ranger knives
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Fallkniven
Mora
Becker
ranger knives are made by ontario, which uses sub-par 1095 compared to RAT Cutlery.
 
Sounds to me like carbon steel would suit you fine.If I were on a budget I would pick a Becker,excellent knives for the doller!Moving up a little in price,but still superb value and extremely good quality is RAT knives.Those are two brands that I have most experience with and can highly endorse.You would'nt go wrong either way!
 
PayetteRucker said:
ranger knives are made by ontario, which uses sub-par 1095 compared to RAT Cutlery.
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I'm pretty sure that the OKC Ranger knives are 5160, and I believe that Justin is still keeping an eye on the product. Ontario's 1095 may not be as good as RAT's, but I sure wouldn't be worried carrying a Ranger:thumbup:
 
just for grins, you might check two other sub forums here. The Makers section, fixed blades for sale, and the WS&S sub forum over in the Community section.

Some of the most gifted blade smith's anywhere, offer hand crafted knives and they are priced well within the price points you mentiond.

I would mention some makers by name, but I would certainly not mention a really good one, so instead let me invite you to look at who is making what, and read all the comments.
 
merdenoms said:
oh, and how are landi knives
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This is a good question. I have many of the production knives named by others on this thread, but the dozen or so custom knives I have are a step above the production knives. Individuals like Landi are usually hunters and outdoorsmen theirselves and have created excellent products through personal experience and trials.

You can't go wrong with a custom knife from a quality crafter. As a bonus, custom knives maintain their value, so you can resale ones that aren't for you, with little loss.
 
merdenoms said:
around 2 1/2" I guess
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There are SO many good choices in or near your price range. I'm a bit surprised that you are looking for such a short knife. Most outdoors knives are somewhere between 3.5 to 5 inches, so if you're really set on one that short it will actually limit your choices somewhat.

The Bark River mini or micro (I forget) Canadian might work for you. How about a Grohmann Russell belt knife, since it's the original knife the Canadian is based upon?

A knife that is often overlooked but that screams bush knife to me is the Spyderco Aqua Salt. Rust free and practically indestructible.

If someone told me that I had to choose one fixed blade knife to go into the woods with for an extended period of time, I would take either my Scrapper 5 LE or my Fallkniven F1. Of the two, the Fallkniven is in the price range you specified.
 
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