Outdoor folder recommendation

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hurima

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Hi guys. Let me start with what I need from the knife:

1) must be a folding knife! I know it's not ideal. but it must be a folder.

2) not too hard to maintain an edge. I do resharpen my knives on a water stone, and my "dull out of box seal pop elite" is now shaving sharp. but I'm going to resharpen this blade on whats available. since I want this blade when I'm wondering around in the nature and don't carry a sharpening stone with me. so I'm not sure I wanna get high on the HRC scale...

3) locking machenism won't fail on me. I'll use this knife for skinning game, cutting meat, wood carving, "chewing" wood (since I'm not going to hit it against wood as I would with an axe. only cutting like I would if I had a flint), cutting fabric\leather\tires etc... stabbing a big animal ribs ( not planning on doing so, but just in case). any bush craft utility that pops into your head like making feather sticks, splitting reasonable size of wood for making tinder or hand\bow drill and so on

4) I don't know where I will be. it needs to be an all terrain knife.


what I'm asking from you guys is:

1) give me knife model if you know of one.
2) if you can't think of a model. maybe a specific steel from a specific company. no need to get to different steell details since we are all familiar with the theoretical information.

waiting for you answer
hurima :)
 
Personally I would go for an Al Mar SERE 2000 or Al Mar Nomad. I have the SERE and my brother has the Nomad and they are both extremely solid. Build quality is excellent.

Ontario RAT 1 is a great knife for cheap. Also I'd agree Cold Steel American Lawman or Recon 1 (larger).
 
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Cold Steel American Lawman might be a decent choice, Ontario Rat 1 is another. Hogue EX-01 drop point would be plenty capable as well. You also might look at the Spyderco Superleaf, which might prove easier to clean out. For field sharpening, you might want to look at some DMT cards. I carry a set of three in my wallet and they can handle just about any steel you throw at them.
 
hurima said:
Hi guys. Let me start with what I need from the knife:

1) must be a folding knife! I know it's not ideal. but it must be a folder.

2) not too hard to maintain an edge. I do resharpen my knives on a water stone, and my "dull out of box seal pop elite" is now shaving sharp. but I'm going to resharpen this blade on whats available. since I want this blade when I'm wondering around in the nature and don't carry a sharpening stone with me. so I'm not sure I wanna get high on the HRC scale...

3) locking machenism won't fail on me. I'll use this knife for skinning game, cutting meat, wood carving, "chewing" wood (since I'm not going to hit it against wood as I would with an axe. only cutting like I would if I had a flint), cutting fabric\leather\tires etc... stabbing a big animal ribs ( not planning on doing so, but just in case). any bush craft utility that pops into your head like making feather sticks, splitting reasonable size of wood for making tinder or hand\bow drill and so on

4) I don't know where I will be. it needs to be an all terrain knife.


what I'm asking from you guys is:

1) give me knife model if you know of one.
2) if you can't think of a model. maybe a specific steel from a specific company. no need to get to different steell details since we are all familiar with the theoretical information.

waiting for you answer
hurima :)
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Someone will correct me if I'm wrong on this, but if it's in your budget, I believe all of what you listed was the idea behind the Ritter RSK MK1. Except maybe the whole stabbing at animals thing.

-Sean
 
give any thing that comes into your head without considering budget. If it's good enough I can save for it.
 
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Why no fixed blades? And I don't see anything in your list of uses that a SAK wouldn't handle, so why does the knife have to lock?
 
It will be harder to sharpen with stones but I would suggest a ZT200. You could always pick up a small DMT diamond sharpener for cheap.
 
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For field sharpening, you might want to look at some DMT cards
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It is a great option. But even if I'll use one, I don't want to rely on things like that. Lets say that if I loose this DMT card, it shouldn't be a big dill for me. so S90V might not be a good idea for me if you see where I'm heading
 
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Hi Hurima and welcome to the Forums!

Not sure what experience you may already have, but you should know that any lock can fail. Some locks are rated as 'stronger' than others but a lock is not a guarantee against failure. I'd just hate to see someone risk their fingers on the old 'strongest lock in the world' ruse.

Good luck! :)
 
IMO, the Sebenza is hard to beat for a great outdoor knife. Then again there are many that would fit the bill.
 
you really got me thinking guys. thanks for all of your offers. they are really great

I wanna answer some of you:

A)Dan57: a swiss knife or any multi tool might be nice. I have two problems with it:
1) this knife I'm talking about must be carried by me daily. I'm not going to carry a large multi tool with me daily so the knife on the tool will probably be really small and off lesser quality. and I'm not going to carry a fixed blade daily (legal applications)
2) again, the knife on multi tools is rather small. don't forget the stabbing the ribs part ;)
but you got a point there and I will consider this option

B)timberwieasel. don't worry. I never trust the lock. that's why I like the flip openers. what I mean by not failing is that the knife can move from open to close position, and remain in that position.

don't wait for my answer guys. even if I'll buy a knife I still need to test it before I can approve it. so it will take a while. But I'll give my answer eventually.

another thing that pop to my had. with a fixed blade I go with high carbon steel. ( striking a flint is one reason. ). for this reason I don't have any experience of striking a flint with a stainless steel. is there a stainless that can create a spark with a flint? if so. I don't mind going with a stainless folder
 
hurima said:
another thing that pop to my had. with a fixed blade I go with high carbon steel. ( striking a flint is one reason. ). for this reason I don't have any experience of striking a flint with a stainless steel. is there a stainless that can create a spark with a flint? if so. I don't mind going with a stainless folder
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It ain't about the material as much as having a good hard edge to strike against. Stainless works just dandy if it has a nice sharp-cut spine.
 
Given your criteria I've got the Spyderco Manix 2 on my mind for what it's worth. Also as others have stated if you don't mind a recurve blade the ZT350 would make for a fine addition.
 
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