Outdoor survival blade under $60?

youknowwhatimsayin said:
For easy sharping
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A sharp knife that doesn't perform well in "survival" tasks like skinning is useless in a survival situation. Worry about sharpening after you have gotten out of the survival situation as quickly as possible (the goal of survival strategy) and are home.

Or just learn to sharpen a blade with belly....people have been doing that in the field for a long time....you cant expect have your ideal equipment with you in a "survival" situation....thats what a survival situation is.
 
I was going to suggest the Schrade SCHF9 but it has the curved blade. Still a fair choice and has had good reviews.

I chose a SOG Northwest Ranger when I first jointed BF (2005) and it was one of the early fixed blades I purchased. It had partial serrations and it is from this knife that I decided that I prefer no partially serrated blades. The current one is a plain edge and an okay knife. I moved to the Tech Bowies from that point which ran in the $100 area.

I would look at the Kabar Becker lineup, BK-2, BK10, BK-7 if you are willing to pay just a little more $. They are all good knives, but I find the BK-2 a bit on the heavy side. But it truly is a tough knife if you like sharpened prybars.
 
You would do really really well with a Mora knife. However, I don't know if I'd call them ideal for batoning or any other activity that puts similar stress on the edge and spine of the blade.
 
youknowwhatimsayin said:
I just want a good bushcraft/survival knife.
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What happened to

Full tang.
Stainless steel.
Blade between 5 to 7 inches.
Straight edge ( no curve in the blade.)
Something good for batoning, chopping wood. Stabbing a bear if it attacks lol.
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That doesn't sound like a bushcraft knife.

Maybe we could help you if you dropped these silly marketing terms like "bushcraft" and "survival" and tell us what you actually expect to do with this knife.

Then we can help. :thumbup:

By the way, no "survival" knife is magically going to make up for a weak survival skill set...and sharpening a knife in the field, regardless of the knife's shape, should be in that skill set. Minimal.
 
Look at a Boker Magnum "Bush Buddy". I think your criteria for a stainless knife under $60.00 is pretty much going to exclude any USA made knife. Another knife that gets good reviews and is inexpensive is a Gerber "Big Rock" there are several people making custom sheaths for this knife.
 
outdoor knife on a budget? id toss out some of your requirements and take a look at Condor's products
 
You've had some solid suggestions here. Spend a little time on any site that allows you to narrow your search by price and go from there. Another option would be to go on any retail site with a search function and search for 440C, AUS-8 or whatever other variety of stainless steel meets your requirements. You can weed out other deal-breakers once you've established a price range and steel options, as your preferences seem to be even more specific than what you originally stated.

If I'm going out into the woods and was going to carry a fixed blade knife that falls within your limitations, it would be either a Buck Nighthawk, of which I own several versions, or a SOG Northwest Ranger, which I don't own but have considered. Anything else either has a carbon steel blade, serrations, or more curve (belly) than you seem to want.
 
Thanks for the input, I think I'm Going to go with a buck reaper. It has more belly than I want but you can't have everything. I I was really looking for us a USMC knife but stainless steel and thicker blade. Oh well buck will work.
 
marcinek said:
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That doesn't sound like a bushcraft knife.

Maybe we could help you if you dropped these silly marketing terms like "bushcraft" and "survival" and tell us what you actually expect to do with this knife.

Then we can help. :thumbup:

By the way, no "survival" knife is magically going to make up for a weak survival skill set...and sharpening a knife in the field, regardless of the knife's shape, should be in that skill set. Minimal.
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Marcinek, laying out the LOGIC. Newblood, read and absorb this material. There will be an exam on it at some point in your life. Skills are the cake, a good knife is just good icing.
 
youknowwhatimsayin said:
Thanks for the input, I think I'm Going to go with a buck reaper. It has more belly than I want but you can't have everything. I I was really looking for us a USMC knife but stainless steel and thicker blade. Oh well buck will work.
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Ah. Going against everybody (but one's) suggestions. Since we answered some of your questions, seems only fair that you answer a couple of mine! :)

So....what about this knife makes you feel it will do what you want it to do? And what do you want it to do? I was never clear on that. What about a 6.75 inch hollow ground, recurve makes it a good"straight edge/no belly" bushcraft/survival/chopper/batonner to you? I'm genuinely curious, because I've never been quite able to get my head around this thread. :thumbup:
 
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