Outdoor work fixie suggestions

I was going to suggest Schrade. The ones i have are Brian Griffin designs in 1095 steel. Schrade discontinued them after a dispute with the designer, SCHF55 and SCHF42. You should becable to find them on the secondary ,market, however. The one you have found should suit your purposes, but I would rather have the griffin designs.

The suggestion of the Sheffield Green River knife is a good one. An old design, kind of a precursor to the Kephart. Dexter-Russell makes one, too. Search on “Dadley”.

My own favorite yard knife is the Hultafors GK, a heavy-duty scandi similar to Mora, but with a big fat handle in a hideous Rustoleum green. About $15.
 
So the key here was ‘bushcraft’. I’d never heard of that classification of knives before, and sometimes I’m a bit slow on the uptake, but once I started keying on that in my searches last night, a whole world of stuff opened up that was much closer to what I had in mind. Before that I was kind of stumbling around blind. I have seen a number of nice cheap stuff that fits the bill, including everyone’s very helpful suggestions. I did order the Schrade (which ironically these suggestions led me to), but I’m still looking around anyway at those listed here and others that are catching my eye along the way - and there are many catching my eye. Thank you all again for the very helpful info.
 
My EDC is a Spyderco Gayle Bradley #1 which has never let me down. My choice of beast knife is the Spyderco K2. What is K2 you ask? It is a mountain just behind Mt. Everest in size, and reportedly much harder to scale. Anyhow I like my K2 for big, serious outdoor tasks.


 
Henry Beige said:
The ones i have are Brian Griffin designs in 1095 steel. Schrade discontinued them after a dispute with the designer, SCHF55 and SCHF42.
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I have an SCHF55 and it is a very good knife. I’m sorry I did not get a couple of them and a 42 before they were discontinued. Griffin was very smart about both the design and the execution, and purposely had them made out of 1095 in Taiwan because he trusted the material choice and their ability to heat treat it properly.
 
The new Schrade just arrived. Size, shape, weight, and overall feel are exactly what I had hoped. Feels solid, but not unwieldy. Handle is grippy without being sticky. And it easily slices through paper right out of the box. I’ll be putting it to the test tomorrow, but first impressions are 👍👍👍.

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Mora. Basic general purpose outdoor work/"bushcraft" knife for over 100 years.
Cold Steel FINN BEAR (not sure if it is still in production after Lynn T. sold the company. The new owners and management have dropped several models.)

For a capable folding knife: Buck 110 or 112, Victorinox Huntsman (cork screw)/Fieldmaster ,(philips screwdriver)Evo Grip 17 (corkscrew) or 18 (philips screw driver) Hercules(?) (not sure if the latter one in your budget. I think it is.) These Victorinox all have scissors and a wood saw. The Hercules also has a pliers. The ALOX Farmer/Farmer X may also be an option, but lacks bottom tools, the toothpick, and tweezers. The "X" adds scissors.
 
The following recommendations are both more than the $50 you mentioned, but not by much.

Real Steel Bushcraft Plus Survival:
4.5”. 14C28N steel flat ground drop point 0.18” thick blade, G10 handles, the sheath is a little bit bulky.

QSP Bison:
4.5”. D2 steel high-saber ( almost flat) ground 0.17” thick clip point blade, micarta handles, nice kydex sheath, overall package is more compact than the Real Steel one.

Both are much better quality and more robust than most Moras, except the Garberg.
 
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