Perfect Bushcraft Knife

[Cypress Creek Knives]

First off I want to say that I know there is no such thing as a perfect knife. But in your opinion what is the perfect bushcraft knife? I want to know what knife fulfills your every need while in the bush. For me it is either the sog seal pup elite or the esee 3. I am getting a mora soon and I cant wait to try that out. Thanks for the input.

 

[The_Guide]

Perfect bushcraft knife? Fehrman Hoodhunter and Peacemaker

 

[TwinStick]

The Becker BK2 (avail now) & the new BK16 (avail after Jan 17th Shot Show---is the target release date) would make a fine pair. I prefer the BK9 because i like large/er knives for chopping & a smaller one for smaller work.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/904116-Tweenahs-New-Pictures-specs...

One of my current set ups. Customized BK9 (choil, jimping & firesteel flat spot) & a Gerber Metolius, in custom sheaths).

 

[adam0321]

I have a Rat-7 and Rat-3. I love the 3 it is much easier to work with.

 

[B Hess]

Falkenkniven F1

 

[Mike-The-Knife]

I'm hoping my newly ordered Scrap Yard Sykco 511 will be the perfect bushcraft knife . Plus I carry an Esee Izula as an EDC .

 

[GingivitisKahn]

BK2 for me...

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Beckerhead #42

 

[Charlie Mike]

This one I made a couple months ago. O1 3/16" thick (4" blade) and pinned fiberglass scales.

 

[twl]

For me, it's an Old Hickory 3.5" paring knife in carbon steel.

 

[Guyon]

These look like they'd fit the bill.

 

[jjdubbs]

As much as I love Beckers, they really aren't bushcraft knives. Bush-decimating blades perhaps, but kind of big for the finer tasks. There are a lot of great bushcraft blades out there, from the zillion-year waitlisted Ray Mears signature model to the Tom Brown Tracker to puukkos made by a 137 year old Finn wearing caribou hide underwear, but you can't go wrong with the humble red wooden Mora...just don't try to baton through an 8" log. Get a Becker for that, they rule.

 

[Magnaminous_G]

Perfect bushcrafting knife = knife that is not coated, with a blade no longer than 4", with a substantial and ergonomically curved handle for long use. I really don't think that any of the choices above are good for bushcrafting, with the exception of the Fallkniven F1 (which is a great bushcrafting knife).

Bushcrafting involves primitive survival skills, largely centered around wood processing for eating, fire, and shelter. A lot of fine whittling of things like fire boards, fire bows, branches for lean-to's, making spoons and bowls, feathersticks, skinning and processing fish and small game, i.e. real survival skills.

 

[Magnaminous_G]

This one I made a couple months ago. O1 3/16" thick (4" blade) and pinned fiberglass scales.

Is that handle comfortable for long bouts of making fire and shelter out of wood? That is what I think of when I think of "bushcrafting."


It don't look like it can bushcraft very well. It looks like it can shank an inmate, though, but that's not really bushcrafting.

 

[s500yards]

Ray Laconico Kephart. This was taken after a day of collecting Chanterelles. The blade is around 4 3/8" in length. 1/8" stock and desert ironwood handles. RAZOR sharp and very easy to maintain. None of my blades see as much woods time as this one.

 

[Magnaminous_G]

Ray Laconico Kephart. This was taken after a day of collecting Chanterelles. The blade is around 4 3/8" in length. 1/8" stock and desert ironwood handles. RAZOR sharp and very easy to maintain. None of my blades see as much woods time as this one.

+1

Finally, a real bushcrafting knife

 

[RUNIT]

It don't look like it can bushcraft very well. It looks like it can shank an inmate, though, but that's not really bushcrafting.

Take it easy, different strokes for different folks right? I do not know about you but I have never made a knife. Your question was fine but your comments should remain positive or not at all.

 

[Mike-The-Knife]

I guess I should have mentioned in my earlier post that I also have a Mora .

 

[Magnaminous_G]

Take it easy, different strokes for different folks right? I do not know about you but I have never made a knife. Your question was fine but your comments should remain positive or not at all.

You're right. My apologies to the maker, Charlie Mike. I have never made a knife before, and I actually think it looks pretty cool. But that handle looks like it wouldn't be very comfortable at all after one hour of typical bushcrafting chores...

 

[DavidZ]

Spyderco Bushcraft UK, with the g-10 handle!!! AWESOME!

 

[dePaul]

I can't pick just one. These knives are my present favorites:

Frost's of Sweden "The Moose Knife"

Tapio Wirkkalla/Hackman Bushcraft Knife

Erik Jönsson Small Utility Knife

EKA Nordic W11

Sandvik Woods Knife

Gerber A400 and A475

Mora #1, laminated Uddeholm 2140/Arne blade

KJ Eriksson Hunter

~Paul~