Scandi vs. Sabre grind for Bushcraft?

[The cow]

Scandi grinds truly excel at woodwork. They work fine for general belt knife work. Sub-par for batoning/hard use and hunting.
Saber/Flat are good all around knives. They're also much harder to sharpen than a scandi
Personal preference is that I avoid convex grinds. Hard to field-sharpen, hard to reprofile. But they are high performance grinds.

 

[Uncle Timbo]

Sooooo......what EXACTLY, did ol Horace sport on his Kephart?
The Full Height Grind?

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

Full flat.

 

[Uncle Timbo]

What else could any bushcrafter type person heading out into the wild blue yonder want or need?
Thanks 42Blades! I've got one on my bucket list.

 

[FortyTwoBlades]

From what I understand, there are only 2 known originals still in existence. But fortunately there are lots of various modern remakes.

 

[Heirphoto]

Tradtional blades like the Kephart have been able perform quite well with a full height grind for ages.

Yes, but Horace did not have the luxury of Youtube to tell him what he should be using.

 

[theJman]

I love scandi for woodcarving work. I would take the saber for just about anything else.

Same for me. Although I have been spending more time with an FFG, and I'm finding it better as a general purpose blade now then I did in the past.

 

[jimmyd1982]

I picked up a sabre ground woodsman pro when bhk was still together and that thing just devours wood.
I'd say just pick whichever looks better to you, LT knows what he's doing.