Searching for medium sized "survival" knife capable of chopping

Freeman 4" Model 451 Fixed Blade...

White River FireCraft FC4...

Either of these is capable of minimal chopping chores... nothing like a hatchet, machete or more suitable fixed blade... but hey, if 4 inches is all you got, use 'em šŸ˜
 
Shorttime said:
Guessing the 4"-6" blade requirement is not something the OP can "bend" on, but the MCK-02 is $240, so I'm guessing budget is pretty negotiable.

Try the Extrema Ratio Fulcrum C: fixed blade, 10.74 cm length, 0.635 cm thick, tanto point.

Are you looking specifically for a tanto point, D damib ? If you're interested in other blade shapes, there could be other options.
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No, I am not looking specifically for tanto point.

Drop bear said:
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I already own quite good axe, but I don't want to carry it into the nature because it's quite heavy.
 
Drop bear said:
I have the skrama which I really like. If OP could put up with a 20cm knife.

I also think food prep knife for camping is mostly operated in the sense that you generally are not doing massive amounts of it and honestly the skrama wouldn't have you cursing. Except that big knives fall off plates to easily.

Or you get a SAK like a picknicker and that will generally handle a camp food prep as well.

Skrama.

Some very glamp worthy food prep. Which you don't really need a chefs knife for.
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This sandwich. That is beautiful.
 
luethge said:
This sandwich. That is beautiful.
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Yeah. I mean you know they have a car full of stuff just out of shot to make that all come together. But it is still a cool thing.

I have had a go at that sort of camping la de da food prep over an open fire, sort of. (I used a wood stove)
 
damib said:
Hello,
I am more and more interested in buying some "survival" knife that is medium sized (10-13 cm) and is also capable of chopping wood. I own Glock FM81 and Tops knives CAT which are both capable of being called "survival" knives, but CAT's blade is too short for some of my EDC tasks and Glock FM81 is not concealable easily. By survival knife, I mean something that is fully capable of anything without too much hassle. Food prep, wood work, prying, batoning etc... I really like sabre grinds or similar. I am also more keen on carbon steel, but will luckily try some other steel if it won't mean inability to resharpen it back to a decent usable edge.
The only knife I've found close to my requirements is Halfbreed blades MCK-02. One of the cons is the "recurved" blade shape that would need special stones. Any other suggestions?
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Smachet!! Its the only option...Smacehet!! All the time... all the way!!
 
dirc said:
love that he has a large bandage wrap on his pinky finger.... perhaps an axe is not the best cooking utensil ?
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Maybe someone didn't like the first version of his soup...
 
An Airforce Pilot's Survival knife? maybe not one of those, but something with that heft form-factor?

Seems to me you want your knife to do too many heavy-duty tasks while still being pocket sized and light weight. Knives come in many sizes and forms for a reason.
 
Fallkniven A1X or A1Pro is fairly small and chops quite well. Good luck there are just sooo many to choose from.
 
Go with at least a 5.5ā€ blade if you want to actually chop. Yes a smaller blade technically ā€œcanā€ chop, but itā€™s so slow that usually other methods (bending the wood while cutting or batoning through the wood) will be more efficient/faster than chopping. Also be aware that a small chopper should be quite thin behind the edge to chop well.

Also the handle matters.

This is coming to me in the mail from Argentina and itā€™s likely going to chop like a demon for itā€™s size due to the thinner stock (.2ā€), tall, thin grind and the back of that handle which will allow for a locked-in choked back grip.

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Might as well just get a folder like the Cold Steel 4 Max Scout .





It won't chop very well , but nothing short really will .

The big SAK RangerGrips have a great 4" wood saw .
 
Assuming you can swing $250 - $300, go with either Infidu or CPK BFK.

For general purpose, nothing better out there, as far as production knives go.
 
DocJD said:
Might as well just get a folder like the Cold Steel 4 Max Scout .





It won't chop very well , but nothing short really will .

The big SAK RangerGrips have a great 4" wood saw .
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That's also an option to get some of the ridiculously big Cold steel folders. šŸ¤”šŸ˜ƒ

I wanted to buy Melita-K Komandirsky 2 some time ago, but the metal saw would certainly be a problem with that knife. It would mess up your fingers whole working with the blade Anyway it's not ethically acceptable to buy knives from Russia anymore.
 
A "survival knife" could be anything you have on you from a SAK to a massive kukri. I'd go with a 3-4" blade with a comfortable handle in a steel that could withstand batonning, if the need arose, like Benchmade's Puukko 200 in 3V. Heavier knives would be better for chopping but if that's part of your scenario, a light ax like a 3/4 Hudson's Bay might be the better choice.
 
damib said:
Yes, 4-6 inches I'd say.
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Except that isn't what you said...13 cm is only 5.1 inches. That extra inch makes a big difference.
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You haven't mentioned a budget, yet (that I saw); but if 6" is an option, get an Esee 6. At 5.25", the Ratmandu was already mentioned. If you want smaller, Carothers FK2. (Unfortunately, the RMD & FK2 are out of production; so you're stuck with the secondary market.)
 
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Just got this old buddy back. Winkler knives are pretty decent. Does everything I need it to do. Like pose for pictures, obliterate cardboard, cut up dog food, carve occasionally. Makes an excellent light weight / heavy duty camp knife.
 
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