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The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is$300$250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
show me your large camp/ hiking knives
- Thread starter benchmadebob
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Martindale #12, Kabar Khukuri (this has seen the most use out of all my knives), 1/4' thick leaf spring heavy bowie, Becker BK7 stock, Becker BK7 CsabaCanada/RangerKnives mod and last my new favorite, a J-Siah heavy camp knife - its one freaking tough brute , chopping large limbs, small trees, yet still able to shave fire fixings and ham.
DFLE ,before pic of my SH-E user and a Rosarms Baby.
My collection of fixed blades circa a couple weeks ago.
This photo has a couple of my favorite large knives.
The DFLE is near perfect except I can't bring myself to use it and mess it up.
The Browning comp is now with Rooikat. Great budget knife
The SH-E after some work but it is even shinier now. It gets used though instead of the DFLE because i can polish it back to perfect no matter what i do to it. The asymmetrical is super sharp and convexed on one side. Heavier than the DFLE even though the blade is 2 inches shorter gives up a little chopping ability but is still very good but is also very fast and light in the hand.
Rosarms SN Bayonet. It and the SH-E tie for first. A very different knife from the others ,it is a big knife that is able to do the chores of a very small knife
while still chopping and prying. Shaved hair right out of the box. The handle is fantastic! Fits like a glove. The balance is very very good ,it is the best weapon of these knives by a large margin. It is also the only knife that could be your only knife. Also has a great leather sheath better than any stock sheath other than Chris Reeve.
The Buck 119 is there as a size reference. It is a great fighter but a lousy chopper or hunting knife.
A good bowie is a great tool and much lighter and more useful than an axe. I have found the best carry method to be a shoulder strap or baldrick.
This is a custom Rainwalker sheath designed to mate to a MP's surplus Sam browne belt or strap but KSF has a good kit as well.
A great lightweight and cheap option for a bush chopper other than a machette is a traditional hawk like the modded CS Norse hawk in my collection photo. They are very light for what they can do.
My collection of fixed blades circa a couple weeks ago.
This photo has a couple of my favorite large knives.
The DFLE is near perfect except I can't bring myself to use it and mess it up.
The Browning comp is now with Rooikat. Great budget knife
The SH-E after some work but it is even shinier now. It gets used though instead of the DFLE because i can polish it back to perfect no matter what i do to it. The asymmetrical is super sharp and convexed on one side. Heavier than the DFLE even though the blade is 2 inches shorter gives up a little chopping ability but is still very good but is also very fast and light in the hand.
Rosarms SN Bayonet. It and the SH-E tie for first. A very different knife from the others ,it is a big knife that is able to do the chores of a very small knife
while still chopping and prying. Shaved hair right out of the box. The handle is fantastic! Fits like a glove. The balance is very very good ,it is the best weapon of these knives by a large margin. It is also the only knife that could be your only knife. Also has a great leather sheath better than any stock sheath other than Chris Reeve.
The Buck 119 is there as a size reference. It is a great fighter but a lousy chopper or hunting knife.
A good bowie is a great tool and much lighter and more useful than an axe. I have found the best carry method to be a shoulder strap or baldrick.
This is a custom Rainwalker sheath designed to mate to a MP's surplus Sam browne belt or strap but KSF has a good kit as well.
A great lightweight and cheap option for a bush chopper other than a machette is a traditional hawk like the modded CS Norse hawk in my collection photo. They are very light for what they can do.
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I'm the good looking one. JK. Justin is on the left and the fat kid on the right is me prior to starting working out again. That was taken right before I had to start busting my @$$ for the Alpharetta selection.
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They're from the "They Just Came In ... Better Get Out the Camera" collection. I document every one as soon as it arrives.
Although, to be honest, the knives in the first set have not reached the forest yet.
I keep staring at them ... and they look so purty ...It's a personal failing.
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