Small Neck Knife~ Recommendations?

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I have myself a Buck Hartsook but find it to be relatively uncomfortable in my hand. A knife of about the same size, or the same size (within an inch) with a more comfortable would be excellent. I'm looking at the Ranger LB and some of the tiny Bark River's.

Could anyone share experiences with the tiny neckers they own?
Are the couple I'm looking at good?
What others would you reccomend?

Note: I am familiar with Justin's knives seeing as I own a custom RD-4

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
 
Check out some of Peter Atwoods little knives. I don't have one, but his stuff is all cool and very small.

I'm wearing a Becker Necker right now, and I think its a great necker for the price. Its not particularly small, though.
 
What steel does a HAK currently use?

On their site its 440A and for $70 that seems a little pricey. I asked a friend who recently purchased one with what he said was 440C for $70. I'm kind of unwilling to spend $140 for one in S30V since all it is a piece of steel. Someone please tell me why I should get one in S30V (I Love S30V).
 
Yeah the website hasn't been updated in a while, which is a shame. I used to be very excited about the HAK, but that worries me. I think the current utility HAK is done in 440C; I would prefer it in 440B or AUS-8, or ideally as one of the Sandvik steels at a lower cost.
 
i have the basic in 440c. i thought it was a good deal, comes with a sheath and extra cord and some other stuff iirc.

if you love s30v, thats reason enough, isnt it?
 
I have a Bark River Mikro Slither 4.25" total of which blade 1.8" Tool steel full tang with pinned stone handles an extraordinary tiny knife with tight fitting sheath. Not cheap to buy but Bark River always seem to do an exceptionally well-finished product. This is an eye-catcher almost jewellry.
 
I've had a love/hate relationship with neck knives over the years. Seems if the handles were large enough to hang on to and make them practical users, they were most always too heavy to carry comfortably on the neck...especially during hot temperatures.

For the last couple of years on the backpacking trail, I've carried a little blade made by Nick Wheeler (scales by me). The cutting edge is 2-1/4" long with a 3-1/2" handle. I find that a handle shorter than 3-1/2" simply doesn't work in my large hand. This knife is very light, comfortable to palm while carving or cutting.

I have seen a couple of custom stainless and carbon neckers made by Sean Ohare http://www.ohareknives.com/index.html that I was impressed with. And, certainly the smaller Bark Rivers would be easy to carry and use.

Small Wheeler knife.
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The Benchmade Tether is another small one that is light and small enough to carry comfortably, but fits my medium+ size hand well. The CRKT Carson F4 is nice, but the sheath is horrendous. The CRKT Dogfish looks like another possibility, but I haven't tried it myself.
 
hardheart said:
you could also get a midtech dogfish in S30V, flat ground, $85 at steel addiction.
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I really like mine. S30V, sharp as sh!t, bottle opener, and light. Plus no kydex marks on the blade. :D
 
i am also a neck knife fan... i have an ever growing collection....:D

my most recent purchase was a slightly pimped out a.g. russell woodswalker... that is an awesome little knife... especially for the $$$..... i highly reccomend it....

here's a crappy pic of the vast majority of my neck knives.... give or take a few....
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I just got a Bark River Mini Canadian to use as a fixed pocket knife, but some use it as a neck knife too. A Mikro Canadian would probably be better around the neck. Kydex neck sheaths are availbale from Sage Creek Outfitters.
 
How about a Spyderco Swick
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S30V and a great little knife. neat finish that doesn't show well in that picture.
 
I have been using a Fallkniven WM1/3G laminated blade. It's light, has a good comfortabel handle, and the 3G steel edge almost never needs to be sharpened.....that edge just seems to cut forever. All I ever have to do is give it a quick buff on a felt wheel with green rouge (mostly just to get the tape glue off of the blade from cutting up boxes).

Do yourself a favor and get a Fallkniven WM1/3G and you will be hooked on their quality and performance.

Ciao
Ron :eek:
 
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