Stomper's named this wrong !!!

pitdog

pitdog

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This knife from Stomper is called a Hiker plus or something but to me a better name would be Stompers Basic Survival Knife, the reason being is that IMO this is a definitive survival knife !!!

A hiker knife would IMO be a lightweight necker type or even a Mora but this is one hell of a sturdy knife !!!!!

How do we define a survival knife, I know we have tried before and the term Bushcraft and Survival tend to get confusing !!!!

I believe that a bushcraft knife should be of fairly thin stock and should ideally be accompanied by an axe for the heavier work. A Survival knife, however, should be a sturdier animal yet still of a reasonable size that we don't mind carrying it at al times. A survival knife may be called upon to be used as a hatchet, hammer, piton, ice pick,splitting wedge, froe or foothold so to had to be of good strength and somewhat of a compomise. A thinner bushcraft knife will usually cut better and larger knife chop better but this is the best all rounder and this is what I believe Stomper has made here !!!

I have included a pic with what I consider to be another great survival knife my Swamprat RMD, you will notice they are both very similar in dimensions although I think Stompers is the prettier of the two !!!

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Thanks again John this knife is awesome and is gonna see lots of use !!!;):thumbup:
 
Thanks for the review and pics Pitdog! Just ordered mine yesterday and always get a little buyers remorse for a day or two, a good review is the perfect medicine.:thumbup:
 
Thanks for the review! quietmike, yours will look the same except for handle materials, and the notches. This one is lacewood, yours will be purpleheart.
 
Hey Pit, I really like the look of that new Stomper. :thumbup: :cool: :thumbup:

:confused: How about posting some specs? :confused:





"If you're not living on the edge, …you're taking up too much space."

Big Mike
 
9 3/4 inch overall length, 5 1/8 long blade, blade depth approx 1 3/16 inch.:thumbup:
 
What - you didn't shoot it or jam it in the engine block of an old Ford?

I like the pics - side views of Stompers knives make the slabs look very blocky - but the back view clarifies this misnomer.

TF
 
>5" - man thats getting into biggie territory ;)

I agree that JK-knives definitely classify in the survival territory. At 3/16" - that's a fatty.
 
I have the Hiker and it's about the perfect all around knife. You can't get more knife for the dollar than stomper provides.:thumbup:
 
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