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Suggestions on a camping knife
- Thread starter eljosh
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Hi,
Welcome!!
It's very easy to get an inexpensive camp knife. For a fixed blade I personally like the humble Mora knives. They are Swedish made and available in plain carbon steel or stainless steel. They can be had for under $20. Teamed with a Swiss Army knife of your choice, you would be pretty well set.
You can spend more money, but I think it's pretty hard to get a better value than these two knives.
dalee
Welcome!!
It's very easy to get an inexpensive camp knife. For a fixed blade I personally like the humble Mora knives. They are Swedish made and available in plain carbon steel or stainless steel. They can be had for under $20. Teamed with a Swiss Army knife of your choice, you would be pretty well set.
You can spend more money, but I think it's pretty hard to get a better value than these two knives.
dalee
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Depends on what you want folder or fixed?
If it's a folder you want I'd go with Buck Vantage Pro.
If it's a folder you want I'd go with Buck Vantage Pro.
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Sog seal pup, do a google search!
Too many
But its like the knives in the block in your kitchen - the right knife depends on the purpose - and even in a kitchen we use several
- Chopper? min 6 inch, heavy and thick (ka bar fighting knife or bigger, CS Bushman, small machete, axe, hawk)
- Food prep and wood carving - smaller 4-6 inch blade - (Mora, canadian style knifei.e grohman - great for dicing)
- Survival - impromptu anything 4-6 inch blade but heavier (fallkniven F1 - but that is pricey, sog seal pup - but a tactical look, RAT)
and art - what you like - which is probably the deciding factor for most or us - otherwise we would all use Mora's, Grohman boat knives, or CS bushman
And frankly most people will carry a folder as well either a single blade like a benchmande mini griptillian of a Swiss Arm Knife (SAK), or a multi tool
To do everything you need several eged devices - google nessemuk trio (?) for one well known woodsman's combination. Fudo just gave a good modern version of it
Hope this helps
But its like the knives in the block in your kitchen - the right knife depends on the purpose - and even in a kitchen we use several
- Chopper? min 6 inch, heavy and thick (ka bar fighting knife or bigger, CS Bushman, small machete, axe, hawk)
- Food prep and wood carving - smaller 4-6 inch blade - (Mora, canadian style knifei.e grohman - great for dicing)
- Survival - impromptu anything 4-6 inch blade but heavier (fallkniven F1 - but that is pricey, sog seal pup - but a tactical look, RAT)
and art - what you like - which is probably the deciding factor for most or us - otherwise we would all use Mora's, Grohman boat knives, or CS bushman
And frankly most people will carry a folder as well either a single blade like a benchmande mini griptillian of a Swiss Arm Knife (SAK), or a multi tool
To do everything you need several eged devices - google nessemuk trio (?) for one well known woodsman's combination. Fudo just gave a good modern version of it
Hope this helps
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4 votes for a Mora knife! I suggest the Laminated steel versions (with wood handles -still under $20). They do everything very well -except abuse.
For a knife you can abuse the Cold Steel [Bowie] Bushman is nice. It can really take a beating and survive -it bends before it breaks in my experience. It is inexpensive too.
For a knife you can abuse the Cold Steel [Bowie] Bushman is nice. It can really take a beating and survive -it bends before it breaks in my experience. It is inexpensive too.