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Hello everybody. I am very new to the forum and just figured out how to make a thread (thank goodness). Well anyways, I've been looking recently for the best survival knife to suit my needs. I will be doing mostly bushcraft with such a knife. I don't have much else to say, but jere are the specs I want;

* I want the blade to be 6 1/2 inches long at the least. Above that is good but I will cut off the length at about 8 inches. I don't think I want anything over 8 inches. Anything well in the 7 inch range will be ideal.

* every man has his specs and mine include a nicely shaped handle that will fit my hand very well and I would like it to have a soft grip over mold (I believe it's called). Also finger notches. The knife I have seen best suited for this handle would be the Schrade SCHF9. Also the Gerber metolius handle.

*on the bottom of the handle I would love for their to be a Palmel. I believe I could live with out one but it would be very useful I imagine.

*as for tang I would of course only want full tang. Not rat tail or partial.

*Blade I thought about serrations because They are useful but it can't be sharpened in the field with out a special sharpener so i have to go with all plain edge. No jipping on the back of the blade if that is possible to avoid. I also do not want a kukri, or tanto style blade.

*blade material I would prefer a knife very unlikely to rust such as stainless steel. But carbon I belvedere would be fine as long as it is unlikely to rust (note that I live in Floirda in a swamp filled area.)

A knife that suits most of my needs is the Schrade SCHF9. but I am not very quick with decisions when it comes to picking my knives. Especially whe I want to schoose a survival knife best suited for me. So of you know of any knives similar to the SCHF9 please list it. And if you don't mind telling me of some knives that suit my needs very closely.
P.S. almost forgot! The proce range is $0-80.i will go a bit above 80 if the knife suits my needs greatly. I am open to going over but I do t have all the money in the world haha. Thank you every one In advance.
 
I've moved this to a more appropriate forum. Tech Support is for technical questions about the website itself.
 
This is a topic that is covered just about once a week. If you search "survival knives" in the top right corner, im sure you'll find the information you seek. Oh and welcome to the forums.
 
Welcome to Blade forums.
I really like the specs you chose. 6" to 7" is a great length for a blade.
That is what I make for myself the most.
Hope you find what you want in your knife.

Take care,

Bryan
 
The scrapyard 711 is my favorite in that size range. I would recommend having the edge thinned by a custom maker to get all of the performance out of it though. The edge comes a little thick from the factory but that's par for the course on big blades IME. It meets all of your requirements except 2. It can rust if not treated right but it does come with a coating. I live in Oregon and I removed the coating on mine. It may spot rust a bit but nothing that can't be rubbed out real fast. I don't worry too much about a little rust here and there. It also doesn't have finger notches but in all honesty I think finger notches would be a hinderance. It has a palm swell and a nice grippy Res-C rubber handle. It's a very secure grip.

All that said, if you're new to bushcraft you may want to look at a smaller fixed blade or for sure team up the big knife with a comfy pocket knife. Large knives aren't the greatest for some bushcraft tasks.
 
Thank you very much shotgun. I am not new to bushcraft. That is why I asked for a larger blade to make it easier to baton a wider range of logs in thickness. Also a big knife can do a little knifes job, but a little knife cannot do a big knifes Job. Thank you also for the tip on the smaller blade. I will probabaly choose a small fixed blade like the Gerber Metolius.

Any one else have any suggestions? Also Skimo suggested a Becker. Never really looked into those.
 
Id suggest looking at reputable companies like ESEE, Becker, Fallkniven, Bark River, Etc. before Id look at a gerber. They might cost a bit more, but you will only buy them once. As suggested before, Becker will likely have the best price/performance combination.
 
I already own the gerber metolius. But I am now going to look into Becker after hearing about them. Thanks.
 
Beckers are awesome...I love the BK9, it usually goes with me on my adventures & my BK2 rides in my truck with my PSK attached, the BK2 is a sharpened prybar !
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becker bk-7 meets several of your requirements although i prefer a bk-10 over it (shorter blade length though). a fallkniven a1 also meets several of your requirements except price - which is way up there.

given that you're in florida and seems to be new to survival & bushcraft knives, i highly recommend a mora and an imacasa or tramontina machete instead, both will be around $30 or less...don't let the low price fool you - they are a tried and true workhorse!
 
A good, reliable bet would be a pairing of a Bk-2 and a Bk-11. The Bk-2 is 1/4 in. thick, which means it can act much like a splitter, and with skill should be able to split logs as large as a Bk-7 or 9 could handle. The 11 can handle small jobs, and is extremely versatile.
 
Didn't think of it yesterday but there's a lot of guys that love Fallkniven. Seems to be a pretty close match to your requirements. Rubber handle, exposed tang, stainless steel...
 
I had a Fallkniven S1 Forest knife and i loved that blade. May be a little short for your liking but man it was a horse of a knife! The price is also out of range as well. Just my 2 cents.
 
Hello, Well, I was Finally blessed with a chance to re-purchase a Brand New Black Aitor Jungle King 1 knife, and I did just that. OMG I love that knife. I actually sent back the first one, which was a Christmas gift this past Christmas. See I knew my wife was buying me a new knife for Christmas but I thought it was the TOPS Condor Alert knife, of which I have been wanting that knife ever since I learned about its existence! Anyway, when the Aitor came I returned it for a refundso that I could by the TOPS Condor knife.

And while I will never regret doing that, I still at some point wanted a chance to get the Aitor Original JK 1 knife again. That time came last week when I got a financial blessing and decided to buy the Aitor Black JK 1 knife again. It arrived a few days ago. You know, I love it when I buy a high quality knife like that, I love when it comes with the basic dress edge, which is an edge of a knife that has not been fully sharpened to a precise razor sharp edge, but rather it just has an edge that's been started and outlined with a fine even grind on each side!!

Anyway, it arrived and I had the pleasure of even getting more experience at putting a high, razor-sharp edge on it. And I tell you something! the Aitor knives are made with a very high end high carbon stainless steel. My new Aitor was very hard to sharpen but I enjoyed every minute of it. Now, though, it is razor sharp and the steel blade on it will most likely keep that edge for the rest of my life!

I am a gadget man, be it electronic or the raw type gadgets like survival kits. So even though I probably will never use most of the items in my Aitor JK 1 knife's survival kits, I really love and enjoy the fact that they are there, just in case I get somewhat bored with working my nunchakus, shooting my blowgun, lifting weights, playing survival games, and stocking our secret deep deep underground cave with food, supplies, water, and weapons, getting it prepared and ready for that fateful WWIII day when the human race will have to retreat to their supplied underground hide-away and escaped all of the germ and chemical warfare such as war-time anthrax and maybe even the re-use of Agent Orange... LOL I am actually just kidding about our secret deep underground hide-away. Guess I've watched way too many doomsday movies, Ha Ha!

And while I have decided to actually take other forum members' advice on here and (1) use paragraphs and do away with my signature Walls Of Text posts, and (2) not really give any knife my favorite Awesome word and good review until and unless I've used it at least some, with attempts to use it to its full potential. Therefore I will post an actual review about my Aitor JK 1 after I have used it.

And so, that being said (and BTW, thanks for that advice I was given when I first came in here in regards to those two issues), I will stop this for now. Have a great whatever everyone! And Take Care!!
 
Check out Muela knives. Very decent stainless steel, better than Gerber IME. In your price range too. I haven't seen one with a soft plastic handle though.
 
This comes up so often, we should have a STICKY for it..:)
Good luck on your search, you have specific outlines, so that should make your search easier.
 
The handle doesn't have to be super soft as much as I want It grippy. I've been really looking into the bk7 with a side knife mora. (Stainless steel blade, the "craftline" mora knices i heard have better tang and thicker blade). What I've seen many people do is add hockey tape to the handle of their bk7.i wouldn't mind that except for if it starts peeling off in a survival situation then I'm stuck with the slippery handle. And that won't be comfortable with long use (I'm not really into para cord wrapping).the bk7 seemed like a good knife but thanks for all the other brand names I had never even really heard of before haha. I have a lot more research.
 
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