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I'm Looking for a 8" fixed blade that has a hollow handle for storage, I use to have a great "Parker" knife that I broke and can't get replaced. Do you know of a similar quality knife?
 
What kind of budget are you looking at? I really like the Randall #18. This knife costs about $300.00 and unless you find one at a dealer you will have about a 2 1/2 year wait to get one from Randall.
 
The Randall is a good choice. You could also get one of Chris Reeves knives for around $300, and perhaps something like an Aitor Jungle king for $150-200.

I am courious. How did the Parker knife break on you?

n2s
 
Originally posted by Keith Montgomery
What kind of budget are you looking at? I really like the Randall #18. This knife costs about $300.00 and unless you find one at a dealer you will have about a 2 1/2 year wait to get one from Randall.
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Thanks for your response, and the Randall knife sounds good but that is definitely too long a wait, even if its worth it, and the price I'm hoping to stay within, is around the $100-$150 range. Although my Parker knife was nearly 20 years old, I only paid about $60.00 for it and it was an exceptional 'in the field knife'. Please know that I'm not a collector, rather an outdoorsman, and I need a superior quality knife that I can "use" for the next 20+ years.

Thanks for your time.
PTCHANCE
 
Originally posted by not2sharp
The Randall is a good choice. You could also get one of Chris Reeves knives for around $300, and perhaps something like an Aitor Jungle king for $150-200.

I am courious. How did the Parker knife break on you?

n2s
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Thanks for your response, and the Randall knife sounds good but that is definitely too long a wait, even if its worth it, and the price I'm hoping to stay within, is around the $100-$150 range, so your thoughts on the Aitor Jungle King may fit in for me and I'll check it out. As to the embarassing demise of the Parker Knife, suffice it to say that 'Alcohol, Stupidity, and Knives' do NOT a good pry bar make.

Thanks for your time.
PTCHANCE
 
When I started considering a good utility and survival knife, I thought about getting a hollow handled knife. I ended up buying a Becker C/U-7 that's sheath has a pocket on the front that holds an altoids style of tin chuck full of gear including a keychain SAK and that way if I lose the knife, I won't lose my kit.
 
I have some Aitor knives, which I like, but not the Jungle King. One doesn't see much written about the Aitor brand on these forums, but I don't think I have ever seen anything bad said about them. I did see a post somewhere recently by the owner of an Aitor Jungle King II, and that guy said he liked it.

An offbeat choice might be the Swedish bayonet. It has a hollow handle, although it is open in the back. I did see a post once in which a guy said he planned to convert one to a survival knife. He was going to buy some sort of pipe fitting to make a screw on cap for the back.

I've seen Swedish bayonets in excellent condition for sale at gun shows for around $35. The steel in those bayonets is said to be excellent.
 
Aitor Jungle King I
 

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If you have the $, the only knife to consider in this category is Chris Reeve.
He makes several styles and sizes.
The big advantage of the CR knives is that they are 1 piece, therefore much stronger than the run of the mill hollow handle knife.
Plus, Reeve knives are just made better in every other area.
check them out.
Lenny
 
PTChance,

If you cannot afford the Chris Reeves or Randall, then I think the Aitor would be the next best knife. I have seen other hollow handle knives, but these were all low quality brands.
 
PT, I second the vote for the Becker C/U 7 as ideal field knife.
It is a well designed package that offers much more than the $50
it cost.

When you consider the pouch/ sheath, knife design as whole there isn't
much not to like. There is also the added option to make your own handle
scales that could include hollows for survival supplies. ;)

Give it a look , mate.:D
 
Hi All: Did someone say hollow handle? And I quote directly from the Cold Steel website <I can just see Lynn Thompson now>,

"Bushman : For the money, the Bushman may very well be the strongest survival/outdoor knife in the world! Unlike most hollow handle survival knives, there is no joint or seam between the blade and handle that requires a mechanical fastener. Instead, the Bushman's blade and integral handle have been expertly cold forged out of a single piece of 2.5mm thick SK-5 high carbon steel. The resulting knife has been heat treated and tempered to RC54 and when subjected to factory tests, has withstood over 2 tons of pressure on its blade/handle transition point without failure!...

or

""Mini Bushman : At 121/4", our original Bushman may be a tad long for some folks, so we decided to manufacture a Mini Bushman..."

Hit the link to know more http://www.coldsteel.com/index-b.html :-)

So it makes perfect sense to go low-tech when you consider the cost of up-to-date blades these days. If you're a budget user it it can't be more god sent than this.

Krizzard, out.

"...Whoever kills with the sword must be killed by the sword... "
- The New Testament, Revelation 13:10
 
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