Not exactly fitting the brief 'cos these don't get used in the bush, but they are beaters I use outdoors. By far the most useful are the top and bottom ones.
Top is a Victorinox. Very thin blade and a comfy Fibrox handle. Best fishing knife I've used so far. That doesn't say much I suppose 'cos I'm not a hobby fisherman, but I've done rather a lot. It would take quite a bit to get me to buy something
better than that.
2nd from top is an oddity. It's Taylor's with a very peculiar handle. I would never use it for what it was designed carving in a kitchen. The odd thing is that it works great with big gloves. That in conjunction with the blade length makes it handy for getting through big baits on a boat.
3rd from top is a Victorinox boning knife. What with the rosewood handle it is the baby. It needs far more attention when it comes to cleaning what with it being readily biodegradable. Further, despite some reshaping wood is slick when your hands are covered in slippery. It's twice the price of the Fibrox handled one which works better. I bought it just as a project to reshape the handle. It makes for an ok all round barbecue / picnic knife.
4th is another Taylor's. Nothing special about it. It's small, thin, and comfy for the size. Probably lighter than many of those silly a-couple-of-fingers-to-hold-it neck knives and not much bigger. It's pretty strong. I drifted it through a solid lump of lead that filled an egg cup with no ill effects, after shaving a bunch of slivers from the outside. I suppose this could be my real world useful neck knife that goes in a little sheath a fits in a corner of a pocket. It often travels like that when I do an early morning beach one with the dog.
Bottom one surely needs no introduction. Sure it's German and from a prestigious kitchen knife maker but I don't believe the steel is any better than any of the others. The thing I like about it is the extraordinary attacking power. Being so thin and with that curve it readily plunges deep into a cut. The ugly lump of beak at the arse end helps deliver that too. That one sometimes comes for a walk as well. Great for unzipping rabbits sunny side up.
