I was going to second, but now I will have to fourth, the Spyderco Bill Moran. It sounds like exactly what you are looking for. The aforementioned A.G. Russell Deer Hunter also has gotten excellent reviews in the area you are looking at. I gotta say though, those Trace Rinaldi blades really do it for me. I just found a new dream knife, the Armageddon with the parasite blade...
Jim McCullough