Tops tahoma field knife vs cold steel ak 47 field knife

[StrangeDaze]

These knives are a pretty similar shape, the tops has a longer spear point blade (7 3/4 inches) in 1095 and a more comfortable looking handle, but all the "extras" seem gimmicky to me and i cant imagine missing them. The cold steel has a shorter clip point blade (5 1/2 inches) in cpm 3v, very straight forward, simple design which i like.
They are both similar in price (somewhere around $150).
I imagine they perform pretty similar in function, but the tops would be the better chopper of course.
I am pretty sure i will go for the cold steel when the time comes but it just struck me how similar these two knives are and wanted to hear what people had to say!

 

[StrangeDaze]

Cold steel

Tops

 

[Glenn056]

CS for sure in this case, just seem right to me personally

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[Awrig6]

Tahoma all the way. I've used this on many backpacking trips and let me tell you it eats wood like no other. I have to say I have never used the CS but that's cause my tops works so damn well. For 150 you cannot go wrong. Just my opinion of course.

 

[GrReaper]

Don't have either of these (yet). Between these two, I'd choose the AK47. I'd usually opt for the bigger knife, but this one's in CPM3V supersteel! TOPS makes a lot of great knives, and I do like the Tahoma design overall, but that stupid little notch in the blade spine has always pissed me off. While I haven't heard of any Tahoma knives breaking, it's still a totally unnecessary weak spot in the spine. Who would ever use that notch to pick up boiling pots? If not for that notch, I'm pretty sure I'd have bought a Tahoma already.

 

[Insipid Moniker]

Between the two I would likely take the TOPS as it looks to have much better ergos and for a fixed blade I would camp with that's honestly my number one concern. That said, neither would be my first choice.