Trail Knife?

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Chewy1

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Hello

I saw this in another thread and thought I'd ask you guys. What's a good, semi-indestructable, not too big not too small, fixed trail knife?
 
try narrowing it down, you will get alot of answers
handle material?
blade length?
steel?
answer those and you will have more answers than you want
 
Hmmm. This isn't really good for me. I'm not in the market. Just was looking to hear what y'all thought were good trail knives. I don't have specs for this thought project. My bad.
 
Chewy1 said:
Hmmm. This isn't really good for me. I'm not in the market. Just was looking to hear what y'all thought were good trail knives. I don't have specs for this thought project. My bad.
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The problem is that some folk on here carry a 6-7" blade on trails and consider that an average blade, not too big/not too small !
Others carry a 3" blade and think that the same !
 
I have this one avail..........

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I hope I don't get in trouble for posting this:o

Nick:)
 
for a knife to use in trail ridden areas... where I will encounter people and will likely not be performing heavy work... I use a necker, or a mora.. if it;s more scluded I might go with something a like a leuku or a bk7
 
That looks a great one from Nick, there is also this one that I showed in another post from JK Knives( I believe it's still for sale)...

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If ya looking for something smaller try looking on ML Knives website or if ya want a bargain check out the Dave Farmer knives in the for sale section.
 
A Bark River Bravo I is a decent knife to carry on the belt. It's not going to clear trails, but it's also not going to scare anyone either.
 
Chewy1 said:
Hmmm. This isn't really good for me. I'm not in the market. Just was looking to hear what y'all thought were good trail knives. I don't have specs for this thought project. My bad.
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If you are just looking for suggestions, I would look into custom knife makers, as they can make a knife just how you like it.

The question will have a lot of answers, as people like different sizes. I like to carry a chopper around all the time. (8+") while a lot of people can't carry that if they are going to see people. It is all personal preference, really.
 
I actually have a model I call the trail knife, but it's a personal definition.

A trail knife, I think, is a jack of all trades, so I tend to prefer- depending on environment- a 4.5 to 7.5 inch blade, generally light enough and thin enough for food prep work, but tough enough for casual batoning and light chopping.

taking a look at the more common WSS custom makers is probably a very good bet (do we have a list?). Import leukus and larger puukkos are a favorite around here, also.

While I don't want to open the can of worms too far, I'll add some of what I consider to be design condiserations of a trail knife:

1.ability to slice foods reasonably well

2.Nimbleness and ergonomics of the handle allowing fine work

3.light chopping

4.light batoning

5.whittlin or carving

6.critter defense


3,4 and 6 argue in favor of the 5-7 inch blade range, as does 1 to some extent. The rest argue for a large handled, but short bladed knife in the 2.5 to 4 inch range. Keeping a longer blade at a fairly thin spine and will a good slicing geometry and a well fitted handle offsets a lot of that- a larger blade that's designed properly can handel the small tasks safely and efficiently.
 
price range, style and specs are always good, i carry a esee-4 and i love it but if you want to go into a higher price range i cannot speak highly enough of some of the custom makers on here

personally im saving for a fiddleback terrasaur for my next buy
 
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