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shockwave

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Hi just after some advice please I am a new to the forum and this is my first post. I am from the UK and am looking to buy a new knife. I don’t have a lot of knowledge about knifes and was looking for some opinions from experienced knife users of what they would get for themself’s.
I already have a Fallkniven F1 that I use for doing my chopping and donkey work.
I am now looking to buy a small bladed knife around 3” I don’t mind if it’s fixed bladed or folding with a wooden handle. I would like to use it for the more intricate side of camping. I have a budget of around £70.
I have seen 2 i like the look of

http://www.heinnie.com/pswz8Y910031/Knives/Marttiini/Marttiini-MFK-Folders/p-92-170-2300/

http://www.heinnie.com/nmn3v8905251/Knives/Karesuando/Karesuando-Elk-Special/p-92-301-1231/

http://www.heinnie.com/pswz8Y910031/Knives/Helle/Helle-Earth/p-92-150-4013/

Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and best Regards.
 
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I'd pick up an EKA Swede-88. Easy to carry and handles more intricate work. The Scandi-grind should be easy to work with as well.
 
The Karesuando and the Helle both look like good quality bushcraft knives.

My other recomendation is that you check the custom fixed blades for sale site under "makers" as Landi recently had some smaller knives for sale within your price range.
 
Thanks bcorneils. I have just got the last knife out of the batch John was selling. I am looking forward to receiving it. He also said thanks for recommending him.
 
opinel #6...set you back $5 and they're french made, will handle the finer work of camping...even if you get something else i'd still recommend getting one for camping, they hold a mean edge and are thin enough for most food prep work.
 
shockwave said:
Thanks bcorneils. I have just got the last knife out of the batch John was selling. I am looking forward to receiving it. He also said thanks for recommending him.
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I have found myself buying more from individual knife crafters over the past few years as they are often a high quality product, unique, and well priced.
 
Another vote for Opinel, ive got two #8's and they are very nice for food prep, i cut a bunch of slices of really thick deer sausage, as well as other fruits and veggies with one and it preformed very well. Very sharp thin blade, and they are like 7 bucks, you really cant go wrong. get one and pair it with your other 2 and your good to go:thumbup:
 
Cheers Everyone for all your help.
Thats a cool steel Robert, any chanch of letting me know where you can get hold of them please?
 
Shockwave, looks to me like your instincts are good. I use one of the cheaper plastic handled carbon steel Martinini for kitchen work and general chores and it does fine. The one slight exception is slicing hard vegetables. The blade is a bit thick for that and things like carrots tend to break off and shoot everywhere. The knife I use for those chores also fits your requirements, the AG Russell Woodswalker. Russell describes it as a "fixed blade pocketknife" and it runs about $20 with either leather or kydex sheath. Naked, it's under $10. Blade is AUS-8 and just over 2", very thin, very sharp. Handle is dark wood. I like it a lot, but it is specialized for light work.

Your wish for a wood handle is narrowing your choices and costing you money. There are a lot of good choices with synthetic handles. My own preference is for wood, but the industry is moving to synthetics and I sometimes yield to that.
 
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