What are some good 4'' blade for under $50

The Buck Big Sky is a sturdy looking knife in that size and price range. Also, check out some of the Anzas.
 
Decent hard use knives:

Cold steel mini bushman (best value for a good knife out there)

USAF survival knife

Anything used from Becker.

Dont forget the used market as you can get great deals on tough blades.

If you want light duty a mora will do.

Skam
 
As others have said bucks are good for the $ I like the queen hunters their just under the price range. Sog field pup is a good inexpensive knife to in my opinion.Look at ragweed forge, lots of Scandinavian knives for less that $50
 
If you want a heavy duty knife for 10.00 Mora makes them to. I beat them to death in the wood shop. Have not seen one fail yet. The Buck 110 is about 30-35 tough as most fixed blades. Quite a few Buck and better Gerbers for under 50.00.
 
i don't think mora is light duty. most of them aren't heavy duty either, but they're solid.

780 triflex. plenty tough if you're not prying open vaults and chopping toilets.
 
The twenty that I have not broke. I would be curious about how many of the hundreds of thousands of More owners around the world have broken their Mora knives. I think you would be in the very small minority.
 
In my opinion it's hard to beat Helle for value. The Nying is one of my favourites, I've seen them for around $50-$55. It's blade is a bit smaller perhaps than what you are looking for at 2 3/4", but they have other models such as the Eggen (4") that are still less than $60. Their laminated steel blades are some of the best around, and the sheath's they come with are high quality, functional, and beautifully crafted
Nying
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Eggen
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photos from www.helle.no
 
I like my Mora 521. Also, you might keep an eye on the Himalayan Imports forum for the "deal of the day" threads. I have a very nice baby BAS model khukri that I only paid 40 or 45 for shipped. It's about 9 inches overall, which works out to about 5 inches of blade and 4 of handle. It's not the chopper that a larger khuk would be, but it's a very serviceable and tough knife. The handle might be a bit small, especially if you have larger hands. I've experimented with wrapping mine in para-cord to beef it up a bit and I really liked the feel but it's hard to secure it on the very smooth horn handle. I haven't decided that I like it enough to resort to gluing it on or anything like that.
 
The Buck 102 Woodsman is a great smaller knife. The Buck 692 Vanguard, admittedly $55 through the mail, is excellent, too, although it has a 4.1" blade - great grip. That version has a rubber grip and Kydex sheath - $5-$10 more gets the 192 with laminated rosewood grip and a leather sheath - a beaut. Both have a great feel.

Another great choice, with rubber 'Safe-T-Grips' and great carbon steel blades are the Marbles 'Fieldcraft' and 'Trailcraft' knives - <$41 shipped from KSF (Old stock - current 'Safe-T-Grip' Marbles are SS and made 'overseas'.). The best fb buy under $50 is still the Buck 119 Special, admiitedly a 6", but ~$34 at Wally World. You can watch Les Stroud carry one on several of the latter Canadian 'Survivorman' series. Everything I have suggested is made in the USA.

Stainz
 
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