What is the best or some of your favorite big ol' camp knifes?

My camp stuff.

Haven't tried the 14" bladed Kailash sirupate khukuri yet, but I can imagine it's gonna be A LOT of fun when I get my ass out to do so.

 

The KaBar Becker BK7 suits my camp needs
And is a size I dont mind carrying with me to the camp site

 

I’m new to knives. Which one is this? Looks pretty badass...

 

That is a Busse Battle Mistress. The model is the Nuclear Meltdown Battle Mistress.

Busse makes real hard use blades!!!

I've had a few over the years.

 

Thanks, much appreciated. I’m going to look into that. I JUST DID get the knife bug. 63 years old. Not sure why it took me so long, but I have it bad now. Fixed, folders, autos. Im hooked and suddenly the checking account has shrunk.......

 

There is no cure!
Buy an Opinel No:7 or 8. and then compare all knives for sharp from that.
Work tools, and just fine cutlery. Buy a folder from Chris Reeve Knives for understated class, and then use that to compare mechanical excellence, or not, from that.
The rest is your own taste and how the hobby takes you. Its like a sweet shop out there. There is a lot of hype over practical, but some is just for the fun of it.

 

I use this one alot these days

IMG_6001 by Alex B, sur Flickr

 

That is a lot of knife for the price!

 

Its a busse nmfbm (nuclear meltdown fusion battle mistress).
I sand papered her down with various grits to get a mirror polish, looks cool when used.

 

The BK-7 is about as large as I will carry hiking and generally it is because I think I may need a larger blade for whatever. The first time I looked at your pictures I wondered what the orange flower pots were along a stream.... then I realized you took the picture with a wide angle lens.

@GREENJACKET Yes, it is mostly about fun.

 

Hey everyone. Got a question for the Beckerheads here. I know the BK9 is usually the go-to for choppin’ but is the BK7 an adequate camp knife as well in your experience? Thanks!

 

I have heard, will need to research, that the ones with the deep markings into the blade, with the BK 9 BK 7 stamped deeply, not the laser etch, may break from stress if try to baton wood. Because of that I heard that is why they laser etch the logos now. Just what I have heard so that needs to be looked into before I would trust it as gospel. My BK7 has it and it was made by Camillus.

 

It must have created stress risers in the blade. It would be nice if they would try their hand at 3V in the becker line like most these days are seem to be doing or trying out.

 

Oh I see. Well, I don’t think I’ll be batoning any time soon. I’d prefer to have an axe for that. I was thinking more along the lines of chopping thin branches and making feather sticks for fun. Thanks for sharing the interesting piece of information. I didn’t know that.

 

Beckers in 3V or INFI would be awesome.

 

BK7 for me

 

Two of my favorites, Jimmy Fikes "Parang" and Camp knife.

 

If you’re defining a Camp knife as something suitable for food prep duty in camp as well mine would be the Becker BK5.

 

Jerry wouldn’t like that idea much , just saying for a friend

 

These are some of my favorites. 2hawks Longhunter and Warbeast Hawks, CS Trail Hawk, CS Gurkha Kukri and Trail Master (Both SK5], and Grohmann #3 Boat knife.

edit: The bottom pic is a Nepalese knife they call a Tracker. In use it feels and behaves like a kukri but is more compact and is easier to use as a regular knife.