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what's the sturdiest fixed blade design?
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For a good all round beater under £50 . take a look at the Glock 72 field knife ..
This was going to be my suggestion as well, one of the better sharpened pry bars.
An AK bayonet would also probably work.
Really anything other than a nice knife, IMO it doesn't sound like you have a history of using the proper tool for the job at hand.
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Maybe one of the newer 1095 Schrades. They aren't exactly going to slice, but a quarter inch of spring steel is tough to break and they're cheap enough to replace if you do manage to bust 'em. I'd look at SCHF37.
I'd have to agree, but the tip has wierd geometry. I haven't had any issue with mine but it gets thin at the tip and might pose a problem for someone who stabs, pries, or tosses it into a hard stump between tasks. The SCHF9 has stronger geometry up there and is just as capable, has a better coating too. A good friend has a F9 and we use the two sided by side and both, like you said are very capable. Even though I have the F37 the F9 has a better design for extreme tough use.
Forgot to add, I'd take my Glock knife over the Schrade any day if I was going to do a task that I think might get almost abusive. Only knife I haven't broken being used to pry. They are designed to be tough first and cut second.
For a good all round beater under £50 . take a look at the Glock 72 field knife
My Glock 81 Field knife travelled all over the bush in Asia and the South Pacific and handled everything thrown at it. Jack of all trades. Master of none. Cost me about $24 in 1984. Not much more today.
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My Glock 81 Field knife travelled all over the bush in Asia and the South Pacific and handled everything thrown at it. Jack of all trades. Master of none. Cost me about $24 in 1984. Not much more today.
Mines been all over Iraq and AFG multiple times. It is the only knife that didn't break that I took on any tour. It's opened ammo crates, killed dinner and butchered it and dug holes, and that was just one day's work as an 11B
It would be hard to find anything more tough for that price or several times more the price. Holds a decent edge too.
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The glock knife is a great choice.
If not that, then something in 1095 steel or close to it.
Full tang or stick tang that Is radiused where is goes into the handle.
Spear point
The BK 2 is hard to hurt also. The Ontario sp50 is a beast.
The cold steel true flight thrower cam easily have a handle put on it and, yet you will need to sharpen it often, but you probably can't hurt it.
If not that, then something in 1095 steel or close to it.
Full tang or stick tang that Is radiused where is goes into the handle.
Spear point
The BK 2 is hard to hurt also. The Ontario sp50 is a beast.
The cold steel true flight thrower cam easily have a handle put on it and, yet you will need to sharpen it often, but you probably can't hurt it.
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Cold Steel GI tanto. There is nothing tougher in it's price range
I'm in agreement on this one. Its a full tang with 4mm thick spine, low saber grind, with a soft HT made out of 1055 (which is tougher than 1095, but sacrifices some edge holding). All of those combine to make something very tough.
I wouldn't particularly want to hold/use one, but for someone that admittedly wants to use them for everything possible to use a knife for, it would be very difficult to break. Also, the price point is great (usually runs ~$25 iirc).
The BK2 is another good option, but its run much harder on the RC scale, so it is possible to break one with extended throwing. Other than that, its pretty bulletproof. It is outside of your price range though.
The Condor Rodan is in your price range, and is tough (1075). And the Schrades would be good value for you as well.
Good luck with whatever you decide
.You want a Becker. A BK2 costs about $60 and you'll never manage to break it.
I don't know about this throwing requirement. The characteristics a knife has to have to do useful work and soak up abuse are opposed to the characteristics it needs to rotate smoothly and stick at multiple angles of impact. Not to mention weight.
I don't know about this throwing requirement. The characteristics a knife has to have to do useful work and soak up abuse are opposed to the characteristics it needs to rotate smoothly and stick at multiple angles of impact. Not to mention weight.
Throwing wasn't listed as a requirement, it just happens to be another form of "abuse" that normal knives aren't designed to take. And since the OP wants to abuse it, it seems prudent to plan for throwing as well.
However, soaking up abuse is not opposed to throwing. It has to do with the RC, and the steel. Lower RC means the knife will be tougher, and steels with lower carbon contents (1055 vs 1095 for instance which is why you see machetes and axes made out of the lower carbon steels, and knives out of the higher carbon ones). The GI Tanto is a knife that looks mostly like a normal knife, but uses the steel and HC of a throwing knife, making it super tough. Weight will presumably also be a non issue here, as the OP is looking for something indestructible, which usually means a fair amount of mass anyway.
But I'll agree, the GI Tanto isn't what I'd want to use as a knife (huge in the way upper guard, stupid ricasso/finger choil area, really low grind, non-ergonomic handle, low RC, etc), but for a tough knife under $50... its a top contender for sure.
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From what I can find it seems that throwing has caused most, if not all, of the broken BK2s out there. it's more abusive than almost anything else you can do to a knife, and not recommended with any hardened steel, throwing knives are soft for a reason.
+1. I've only ever seen photos of two BK2's that were broken. Both were from throwing "hundreds of times".
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Ontario 499 and 498. get both for under $100. 1095 steel blades, current US Mil issue.
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I agree this is a great knife that aint scared to do work.For a good all round beater under £50 . take a look at the Glock 72 field knife ..
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i would expand my rpice range but i am in fact VERY poor, i can't expand it, i do however have a lot of power tools i can use, i may have to do a lawnmower blade job on this one £50 is a huge amount of money to me, i'd have to save it up as is, so i guess i'm going to make a blade myself.
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Nathan, the knife I recommended goes for less than $30 and it is one of the toughest knives out there and tougher than most mentioned in here. Don't believe me, check this out:
Part 1
[video=youtube;6qV0zaN83zM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qV0zaN83zM&list=PLjK-UEf6EqqbgTV44So2MCvoC7fNmKQbC&index=1[/video]
Part 2
[video=youtube;YaTgYcApEBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaTgYcApEBE[/video]
Part 3
[video=youtube;x7SfVmTulBk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7SfVmTulBk[/video]
There are a total of 8 videos.
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thank you all i really apreciate all the help
i really apreciate all the help
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Cold Steel GI tanto. There is nothing tougher in it's price range
Looks like a decent enough Strider copy.....
