Whats your favorite camping knife?

[Filipmatic]

Im going to be going on a hike and camping trip son which camping knife do you guys reccomend? i trust my fellow knife lovers!

 

[ONE MORE SET]

Ontario Machete
Ontario SP-50
Bruce Culberson Knife 7'' -8'' blade
SAK Farmer
Rapala Fillet knife
With these you should be good,IMO

 

[Onies]

Any of the Becker "Tweeners" are a good choice, I would give the nod to the BK15 though. Couple that with the Victorinox Sprint and a Spyderco PM2 and you are good to go.

 

[Oakengroves]

BK-7.

Benchmade 710 (M390).

Leatherman PS4.

/thread

If I could only take one of the above, I'd take the Benchmade 710. Incredibly versatile and light.

 

[canyon56]

Victorinox Spirit and Paramilitary 2 for all my camping needs.

 

[dartheo]

Mora Companion
Mora Bushcraft Force

 

[dePaul]

The KJ Eriksson Fishing Bowie is my favorite camping knife. Not only good for fishing but a large number camping chores as well.

~Paul~

 

[jimh0220]

K of A Camp Knife.

 

[uncouth]

a pretty classic combo is some type of axe hatchet or tomahawk, a medium fixed blade (4-7" blade), and a folder.

 

[LG&M]

SAK Farmer
BK11 / 14 / 16
Mora.
Where you going?
how far will you hike?
Will your son carry a knife?

 

[TheSharpLife74]

If you had to have only one knife I would go with the KA-BAR Becker BK2. It is a very versatile knife. It can chop(kinda) because of its weight, baton, and do detail work if need be.

 

[woody d]

i dont play favorites, i take three. the BK9, the F1, and a SAK Farmer

 

[ozgooner]

i dont play favorites, i take three. the BK9, the F1, and a SAK Farmer

Very much this sentiment. For me, BK9, SAK Fieldmaster, and one of Bark River Aurora, Fallkniven F1 or S1, or ESEE-4.

 

[Cardiackid]

My Doug Ritter MK1 always goes with me. I sometimes take my 14" Fiskars hatchet if there is more camping than hiking.

 

[knoefz]

Esee 4 with a Victorinox Huntman or Farmer do all my camping tasks

 

[upnorth]

The KJ Eriksson Fishing Bowie is my favorite camping knife. Not only good for fishing but a large number camping chores as well.

~Paul~

Thank you for the pics sir. I was looking at\ interested in this knife.

 

[upnorth]

Im going to be going on a hike and camping trip son which camping knife do you guys reccomend? i trust my fellow knife lovers!

Becker BK-16 and a hatchet.

 

[Bigfattyt]

In order to make a real recommendation, we need to know what you were looking to spend too.

My suggestion might be way more than you want to spend.

Others have suggested, a combo is always great. No one knife will do everyting. I would be very comfortable in a large medium small combo.

Condor makes great, very affordable machetes and camp knives. I am very partial to the Hudson bay as a medium/largish camp knife. Machete from them for a larger/brush clearing role, and a small fixed blade to round it out. You would still be below the cheapest small fixed blade from my favorite manufacturer, or any custom makers I like. You would not be under-knifed in any way at all.

I could easily leave my expensive knives home (I will some times have 2K plus worth of knives on me when camping). I have also gone with less than $100 worth and still had a great selection, and not missed the expensive stuff.

One of my reasons for recommending Condor is that they use a convex edge on most of their stuff. I love a good convex edge, especially for wood work. They are very easy to keep hair jumping/whittling sharp for me.

 

[1SHOT1KILL]

AA Forge Camp Knife
Big Chris Woodsman
Big Chris Camp knife
Backwoods Camp Chopper

 

[jnichols2]

If I'm going to also have a hatchet or large chopper; my Spyderco Military.

If it's going to be the only cutting tool I have; my fixed blade Ka-Bar Marine knife.