Which would you depend on no matter how tough the going ?

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If the chips were really down and you had to pick one knife from your collection that you feel you could depend on no matter how tough the demands made upon it, which would it be ?

This isn't a ' Which is your favourite knife thread ' it's which knife you feel could take the most abuse and not let you down regardless of the task.


For me it would have to be my SRKW Chopweiler, I've beat the snot outta this blade and it still holds it's own with my Bushcraft type blades when it comes to making fuzzies and trap triggers etc !

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Randall Fireman Special. I picked it up used, relatively cheap cause it didn't have a sheath. It takes a good edge and holds it and it is for sure tough!
 
Pitdog thisis an extremely tough question for me.I buy all of my knives based on this very criteria. I have Bruce Culberson,Daniel Fairly,Scott Gossman,Jeremy Horton,Trace Rinaldi and Bill Siegle. These are all hard use knives that I bought because if everything went wrong I know each and everyone I could count on. I have used all of these hard and they laugh at it begging for more.Like I said this question you asked is the very criteria I buy my knives with!
 
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For me this is what I would grab. 7" long blade by 3/16" thick. 5" long handle.
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I have been using this one for 5 months since making it. From camp to kitchen chores it slices and dices like knive should.
If I was going back into the Marines again this is the knife that I would take.

Bryan.
 
From the knives I currently have, I'd say my humble Condor Hudson Bay is the most robust.
 
No question. My JK Cutlass. It's 3/16 thick with an 8 inch plus blade made from Johns O-1. What more could I need?
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I dont own many customs...but ranger rd 9" spear pt is high carbon steel hard worker...I also have a circa 1980`s Hoffritz made Cold steel trailmaster i sent bak to factory to be rehandled/resharpened still going Strong--real strong!
 
Hard decision. Perhaps the knife I have depended upon no matter how tough the going for more than forty years? I have plenty of other knives, both older and newer, but this is the one I have found that I can depend on. I've used it long enough that I have tactile memory of it's size and shape. I can use it in the dark and know where the tip is. It is only made of old 1095hc, but as you can see, other than the patina, it is as good as new in spite of years of use and sharpening. The Delrin handle material is pretty well impervious to anything other than fire. Schrade Walden 165OT Woodsman.

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Still, it is fun to occasionally play with newer knife designs and steels. But what works... works! :)
 
sicily02 said:
For me this is what I would grab. 7" long blade by 3/16" thick. 5" long handle.
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I have been using this one for 5 months since making it. From camp to kitchen chores it slices and dices like knive should.
If I was going back into the Marines again this is the knife that I would take.

Bryan.
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Thank you for your service sir. wheres that pig stykker made?
 
Codger_64 said:
Hard decision. Perhaps the knife I have depended upon no matter how tough the going for more than forty years? I have plenty of other knives, both older and newer, but this is the one I have found that I can depend on. I've used it long enough that I have tactile memory of it's size and shape. I can use it in the dark and know where the tip is. It is only made of old 1095hc, but as you can see, other than the patina, it is as good as new in spite of years of use and sharpening. The Delrin handle material is pretty well impervious to anything other than fire. Schrade Walden 165OT Woodsman.

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Still, it is fun to occasionally play with newer knife designs and steels. But what works... works! :)
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had one sold it...im an idiot
 
It would have to be my Sierra Scout. It's 3/16ths thick differentially heat treated O1. Maybe not the strongest out there, but I would have to be doing something really dumb to break this thing! Cuts like there's no tomorrow too.
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sicily02 said:
For me this is what I would grab. 7" long blade by 3/16" thick. 5" long handle.
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I have been using this one for 5 months since making it. From camp to kitchen chores it slices and dices like knive should.
If I was going back into the Marines again this is the knife that I would take.

Bryan.
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Whoa Bryan, that is one beefy blade you've got there. I like the curves and angles on that one
 
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One of my Becker BK2s. Without a doubt the toughest, strongest blade(s) I own. 1/4'' of properly heat treated 1095CV. The Beast2 is a sharp prybar...and yes it will slice&dice too.

I don't think I could break any of my Beckers unless I tried.....but I aint certain I could break a 2 if I DID try!
 
This is a tough question as I have several blades to fill my needs but I think it would be my Ka-Bar/Becker BK9 -
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man what a serious question lol. for me it wouldn't be a who as all my knives are made by hard use makers it would be a size thing. I would have to go with something no more than 1/4 thick, no less than 7 inch blade and a good comfy handle. any of my blades in that category would work great, Jeremy horton, bill siegle, bryan breeden, JK knives, busse, swamp rat, scrap yard, esee, lol the list goes on and on. damn sir don't make me pick just one lol

bill siegle bush sword

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horton's

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Can't go wrong with Swamprat, Scrap Yard, or Busse.


Lots of customs out there that I would count on too. I just don't own them.
 
Depend on for what? Just kidding, I get ya,

I'd take the knife I trust the most:

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JK Toby's knife, all of 6 3/4 inches long

Yeah, I know, go figure :p
 
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