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Post by 1776 on May 19, 2017 21:28:08 GMT
Hello, I'm looking for a good quality bushcraft blade. I know my knives pretty good I'd say, I'm just looking for some personal experience with some bushcraft knives. So if you have any bushcraft knives you would recommend from personal experience, please post them!
Thanks
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harrybeck
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Post by harrybeck on May 20, 2017 2:55:59 GMT
i use a timberline lightfoot zambezi. just big enough and just small enough. i would get a new sheath though, the one it comes with is kind of gimmicky.
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Post by 1776 on May 24, 2017 20:12:45 GMT
i use a timberline lightfoot zambezi. just big enough and just small enough. i would get a new sheath though, the one it comes with is kind of gimmicky. Thanks, I'll check them out.
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Post by Scott on May 25, 2017 0:28:39 GMT
A Mora! This bloke makes a fine knife too www.mefflinknives.com/Edited to add that I just checked his Facebook and he's not taking orders for the moment. Still nice knives though.
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Post by 1776 on May 28, 2017 4:37:56 GMT
I got a mora, not a big fan of the Skandi grind though. I'll check that guy out. Thanks!
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Post by joeybones on Jun 25, 2017 11:21:17 GMT
Is there really such a thing as a bush craft knife ? I like to watch Yukon man , life below zero and the last Alaskans I don't remember seeing anyone using a bush craft knife or a survival knife or even a bowie knife on these shows.
When I see these people who actually live in the bush skin a moose with just a pocket knife I have to wonder.
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Post by kalkikrosah on Sept 20, 2017 23:17:12 GMT
Would a khukuri classify as a bushcraft knife? I use them on camping trips because it does the same job as a hatchet, rubber mallet, a saw and a knife but with far less weight or mass in/on your pack.It also comes with its own sharpening tool (chakmak) and a small utility knife (karda) for smaller tasks. Its very versatile in how many different uses it can perform.
There's quite a few khukuri makers out now and you can get one for under $200 for most of the standard sized ones. Himalayan Imports is the company where I went for mine. They are slightly "overbuilt" but they are damn near indestructible. Tora Blades is another top notch company who has lighter and more traditional stye khukuris. And then there's Ex-Gurka Khukuri House who is more of a "modernized" manufacturer of the khukuri and probably has the widest selection.
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Post by RickDastardly on Sept 21, 2017 7:14:31 GMT
ETA: Ha, I just noticed the date of the OP. Probably a bit late with this, lol.I think the 'bushcraft' term is just a recent thing, and a good excuse to sell knives. It really depends what you consider to be bushcraft. Making small traps and whittling spoons? Shelter building? Skinning and butchering? In the UK a bushcraft knife would usually be a small knife, say around a 4"/10cm blade, often scandi grind although I too don't like that so much. At least give it a microbevel. I don't do much carving though, which is really the only place a scandi excels I think. For me, it would be a knife that will do all of the above while not being so large as to get into camp knife or dedicated chopper territory. Such knives I've used and like include: Fallkniven's F1 and, better, the TK2 (my favourite), Bark River's Fox River (in A2, very nice) and Nebula (I preferred the Fox River but this was probably the better all-rounder) and Doug Ritter's RSK fixed blade (also very nice and a good all-rounder). Another good one that just sneaks in for its size is my NWA (Nick Alen) knife; made as the forum knife for the outdoors forum on Bladeforums. It's a cracking knife and second favourite only to the TK2 because I use the point on the TK2 a lot and it's stainless. I also had a couple of other customs along the way, but not one that was any better than the above. A pic of a few of those: Left to right: Busse BATAC (too heavy, odd handle), NWA, Busse BAIII (good, but too valuable so I sold it), RSK, Nebula, Fox River. and the Fallknivens: Top to bottom: A2, A1, F1, TK2, and the Fox River again for comparison.
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Post by howler on Sept 21, 2017 20:02:11 GMT
ETA: Ha, I just noticed the date of the OP. Probably a bit late with this, lol.I think the 'bushcraft' term is just a recent thing, and a good excuse to sell knives. It really depends what you consider to be bushcraft. Making small traps and whittling spoons? Shelter building? Skinning and butchering? In the UK a bushcraft knife would usually be a small knife, say around a 4"/10cm blade, often scandi grind although I too don't like that so much. At least give it a microbevel. I don't do much carving though, which is really the only place a scandi excels I think. For me, it would be a knife that will do all of the above while not being so large as to get into camp knife or dedicated chopper territory. Such knives I've used and like include: Fallkniven's F1 and, better, the TK2 (my favourite), Bark River's Fox River (in A2, very nice) and Nebula (I preferred the Fox River but this was probably the better all-rounder) and Doug Ritter's RSK fixed blade (also very nice and a good all-rounder). Another good one that just sneaks in for its size is my NWA (Nick Alen) knife; made as the forum knife for the outdoors forum on Bladeforums. It's a cracking knife and second favourite only to the TK2 because I use the point on the TK2 a lot and it's stainless. I also had a couple of other customs along the way, but not one that was any better than the above. A pic of a few of those: Left to right: Busse BATAC (too heavy, odd handle), NWA, Busse BAIII (good, but too valuable so I sold it), RSK, Nebula, Fox River. and the Fallknivens: Top to bottom: A2, A1, F1, TK2, and the Fox River again for comparison. Very nice collection. I think your right on in your description of bushcraft knife, and its emphasis on tip control for whittling and other small tasks. We have all these terms used in describing knives, like "survival" which would be a more robust, bombproof blade (jack of all trades, master of none) that you can abuse a bit (pry, baton, etc...) and camp knives which up the chopping/batoning ability considerably (to the point of hatchet/hand ax substitute) and can be used as a shorter machete. The biggest stuff you could call a knife (heavy machete cleaver hybrid) would certainly be in the hand ax/large hatchet replacement category though you could do some slicing and knife work in a pinch. Bottom line is that you should never just go into the wilds with one blade, because a combination of a SAK, mora type (or two), and a larger chopper of some type (or axe) would be the way to go.
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