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Multi-role Knife, available in the US
@ 03:03 am (GMT) |
Ricardo LaborinGentlemen (and Lady),Advice greatly appreciated on a particular knife or knife characteristics that would fulfill the roles of field-dressing, butchering and general camp roles. I've carried a couple of Benchmades and one KOA camp knife but neither have been that good. I could carry two items if worth the while. Thanks in advance. Saludos from Mexico. |
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@ 10:56 am (GMT) |
Warrick EdmondsRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USRicardoThat's a pretty big / broad question, a bit like asking, "what's a good car I can buy?". Depends on so many personal things, including budget. I can only say there are plenty out there to choose from, try a company like ESEE, something like the model 4HM, or Fallkniven as places to start. See if they have what you're after. |
@ 06:05 pm (GMT) |
Clive JuddRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USHi Ricardo,Warricks quite right about the broadness of such due to the difference's in your location/game etc vs others, what are your 'camp chores' etc Spending more time with your current knife will show you, being the normal path for most; you say your Benchmades/KOA were not ideal, so why? The more you work with them the more you will find what is your ideal. I think within Nathan's books you will see a basic description of characteristics that could be considered general purpose so to speak, which I agree with; Blade length between 5-7 inch's, spine between 1/8 and 3/16ths at the lower and upper end or there about's; bowie, clip/modified spear point or the like. I would work back from your preferred steels; as Warrick stated this is now a budget issue; so the steels you can afford and find a shape that fits closely to what your after as you can always modify it some or make your own sheath. |
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@ 08:08 pm (GMT) |
Warrick EdmondsRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USGood answer Clive, what I should have said.Here's a few other points to consider. My ideal generalist knife has a straight edge, don't want a recurved belly if you're trying to cut the dinner veg, it should have a full tang, not be a folder, have a drop point that is preferably a flat / straight drop point not a dipping curve and have a good thickness of steel at the spine well forward toward the point, so you can whack it with a batton and my preference is for a flat grind, not hollow ground. Don't forget the finger guard, never forget the finger guard. Here's a little story of mine to illustrate my evolution on this. Around Jan this year I was gas bagging with a mate who has been watching the TV programme Survivor for the last 15yrs or so. It really curdles his custard that hardly any of the contestants come prepared with working skills. He reckons, even if you're used to wearing your caftan to the swingers party at Glebe every Friday, if you were selected you'd at least learn how to light a fire, "how hard can it be?" Of course, over the following couple of months this lead me to ferromag rods, which lead me to fatwood collecting which lead me ultimately to muck around with making up my own bushcraft knife. Handy in these toilet paper times we're sharing eh ! My first bushcraft knife had all the characteristics mentioned above but I ran the bevel grind only half way up the steel so there was a full thickness of 5mm half way down the blade all the way along to the drop point. This is pretty common in hard use knives. When I used it, I couldn't get the cutting edge in contact with the job, the thickness of the steel stopped me, acted as a blocking wedge. I reckon the only use for this design was as an axe, to split wood. It was very frustrating so I reground it so that the bevel flat plunged all the way from the spine down to the cutting edge. It was still fully 5mm thick at the spine but a flat bevel all the way to the cut. It worked much better. So watch out for that as well. |
@ 08:20 pm (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USTake your Hunting knife and a small HatchetPersonally I like a Butchers Sheep skinning Knife I grew up using them and they just seam to do the work without any fuss n bother and are well priced hold a good edge easy to clean (Dishwasher) no wooden handle to split or rivets to come loose. A tool for a job.... Not a toy.... The more I use a Hatchet the more I like them but they gotta be kept sharp. They'll do the jobs that will wreck your knife and chop up a carcass and bones for dog tucker wack in pegs and nails n do many other handy jobs..... 
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@ 08:27 pm (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USSome folks like these Fiskars X7 Hatchets
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@ 09:46 pm (GMT) |
Clive JuddRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USOn point there Warwick, a great combo. We had the same knives as well, the sheep skinner would be on the belt on the farm, only swapped out for the bowie style when pig hunting; skinning knives in the kill house for house mutton and dog tuckers.Warrick makes a good point about grinds Ricardo; if you happen to get a saber grind with a thick spine you can always work it down, but if you get a hollow grind well you cant make it any thicker. Those thinner butcher blades that Warwick, I and almost every other kiwi grew up with are handy/nimble to dress game with, albeit some may find the steels lacking when coming from more expensive blades, but they just need a lick on the steel a bit more. I appreciate a slightly thicker blade these days with a harder steel, but I typically recommend the sheep skinner or the like to guys starting out, not so much because they are budget, but because they are a fail safe. |
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@ 02:51 am (GMT) |
Ricardo LaborinRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USWarrick, Clive and Warwick, so grateful for your responses ands your time. From the amount of concepts I don't quite get yet, obviously my White Belt status in knife-world is cemented. I read Nathan's part about the knife and quite liked it. Details:- Budget not an issue (prefer buying once big ticket) - Game weights in the 50 to 150kgs (deer and pig) - "Camp Chores" as regarding to slicing meat finer, plus veggies etc, nothing big. - No wood splitting, although I'll for sure buy a hatchet as Warwick recommends (for wood and bones). - Looking forward to something "weighty" that feels like a real knife, it seems that's the part missing from the Benchmade Saddle Skinner, it feels so light/nimble. The KOA bush knife couldn't hold an edge at all. SALUDOS! |
@ 01:14 am (GMT) |
Paolo ConsalviRe: Multi-role Knife, available in the USTake a look at these: https://fallkniven.se/en/knife/a1xb/ https://www.extremaratio.com/prodotti/coltelli-lama-fissa/multiruolo.html I have the Fulcrum Black model |
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