No.391
Best knives to get for going innawoods? I was thinking about getting this one for about $15, should I? If not, what do you recommend?
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No.393
Mora knife
Opinel
Esee 4 or 5 depending on pref.
Becker Remora or Necker (or spend for a Becker BK2)
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No.394
>>391Also, don't ever get a hollow tang knife especially those gimmicky survival knives. It WILL break on you..
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No.423
Moraknif is the best value. Opinel's are basically hipset shit, but not bad.
Buck knifes are solid knives for the money and have a good waranty
victorinox is pretty good for a multi-tool system although a leatherman wave is probably the best multi-tool to get.
everything else is just like…extravagant cool shit yo probably dont need.
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No.451
>>391Not pic-related.
>no tang: easier to break>tiny useless compass in metal cap: will lose accuracy with time>case in handle: rattles during use, and can you guarantee it's waterproof?>random features on back of blade (???)>unknown steel, likely without a decent edge.99% of camping tasks are things like, cutting paracord, cutting food packages, random whittling stuff (sometimes important, e.g. to make a setup for cooking, or connect wood together to make some sort of shelter.). Most of these tasks, except for cutting wood, can be done with scissors. I've known people who keep EMT style scissors on them for this reason, when solo backpacking (less risk of a laceration, when using a knife for something that scissors can do, important stuff when solo and far from home).
Otherwise, everything suggested is pretty good. Get the best blade that fits your budget (in terms of ability to take a good edge), learn to take care of it, and don't listen when people talk about 'batoning'
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No.454
Leatherman has a line of EMT scissors that are suppose to be pretty good plus having g some other accessories .
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No.470
Keep it simple, pictured my cheap but reliable knife.
Most stuff sold with the tag "survival" is shit. Ask around.
>>451This guy is correct.
Batoning is not advisable, unless you really really have to. It's always considered a emergency measure than anything, but there are big knives that can be used for batoning without trouble. Usually too big for much else.
If you need to chop wood, bring an axe.
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No.487
>>470I agree to an extent about batoning wood. I baton wood with a knife myself but it is a full tang knife at a thickness of close to 3/16". It can take it. Mind you it would be a last resort to baton if I only had a bushcraft knife.
Now if I was carrying my Busse Battle Mistress FFBM that would be different.
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No.507
Just get a Buck 119 and be done with it.
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No.509
pic related are cheap as piss (got the stainless model because where I live is very wet) but I can't help thinking that maybe I should've paid the premium and bought a mora
There's nothing inherently wrong with what I've got. It's sturdy and it cuts shit. That's what you want. But it's small compared to le epic rambo knife, and the moras look nicer…
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No.515
>>391Pick up one of these. They are cheap and last for a lifetime. I've had mine for about twelve years now
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No.519
The main thing after taking a knife indawoods is to know how to sharpen it.
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No.568
>>519well if one can't sharpen their knife they shouldn't own one in the first place
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No.571
>>568I totally agree but a lot of people sadly walk around with a knife w/o the knowledge of sharpening.
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No.573
>>515I would not take a folding knife in the woods. Full tang or nothing bro!
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No.575
>>573Folding knives are alright as long as you don't expect it to do heavy work like chopping wood. If you want it to make tinder and light wood carving it's cool
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No.635
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No.745
>>515
>>515
which buck knife is that? that's like, exactly what I want right now. a nice little folding knife with a pretty finish.
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No.774
Op I have that knife and it by far the shittiest purchase I ever made.
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No.841
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No.845
>>573
>I would not take a folding knife in the woods
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No.900
>>391
Sog Seal Pup masterace
> not cheap though
> saved my ass when on my trip to Scotland
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No.1162
On a month long woods trip, one week in, batonned my fave Mora chopping down a small tree. It broke at the tang.
For all the hype, I expected Mora's to be better than that.
Had to rely on a 3 inch Old Timer for the rest of the trip. If not for the backup folder, I woulda been fucked.
Now I carry nicer knives - my latest knives have been from Bark River. My main issue with it is that they fall outa their sheaths too easily.
Here's good place to shop:
https://www.knivesshipfree.com/
My fave design is not too common: sheepsfoot.
For me the biggest issue is weight. Too light makes it unusable, but too heavy and you won't carry it. Only full tangs.
I don't care if it's perfectly sharp or not, as long as I can use it. Only small knives Need to be super sharp. My sharpest is a tiny hard stainless steel Swiss Army.
I do baton, and will continue to do so, because I despise pungy sticks.
Were I to add another knife to my collection, besides a better axe, it would be a custom neck knife of some sort.
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No.1183
>>571
Whenever I try to sharpen a knife I end up fucking it and having a dull piece of shit. My kitchen is full of dull knives that don't cut worth a damn.
Teach me the art anon. Nobody else will.
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No.1203
Get a glock field knife or a mora.
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No.1204
>>470
>>487
Why not a kukri or e-nep, if you're poorfag? They are pretty much a hatchet and a machete merged into one.
>>1183
Get a Scandi-grind blade, align the obvious bevel with your sharpening stone, and move it across like slicing thin sheets out of the stone. Repeat with the other side.
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No.1209
>>470
>batoning is only ever a last measure
no
it's been used as a wood processing technique for ages. not everyone is thru-hiking, don't be that guy who tells everyone to bring a razor blade instead of a knife because "you only need to open packages when camping"
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No.1223
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No.1275
In addition to being historically significant, there is a reason why these things are military issue.
They do many of the jobs most knives do, can act as a hatchet, and everything a shovel can do. The old Ames e-tools can even be used as a comfy chair if you're a fucking faggot who can't squat right.
I would recommend any e-tool first, then a reliable knife.
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No.1328
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No.1368
>>1275
Funny story about one of those when i was looking
to buy on online.
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No.1586
The KBAR is a decent knife, just bring compass matches and fishing line separately.
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