I have many small and normal bushcraft knives but I am looking for a larger knife to try for several uses, and I would like to pick the brains of people who use the larger size of knife.
Main uses for the knife:
Chopping
batoning larger wood (4" plus limbs)
Camp chores
dealing with all types of woods found in the UK and a few abroad
I do not mind the grind I like most and can handle sharpening them including convex and scandi and flat, I do not much like the concave or hollow grind because of the weakness of the grind, but i know it can be changed if necessary but it would take a lot of work to do it.
A few I have been looking at include:
Ontario RTAK II
Becker survival (BK9)
Becker Utility (BK7)
Helle Lapland
Ka-Bar Adventure Potbelly
Chris Caine Survival tool
Cold steel Recon Scout
Spec Plus SP50 Gen II
Spec Plus SP52 Gen II
SOG Jungle Canopy
Svord Pig Sticker
And the DNK XL (by our own FYGT)
other suggestions taken
I have fairly small hands (I take a small glove)
Anyone with experience in handling the above knives would be useful to hear from but any input would be good.
I have used a few different large knives and do like there uses.
I am putting a slight limit on price of around £150, but i am will to definitely go below that and a little above but i think it will have to be extremely good to hit the higher price mark.
Main uses for the knife:
Chopping
batoning larger wood (4" plus limbs)
Camp chores
dealing with all types of woods found in the UK and a few abroad
I do not mind the grind I like most and can handle sharpening them including convex and scandi and flat, I do not much like the concave or hollow grind because of the weakness of the grind, but i know it can be changed if necessary but it would take a lot of work to do it.
A few I have been looking at include:
Ontario RTAK II
Becker survival (BK9)
Becker Utility (BK7)
Helle Lapland
Ka-Bar Adventure Potbelly
Chris Caine Survival tool
Cold steel Recon Scout
Spec Plus SP50 Gen II
Spec Plus SP52 Gen II
SOG Jungle Canopy
Svord Pig Sticker
And the DNK XL (by our own FYGT)
other suggestions taken
I have fairly small hands (I take a small glove)
Anyone with experience in handling the above knives would be useful to hear from but any input would be good.
I have used a few different large knives and do like there uses.
I am putting a slight limit on price of around £150, but i am will to definitely go below that and a little above but i think it will have to be extremely good to hit the higher price mark.