pm me the sort of thing your after and i will see what i can do, but it will take a while because work is mental ATM.....
chris.........
chris.........
RE: After a new knife on a budget. Help please?
If you look at the title of your original post as above and look at what is happening now. The longer you debate this and the more shiny things you look at, the more time you allow for the price range of the knife you select to rise, slowly but surely. Hey! - there must be some sort of mathematical formulae to represent this anybody got any ideas?).
Believe me - i'm not an expert on Bushcraft by any stretch but this happens to me!
My advice it to go back to the start and get a real cheap quality knife (a mora - there is no other knife in it's price range that matches it's performance) then in time you will try others) (plus your finances may match your hankerings for shiny things by then!)
Regards
Max
I would agree with all thats been said above, some good advice from some good people.
If on the other hand you dont want to make your own and are a little impatient then you could do a lot worse than browsing the Heinnie site. There this for example at a mere 34 notes,
or these helle knives for a little more
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Helle-Knives/c-1-92-150/
I must be blind i cant see this knife on the site !
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?119677-Leuku-My-way
The blade shape of this above and below sort of handle.
http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?115569-Leuku!
I wouldn't want the blade as big as the second link, more bushcraft use size.
The somewhat misnamed gut hook blade is used to "unzip" the belly of the animal. A small hole is cut into the lower part of the belly of the animal, and then the small, upper part of the hook is inserted into the hole and then the knife is drawn upward. This opens the belly and chest cavity without any danger of puncturing the intestine and making an unsanitary mess.
If you don't want a Mora and you are not yet ready for a custom knife, there are many, many, high quality blades or complete knives available. Take a look at the EnZo trapper. A favorite of many people, a very good price, Arctic Birch scales, Carbon Steel (or Stainless). Comes sharp as a razor.
whata bout a Muela? i use muela and only muela ^^