Best fixed blade bushcraft knife below £30

[Tracer1969]

The top 2 - as they come!
As they leave me

John, thats absolutely beautiful!

Swap for a case of Kriek and a Leffe beer Chocolates for the misses? )

 

[Mikey P]

And, the million pound question, why would you ever want to do that? Never in my life have I felt the need to do that... bad for the knife and tree!

Every knife has limitations, but I've never found a task I would ask a knife to do that a Mora couldn't do.

Pete

I disagree. Not bad for the knife, as it is robustly made and designed to be used and abused as a tool (not a drawer queen) and has a metal butt plate that allows you to do this sort of thing.

I did it because:

a. I am not a woodland vandal. I was dismantling the tree anyway and had already spiked that section. Give me some credit for intelligence!

b. Because I could. The original inspiration for the knife was Mors Kochanski who I believe (need to confirm) said that for the strength for the type of work he envisaged, you should be able to hammer it into a tree and stand and bounce on it. Multiple times. So, I thought I'd see if it did what it was supposed to do. It did. Now I have the confidence that the knife does what it was claimed to be capable of doing. Tick VG.

I know where you're coming from and it could sound a bit extreme!

I have an older style green Mora with plastic handle. Belting the end with a hammer is going to knacker it and, as it's a good knife, I'd rather not. Belting my SBT with a hammer has made no difference.

Can I have my million pounds now, please? Need to buy a new hammer.