Can you help me choose a small multipurpose camp knife?

[HorseGuy]

The seed has been sown

There's something nice about pulling out a quality blade when the ingredients for the evening meal come out at camp.

Just because I don't 'need' it doesn't mean that I don't still 'want' it.

Being sensible has never stopped me from doing dumb stuff before so why break the habit of a lifetime now.

 

[JonathanD]

This is a nice little knife by Alan Wood and readily available sub £98. Even less with BcUK discount from Heinnie. Comes in orange or forest green too.




Kydex sheath is offered as an option.

 

[FerlasDave]

This is a nice little knife by Alan Wood and readily available sub £98. Even less with BcUK discount from Heinnie. Comes in orange or forest green too.

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Kydex sheath is offered as an option.

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You just convinced me of my next purchase!

 

[HorseGuy]

This is a nice little knife by Alan Wood and readily available sub £98. Even less with BcUK discount from Heinnie. Comes in orange or forest green too.

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Kydex sheath is offered as an option.

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Looks perfect!

 

[demented dale]

Coming from someone like yourself who walks the walk and lives the life 24/7 this comment holds a lot of weight for me. I already own several Mora Companion's and have them dotted around various different locations from my house, to the tack room and there's even one which permanently lives outside in the far reaches of a field under one of the horse shelters.

Along with my SAK which also gets a lot of use, the Mora Companion is really the only knife which I already use for virtually all cutting jobs. It's used for food prep, normal rope cutting, electric fence rope cutting (which have strands of steel and copper wire in them), opening and breaking down cardboard boxes. Everything! They sometimes even get abused in all sorts of ways I would never dare to abuse an expensive knife. Once I used one for digging a hole in the ground and then as a pry bar to dig out rocks because it was the only tool on me at the time and they have never let me down or felt wrong to use.

You comment has got me thinking "Do I really want a different knife or am I just lusting for a piece of expensive fancy looking bushcraft jewelry?" It's hard to admit the truth to myself but in all honesty it's probably the latter.

you is a chasing de bushcraft bling maaaaan! Get the max out of everything you already own. My paint scrapper is also my fish slice. DD xxxx

 

[trashcanman1984]

That Survive GSO 2.7 looks perfect. It's exactly what I pictured in my head that I am looking for.

Where can they be bought from though?

They are incredibly rare...and go for crazy prices

 

[JonathanD]

Looks perfect!

It’s a lovely little knife. And it’ll do all of the tasks you want of it while looking quite good too.

 

[Longstrider]

I don't think anyone has ever regretted buying an Alan Wood knife. Getting one for under a 'ton' is almost a no brainer.

NOT missing the point that it would appear that the OP's quest has been fulfilled as a result of suggestions here .. Of interest to me is the size of the knives here being called 'Camp Knife'. Am I so far out of the loop that my idea of a Camp Knife as something with a blade of a minimum of 6" would be considered, and perhaps up to a foot of shiny loveliness not being completely out of the question when talking of a Camp Knife ?
Yesterday, my own 'Camp Knife' was being battoned* through 6 and 7" diameter hardwood (ash and hawthorn) logs for firewood. Not something that I'd fancy doing to many of the offerings on this thread.


*Not by me until my cracked ribs heal a bit more

 

[HorseGuy]

Of interest to me is the size of the knives here being called 'Camp Knife'. Am I so far out of the loop that my idea of a Camp Knife as something with a blade of a minimum of 6" would be considered, and perhaps up to a foot of shiny loveliness not being completely out of the question when talking of a Camp Knife ?

Maybe I've got the definition of camp knife wrong but I was under the impression that there were multiple kinds of camp knife. From the tiny little three inch blades best suited for things like food prep and wood carving to the inbetween sized, jack of all trade knives found in the four to seven inch range right up to the foot long monsters which are only really suited for things like chopping and batoning.

 

[Pattree]

From from tiny little three inch blades best suited for things like food prep.

(Smiling)
The main use that I have for a knife in camp is food preparation. For that I tend to need a long blade.

Cutting a lettuce, a loaf, a cabbage, slicing meat, all need something longer.
The string, leather, guylines etc only need a little knife but a bigger one will do.

Edited to add:
As I cook everything on a KK stick stove I don’t use a knife to prepare fuel in camp.

The OP wasn’t looking for anything Opinel
but I always use a #12 for my food. The 100 or 120mm blade is just about/not quite long enough. However I can dismantle it in about thirty seconds and drop it in the washing up - an important aspect of a “camp knife” for me.

 

[Stew]

I don't think anyone has ever regretted buying an Alan Wood knife. Getting one for under a 'ton' is almost a no brainer.

NOT missing the point that it would appear that the OP's quest has been fulfilled as a result of suggestions here .. Of interest to me is the size of the knives here being called 'Camp Knife'. Am I so far out of the loop that my idea of a Camp Knife as something with a blade of a minimum of 6" would be considered, and perhaps up to a foot of shiny loveliness not being completely out of the question when talking of a Camp Knife ?
Yesterday, my own 'Camp Knife' was being battoned* through 6 and 7" diameter hardwood (ash and hawthorn) logs for firewood. Not something that I'd fancy doing to many of the offerings on this thread.


*Not by me until my cracked ribs heal a bit more

You’re right about sizing and the name. The accepted idea of a camp knife is that bit bigger but not huge.

Just like a necker being that smaller size but not necessarily an actual neck carried knife.