Has Anyone found "THE" Knife?
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Like probably most on here, I am still searching!
I dont think "the knife" exists for bushcrafters or any outdoorsman, there will always compromising for specific tasks, one does all (well) is unrealistic. I have a few which I love, my Spyderco BcUK ticks many boxes and is generally superb but is bobbins at slicing/food prep.
I now think that a selection is usually required if I'm off and I am not certain whats exactly needed, and I think finding that in the smallest package is the best you get in terms of perfection!
I am pleased with my little package which consists of a custom F1 in a clever custom kydex sheath system which also carries a maxpedition molle pouch and in that lives a victorinox forester and a DC4. I have found that cover most tasks I need (except filletting!) but then sometimes I play out with my BcUK nad sometimes with one of my neckers..........or something else!
Still enjoying the search though!
I dont think "the knife" exists for bushcrafters or any outdoorsman, there will always compromising for specific tasks, one does all (well) is unrealistic. I have a few which I love, my Spyderco BcUK ticks many boxes and is generally superb but is bobbins at slicing/food prep.
I now think that a selection is usually required if I'm off and I am not certain whats exactly needed, and I think finding that in the smallest package is the best you get in terms of perfection!
I am pleased with my little package which consists of a custom F1 in a clever custom kydex sheath system which also carries a maxpedition molle pouch and in that lives a victorinox forester and a DC4. I have found that cover most tasks I need (except filletting!
) but then sometimes I play out with my BcUK nad sometimes with one of my neckers..........or something else!Still enjoying the search though!
Martin,
My birthday obviously went out of your thoughts, do remember Christmas old boy..
I've had and sold many a knife and won't go into a long ins and outs but i've an itch for one of those 'double' sets with a leaku and pukko configuration.
My birthday obviously went out of your thoughts, do remember Christmas old boy..
I've had and sold many a knife and won't go into a long ins and outs but i've an itch for one of those 'double' sets with a leaku and pukko configuration.
Martin,
My birthday obviously went out of your thoughts, do remember Christmas old boy..
I never forgot, I am waithing for my card with £500 in it.
They are my pension fund
Yes I have. I made it myself from a chopping knife. It's a short, tall, stainless blade, thick as coagulated blood (lol, sorry), full length tang, and can be bashed hard or even used as a small pry bar. I am very satisfied with the shape and materials, but it's so ugly, I'm still crossing my fingers in the hope that some knifemaker with the basics down can make me a nicer looking version:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64560&p=781640#post781640
Er, so, I don't really fulfill the demand that I'm not going to buy another knife, but for my use, the properties of my knife is perfect. The stainless is great too since I also row in the sea.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=64560&p=781640#post781640
Er, so, I don't really fulfill the demand that I'm not going to buy another knife, but for my use, the properties of my knife is perfect. The stainless is great too since I also row in the sea.
I've enjoyed reading through this thread, looking at the various options on the market, etc.
Personally I use my Mora all the time and I've just splashed out on one of these http://www.casstrom.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=120. It has failings, but I love the shape of the handle (fits my hand like a glove).
So the ultimate knife for me (for the time being); a carbon steel Clipper blade but 5mm longer and 1/2 mm thicker with a longer tang, set in the karesuando boar knife handle, but made from a less pourus wood.
Chris
Personally I use my Mora all the time and I've just splashed out on one of these http://www.casstrom.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=120. It has failings, but I love the shape of the handle (fits my hand like a glove).
So the ultimate knife for me (for the time being); a carbon steel Clipper blade but 5mm longer and 1/2 mm thicker with a longer tang, set in the karesuando boar knife handle, but made from a less pourus wood.
Chris
Mora Clipper 840MG for normal, everyday use.
Fallkniven F1 is my Sunday knife - bomb proof she be.
Victorinox Forester on my keys.
Leatherman Kick & Victorinox Escort in the emergency box in the boot.
Recently got a Volcan Flipper AO just for the fun of it.
Would love a Lance Ockenden but I'd also like a 4 bedroom villa on Skiathos so it'll always be the dream
Fallkniven F1 is my Sunday knife - bomb proof she be.
Victorinox Forester on my keys.
Leatherman Kick & Victorinox Escort in the emergency box in the boot.
Recently got a Volcan Flipper AO just for the fun of it.
Would love a Lance Ockenden but I'd also like a 4 bedroom villa on Skiathos so it'll always be the dream
no, but i'm getting very close.
spyderco tenacious as a pocket knife
ontario rat-7 for trips without saw or axe(i will probably buy a ontario SP43 or SP48, SP50, Ontario ranger bush, just to confirm that the rat-7 is big enough)
ontario rat-5 + folding saw(haven't bought these yet)
spyderco tenacious as a pocket knife
ontario rat-7 for trips without saw or axe(i will probably buy a ontario SP43 or SP48, SP50, Ontario ranger bush, just to confirm that the rat-7 is big enough)
ontario rat-5 + folding saw(haven't bought these yet)
Unless there is a disaster I can't see me ever replacing the trio I use. I got through a lot of knives to get to these and it wasn't a cheap road.
One that my son will be getting is very special to me though... My Gene Ingram #6.
One that my son will be getting is very special to me though... My Gene Ingram #6.
I love the one off Dave Budd I bought at the knife fair last year, but it's way too big to carry and use on a daily basis. The one I turn to for peeling spuds, sharpening pencils, cutting twine, eating, removing spelks from my hands, and just about everything else on a daily basis is a very sharp, lemon-wood handled that lives, I hope legally, in a bee stamped press studded sheath on my belt. It couldn't deal with serious making like the DB, but then the DB couldn't trim a tree like the Grunsfors Bruks hunter's axe. There is no 'one' knife, but I'd miss the frenchy most. Now if I had a little folding knife by an inspired master blade smith it would be a different story, but sentimental value matters to me, so I keep my French gift by me. Can familiarity and careful maintenance make a mundane tool as effective as a special one? Never, but in practice it's versatility, familiarity and maintenance for me.
I use my Leuku more than any of the others now.
OMG what an nice axe! I'm in love. Please tell us something about it!
Hmm, lets see..........
I love my Bark River mini Northstar, a superb small knife
Also use Opinels a lot, cheap and efficient
And I like to use the Helle Harding - its a really well made knife, fits my hand
But, like so many others., the one out of all the (too many ) knives that gets taken out time and again is the Mora. Its easy to get really sharp, its solidly built, and in the back of my mind it would be so cheap to replace that it gets used for all those jobs.
Not an original post, but a testament to the quality of the Mora.
I love my Bark River mini Northstar, a superb small knife
Also use Opinels a lot, cheap and efficient
And I like to use the Helle Harding - its a really well made knife, fits my hand
But, like so many others., the one out of all the (too many ) knives that gets taken out time and again is the Mora. Its easy to get really sharp, its solidly built, and in the back of my mind it would be so cheap to replace that it gets used for all those jobs.
Not an original post, but a testament to the quality of the Mora.
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