Neck knife

[Alchemist]

Hi there,

I am looking for a smaller scandi knife for mostly neck carry. I want something discreet for when walking with the dogs in the woods or backpacking. It will be a regular user. Mostly it will be used for wood when out in the woods but I want it strong enough and preferably with a pommel.
I am not looking for a tiny knife but something with a blade between 3 and 4 inches. I am thinking of carbon steel but good quality stainless is OK.
I have looked at the Mora 510 but would like something a bit more substantial with a pommel for light battonning.
The little iissakki lapp puukko looks really good as well.

This will realistically be my most used knife.

Any experience with those knives?

Any advice?

 

[born2roam]

Help me out here list: pommel; what part of the knife was that again (sorry english is not my first language and sometimes I just draw a blank)... iirc a pommel is like a guard for protecting your hand/fingers wasn't it?

The 510 Mora has a small (neglectable) pommel but it never stopped me from batoning with it. As a matter of fact that is what I have as my back up knife around my neck.

True... I broke my first Mora (a #40 with fingerguards sawed off) after really too much abuse. After replacing them my number 1 knife is a mora 137 and the back up is a 510...

No experience (yet?) with the other knives you mentioned...

Grtz Johan

 

[MikeE]

Try Shep on BB. I have a small bushy of his which hangs really well on a braided paracord either round the neck or in an armpit! (sounds disgusting but is very discreet and comfy!)
I have a fastex buckle included so can release it very quickly!
Just a suggestion, mind you!

 

[Alchemist]

Sorry, my mistake. By pommel I mean the butt cap so that I can tap the end of the knife sometimes.

I would love to get a custom but I just dont have the cash right now.

 

[Draven]

You might find it easier to just get a full tang knife. I have a full-tang neck knife that had a handle slightly too large, so I used a saw and file to remove a bit of the handle scales at the butt, leaving a bit of bare tang - this enables me to batton the knife point-first without hitting the scales with the batton and risking breaking them or damaging the bolts, and it's plenty strong enough - just a suggestion

 

[Dougster]

Lapplander 90. This seems to fit the bill perfectly, have a look at my signature. There are loads of things you can do with and without brass bolster.

You can get them from the goodstuff shop.