new knife?

[deepdig]

Hi all,
This is my first post and where better to start than with a knife. I am after buying a knife for general purpose camp\outdoors tasks. I don't really need a dedicated bushcraft knife, just something for odd tasks. Can anybody offer any advice please. I don't want a more btw. I know they have a good rep but I want something full tang and a bit more special than a mora. I've been looking at the esee 4 (uncoated), mostly due to the warranty. But I am open to suggestions. I want a knife that can do most things - a jack of all trades type knife. My max spend is around £200. Thanks...

 

[Dave]

So long as you are over 18 you can have this for £200 delivered:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132801

BTW, Welcome, might be an idea to post in intros, and place a wanted ad in members classifieds.

Im not sure how many posts you have to make before you can send and recieve PM's/

 

[Ruud]

I'd advice taking a look in the member classifieds section.

I'm also selling a knife btw: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132771

 

[Vushtrri]

I swear by the Hultafors craft mans knife....around a tenner depending on where you get it from. I have one for work and one for use over in my wood......one of the best tools I have ever had and good for everything.

 

[mick91]

http://www.knifebargains.co.uk/acatalog/Winchester_Gerber_10__Ranger_Hunting_Knife.html

May not be as fancy as some of the other options, but as a utility blade you really can't beat these. I've had one years picked up for £7 off a market at the time and it's never flackered. Gets used every week to breast off pigeons and every trip out as my general purpose knife.
By all means buy yourself an expensive knife with Damascus blades and antler handles like I have in the past. But you won't go far wrong with that

 

[vestlenning]

I want a knife that can do most things - a jack of all trades type knife.

There's no such knife imo. A good solution is two knifes; a small and a bigger one. Here's my "bigger one", a Helle Temagami.

PS) It's a semi-full tang, but if you check it out it's full enough.

 

[Dave]

Mine was forged by the breath of dragon fire deep in the mountains of wales under the watchful eyes of druids, quenched in the blood of the last griffon, and spells were placed upon it so he who wields the blade shall live a long and fruitful life, and perform many great deeds, before he becomes king of all he surveys.

*Fingers crossed not guaranteed.

 

[Jimmy Bojangles]

It's the skill of the user that determines whether the tool can do most things, as Vestlenning said there is no all round knife. Having said that a big knife can do all the jobs of a small knife and the jobs of a big knife, generally a small knife will always be limited. So I'd probably pick the Esee 6 over the four, but I'd pick my tomahawk, mora and Laplander over the Esee 6, as it would massively increase my capabilities in the woods and would cost not much over £100.

 

[Dave]

Im withdrawing my offer to sell. I like it too much. They're all good knives, and you'll probably end up going through a few before you realise what your own tastes are, so buy something that will hold some of its resale value.
If it was me looking, I'd take Rud's Nuk bushcrafter, as it looks to my eyeto be very similiar to a skookum, but thats just me.

 

[greg.g]

How about the TBS Boar?

http://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/tbs-boar-bushcraft-knife---curly-birch-12449-p.asp

 

[HillBill]

I can make you one for that easily enough. Likely plenty of change too unless you went fancy.

 

[Robbi]

1st post ....wants a knife.....no further postings after offers made......looks like a possible entrapment to me.

 

[HillBill]

He aint been online since.

 

[Robbi]

I rest my case your Honour , offers made with no knowledge of age.......( except for post 2 )

 

[Macaroon]

Would it not be possible to cover such entrapments (if that's what this was) by the stated policy of the site that no knives will be bought, sold or otherwise traded by anybody under 18, whether or not this is expressly
stated in any individual post, at least in the initial negotiations?

 

[deepdig]

Well...thanks for advice but after one post and a spell in hospital i returned to accusations of entrapments (whatever) that might mean so apart from deciding to buy an esee 4 I also decided I wouldn't bother communicating with certain people who seem to think I need to make posts as often as they would like and in a clique tone I find childish. But to the others who did not fall into that category I thank you for your advice and wish you well. However life is too short

 

[Klenchblaize]

Glad you got what you wanted.

It's not a criticism but your comment about knife warranty did prompt me to reflect that although I have more knives than a man could ever need I've never once imagined one failing.

Cheers

K

 

[Janne]

Well...thanks for advice but after one post and a spell in hospital i returned to accusations of entrapments (whatever) that might mean so apart from deciding to buy an esee 4 I also decided I wouldn't bother communicating with certain people who seem to think I need to make posts as often as they would like and in a clique tone I find childish. But to the others who did not fall into that category I thank you for your advice and wish you well. However life is too short

What did you buy?
If I was not so goddamn late, I would recommend you one of the classic Mora knives, the model with the wooden handle. Called Mora Forest Exclusive.
It seems to be a really nice knife, I will have a look on it as soon as I arrive in Norway on Saturday!

 

[mrcharly]

Well...thanks for advice but after one post and a spell in hospital i returned to accusations of entrapments (whatever) that might mean so apart from deciding to buy an esee 4 I also decided I wouldn't bother communicating with certain people who seem to think I need to make posts as often as they would like and in a clique tone I find childish. But to the others who did not fall into that category I thank you for your advice and wish you well. However life is too short

Professional makers were slightly concerned about the possibility that a journalist might try to trick them into selling without checking age - makes nice daily-mail-type headlines "Lethal knives made to order" or sumsuch.
It's their living, they need to be careful.

The thing about numbers of posts was just to do with how the forum is configured. You can't send or received private messages until you've made over a certain number of posts. No reflection on you, nothing about a clique.