victorinox swiss champ it has lots of blades saws screwdrivers and things very useful penknife
I have a american camilus boy scout knife which I like as well
I have a american camilus boy scout knife which I like as well
What is your favourite UK legal carry bushcraft knife?
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Svord Peasant for me... I got an early one in wood and it appears to be better made than more recent ones from what I read...
I did mod it slightly to get is sub 3".
I did mod it slightly to get is sub 3".
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106575
Mines a bespoke NPD knife. Still chuffed to bits with it.
Mines a bespoke NPD knife. Still chuffed to bits with it.
I love my SAK Hiker. Really didn't expect to ever need scissors or a corkscrew, and so far I haven't been wrong about that.
For your 'camp activities' prerequisite, basically any SAK with the saw on it. They are VICIOUS, can generall rip it through anything in no time at all. I've cut through branches thicker than the length of the blade itself with surprising accuracy and speed (although it was murder on my shoulder)- I've even used it to cut tenon joints that were too small for the tenon saw I have.
As others have pointed out, don't use SAK blades for anything where you're using the tip. Nearly lost a whole fingernail when the smaller whittling blade folded on it, cut through the nail like butter.
For your 'camp activities' prerequisite, basically any SAK with the saw on it. They are VICIOUS, can generall rip it through anything in no time at all. I've cut through branches thicker than the length of the blade itself with surprising accuracy and speed (although it was murder on my shoulder)- I've even used it to cut tenon joints that were too small for the tenon saw I have.
As others have pointed out, don't use SAK blades for anything where you're using the tip. Nearly lost a whole fingernail when the smaller whittling blade folded on it, cut through the nail like butter.
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Criticising another man a knife?... That's tantamount to insulting his mum!
What an absolute bounder!
Not your knife in particular but every folder with a pelvis perforator that pretends to fold but is still nearly 2 thirds its open length.
Here is my 1951 A.B.L. Colasse Royal Navy Knife. a cheap as chips knife that was made in 1951 and was new till it was sold to me for 7.99 gbp. Nothing locks or is over 3 inch, so it is totally legal, and does me very well for cutting rope and tape, and small cutting tasks with wood, though I would normally use something more dedicated for that purpose. The spike is for unravelling knots and is great for that, as well as levering, and punching holes when turning an oil drum into a rocket stove. the can opener is the old school type that does the same thing as in popeye. I prefer it to any other method of opening a tin of beans. surplusandoutdoors.com don't seem to have them any more, but they do turn up used on market stalls.
looking badly used right now, theres no stainless steel here, but there is bakelite! which is strange stuff, can literally cook off in your pocket. I don't have any wet and dry with me to tidy it up.
Another point for it being an EDC knife, is self defence. i'd never choose to open a blade up in self defence, that would be stupid, but as a handful of steel i like having it with me when walking the dangerous streets i'm currently living in, as a legal carry knife, I always can have it with me. I've been searched by coppers who have handed it back to me before, no problem. I like that it looks like what it is, a legit tool, that i use at work and for daily needs.
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Here is my 1951 A.B.L. Colasse Royal Navy Knife. a cheap as chips knife that was made in 1951 and was new till it was sold to me for 7.99 gbp. Nothing locks or is over 3 inch, so it is totally legal, and does me very well for cutting rope and tape, and small cutting tasks with wood, though I would normally use something more dedicated for that purpose. The spike is for unravelling knots and is great for that, as well as levering, and punching holes when turning an oil drum into a rocket stove. the can opener is the old school type that does the same thing as in popeye. I prefer it to any other method of opening a tin of beans. surplusandoutdoors.com don't seem to have them any more, but they do turn up used on market stalls.
I've got the exact same knife, fantastic for the money. I bought one of the newer Sheffield made ones and it isn't a patch on the above. I must admit that I thought they are army no navy issue as I thought the navy ones were stainless steel.
Just had a look on the Surplus and Outdoors website and they do still have them in stock
Can't see past loewen messer folders for a general purpose legal pocket knife
http://www.uk-legal-knives.com/loewen-messer-germany-79-c.asp
http://www.uk-legal-knives.com/loewen-messer-germany-79-c.asp
