what knife??

[Geoffknight]

hi guys im in the market for a new knife but beyond fallkniven and the mora basics i am a little clueless as to what to invest in. Im looking for something obviously for bushcraft but something with a decent blade depth, ive seen too many training knives borken during a wood splitting. any clues as to a good knife, im lookin to spend no more than a hundred pounds.

thanks for the insight guys.
geoff

 

[Squidders]

Gene Ingram

 

[British Red]

Helle? Grohmann? That nifty job Hoodoo was showing us looks good too.

To be honest if someone can break a Mora batoning I suggest a Becker Brute (or an axe)

Red

 

[leon-1]

Gene Ingram

I will second Gene's work, he is a good maker to work with and his service is excellent.

 

[falling rain]

How about a Helle eggen http://www.heinnie.com/cgi-bin/heinnie_store/web_store.cgi?page=helle/fr-helle.htm&cart_id=

 

[markheolddu]

Rossilli make lovely knives their hunter in UHC is very hard to beat, and its only £70.

Mark

 

[firebreather]

singeblister on here makes great knives.

No financial connection. we are friends and that came about from the quality of his work and his customer service.

 

[Squidders]

Wilkinson Sword Woodlore knife with Micarta handle

 

[davep90]

why not have a look on ebay? there are some seriously good makers selling their knives on there like gregory venters, mick spain, stuart marsh etc.
do a search for bushcraft or bushcraft knife

 

[dwardo]

I would get yer self over to www.britishblades.com and have a nosey around. You could always buy in the bits and make it your self there are plenty of tutorials around and you may just surprise your self

 

[Jedadiah]

Hi Geoff,

i recommend SWC. Steve (the S of SWC) is a top fella who produces some smashing work. If budget is a concern, try his knife kits. I just recieved mine from him and all i can say is FANTASTIC. He's very flexible with the spec's of the blade. His standard ones are 11cm blade from 4mm 01 stock but i asked for a 9cm blade in 3mm stock which is what i got. I didn't want the pins and scales so he knocked £10 off the price, but i got a RM style sheath and the total was £101 inc recorded delivery. A bargain price for a high quality, highly personlized (i am fitting my own scales) bushcraft knife to your own spec's. Highly recommended! Here's the link,

http://swc-handmade-knives.com/

The Gene Ingram knives seem highly recommended and looking at other members knives, i can see why

http://geneingramknives.blademakers.com/

Dave Barker knives are very nice, maybe a little out of your price range, but deffinately worth a look,

http://www.bushmanuk.co.uk/

Bison Bushcraft are again a little expensive, but you get what you pay for, even though there is a waiting list,

http://www.bisonbushcraft.co.uk/

Always try to look at the 'Makers Market' part of the forum, there have been some belters on there recently and Rapidboy put a link up in 'Members Classifieds' the other day, to BB and some blades for sale by Shinken and Mick Spain at very resonable prices.

Having said all that, British Red, Rapid Boy and a whole host of otehr members seem to be 'Sharp's Officionado's' (sounds like a title for a Sean Bean programme) and their wealth of experience and expertise may put me back in my pram!

Good luck and let us know how you get on.

 

[Geoffknight]

thanks guys, i think ill most likely end up going for a swc, thanks for all the help guys!

geoff

 

[Hoodoo]

Looks like some excellent choices.

I can highly recommend Gene Ingram. This custom drop point from Gene I consider the best all-round outdoors knife I own.

I can also recommend Charlie May, who does fantastic full tang knives with scandi grinds. This one is called the Skifa. Charlie does not let anything out of his shop that is not first class in fit and finish.

Both are custom makers and will work with you to get the kind of knife you want for the job you want to use it for. Both of these knives have wider handles than their standard models.

Rod Garcia's SBT (top knife in pic below) is a great choice for bushcraft, especially if you prefer a guardless knife.

All of these knives have 1/8" thick blades (except the smaller carver below the SBT). I have no problem with that thickness for baton work but to each his own.

 

[dtalbot]

Get over to britishblades and check the stuff some of the custom makers on there will do for about the same price as big name mass produced knives

 

[RobertRogers]

I dunno, I like my SOG