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What camping knife?
andygates:
I've got a Leatherman Skeletool and it is the love of my life (especially since a loo lock jammed and I had to dismantle it with the tool to escape!). But what I can't happily do with the knife blade is the ugly things you can do with a pure knife: prying, twisting, that sort of thing. It's also rubbish for spreading butter, and I end up with cheese in the pliers and bacon in the bitholder if I use it as a do-everything camping knife.
So, what rigid all-purpose cheapish knife would the massive recommend? Is there any reason to go any more bling than the Frost Mora?
Zoidburg:
The Mora is simple enough but I prefer a handguard or thumb rest on the knife
I have a Helle Safari and thats laminated carbon/stainless, its also as sharp as a straight razor, larger than a Mora but not by my much. - Helle Safari --- Heinnie Haynes - Knives, Pocket Tools and Accessories
Another knife that has taken my fancy recently is the SOG Field Pup(edit)
SOG Field Pup --- Heinnie Haynes - Knives, Pocket Tools and Accessories
andrewc:
If you want a cheap fixed blade then the Cold Steel Roach Belly might fit the bill. The Mora was good but I wasn't especially fond of it for food prep. I prefer a 4" Opinel for that, although I'v also used one of the larger SAK's(till I had to dump it at Geneva airport >:( )
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COLD-STEEL-ROACH-BELLY-COURDA-SHEATH-BRAND-NEW-BOXED_W0QQitemZ140284262059QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Knives_Tools?hash=item140284262059&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318
Edited to add a review http://www.knifeforums.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/809323/
nobby:
--- Quote from: andygates on January 03, 2009, 01:52:08 PM ---I've got a Leatherman Skeletool and it is the love of my life (especially since a loo lock jammed and I had to dismantle it with the tool to escape!). But what I can't happily do with the knife blade is the ugly things you can do with a pure knife: prying, twisting, that sort of thing. It's also rubbish for spreading butter, and I end up with cheese in the pliers and bacon in the bitholder if I use it as a do-everything camping knife.
So, what rigid all-purpose cheapish knife would the massive recommend? Is there any reason to go any more bling than the Frost Mora?
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IMO, you don't need anything with a 4" blade and as I no longer think it wise to be out with a fixed or locking blade I use a Spyderco UK. They are mentioned on a thread in reviews: Spyderco UKPK
It spreads butter, is long enough to joint a rabbit or strip the breast meat out of road kill, and keeps a very sharp edge
Zoidburg:
--- Quote from: nobby on January 03, 2009, 02:25:58 PM ---
--- Quote from: andygates on January 03, 2009, 01:52:08 PM ---I've got a Leatherman Skeletool and it is the love of my life (especially since a loo lock jammed and I had to dismantle it with the tool to escape!). But what I can't happily do with the knife blade is the ugly things you can do with a pure knife: prying, twisting, that sort of thing. It's also rubbish for spreading butter, and I end up with cheese in the pliers and bacon in the bitholder if I use it as a do-everything camping knife.
So, what rigid all-purpose cheapish knife would the massive recommend? Is there any reason to go any more bling than the Frost Mora?
--- End quote ---
IMO, you don't need anything with a 4" blade and as I no longer think it wise to be out with a fixed or locking blade I use a Spyderco UK. They are mentioned on a thread in reviews: Spyderco UKPK
It spreads butter, is long enough to joint a rabbit or strip the breast meat out of road kill, and keeps a very sharp edge
--- End quote ---
I disagree
What ever the knife you can still be done for being in possesion of a bladed article so if you are going to run the risk then you may as well carry a blade that you want to use.
A fixed blade of 5" is perfectly legal to carry on a camping trip.
Every time you budge an inch for the daily mail moral panic brigade - they will take away another freedom from you.
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