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Anyone into knives?
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“A recluse who spent most of his time on internet forums” more like 
need?
Ahh yes but they're all in my possession already, I don't have to post on a forum saying I need to get more^^ posting whilst having guns in your sig!
I have a few.
Gerber STL 2.5 Pocket Folder Folding Knife
An opinel no. 8 I think
And a cheapo 35 quid full tang camping knife from Whitby Knives used for wild camping wood things.
The Gerber comes sharp as a sharp thing.
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Camping checklist
Tent ....check
Rucksack..... check
Knife sharp enough to kill a man.....check
Large quantity of fertiliser and several mobile phones.....check
Yup just a normal run of the mill camping trip, nothing to see here, move along please....
Tent ....check
Rucksack..... check
Knife sharp enough to kill a man.....check
Large quantity of fertiliser and several mobile phones.....check
Yup just a normal run of the mill camping trip, nothing to see here, move along please....
What a stupid thing to say.
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What are you hunting?
What are you planing to use the knife for?
I have serval… but prefer an axe..
The harder the steel the better edge you can get on it, the longer lasting the sharpness but the harder it is to re-sharpe it.
Also there’s the different types of grinds for different usage.
It’s just like kitchen knives, you won’t use a pairing knife to de-bone.. but if your skill enough with the cleaver.. you can do everything with it.
I have serval… but prefer an axe..
The harder the steel the better edge you can get on it, the longer lasting the sharpness but the harder it is to re-sharpe it.
Also there’s the different types of grinds for different usage.
It’s just like kitchen knives, you won’t use a pairing knife to de-bone.. but if your skill enough with the cleaver.. you can do everything with it.
Hmm, I have a Gerber paraframe and tbh the blade is ****.
I've sharpened it multiple times, but it just dulls really quickly.
As in - cutting up 5 or 6 cardboard boxes to put in the recycling - quickly.
Maybe just my sharpening technique needs work...
Not sure a serval is going to much good for chopping wood, but will certainly help with the hunting side of things (if you train it properly!)
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This thread is not as good as OP's magnificent Does anyone pay for a milkman? effort.
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It's always a trade off between "easy to sharpen" and "keeps an edge". If you're not confident sharpening, get one of the latter (harder steel) and have it done for you.
I have an Enzo - both a folding EDC and a lock knife for camping etc https://www.brisa.fi/en/brisa-knive...folding-knife/brisa-birk-75-d2-sc-curly-birch
I have an Enzo - both a folding EDC and a lock knife for camping etc https://www.brisa.fi/en/brisa-knive...folding-knife/brisa-birk-75-d2-sc-curly-birch