Which of these hunting/outdoor knifes should I get?

Flare said:
I need to replace my hunting knife because one of my friends essentially ruined the blade, it was a very strong and thick blade that was good for cutting wood.
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What did he do to the blade? Is it laminated or one piece of steel?
If it has really bad dinks in it you can just sharpen it rather than get a whole new knife, best to carefully use a hand file to get rid of enough material so that the dinks are gone, then move onto wetstones. Don't be tempted to use a grinding wheel as it will heat the blade and ruin the temper (essentially annealing it).
 
matt_fsr said:
Hmmmm, you've several options really.

If price is no problem, then I'd highly recommend a radar-guided fire and forget system, ideally with a magazine launcher such as the Rapier system.

If you're a little strapped for cash, don't forget the ever-reliable heat seeking missile, even the shoulder-launched SA-7 can give good results against most targets, it'll only really struggle against really modern systems such as the Apache.

Finally, if you want to spend more on beer but not be left feeling really vulnerable, pack something like the optically-guided Tiger Cat. The weather is pretty good on Corfu, so you should have line-of-sight to your targets nearly all the time, and all it takes it a good steady hand.

Hope that helps :)
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Great post, +1 reputation for you :)
 
Get one of these bad boys OP, you get all the girls with your big knife.

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Aod said:
I recently bought one of these;
http://www.eickhorn-solingen.de/epa.../?ObjectPath=/Shops/62631327/Products/825101A

It's an excellent knife, which I expect will serve me well for years to come.

It has a 5mm thick (very thick!) Stainless steel blade, hardened to Rockwell-C 57-58, full-length tang with a small amount poking out the back for cracking glass/rock etc.
Probably a far better choice than those cheaper blades.
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As much as I would love one of those i really can't afford it :(
 
The problem with those Mora knives you linked to is they don't even tell you the type of steel used, just says stainless. So you don't know i it's going to hold an edge well, how easy it will be to sharpen/ what method of sharpening will be best for it etc.

If I was you i'd read up on them before buying.

LOL, just saw the custom knives section. This one looks pretty good if you have £2050 spare :eek:

http://www.heinnie.com/-Custom-Kniv...stom-Brian-Tighe-Tighe-One-On/p-104-438-6067/
 
i've never understood the fascination with knifes and swords tbh. Don't have any interest in it. I only have one and it's a only pocket knife for opening parcels and the like (kershaw leek).

But I can tell you the decent brands I see most people carry

Kershaw
Spyderco
Benchmade
SOG
gerber
Cold Steel
CRKT

An SRK from Cold Steel might fit the bill for OP.
 
For £30 limit I dont think he will get one of those makes, that will be any good. Unless looking at second hand.

There are a couple of Sog knives I spotted for around £40 that could be ok.

Most stainless moras are Sandvik 12c27.
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A quick google suggests that, that steel is pretty decent so a Mora could be a good buy for that price.
 
Mora - user or pretender?

Moras are great utilitarian user knives; something that isn't so expensive that you're afraid to wail on it a bit.
I have a couple and they're great - 'allround' and a 'force', tenner and 30 quid respectively when I bought them.

Moras don't have a full tang, however the new 'clippers' (companion I think they're called now) have a 3/4 tang - like most of the range now has. The scandi grind is easy to sharpen up with a micro-bevel to shaving scary sharp.

For the price, I don't think you can do better for a user knife. The carbon steels are a little easier to sharpen and throw a better spark from a firesteel, but I'd keep with the stainless personally.
You'd have to really abuse these knives to break one. It can be done, but usually if you're using your knife as a pry-bar or battening through an 18" diameter knotty log... stupid stuff.

I'd recommend either the 'allround' stainless, 'companion' stainless or carbon - all under 15 quid (hennie haynes).
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Mora-Knives/Mora-Allround-Knife/p-92-304-4269/
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Mora-Knives/860mg-Companion/p-92-304-7549/
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Mora-Knives/Mora-Companion-Carbon/p-92-304-7173/

Or if you want to spend a little more try one of the bushcraft range, the blades are basically the same design/steels but are a little deeper from spine to edge and the handles are more comfortable
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Mora-Knives/Mora-Bushcraft-Force/p-92-304-5082/

All of them were very sharp out of the box, which brings me to keeping it that way:

I'd also recommend a falkniven DC4 sharpener - hennie has some variable reviews regarding quality, but I've never had any issues with mine.
http://www.heinnie.com/Sharpeners/Fallkniven-Sharpeners/Fallkniven-DC3DC4-Whetstones/p-370-212-418/#
Couple of passes with the knife on the ceramic side after use and it's good to go.
Scandi grinds are easy to sharpen and maintain outdoors with simple tools as there is no secondary bevel to speak of, just one flat bevel right down to the edge. I mentioned a 'micro-bevel' earlier see here http://www.bushcraftstuff.com/sharpening/is-your-mora-too-sharp/
Much is made of flat/convex, primary/secondary bevels, but if it stays sharp (partly to do with steel quality, partly grind) and is easy to touch up when it dulls, and it doesn't cost the earth, then you could do a whole lot worse than any of the moras currently available.
 
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