What if you are having soup?
What is your knife of choice?
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What if you are having soup?
Dammit....now I have to start looking for a soup knife. Gotta be prepared.
Ah, the UK, where nobody can possibly improvise an impromptu weapon (rock, wrench etc) and lethal pocket knives are illegal to carry. Beaten only by the Aussies, who are probably going to ban plastic spoons, because they facilitate illegal eye removal. Finger food only!
Here are my daily carry knife for the US and my overseas cockroach sticker. Can't remember stabbing or even threatening anyone ever with a knife, but I have slayed many apples, gutted fish, stripped wires and opened cans with those lethal weapons. The big one actually has a locking blade.
It varies. One of my small favorites is:
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Knife of choice when it's time for a serious blade? Randall-ain't nothing finer.
It varies. One of my small favorites is:
That Case is really nice.
Baby Barlow by RR, a 1972 8OT Stockman and Poineer SAK and a Kershaw Speed safe Ken Onion 1620RDST linerlock .
Depends on what I am hunting. May be a bird knife with a gut hook, fillet knife, etc.
However, for survival I want a full tang knife to split wood such as my kbar.
However, for survival I want a full tang knife to split wood such as my kbar.
Marine Kbar
My EDC (on the bottom): A modified Mercator k55k. Incredible small, flat, lightweight and durable. Simple and yet reliable lockback mechanism, which was produced this way for approx. 160 years.
Despite the small size there's a 3.5" blade which is large and slim enough to prepare food. Fits in almost every pocket. Probably the most German knife you can get.
This one's stainless, but I wish I would have taken the carbon steel version. Maybe in my next life...
The knife on the top is a Mora Clipper from Sweden. They come with a cheap looking but very handy plastic sheath and cost almost nothing. Despite the cheap looks the swedish steel might easily outperform much more expensive blades.
They're also available in stainless or carbon steel (recommended) and you can totally beat the crap out of them. The scandi grind is easy to sharpen and Moras are most reliable working knives, almost undestroyable. Not meant to be admired, but to do the job.
Despite the small size there's a 3.5" blade which is large and slim enough to prepare food. Fits in almost every pocket. Probably the most German knife you can get.
This one's stainless, but I wish I would have taken the carbon steel version. Maybe in my next life...
The knife on the top is a Mora Clipper from Sweden. They come with a cheap looking but very handy plastic sheath and cost almost nothing. Despite the cheap looks the swedish steel might easily outperform much more expensive blades.
They're also available in stainless or carbon steel (recommended) and you can totally beat the crap out of them. The scandi grind is easy to sharpen and Moras are most reliable working knives, almost undestroyable. Not meant to be admired, but to do the job.
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This arrived today. Bark River Bushcrafter II CPM-3V with a dark curly maple handle.
Fallkniven S1 Forest knife VG10...
I carry my Spyderco Squeak every day, love this little thing and its legal.
EDC pocket knife is an Opinel no 6 with an olivewood handle. In the field when I need something for serious knife work I carry a Springfield .45 ACP in condition 1.
Depends on what I'm doing. My EDC is an old Kershaw Ken Onion design that has cut more seat belts and whittled more toothpicks than I can remember. I have checked bags while flying solely so I could take this knife along (please don't tell my wife, I always blame her shoes as the reason we have to check a bag).
If I'm in the woods it's and old Marbles Ideal that my great uncle purchased while he was in the Marines during WWII. This knife probably skinned more deer before I was born than I will shoot in my lifetime. I bet it could tell some wonderful stories. It's bakelite pommel is a little loose, it has some minor pitting on the blade, and it's on it's 2nd or 3rd sheath but it still does what it's meant to do without any problems.
If I'm in the woods it's and old Marbles Ideal that my great uncle purchased while he was in the Marines during WWII. This knife probably skinned more deer before I was born than I will shoot in my lifetime. I bet it could tell some wonderful stories. It's bakelite pommel is a little loose, it has some minor pitting on the blade, and it's on it's 2nd or 3rd sheath but it still does what it's meant to do without any problems.
For every day carry in/around the office, I switch between a Kershaw Corral Creek (sheepsfoot blade profile) and a Buck 500 Duke. I carry the Kershaw more frequently because it's smaller and the sheepsfoot profile doesn't seem to "offend" as much as a clip point.
For the yard/woods, I carry a Condor Mini-Bushlore or (less frequently) the ubiquitous Buck 119.
For the yard/woods, I carry a Condor Mini-Bushlore or (less frequently) the ubiquitous Buck 119.
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