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Different knives, different roles. I love my Mora knives. My big knife is a Mineral Mountain Hatchet Works Bowie. Got it at a gun show almost thirty years ago.
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ditto, I was actually going to spring for one with the money from the VBO that I ended up not takingI always wanted to take a class with Cody Lundin.
Moras are great and cheap. Get two; that solves your backup problem. Carbon trumps stainless.
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On Survival-Bushcraft Knives: Most folks will pick the biggest, nastiest knife on the table when selecting an S-B knife. I've found that a blade between 4-5 inches is best suited for
this use. One example is to try and carve a small L7 trigger trap for meat harvesting with a 7-inch behemoth that you would baton a small log with. Futile...
You will more often wish you had a smaller knife... and almost never wish you had a bigger one...
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My vote: Mora Garberg Carbon
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The Randall Model 5 is their camp knife, and although you can order it at any length, it was originally just 5 inches and I find that's about the right length around camp (I carry mine often; it's my go-to user fixed blade in the woods, along with an old Benchmade Nimravus or sometimes a Randall Gambler). I do often use something shorter and thinner for wilderness chores, too. When you're carving, something like a Swiss army knife is just perfect.On Survival-Bushcraft Knives: Most folks will pick the biggest, nastiest knife on the table when selecting an S-B knife. I've found that a blade between 4-5 inches is best suited for
this use. One example is to try and carve a small L7 trigger trap for meat harvesting with a 7-inch behemoth that you would baton a small log with. Futile...
You will more often wish you had a smaller knife... and almost never wish you had a bigger one...
On Survival-Bushcraft Knives: Most folks will pick the biggest, nastiest knife on the table when selecting an S-B knife. I've found that a blade between 4-5 inches is best suited for
this use. One example is to try and carve a small L7 trigger trap for meat harvesting with a 7-inch behemoth that you would baton a small log with. Futile...
You will more often wish you had a smaller knife... and almost never wish you had a bigger one...
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My vote: Mora Garberg Carbon
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I have to disagree... If you can only carry 1 knife... I want the big one... A big knife can do anything a small knife can do... Not well, but it can do it. The same can not be said about a small knife filling the role of a large blade. You ain't building a shelter, processing firewood, etc. with a 4" blade... It just ain't happening.
Seems like they have specific requirements for the course and this won't work, but a classic option and its current gen version for a bug out bag or other survival needs:
Dad had the former when flying for the Marines before and during Vietnam. Since I have one of the leather handled ones, I need to remember to put it in my Oh shit! pack.
"Back in the day" (of M81 camo w/ Elvis collars) I carried a BFK in the field for a short time.I have to disagree... If you can only carry 1 knife... I want the big one... A big knife can do anything a small knife can do... Not well, but it can do it. The same can not be said about a small knife filling the role of a large blade. You ain't building a shelter, processing firewood, etc. with a 4" blade... It just ain't happening.
The former is still sold as the OntarioKnife Model 499. We have one made by the original contractor, Camillus, in 1993. The blade is unblued 1095 and the sheath is slightly different, but that's all. The odd thing is that neither my wife nor I remember buying the thing.
A Short History of the Air Force Survival Knife
The genesis of the Air Force Survival Knife goes back to the 1950s at the dawn of the jet age. Here is the basic history of this knife.majorhykr.com
Whats the one on the left?adventure sworn... kind of like 1911s - you show them off to your friends...
but when I need to actually go out in the woods, I take the Terava Skrama and/or Bark River...
seriously - get the Mora (or two)
That is the great thing about knives... Personal Choice.I have to disagree... If you can only carry 1 knife... I want the big one... A big knife can do anything a small knife can do... Not well, but it can do it. The same can not be said about a small knife filling the role of a large blade. You ain't building a shelter, processing firewood, etc. with a 4" blade... It just ain't happening.
Needadventure sworn... kind of like 1911s - you show them off to your friends...
but when I need to actually go out in the woods, I take the Terava Skrama and/or Bark River...
seriously - get the Mora (or two)
@ThePreBanMan and a buddy, picking up supplies on their way out to the woods for the weekend:
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For the Good of the Order... Where and how much? I got mine from BladeHQ for a little under a hundo delivered... ($98.60) CURRENTLY IN STOCKOrdered the Mora Garberg which delivered this evening. Damn, nice knife! Very robust and perfect execution of a Scandi bevel- edge is razor sharp. I was expecting to have to work on that edge but it's GTG right out of the box. I also ordered another ferro rod- haven't seen mine since one of the kids borrowed my pack. Back of the Mora against the ferro rod throws huge sparks that keep burning a while. Pleased and impressed with both.
$90.29 delivered, from...For the Good of the Order... Where and how much? I got mine from BladeHQ for a little under a hundo delivered... ($98.60) CURRENTLY IN STOCK
Morakniv Garberg Fixed Blade Knife Black w/ Sheath (4.25" Black Carbon) - Blade HQ
Yep, winter is coming- which means Winter Warrior postal match. And ski racing, and skiiing at Cannon, and the Leominster winter offhand match series, and ...
All excellent advice/observations. I’m definitely counting on it being ‘more than meets the eye’, and the class reviews tell the story a little better than the official syllabus.
I forgot you were really involve with the scouts with your sons. Also something I’ve toyed with getting involved in at some point if they’re still accepting un-woke non-transgender people into the organization? Might seem a little weird for a guy with no kids to want to get involved with a youth group, but I was in big brothers/big sisters for a while too when I was back in MA and it was a really rewarding experience.
anyway, back to the knives, I’ll probably take your advice on one of the Mora’s, but can’t bring myself to buy a k-bar, lol. I refrained from buying one through 8 years in the corps because I never wanted to be ‘that Marine’...there are plenty of those guys out there to satisfy the quota. That being said, it WAS a standard issue item to some (like your dad), which is totally bad ass. I’m not that cool...all I got was an m16 and an m9.