Any suggestions for a new knife?

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I had a Becker that I liked until I lost it :fire: while roaming around the woods on a freezing cold day. After retracing my steps, I quit looking because it was getting dark and feeling about ten degrees. Maybe the answer is right in front of my face. I am going to a great shop tomorrow, so I am going to look at that and some of the others mentioned on here. Thanks again.
 
Where you at in St. Louis? I can bring by a Esee-3 and 4, BK-16 and 17, a Barkie, and a couple T.M. Hunt knives as well.
 
Thanks for the offer, chameleonbear, but I bought an ESEE 4 (the stainless version) today. It was one of about a half dozen that I handled (a Buck, a TOPS, a Benchmade, and a Bark River, and a Becker). The ESEE fit my hand the best. Thanks for the advice, all. I think I might be adding a Mora as well.
 
Did you get it from over at Grand Prairie? I love going there! They have a good variety and (not the young guys) they have a GOOD knowledge of knives.
 
Did you get it from over at Grand Prairie? I love going there! They have a good variety and (not the young guys) they have a GOOD knowledge of knives.
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You bet. I love that store as well, even though it's about fifty minutes (one way) away from me. Definitely the best selection of any knife store that I've ever encountered, and the prices there are pretty competitive.
 
I love it too... I turned in my app to work there before but they went with someone that lived closer. Can't say that I blame them, but I was slightly disappointed as well. C'est la vie!

Good job on the Esee, it's a helluva blade!
 
CroVan prob. just means that the knife has chrome and vanadium in the steel formula. 1095 is a very typical inexpensive knife steel, widely used.
 
SYKCO 411 is a safe bet.

99.95 to boot.
Lifetime warranty.


Oops...see you got the Esee....they are damn good too.
 
Piraticalbob already mentioned the Condor Bushlore, and you might also take a look at some of the other Condor options here, especially the Kephart: https://www.ragweedforge.com/HistoricalKnifeCatalog.html All are high-carbon steel blades with full tangs on traditional Scandinavian patterns. You can find them a little cheaper elsewhere but Ragweed Forges offers a lot of neat stuff and it's nice to support the little guy.
 
Right on joneb. Mora makes a cheap (inexpensive) knife that is far from cheap (junk). I love mine.
 
I have two Mora Companions one carbon and one stainless, very happy with both.
I don't think you can find a better knife for the $. The prices on these are creeping up, so I would get while the gettins............
 
I will add only that there are some less common Morakniv options that you can find if you look around. The Morakniv Rope and Rescue models are almost fully serrated if you prefer that (note that one of the Rescue models is blunt-tipped). The Bahco fisherman's knife is just a Companion rebranded for a Swedish hand tool company and can be had for just $10. All of those are stainless, though personally I prefer their carbon models. And if you want to get really basic, the traditional Craftline model with a hard red plastic handle and a carbon blade just under 4" long is even cheaper and would still make a great survival tool. Add a small sharpener and a firesteel and you've got a winning combo for $25-40 total, tops, or you can spend $50 (stainless, orange) or $65 (carbon, black) to get an all-in-one Bushcraft model.
 
I wouldn't pay $300 for 440C unless it was by a custom knife maker. 300 range you can get into some real good stuff. INFI, 3V, s90v... etc
 
Opinels are great if you don't need one-handed operation and I agree completely with Zeke that carbon steel is the way to go, easy to keep scary sharp.

Do make sure you get an Opinel with the cut out in the locking collar to lock the knife closed, some of the working models are not intended for pocket carry and don't have that feature.

For something really neat even if it is stainless, try the l'Hermione model, with the handle made from oak plank cut offs from the construction of a replica of Lafayette's frigate.

Opinel-No-8-Hermione-folding-knife-1.jpg
 
Okay, I have to figure this out. How on earth does Mora make a good product at that price point while paying European wages? I generally believe that there's a correlation between price and quality (although I am an equally firm believer in the law of diminishing returns), but I hear uniformly great reviews of Mora. I'm not going to lie: I think a Mora Bushcraft is in my very near future. I'm just curious.
 
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