I hike/bike with a old S&W Extreme ops folder in a sheath on my backpack strap. Just in case I get jumped by a cougar or get stuck in the black berries and haft to cut myself out. It's a big folder 9 3/4 unfolded, 5 1/2 folded with a 4' blade. Would like to get something similar but with assisted opening. Oh and my budget new or used is around $75. Any suggestions?
Looking for BIG spring assist knife. Help!
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If you cant find what you want here they dont make it!
If you cant find what you want here they dont make it!
You're better off with a sturdy hiking staff under those circumstances. Same for the blackberry patch.
Plenty of assists out there with nearly 4" blades. Start here and work your way up in price/size and you should find something http://www2.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_store.html?usrsearch=assist&sortType=priceAs&&&s=49
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+1 on the Machete. Machetes are inexpensive. There are indigenous people throughout the world that make due with just a machete for large and small tasks. Bonus, you will have money left over for a fair knife as well. Nothing wrong with having another knife and a weed wacker.
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I think a fixed blade would be better for your money.
A few options.
SOG Seal Pup Elite
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/sealpupelite.aspx
Becker BK2
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/bkandt-campanion.aspx
The good old Ka-Bar
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/1213blackfightingutilityknife-plainedgewkydexsheath.aspx
A few options.
SOG Seal Pup Elite
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/sealpupelite.aspx
Becker BK2
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/bkandt-campanion.aspx
The good old Ka-Bar
http://www.cutleryshoppe.com/1213blackfightingutilityknife-plainedgewkydexsheath.aspx
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It's just that you're not likely to encounter a cougar while out hiking and less likely to be attacked by one (unfortunate and highly publicized incidents in California aside).
If you were unfortunate enough to be attacked by a cougar a stout 4+ foot staff would allow you to fend off the animal better by striking it and thrusting at it with more effect than trying to stab it with a 4" knife. You just have to convince the predator that you're too much trouble as opposed to trying to kill it.
If you are hiking in cougar territory where attacks on humans have taken place then a larger blade, like the aforementioned 12" machete, would be more effective than a 4" knife.
As to the blackberry thicket, unless you were to roll down a hill and be tossed into one I can't see to much reason that you wouldn't just walk around. If you had to, for some reason, wade into one to get through, I've used a stout walking stick to "slash" a path through. The machete would be a better tool for that purpose as well and the knife would be wholly inadequate.
Get a machete, cut a good walking staff and carry a new folder and you're all set.
It's just that you're not likely to encounter a cougar while out hiking and less likely to be attacked by one (unfortunate and highly publicized incidents in California aside).
If you were unfortunate enough to be attacked by a cougar a stout 4+ foot staff would allow you to fend off the animal better by striking it and thrusting at it with more effect than trying to stab it with a 4" knife. You just have to convince the predator that you're too much trouble as opposed to trying to kill it.
If you are hiking in cougar territory where attacks on humans have taken place then a larger blade, like the aforementioned 12" machete, would be more effective than a 4" knife.
As to the blackberry thicket, unless you were to roll down a hill and be tossed into one I can't see to much reason that you wouldn't just walk around. If you had to, for some reason, wade into one to get through, I've used a stout walking stick to "slash" a path through. The machete would be a better tool for that purpose as well and the knife would be wholly inadequate.
Get a machete, cut a good walking staff and carry a new folder and you're all set.
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My woods knife is a 9" long by 3/8" thick Colt Jungle Commander bowie. It's not a folder, but it's much stouter than anything but those giant novelty folders that I wouldn't carry for serious use if you paid me.
That's a .223 in the picture for size comparison. The knife has seen much use since that picture, but the edge has held up well (except the time I chopped through some sticks onto a rock buried in the dirt
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That said, I also walk with a good solid stick when I'm in the woods.
That's a .223 in the picture for size comparison. The knife has seen much use since that picture, but the edge has held up well (except the time I chopped through some sticks onto a rock buried in the dirt
)That said, I also walk with a good solid stick when I'm in the woods.
Had one of those big colt commando knifes. They are very cool. But it was too big. Sold it and now I just use my machete. I've had a Kershaw blur for many years. It's my everyday knife. I just sent it back though. The assist spring broke on it.
As far as the Cougar thing goes you guys must live in the city. Then again there did not use to be a Cougar problem here in Oregon. Then they outlawed the use of dogs for hunting thous big cats. Now they are everywhere.
I've been screamed at by one local Lyon from 10feet away wile cycling! A friend that used to live less than a mile away was chronically being stocked by one. ODF had to shoot it. The darn things are eating pets like crazy. Most do not even get reported. last month one killed a horse very close to an area I HIKE IN.
http://kezi.com/page/231525
I'm big and I know Cougar's almost never attack a big person. But I'm not horse big!
Will go look at some fixed blade knifes. Also I pack most of the time when hiking/cycling. The knife is a backup.
As far as the Cougar thing goes you guys must live in the city. Then again there did not use to be a Cougar problem here in Oregon. Then they outlawed the use of dogs for hunting thous big cats. Now they are everywhere.
I've been screamed at by one local Lyon from 10feet away wile cycling! A friend that used to live less than a mile away was chronically being stocked by one. ODF had to shoot it. The darn things are eating pets like crazy. Most do not even get reported. last month one killed a horse very close to an area I HIKE IN.
http://kezi.com/page/231525
I'm big and I know Cougar's almost never attack a big person. But I'm not horse big!
Will go look at some fixed blade knifes. Also I pack most of the time when hiking/cycling. The knife is a backup.
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Big cats attack from behind and break the cervical vertebra - on that happy note I carry the Kershaw around the office and a fixed blade in the woods.
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Try out the kershaw tyrade. I got one a few weeks ago. The edge is d2 steel and has a 4" blade with assisted opening.
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