CraigC
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Ordered another "big" knife from ML Knives, this time an 8" Hudson Bay with a few custom touches.
What's the point of a big knife?
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FWIW, I think a lot of it depends on where someone lives, what they do, and how people in the same area react (i.e., do larger knives send locals into a panic.)
I think it can also depend on the knife itself. For example, if I am going to buy a big knife and use it for any sort of hacking or chopping, I would prefer a construction using one of the carbon steels that are strong and easy to sharpen due to the edge damage certain tasks will cause. Steels like A2, 3V, or L6/5150, 52100, etc. have considerable strength in regards to impact resistance, and so they can be used harder than your average cutlery-grade stainless, potentially shaping what that fixed blade knife can & will do versus cannot and should not do.
Finally, I think it depends on the task. If someone owns a very expensive fixed blade, they may or may not want to use it in the same manor as they would an axe, because of how much that type of usage can harm the finish. Additionally, cheap axes in good carbon steels are commonplace. But, an axe large enough to chop large pieces of wood may come with the cost of considerable size & weight to carry on long distances, where as a fixed blade that is capable of batoning can be a fraction of the weight or form factor of the axe. While the axe would be better if the task means chopping tons of wood, the fixed blade could handle smaller wood splitting tasks.
I think it can also depend on the knife itself. For example, if I am going to buy a big knife and use it for any sort of hacking or chopping, I would prefer a construction using one of the carbon steels that are strong and easy to sharpen due to the edge damage certain tasks will cause. Steels like A2, 3V, or L6/5150, 52100, etc. have considerable strength in regards to impact resistance, and so they can be used harder than your average cutlery-grade stainless, potentially shaping what that fixed blade knife can & will do versus cannot and should not do.
Finally, I think it depends on the task. If someone owns a very expensive fixed blade, they may or may not want to use it in the same manor as they would an axe, because of how much that type of usage can harm the finish. Additionally, cheap axes in good carbon steels are commonplace. But, an axe large enough to chop large pieces of wood may come with the cost of considerable size & weight to carry on long distances, where as a fixed blade that is capable of batoning can be a fraction of the weight or form factor of the axe. While the axe would be better if the task means chopping tons of wood, the fixed blade could handle smaller wood splitting tasks.
The Bark River has a little rise in the spine where the jimping is (I don't know what that's called).
Do people find that useful ?
Does it limit the ways the knife can be used - like make it good for some stuff but not so good for other stuff?
Is the Bravo-1 a bushcraft knife? If I look at other "Bushcraft" knives - like the Benchmade 162 Bushcrafter, the Spyderco Bushcraft Survival, or TOPS 'Brothers of Bushcraft' - Fieldcraft - they're flat across the top. A lot of other knives that either get put in the bushcraft category or are advertised as bushcraft knives are just flat across the top too. BRKT's Bushcrafter is flat across the top.
Do people find that useful ?
Does it limit the ways the knife can be used - like make it good for some stuff but not so good for other stuff?
Is the Bravo-1 a bushcraft knife? If I look at other "Bushcraft" knives - like the Benchmade 162 Bushcrafter, the Spyderco Bushcraft Survival, or TOPS 'Brothers of Bushcraft' - Fieldcraft - they're flat across the top. A lot of other knives that either get put in the bushcraft category or are advertised as bushcraft knives are just flat across the top too. BRKT's Bushcrafter is flat across the top.
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I believe the term is "ramp."
Do people find that useful ?
Does it limit the ways the knife can be used - like make it good for some stuff but not so good for other stuff?
If a knife has a ramp on it does that mean it's not a true bushcraft knife according to purists?
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Does it limit the ways the knife can be used - like make it good for some stuff but not so good for other stuff?
If a knife has a ramp on it does that mean it's not a true bushcraft knife according to purists?
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Its really personal preference. A handle that feels good in my hand may feel terrible in yours. I like a ramp on some knives and not on others, it depends on the rest of the knife. Too pronounced of a ramp kind of dictates where you have to put your thumb and may push your hand back from the edge too much for good detail work.
I have no idea what the purists think. I think "bushcraft" is a fairly new term/fad when it comes to knives.
I have no idea what the purists think. I think "bushcraft" is a fairly new term/fad when it comes to knives.
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