Knives and sharp things

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i, on the other hand, finally gave into the meme and bought a companion ss. should compliment the fiskars' hatchet well (pic very related, mine).

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>>1013741
Bruh, just git a gud ferro rod. You can start fires and sharpen you're blade at the same time!

Are those mora's drop poinrs; How are straight back blades for batoning, skinning etc?

>>1013741
When I was a teen I had a Mora and it was a tough mother fucker. I abused it so much as a teenager would have done. Throwing it, fire damage, batoning, water damage you name it. It used to have such a nice grip to it, and the metal runs ito the handle preventing it from snapping

>>1014232
>How are straight back blades for batoning, skinning etc?

Best for batoning

Not as good for skinning, but they still work

>>1013749

Nice

I've gone hatchet and muh Buck 110 or a Mora.

Knife is mostly for food nowadays. Hatchet does everything else.

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>>1013749
>knife + hatchet

Perfect combination.

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Any other kukri fans? Got one from KHHI and she is a beauty. Like a hatchet,machete. Combined with my mora and a pack saw I have all my bases covered.
Pic related my kukri

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why not buy a new moora?

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>>1014448

>hitting steel with steel instead of using a heavy stick
>walmart meme knife

>>1014556
I am also going to get one. It's either gonna be a british service model or a Bhojpure from gurkha imports.
I have more practical tools but a completely handmade 1 pound blade with sheath for 100 bucks sounds so good.

>>1014232
Anything thick enough to baton with without it immediately snapping is going to be sub-par for skinning (or any other form of cutting).

Anything even halfway sharp will suffice for skinning though, people did it for millennia with fucking rocks.

>>1014652
>muh full tang

>>1014904
I've just always preferred kukris. A hatchet is a very handy tool that I'm proficient with but I really shine with a kukri in my hands.

>>1015088

They pretty much are with the Companion and Bushcraft. Only your pinky isn't covering the blade.

You won't pull one out of the grip.

The old Classic wood handle ones could break when the timber wasn't looked after and it was left to dry out/rot.

>>1015153

YouTube it, plenty breaking off, or the knife snapping right at the start of the shit tang.

>>1015194

They break if you beat them with wood into other bits of wood. That's really abuse.

You can baton with them on small bits for kindling, but that's about it (and all you need anyway).

>>1014654
>Not realizing it's a joke that's he's batoning when he has an axe
> Thinking batoning is anything but a joke

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I'm in love with this one. thoughts?

>>1015383
Have a BR Fox river, great knife, perfect side, too nice to use :(
My feelings on Bark river

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Hori hori knife is useful af. You can dig dirt, cut trees, do almost everything without caring for the blade.

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>>1015355
The subtitles are a joke, but the video isn't a joke. Though, that is a bit of irony since all batonny chop chop is a "joke".

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Can someone recomend me a good, cheap and stainless steel knife? I was thinking to get something like pic related

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>>1015383
Bowie knives without full tang are always shit, fyi. Some are worse than others. You have all that blade and they cheaped out with a wee tiny thin and short rattail.

What's the best fishing knife, /out/?

I've got a Buck 119 Special meme hunting knife that I actually successfully gutted and quartered a moose with (with a couple quick sharpens during the act), and an Al-Mar SERE 2000 folder, but no filet knife.

If I'm going fishing in lakes / streams for small trout, bluegill, etc, am I fine with what I've got? If not, what's the best knife for cleaning / prepping. I'm willing to spend some money for something that will last my lifetime.

>>1015419
see >>1013749

>>1015383
Why does the cutting edge stop an inches from the handle on some knives?

>>1015615
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=choil

>>1015197

I'm talking about people batoning 2 inch thick pieces of soft wood. I'll feather stick and carve wood with them, I'll stick to using my bk7, or esee 6 for bigger stuff, any bigger than four inches, I'll just split it with a hatchet.

>>1015522

When I used to go:

Buck 110; you can use the end to bash the fish over the head to kill them (you could use the 119 to do the same; I liked the folder because I just kept it in my trousers).

Fillet knife for getting meat off them; I had a few. You want one to you can really get up against the bones and to skin easier if skinning fish is your thing. Any cheap fishing shop one will work well enough; Rapala works.

The Buck 119 will work for killing and gutting fish.

>>1015652
>I'm talking about people batoning 2 inch thick pieces of soft wood.

Probably a flaw in the blade.

They do mass produce them, and you're going to run into some that have flaws.

>>1015655

Alright. It's been years really since I did much fishing, so I'll use the folder and 119 that I've already got for now to see if it's enough.

If I decide I need a fillet knife I'll check out rapala.

Thanks anon.

>>1015652
have you not seen the video of a guy cutting down a tree basically with just a moora, it was posted in the last thread.

then again you're probably just making up lies to justify taking a pound of steel innawoods for backpacking

>>1015153
i know they're good, but i already ordered the terävä jääkäripuukko 140 because i wanted the length and tang, ill probably get a robust or companion carbon to replace the moora ss im selling

>>1015194
really? post a few please because i only seen them take just about anything

>>1015522
Look for Enzo Fisher, never used it but I'm a fan of Enzo knifes. Fucking awesome, you can by it by kit on some site to lower the price

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>>1013741

I use a 5 inch eze lap super fine oval sharpening steel to keep my knives sharp while in the bush (link: http://eze-lap.com/kitchen_culinary_foodservice_use/oval-rod-sharpeners/)

When at home I use a home made leather stropping block with 0.5 micron diamond compound to get things razor sharp. Pic related.

>>1015419
No. I did some research few months ago - saw this knife 10 years ago, friend had it, and I wanted it, but I'm not a geardo and have other good knifes, so...
Turns out, the new ones are made using a much, much worse alloy, you can google it, people talk about them.
If you still want it, google and look for an older version with better blade material.
http://www.bladeforums.com/threads/gerber-lmf-ii-blade-material-420hc-or-12c27.664494/

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>I have a bk2 and I really like it
Fucking fight me.

>>1016582
that looks heavy.

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got this boykie today, it's a CFK custom that i snagged for $50 US dollarydoos, sharpened it up and used it to chop some small limbs and a thorny bush up

have a USN Mk1 that i use as a bushcraft knife, thinking about stitching a sheath to the outside of this one to fit the Mk1 into

>>1016631
>$50 US dollarydoos
Even though I know nothing about that knife it seems like a great deal.

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>>1016636
CFK only does limited runs on every model, this knife is 1095 steel and has a lot of nice detail

plus it feels so balanced and the blade is so thick, feel like i could use it for anything

>>1016582

Pretty sure everyone that's used one likes or respects the BK2, anon.

>>1016639
>CFK
Just took a look at his ebay store and why in hell are the knives so cheap?

>>1016646
most of them are on auction with low starting bids, idk why they're so cheap but the one i got seems really solid and there's a lot of people who say the same about theirs

not gonna complain about it if they work and they're cheap on top of it, i'll definitely try abusing mine a bit to see if fails

I found a CS SRK in AUS-8A for $40 new at a local hunting shop.

Score.

>>1015419
I love my gerber strongarm. It's a great knife for keeping on my plate carrier

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>>1016586
it is. Bk2 is the most pointless knife-shaped object ever designed. Pic related, BK2 next to a helle temagami.

>>1016645
pretty sure everyone who likes and respects the bk2 are people who haven't actually used it, and only theorise on how useful it would be (and get butthurt every time someone points out their bullshit)

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Schrade is love, Schrade is life

>>1017159
>Bk2 is the most pointless knife-shaped object ever designed

Depends

It will replace a hatchet just fine, but you can use it for knife tasks also.

It doesn't do either the best, but it does both reasonably well.

If you only want to take one knife into the woods with you and do pretty much everything, it'll do it.

>>1017163

See >>1017475

I've used a hatchet + Mora/smaller bush knife combo or the BK2 when /out/

The BK2 does the job of both the hatchet and smaller knife; processing wood and food prep/making kindling. It doesn't do each task as good, but it works good enough.

>>1015094
You might want to wash off that krispy kreme glaze before you attract a bear or something

>>1017475
>>1017484

you should probably stop deluding yourself, it's not healthy.

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Paid $100 for this knife.

It just sits on my dresser.

I want to use it but don't know what to do with it.

Gimme some suggestions to a stainless woods/hunting knife in the $120 range. G10 handles (anything but micarta really) and a kidex sheath a plus. ESEE 4 stainless seems like the best option.

>>1017830
Buy a cheap/second hand cold steel srk and spend the rest on a custom handle

>>1015421
Batonny chop chop looks like so much effort when a 1 lbs hatchet can do the same job for less... I don't get it

>>1017798

I take it you haven't used a BK2 like a hatchet?

You can split wood without even needing to baton with it, because of its weight.

The steel is fine for food prep and carving.

>>1018048

You can use big knives of similar weight to split wood like a hatched just as easily.

If a similar weight knife has trouble splitting with a whack, then a hatchet will too.

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Bought my first kniv for 4 dollars in my yuro country, looks cute.

>>1019501
now buy a mora companion

and ill ask again, any recommendation for sharpeners?

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>>1013741

I've tried all kinds of different stones and stropping compounds and whatnot, I'd never use anything besides a black Arkansas stone for final sharpening anymore, at least for any kind of regular, carbon steel.

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>>1016263
That is a beautiful knife

I use a knife i made myself, this one

>inb4 your knife looks shit

>>1019658
Lanksy

>>1013741
bought a plate steel kukris this morning from a village farm shop

blade is super light but I know it won't hold a good edge, finish is rough to say the least and the absence of a flared handle makes it hard to keep a grip
it's got an interesting blade profile, doesn't curve forward much and has a distinct arrow leaf point

wounded a feral dog last night and made a walking stick this morning

>>1016645
I got nigger stupid and fell for bk2 meme. Garbage knife only useful for batoning little sticks. Fucking ahole Jews tricking me.

>>1017484
Ok bro you ant skinning shit with that knife

>>1019886

Looks good man. I'm a believer in function over form. Knives are tools and overly fancy or exotic materials are a waste in my opinion, especially if the owner doesn't know how to keep an edge on the blade.

Out of interest, what did you make your knife out of? What type steel is it?

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>>1018188
>6'' hatchet

No, thanks, I'll stick to my 16'' kukri, or, you know, an actual hatchet.

>carving

making feathersticks is not carving.


The bk2 is literally pointless. Look at that photo I posted earlier - that Temagami will do everything a bk2 does 1700% better. And no - you don't get to get out of this by saying "what about chopping", because the BK2 is shit at that too - it's too short, poorly balanced (too much weight in the handle), and has a bad handle to make a good (or even halfway decent) chopper.
And it's too thick, too wide, with bad geometry, and a poorly designed handle for general utility use.

I'll take my knife over that shit 11 times out of 10.

>>1015615

So you can choke up on your blade if you had to, for precision cutting. also makes it easier to sharpen the full length of your blade.

>>1013741
I've got a dark Patina on my mora, is it worth scrubbing it shiny again or just ignore it?

It was semi on purpose.

I mostly use my mora to cut up fish.

>>1015421
>people using anything but a carving knife on wood
Swords used in war to kill people had rat tangs.

>>1019658
just get a sharpening stone

>>1020601
>Swords used in war to kill people had rat tangs.
lol no, that's for decorative mall swords

>>1020608
you should educate yourself mong most of them indeed had what you call rat tang in a knife.

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>>1020608
>>1020790
It's basically full I think. Jappo Officer's sword from 1944?

>>1019501
It looks like absolute garbage, get something decent instead

>>1020797
traditional katanas are half tang at best.

>>1016646
The word is that they're really made in Pakistan or maybe Turkey. The guy who runs CFK had a previous company that got run out of town for the same bullshit, and there's a massive thread on Bladeforums about the whole situation.

>>1017830
steel will cager

real steel bushcraft 2 or observer
eickhorn or böker gek edc

>>1019886
have you considered filing a little notch where the blade meets the handle?
stops your hand slipping foward, and helps avoid grabbing the blade when you pick it up

first knife I made was from old ypewriter parts, but I still use it innagarden

>>1014448
You can't be this dumb can you? You can cut wood with a hatchet and hit your knife with the wood. Maybe a 24 hour course can help you understand that metal hurts other metals

>>1020799
Could agree, the safety lock is loose already and it unlocks easily in my pocket.
Blade moves to the sides a bit too much for my taste.
At least it's fairly sharp.
And I fucking love to open that fucker, guess I'm still hyped with my first own knife ever.

>>1020600
Get some really fine stones and polish it up

>>1020353
Thanks anon, i agree, this knife gets beaten and used quite a lot.. its a workhorse for me, and because of the thickness i know its fairly solid. To tell you the truth about the steel i have no idea... its a 'mystery steel' i swiped from work. It was used for holding doors shut for locking up at night.. so your guess is as good as mine.

>>1014556
I've always wondered what was that dent near the guard.