Knife buying tips

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-06-30 02:20am

I am thinking of buying this knife LTC Kukri

I have read a lot about coldsteel on the net, but never heard of them before. Are they any good? And is that a usable knife? I will go trecking and wanted somthing better than my old Mora 2000

Penitent Tangent · Post by **Penitent Tangent** » 2006-06-30 02:51am

What do you want to use the knife for, do you want a stylish knife or something rugged and useful. The Kukri's heavy blade is better suited for chopping , like a machete, whereas your old knife is better for cutting. If you want rugged i sugest getting something serrated.

Post by **Edi** » 2006-06-30 02:54am

Yep, a kukri won't be good as an all around knife. Good for hacking off branches and things like that, though, like a machete.

Edi

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-06-30 03:21am

Penitent Tangent wrote:What do you want to use the knife for, do you want a stylish knife or something rugged and useful. The Kukri's heavy blade is better suited for chopping , like a machete, whereas your old knife is better for cutting. If you want rugged i sugest getting something serrated.

Inpress girls and scare bears? Think it will work for that?

No really just an allround knife, but that might not be what I want then.

How about this one? Recon Tanto looks nice and appears to be more like a regular knife.

Spetulhu · Post by **Spetulhu** » 2006-06-30 05:39am

Trekking? My first instinct is to buy something not-quite-expensive with a suitable blade for general work. You don't shed tears over losing one of those Mora working knives, and they come in buckets.

Cheap upgrade: Austrian Army Knife by Glock. Check under Sport Knives, Military Line. http://www.knifeshop.com/shop//index.html

Expensive version: Finnish Army Knife. Not much for woodcarving, but good for all-round use otherwise. http://www.maanpuolustusyhtio.fi/produc ... oduct=2400

I wouldn't take anything more expensive into the woods. And both of those have a locking mechanism in the sheath to keep the knife from falling out.

Elheru Aran · Post by **Elheru Aran** » 2006-06-30 10:02am

Ka-bar USMC knife. Pretty big, stays sharp as hell forever, and you can use it for practically anything.

Post by **Coyote** » 2006-06-30 12:13pm

I have a Recon Tanto; it rocks. If you intend (ahem!) to get into knife fights (I doubt this, but...) the best bet is a Bowie.

Penitent Tangent · Post by **Penitent Tangent** » 2006-06-30 01:45pm

The Recon Tanto looks great, it's definetly built for stabbing and has a non-reflective blade. You probably won't be scaring many bears but it wont really matter cause you could just sneak up behind them and slit their throats.

I did find a better place to buy it from though this place has them for 40 bucks cheaper. Link

I recomend this: Click Me

It's a little smaller but very useful it can stab, it can slice it's durable and it can make grizzlys piss themselves in fear

It also folds in for easy storage.

Korvan · Post by **Korvan** » 2006-06-30 04:18pm

I don't know much about knives myself, but I know someone who owns a knife / sword shop and he has a lot of good things to say about Cold Steel. Basically, you get a knife that's comparable to a much higher priced one from another manufacturer.

Kathryn · Post by **Kathryn** » 2006-06-30 05:10pm

Faram wrote:
Inpress girls and scare bears? Think it will work for that?

lol, it seems more like scare girls to me.

wilfulton · Post by **wilfulton** » 2006-06-30 06:03pm

I have a SRK and Recon tanto. If you want a good machete for some heavy duty use, they make a kukri machete. The same thing as the LTC Kukri, except it's not as sharp and it's a lot cheaper. At least it is in the US.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2006-06-30 07:34pm

Faram wrote:I will go trecking

That's all you needed to say. You want a Ka-Bar or other Bowie type knife. If you can afford the little extra, get one of the newer models in D2 steel, since the old 1095 steel tends to rust. You can get a model with a few serrations near the handguard, but I find they're an unnecessary pain in the ass for sharpening.

Very solid construction, the blade is tough and has a deep belly, letting you cut just about anything, and the clip blade gives you a nice sharp point.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-07-04 12:17pm

Well I got me a: Fällkniven A1

Two matches used as a size samle, and a tomato that was a testsubject.

I also tried to chop down a small sapling about 3cm in diameter, no problem one god whack and it cut clean through.

Now I just hope that none of the experts comes and tells me that that was a lousy buy

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2006-07-04 01:13pm

Aerius is one of the resident knife experts here, so he might be along shortly :p

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2006-07-04 02:19pm

Tips on buying Knife;

1) I always appreciate a dinner before being bought
2) I'm non refundable
3) but my warrenty is good for another five years or 3000 miles.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2006-07-04 04:25pm

phongn wrote:Aerius is one of the resident knife experts here, so he might be along shortly :p

More with folders though, I don't know all that much about fixed blades other than steel quality.

As far as I know the Fällkniven A1 is a good solid knife, good steel and a nice handle design. The blade shape looks pretty strong and useful too. Looks like good choice to me.

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