If you could have only 2 knives?

[borrowedtime69]

My Esee 6" & my Esee 4" as users.

If I knew it was my "last fight" I would go with my Gerber Coffin Handle Bowie & my Esee Jungles just for the cool factor.

 

[SteadyD]

Sure...ease of sharpening under field conditions might also be a prime consideration, though. 5160 or the equivalent isn't the latest and greatest, but can be sharpened with many things, if needed.

John

I have found that I prefer easy to sharpen steels over those with insane edge retention. I am developing a preference for balance over extremes.

 

[JShirley]

My Esee 6" & my Esee 4" as users.

If I knew it was my "last fight" I would go with my Gerber Coffin Handle Bowie & my Esee Jungles just for the cool factor.

At some point, nothing's left but style.

 

[Bazoo]

I prefer ease of sharpening over edge holding. I also prefer a knife with a natural handle material. Bucks laminated wood is as unnatural as I will go.

 

[RA40]

Thinking about this is more challenging than I thought. In my daily pedestrian lifestyle a folding knife is useful where a fixed is less so. In survival-camping type modes I'd want the bigger bowie and small hunter. Three knives would be my pick. A folder, small fixed hunter and big one.

For practicality these two of mine though the lower fixed is not how I'd set it up for utility use, more like a G10 handle.

 

[Bazoo]

Interesting so far. There seems to be some debate as to what's a knife. To me, a machete isn't a knife. Nor is an axe , hatchet, tomahawk.

 

[C.R.]

I'd go with a 3 blade stockmans knife and on my belt my old schrade sharpfinger

 

[Bazoo]

I always wanted to try one of the sharpfingers that has the drop point blade. Kinda down turned handle. I had a standard sharpfinger a while and really liked it.

 

[tactikel]

A Grohmann Canadian Belt knife, and a SAK folder.
They will do anything I need a knife to do. From pulling the cork on some wine, to field dressing an Elk!

 

[JShirley]

I'd take a big (9-19" inch) blade, and a small 2.5-4" blade. I have lots of both, and all would work.

An especially good combo is a ~9ish Camp Defender II and a Spyderco Endura, Manix 2, or Manix 2 XL. Again, though, lots of choices, almost none bad. I have a 16.5" HI WWII model kukuri that would make a good companion to something like my GE. (Shown here with trainer and ARK trainer.)



If fighting was definitely likely, as opposed to just life outdoors, I'd probably choose a bit smaller knife than the kuk, like my large but light EK45. That's a lot of knife for just over half a pound. I like knives more than most folks, but if I have to choose between a good knife and a short sword with trouble coming, I'll take the knife and 3 more mags of ammo over the sword!

John

 

[hso]

sharpfingers that has the drop point blade

I'm not aware that the Sharpfinger ever came in anything but the one blade shape (not drop point) ... their classic trailing point.

 

[rust collector]

This week I would go with my Becker 16 with micarta scales, and SAK huntsman (saw and scissors plus the usual).

 

[Buzznrose]

I could just have a Buck 110 folder and be fine.

 

[Bazoo]

It's a model 154ot. It's referred to as a sharpfinger in my reading of it. It looks nice to me.
Not my image, it came from bladeforums.


Here's a link with a bit of info I found. https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/finally-i-got-a-154ot.437684/

Now I got the itch again.

 

[hso]

Wow, I had no idea those existed.

Apparently they did them in "Stagalon" as well.

 

[g3l33m]

As a recovering knife addict this isn't so easy but TODAY I'd go with a Medford Praetorian in 3V and a medium sized Busse fixed blade.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

Wow, I had no idea those existed.

Apparently they did them in "Stagalon" as well.
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Ditto...
And with my well documented affection for the classic Sharpfinger I would be remiss to not want one of these now too.
Oh woe is me...

 

[Bazoo]

They made the drop point with a gut hook too, best I recall.

Looked it up, it's model 158ot

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

They made the drop point with a gut hook too, best I recall.

Looked it up, it's model 158ot

Luckily,( for me ), gut hook knives just don't "do it" for me...

 

[Bazoo]

I don't care for gut hook knives either. I have one, a schrade 143ot. We mostly use it for a kitchen knife. My wife loves it. The handle ergonomics and blade geometry make it perform well on meat.

I'm looking to acquire the 141ot, drop point non gut hook.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

^^^
That looks good.
Best of luck on your search.

 

[DDDWho]

I’ve been pondering my choices as I thumbed through this thread. I settled on these two. First a Buck 124 Frontiersman number 2 a Buck 110 I own both

 

[Mk-211]

Picked up a Buck 124 Frontiersman last year, definitely a knife that would make the list.

 

[Bazoo]

I've never had a buck 124. I have handled one in store though.

I have had a 15" Bowie though and loved it. Though it isn't as useful as a smaller knife or a hatchet. It spoke to me though.

I just realized I say though a lot, though I ain't sure why.

 

[Sistema1927]

Only two? One fixed, one folding?

Bark River and Benchmade