What your "borrow it" knife?
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cheygriz
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I usually carry a Buck, Gerber or other cheapie knife for that circumstance. I don't loan out my nice knives.
A pairing knife. A Mora is better for bushcrafting and processing wood but not so good for game. So if the buddy is cutting game, it would be a pairing knife. If he was whittling a feather stick, a Mora. Mercer and Victorinox make good pairing knives, but there are many more, Henkels etc. They're under $10. They cut game very nicely too. If I was cutting very large game, I would want a few of them, but otherwise, I don't really feel a need for a more costly knife.
I'd for sure be able to loan out some kind of decent folder. Griptilian or a Barrage or at the very least, Ka-Bar Dozier designed folder. Maybe a KOA Jaeger. Maybe a Buck 119 or 110. I'll keep the Randall thank you. I think more of my friends than to hard time one over something like a knife. They're all good people and I'll get the knife back, no doubt about it.
RA40
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What I found amusing was that among various custom knifemakers they didn't carry their own work. Have seen Buck, Spyderco ,etc. Although one of the makers was carrying a Ken Onion Mid Tech Ripple. Which is passable since his folders run about $3K. I wonder if he'd let me borrow it. 
Shanghai McCoy
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Rule 9- Always carry a knife.
Rule 9.1- Always carry two knives...
Rule 9.1- Always carry two knives...
Armored farmer
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My backup is either a leatherman or Gerber multitool.
Definitely not the best thing for field dressing but definitely useable.
I suppose I do things backwards. I usually carry a relatively cheap hunting knife when I'm in the woods. I find myself digging broadhead from a log, or hacking brush for a quick shooting lane. I do keep it sharp...but I wouldn't hesitate to loan it out to a friend.
Definitely not the best thing for field dressing but definitely useable.
I suppose I do things backwards. I usually carry a relatively cheap hunting knife when I'm in the woods. I find myself digging broadhead from a log, or hacking brush for a quick shooting lane. I do keep it sharp...but I wouldn't hesitate to loan it out to a friend.
Simple Mora.
FL-NC
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I have a small schrade pocket knife in the console of my jeep, and a mora fixed blade clipped to the back of the seat. Those 2 live in my jeep, razor sharp. Those are what would get loaned out.
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I am far more apt to not let anyone borrow my knife. And I rarely hunt, and hunt alone when I do. In any case, I still throw an extra knife in my hunting bag.
KevininPa
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I always have an Ontario Spec Plus Navy knife in my vehicle. That thing is indestructible. I let people borrow that if they beg nicely and say "please ".
Most makers can't afford their own work. "The cobbler goes barefoot"
22-rimfire
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I try not to lend out knives. But in the situation the OP described, I would probably have a Mora tucked away in my stuff for just that sort of need. I would say.... keep it. Use it like you own it, but only for a good friend (otherwise you break it, you bought it). (A trip to my vehicle is all it takes.) Generally I will have two possibly three knives on me in the woods hunting. Two usually on long hikes. Neither will be loaners.
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Speedo66
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My hunting knife was a 3 blade folder made by Browning, although I don't see it cataloged anymore. One regular blade of about 3 1/2", a blunt tipped one for gutting, and a saw blade for the pelvis. Nice polished brass bolsters, hardwood scales, and highly polished SS blades. Gift from my son.
I always have a couple of no name Chinese folding knives in my car for anything I wouldn't cut with a good knife. Although the need hasn't arisen, I guess that's what a knifeless person would wind up with.
I always have a couple of no name Chinese folding knives in my car for anything I wouldn't cut with a good knife. Although the need hasn't arisen, I guess that's what a knifeless person would wind up with.
22-rimfire
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Loaners are a great idea, but you have to have the thing with you to loan it out. Too much trouble. In the OP's scenario, I would suggest his mommy bring him his knife from home. Darwin rules!
If it's more than a day hunt I will have way more knives than I need. I might run out of food but not knives. Weirdly I always assume I will have to lon out a knife. Mora companion, cold steel pendleton lite, cheap buck, mora knockoffs, who knows what I might have. If it's one of my best buddies I will likely give it to him if it was a good hunt, and tell him it's obviously a good luck charm for him. I will replace it when we get back home.
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Got a box full of cheap box store crap I've found in storage units over the years. You may pick one of those.
Two? Just two?
Rule 9- Always carry a knife.
Rule 9.1- Always carry two knives...
Two? Just two?
nfmMike
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Rule 9- Always carry a knife.
Rule 9.1- Always carry two knives...
Really?
I hunt alone, I always have way more blades than I need, and IF I hunted with someone, it would be a brother that I would have no problem loaning any of my blades to, any but the EDC pocket knife - it stays with me as my last ditch item.
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Really?
I hunt alone, I always have way more blades than I need, and IF I hunted with someone, it would be a brother that I would have no problem loaning any of my blades to, any but the EDC pocket knife - it stays with me as my last ditch item.
Not an NCIS fan I take it.
With all the steel in my pockets or on my belt if I ever fall in the lake I'm going straight to the bottom.
Obturation
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My just in case loaner is a glock knife. It has proven indestructable. Easy to sharpen and cant hold an edge long but its better than the stick you sharpened with it, kind of.
WestKentucky
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Sharpfinger. I carry a few. MINE is the roughest one in the house or camp, in a sheath with somebody else’s name on it, and it Iooks like it has been ran over by a truck because it has. I found it when I was about 12 and it is essentially my first knife barring the junk knockoff SAKs I was given. I bought a couple different sharpfingers because mine is realistically in need of being retired... but I keep carrying it and using it.
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