Hey guys...I stopped off to talk to the knife lady at the 1500 and now Im ALL KINDS of confused.
Knife lady rocks, but she showed me more stuff than I thought was out there.
Anywho...Ive been looking for a good fixed blade that I can use as a multi purpose knife for hunting, camping, hiking, choping, firestarter, etc.
I was looking for somthing larger too, with a blade length between 6.5-9".
Preferably somthing thicker too, say .250".
I saw the ESEE-5 but it seemed a little on the small side and was a little out of my CURRENT price range.(just bought a new .357).
I have also been debating about the KABAR becker BK7 or BK9.
The BK9 seemd a little large though.
Also looked HARD at the shadow tech knives...but once again...they didnt have anything with a large enough blade....but he said he does custom order stuff.
My biggest issue is....I dont really wanna spend more than $120 on a knife...for the main reason that I know what the materials and time cost to make somthing like that....there are no fancy machining tools requires...no laser CNC mills....
Just some High carbon steel (H13, O1, etc), an O/A torch, a hammer, and a bench grinder.
Anybody have any suggestions? The beckers are looking really nice at this point but how well to they hold up to use?...I rarely would "beat" on it, but would like to be able to if I needed.
Sorry bout the long post....oh...I did see a "deal" at the 1500....some lady had a becker BK9 used for the low low price of $235....no joke.
God bless
-Shred
Knife lady rocks, but she showed me more stuff than I thought was out there.
Anywho...Ive been looking for a good fixed blade that I can use as a multi purpose knife for hunting, camping, hiking, choping, firestarter, etc.
I was looking for somthing larger too, with a blade length between 6.5-9".
Preferably somthing thicker too, say .250".
I saw the ESEE-5 but it seemed a little on the small side and was a little out of my CURRENT price range.(just bought a new .357).
I have also been debating about the KABAR becker BK7 or BK9.
The BK9 seemd a little large though.
Also looked HARD at the shadow tech knives...but once again...they didnt have anything with a large enough blade....but he said he does custom order stuff.
My biggest issue is....I dont really wanna spend more than $120 on a knife...for the main reason that I know what the materials and time cost to make somthing like that....there are no fancy machining tools requires...no laser CNC mills....
Just some High carbon steel (H13, O1, etc), an O/A torch, a hammer, and a bench grinder.
Anybody have any suggestions? The beckers are looking really nice at this point but how well to they hold up to use?...I rarely would "beat" on it, but would like to be able to if I needed.
Sorry bout the long post....oh...I did see a "deal" at the 1500....some lady had a becker BK9 used for the low low price of $235....no joke.
God bless
-Shred