Suggestions for a neck knife

[inrunner75]

I'd like to get a neck knife that can also be used as a utility knife. I plan to carry it on backpacking trips to use around camp and for a possible last line of defense in case a grizzly jumps me and pins or breaks an arm so that I can't access my gun. I also want to have it with me on my runs down county roads as a last line of defense against dogs in case one of the brutes makes it past the steel pipe I carry. I've looked at the CS ones, but on their website it says they're like $90 which seems steep for any knife.

 

[grunt soldier]

get a esee izula. its by far one of the best neck knives made and you can't beat the no questions asked warranty that they carry. you can literally put it in a vise and smack it with a maul, video tape it and send it in to them and they will give you a new one. good steel with a good heat treat. i have one and beat the **** out of it no problems. you can also get a nice set of micarta grips for it for another 20 bucks or wrap it with para cord.

the only other one i recommend is the bark river necker which is very nice also but much more expensive and not the same warranty but still a damn good knife.

i don't recommend this one as i haven't used it but i have heard decent things about the becker necker

 

[inrunner75]

nice

 

[6birds]

Becker Necker, I've used them for years, great blade, great value.

 

[Knife Lady]

Hands down is the Izula neck knife. great little knife, not sure about it being the right knife for a Bear. Might want to try a small Kabar for that one but it is not a neck knife. BTW that is how Kabar got its name was by killing a Bar.

The Izula by far is a great neck knife.

 

[rhino]

My neck knife if a RAT RC-4.

Some of the inexpensive Scandanavian knives make great neck knives too.

 

[riverman67]

My neck knife if a RAT RC-4.

Some of the inexpensive Scandanavian knives make great neck knives too.

Really Joe ....Really

I can't swing the RC4 as a neck knife but my izula, is great I use it everyday

 

[copper]

"Izula"

 

[rhino]

Really Joe ....Really

I can't swing the RC4 as a neck knife but my izula, is great I use it everyday

I've actually worn and effectively concealed a Kershaw Outcast as a neck knife as a joke, but it's not very comfy! The RC-4 is just about right.

 

[451_Detonics]

AG Russell Feather-Lite One Hand knife.

I have been carrying mine for a couple months now. It is very light (1.5 ounces) and yet offers a 3 1/8 inch blade. Made with your choice of VG-10 or AUS-8 in either a drop point or clip point.

 

[Zoub]

a possible last line of defense in case a grizzly jumps me and pins or breaks an arm so that I can't access my gun.

Wow, seeing that in writing is interesting, cast with the topic of a neck knife is.............well even more interesting to say the least.

Do you realize how deep you will have to go in a grizzly with a knife to do any damage at all, let alone save your butt with it? Fur, skin, fat, muscle before you hit anything. At a minimum you will need a BK7 and 2 hands on it.

Think guns and mace, not knives and pipes. Maybe a mini bible too.

 

[rhino]

AG Russell Feather-Lite One Hand knife.

Ah, the AG Russell One Hand Knife!

I have one of the original all stainless versions from the very first run of them back in 1988 or 89.