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Best fixed-blade knives
#23939110 - 12/18/16 08:22 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I want to get myself a fixed-blade knife for relatively cheap. I have a sorta cheap pocket-knife but no other blades. If you think a machete or a pocket saw or something first, just let me know that first
But otherwise, whats the best fixed-blade for under $80? I want to be able to smack a log against it like a hammer as a wedge, break open partially-split logs, and hack down thicker bush and not worry too much about breakage or wear and tear.
I'm not trying to stab terrorists or break padlocks, I just want a good all-around knife
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen] 1
#23939114 - 12/18/16 08:25 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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any vintage carbon steel knife thats in good condition.
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Sounds like you need a Gerber Gator.
Good cheap indestructible knife with a nice thick blade, good for chopping/prying.
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I'm starting to not like the folding knives as much myself. The locks on alot of them... I don't trust. I just recently bought myself a Gerber fixed bladed knife. Haven't fiddled with it yet tho.
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen] 1
#23939183 - 12/18/16 08:59 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Get a benchmade. Really bad ass knives and you can most likley get one around 80
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Quote:
Badmotorfingers said: Sounds like you need a Gerber Gator.
Good cheap indestructible knife with a nice thick blade, good for chopping/prying.
I almost picked one of these up! Damn, should have just gone with it!
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
#23939232 - 12/18/16 09:13 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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get something from cold steel, they're inexpensive and pretty good quality
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
#23939260 - 12/18/16 09:26 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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here's something pretty cheap, it's a second, cosmetic blemishes but for $11 you wont find a better deal on a quality knife that you wont give 2 shits about losing
http://www.coldsteel.com/products/fixed-knives/finn-br-2nd.html
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Prisoner#1]
#23939758 - 12/19/16 06:16 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I paid $90 for my Mora Garberg, it's a fuckin badass knife

It's also awesome cuz if you have a Swedish Firesteel you can use it to throw massive showers of sparks
As far as cheaper knives go u can't go wrong with Mora, they make super high quality steel for the price
This is my $16 knife and it's solid as fuq

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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: OhMrJohnson] 1
#23939787 - 12/19/16 07:14 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Look at the post your blade thread in the outdoors forum. Sounds like you want a kabar.
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
#23940138 - 12/19/16 11:34 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Chris Reeve Knives Nyala
S35VN supersteel
micarta scales
under 5 ounces
what more could you want? I used to have one, but sold it for the dr00gz. It was a great knife.
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Adolin] 1
#23940209 - 12/19/16 12:18 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I use a KA-BAR BK16 and its like $75 on amazon.
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A bit over your budget but a wonderful knife:
The Fallkniven F1

Thick laminated VG-10 steel, Zytec grip with great gnarling and lanyard hole. Full tang construction, convex blade that splits wood without dulling the edge, its the Swedish Air Force pilot survival knife that entered service in 1995 so its a fairly modern milspec blade that is used to this day.
Review of someone who used it intensively for 9 months:
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Adolin]
#23940269 - 12/19/16 12:53 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Had a small blade that looked more or less like this.. I have no idea what happened to it.

These two are the perfect size.


I need a blade smaller than six inches. Been shopping around for a while now and all the blades I see are either way too small or too big. The first one I had was amazing. Cut through anything and I got it for a cheap price too.
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Asante]
#23940277 - 12/19/16 12:55 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
Asante said: A bit over your budget but a wonderful knife:
The Fallkniven F1
Fallkniven is a great brand
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Adolin]
#23940442 - 12/19/16 02:12 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I don't trust anything thats 'cheap and indestructable' except for maybe the mora bushcraft black. But anything with a thick full tang, carbon or stainless, should be great.
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I might look on ebay. I got this from some finnish dude for like 45 bucks. It's like the coolest knife ever.
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I second cold steel. I have 2 blades from them, kukri and katana. The kukri is my favorite. Sturdy as fuck and came in box surprisingly shark. Could use a different handle, but for 18 bucks... Dude. I have taken her on several outing's. Heavy blade if your built like a child, but that thing will lop branches limbs or heads off with ease. I'm surprisingly impressed with cold steel.
I know they have a few knock off kabars.
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cannabinated said: I don't trust anything thats 'cheap and indestructable' except for maybe the mora bushcraft black. But anything with a thick full tang, carbon or stainless, should be great.
https://www.amazon.com/Morakniv-Bushcraft-Tactical-4-3-Inch-Plastic/dp/B009O01H0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482192812&sr=8-1&keywords=mora+bushcraft+black
This admittedly looks badass as fuck

Specifically says its good for batoning and only $50
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
#23940950 - 12/19/16 05:32 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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https://www.amazon.com/Morakniv-Companion-Sandvik-Military-4-1-Inch/dp/B009NZVZ3E/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Morakiv makes a SUPER cheap version that sounds pretty decent as well. And for the price of a meal at a Red Robin, kinda tempting
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Prisoner#1]
#23940968 - 12/19/16 05:39 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Prisoner#1 said: get something from cold steel, they're inexpensive and pretty good quality
This..
Camillus and Kbar both had military contracts and still make amazing fixed blade knives as well but Cold Steel are my personal favorite..
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: dnkronic]
#23943153 - 12/20/16 11:36 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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https://www.amazon.com/Gerber-StrongArm-Fixed-Blade-30-001038N/dp/B00U0ILXGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482258880&sr=8-1&keywords=gerber+fixed+blade
Got this Gerber Strongarm for my dad. I can say from personal experience that its sharp as fuck. I got a nice scar on my thumb already to prove it.
its perfect size, its got good grip, and it comes with a dope sheath. I recommend it forsure.
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Herbologist said: https://www.amazon.com/Gerber-StrongArm-Fixed-Blade-30-001038N/dp/B00U0ILXGC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482258880&sr=8-1&keywords=gerber+fixed+blade
Got this Gerber Strongarm for my dad. I can say from personal experience that its sharp as fuck. I got a nice scar on my thumb already to prove it.
its perfect size, its got good grip, and it comes with a dope sheath. I recommend it forsure.

Damn, just barely outside what I was hoping to pay. I really like that blade though
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
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cannabinated said: I don't trust anything thats 'cheap and indestructable' except for maybe the mora bushcraft black. But anything with a thick full tang, carbon or stainless, should be great.
mora isnt a full tang knife, it doesnt even have rivets that secure the polymer handle to the partial tang
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
#23945474 - 12/21/16 08:56 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Psychoslut]
#23945667 - 12/21/16 10:16 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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What blade does the US Army use today? That would be a good place to look, it would be modern milspec AND mass produced so likely affordable.
Whats the current US military blade?
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Asante]
#23945685 - 12/21/16 10:22 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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There you go, the Ontario MK 3 Navy Knife is now Navy SEALS standard issue.

Price: 80 bucks
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Prisoner#1]
#23945702 - 12/21/16 10:28 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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cannabinated said: I don't trust anything thats 'cheap and indestructable' except for maybe the mora bushcraft black. But anything with a thick full tang, carbon or stainless, should be great.
mora isnt a full tang knife, it doesnt even have rivets that secure the polymer handle to the partial tang

By "partial tang" you mean it doesn't go to the end of the handle? or do you mean a stick tang? and how the hell do you know?
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Boker Colubris. I own two. The best for the price
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Prisoner#1]
#23946015 - 12/21/16 12:37 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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cannabinated said: I don't trust anything thats 'cheap and indestructable' except for maybe the mora bushcraft black. But anything with a thick full tang, carbon or stainless, should be great.
mora isnt a full tang knife, it doesnt even have rivets that secure the polymer handle to the partial tang
I made whats called an "exception"
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I'm not big into the military, I know its just metal and plastic but something about owning a military weapon would bother me a little bit. Unless it was like INSANELY cheap for what you get, but for $80 I'd rather not feed the system
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
#23946762 - 12/21/16 05:32 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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make sure it is full tang!
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: xzylocybin]
#23946811 - 12/21/16 05:48 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Full tang means it goes the length of the handle
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: Prisoner#1]
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cannabinated said: I don't trust anything thats 'cheap and indestructable' except for maybe the mora bushcraft black. But anything with a thick full tang, carbon or stainless, should be great.
mora isnt a full tang knife, it doesnt even have rivets that secure the polymer handle to the partial tang
The Mora Garberg is in fact full-tang
I believe it's the first full-tang knife Mora has ever released to the public
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I feel like tang-iness mattered more like 30 years ago. It used to be that nobody made a good knife if it wasn't full tang. But it seems like partial tang (or stick tang apparently, never heard it called that before) is getting better and better.
Please, if somebody here has purchased a modern partial-tang knife and it was absolute piece of garbage, let me know. But I've been seeing quite a few highly rated knives that aren't full tang
Also, for myself personally, I'm not willing to pay more than $80 for a blade period. So theres a point where its quality and tanginess just don't fucking matter to me anymore. I feel like its more likely for your knife tip to bust off than at the hilt
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Re: Best fixed-blade knives [Re: bloodsheen]
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Dude I'm tellin ya the Mora Garberg is a fucking stellar knife
It was specifically designed to handle any task you throw at it, no matter how rough
Don't get me wrong just because a knife isn't full-tang doesn't mean it's not a good knife, my Mora Craftsman is an excellent partial-tang knife but the fact of the matter is full-tang knives are fundamentally tougher and more robust
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The only knives that will last forever are full tang. Get a vintage rusty knife from ebay, thrift store, or a flea market and put a nice edge on it and polish it up. You can get something old and nice for like 3 bucks. Some kitchen knives will work well outdoors if they're constructed properly. Most people don't know the value in an old knife and look at it as junk.
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OhMrJohnson said: Dude I'm tellin ya the Mora Garberg is a fucking stellar knife
It was specifically designed to handle any task you throw at it, no matter how rough
Don't get me wrong just because a knife isn't full-tang doesn't mean it's not a good knife, my Mora Craftsman is an excellent partial-tang knife but the fact of the matter is full-tang knives are fundamentally tougher and more robust
Fundamentally, yes, you are correct. But in practice? If my knife can pry apart two logs, does it matter that it couldn't break a padlock?
Trust me dude, I would love to buy a fucking sick-nasty spyderco tungsten-steel full tang beast of a motherfucker. But I can't justify it, it won't even get used 300 days out of the year. I think whenever I have some extra cash I'll go with that first Mora, its 66% of the price and sounds like everything I need.
If God throws me down some extra cash out of nowhere I'll get that Garberg, it does indeed look fucking awesome
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