Looking into getting my first, good, fixed edge kife.

[mgrs]

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If you want an all around knife it should be heavy duty and a minimum of 6" so you can process firewood and maybe chop. A lot of people are foregoing an Axe and instead buying a bigger heavier knife that can chop. And process firewood 7-9" knife 1/4" thick 1095 steel. A Knife that can be beat with a wood baton to split firewood, yet can be used to process food.

For an "only knife" I think 4.5 to 6 is the way to go. I still prefer a 3-4" and a machete or hatchet.

[jbdesigns]

Depends on what you want to do with it. Fighting knife? Camping? Survival? Bush? And how much you want to spend.

The ESEE 5 is well liked. http://www.amazon.com/ESEE-Knives-ES.../dp/B004HGI9WE
Busse - Expensive, but you could check out Busse's Swamp Rat or Junk Yard knives http://www.bussecombat.com/
Swamp Rat - Swamp Rat Ratmandu
Tops - They make some wild blades, but the quality is very good. http://www.topsknives.com/
Tops Anaconda - http://www.amazon.com/Knives-Anacond...ds=tops+knives
Bark River - Is good.
Benchmade - Makes some stainless fixed blade knives that I like. They are not really knives for batoning.
The Hunt series - http://hunt.benchmade.com/
The Bushcrafter - Benchmade Bushcrafter
The fixed Contego - Benchmade Contego Fixed
Falkniven makes good knives, but I worry about their strength for batoning.

If you want an all around knife it should be heavy duty and a minimum of 6" so you can process firewood and maybe chop. A lot of people are foregoing an Axe and instead buying a bigger heavier knife that can chop. And process firewood 7-9" knife 1/4" thick 1095 steel. A Knife that can be beat with a wood baton to split firewood, yet can be used to process food.

Like the K-Bars I got my sons. They had a blast splitting wood for the camp fire. They are tough tough tough.


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[superr.stu]

Bark River makes for a good general purpose camp/ bushcraft knife. That said my Halloran 360 can do 95% of what my bark river does, and I can stand to carry it all the time.

[SeriousStudent]

Depends on what you want to do with it. Fighting knife? Camping? Survival? Bush? And how much you want to spend.

The ESEE 5 is well liked. http://www.amazon.com/ESEE-Knives-ES.../dp/B004HGI9WE
Busse - Expensive, but you could check out Busse's Swamp Rat or Junk Yard knives http://www.bussecombat.com/
Swamp Rat - Swamp Rat Ratmandu
Tops - They make some wild blades, but the quality is very good. http://www.topsknives.com/
Tops Anaconda - http://www.amazon.com/Knives-Anacond...ds=tops+knives
Bark River - Is good.
Benchmade - Makes some stainless fixed blade knives that I like. They are not really knives for batoning.
The Hunt series - http://hunt.benchmade.com/
The Bushcrafter - Benchmade Bushcrafter
The fixed Contego - Benchmade Contego Fixed
Falkniven makes good knives, but I worry about their strength for batoning.

If you want an all around knife it should be heavy duty and a minimum of 6" so you can process firewood and maybe chop. A lot of people are foregoing an Axe and instead buying a bigger heavier knife that can chop. And process firewood 7-9" knife 1/4" thick 1095 steel. A Knife that can be beat with a wood baton to split firewood, yet can be used to process food.

The other Busse line is called Scrapyard, not Junkyard. I have knives from all three lines, and like them a great deal. I do think the Scrapyard knives are a great bargain, when available.

[JBecker 72]

I picked up one of the Zero Tolerance 0121 knives for about $125 a couple years back. It's the one in the middle. Great knife and comes with a decent sheath.

[TXBK]

ESEE has never disappointed me in the field. Izula, 3, 4, 5, 6, Junglas...I usually pick 2 to take. An Izula, and a 4 make a pretty good pair.

[Mauser KAR98K]

Guys, I want to thank you all for the replies and recommendations. Holy smokes I have research to do. I'm leaning toward the ESEE knives, probably going with either a 4" or 5".

This knife is a hiking, field, general purpose knife, or 3ven fighting (doubt it will be used for it). Splitting logs will go to a hatchet or a hawk.

What is Batoning?

[TXBK]

[MorphCross]

What is Batoning?

Everything up until the 1:53 mark is Batoning.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Guys, I want to thank you all for the replies and recommendations. Holy smokes I have research to do. I'm leaning toward the ESEE knives, probably going with either a 4" or 5".

This knife is a hiking, field, general purpose knife, or 3ven fighting (doubt it will be used for it).

For bushcraft it's hard to beat ESEE for the price. I buy all of mine from The Knife Connection, best prices I can find and they also carry exclusive custom blades/scales.
http://www.theknifeconnection.net/esee-knives/