thankyou very much!
You might want to put that machete and scabbard some place safe. They fetch between $80-$100 U.S. today. Either that or sell it and buy 6 or 7 machetes with the proceeds.
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David, I have deliberately avoided this thread until you bought a knife, and I'm glad you chose the Mora. I own two, both with plastic handles and stainless steel blades; I like them both very much. As for a machete, don't use it for chopping wood, they're not made for that. You need an ax for that job. machetes are for clearing brush! Happy trails!
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I don't know about the Mora; I generally avoid knives that don't have guards, although I do have a Helle Viking.
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My favorite knife right now is my cold steel recon tanto.
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The tanto blade doesn't do anything for me. I don't have any chainmail to breach or armor to defeat.
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The CS Recon tanto, despite the tanto point, is a proven midsize tool. You wouldn't believe the number of special ops type guys that carry and use them.
Non combat stuff too, Army stuff.
I despise tanto points myself, but I know some serious bushfolk that use that knife. Most aren't even tantos anymore after all the sharpening.
I had a compass, but without a map, it's just a cool toy to show you where oceans and ice are.
I'm right there with you Winter...but they are very easy to make. Break the blade, no problem. It was already square anyway.
A friend of mine who is just getting into survival just bought an " Amazon Survival Knife ", and it is the biggest ugliest thing I have ever seen, with the survival kit in the handle, and the compass on the end.
He brought it over last week to show it to me, and I almost broke out laughing when I saw it. He was saying that a good survivor could survive with this knife alone, and my stomach was convulsing trying not to laugh.
I showed him my little Buck fixed blade, and told him that someday, he would prefer a smaller knife, and that the Amazon would teach him why.
I am sure the handle will fall off if he ever uses it!
Just getting into survival? What was he into before that - dying?
Yes.....LOL, (Man some guys are picky, picky, picky)....I never went surviving...on purpose....LOl
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It's not a darned tanto point dagnabit! it's 'american tanto'. It's really nothing like a shinogi-zukuri. carry on.
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If you didn't bring jerky what did I just eat?
Look, I'll get the hang of it sooner or later then dad will give me a big boy knife. Your jokes about my knife having a guard are slicing thin. (get it? slicing thin? I slay myself).
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Wow this is getting too hard for me.......
Like this one?
http://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-...ife-90714.html
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I actually have one that was a well meaning gift......not sure what to do with it?
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Ha! That is a whole lot like the one that a friend has, only his is black! It is so big, it hangs over half way to his knee, and if he fell on it, it would gut him like a deer!
You can always tell a green horn, because he will show up with a knife that is bigger than his arm!
I do like that Hunter. I could use the guards and hollow handle to make a spear if I need to. I could even use the blade as a signal device. What's not to like for less than $10?! I'll bet a fellah could drive in tent pegs with that pommel.
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Even better. Then you'd have two!
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