Fixed Blade for fiddy quid?

[Prawnster]

I've been told to pick a knife as a gift for someone and for some reason I'm drawing a mental blank.

It's for general camping, wood prepping for the fire etc and the lucky recipient also dabbles in a bit of fishing.

Budget is no more than £50 which has turned out to be a tricky price point for me. A lot dearer than the cheap jobbies but not enough cash to reach real quality and good looks in a knife.

Any ideas?


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[Robbi]

how soon do you need it ?

 

[Dangerous Dave]

http://heinnie.com/Hunter/p--7838/
Any good?
All the usual disclaimers about not working there.

 

[Corso]

if you could stretch to £60 why not a kit knife like this

 

[Gill]

Really good for the cash ,with change
http://www.ronniesunshines.com/index.php/discounted/finnish-double-combo-pukko-knives.html

 

[Gill]

Or this one a tad more .
http://www.ronniesunshines.com/index.php/discounted/karesuando-boar-survival-knife.html

 

[neoaliphant]

what about a mora clipper.....and 4 spares!

 

[mountainm]

What about a kit?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0038XRKMC/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_gb?ie=UTF8

 

[gabrielsdad]

What about a kit?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0038XRKMC/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_ap_am_gb?ie=UTF8

I had one of these. The mora clipper is a much better blade.

 

[Totumpole]

I quite like the look of this for the price:
http://www.ronniesunshines.com/inde...ves/finnish-wilderness-drop-point-puukko.html

or a little bit more towards the £60 mark:
http://heinnie.com/Knives/Karesuando-Knives/Karesuando-Boar-Carbon/p-92-301-6884/
http://heinnie.com/Knives/Finnish-Wilderness-Knives/Finnish-Wilderness-Birch-Bark/p-92-854-6781/
http://heinnie.com/Knives/Helle-Knives/Helle-Helle-Eggen/p-92-150-1120/

Or as someone mentioned - an enzo trapper kit. Excellent knife, and would dfeel so much more unique if they finnish it themselves.

Good luck

 

[sxmolloy]

http://heinnie.com/Hunter/p--7838/
Any good?
All the usual disclaimers about not working there.

Dave beat me to it, but the Schrade Hunter looks like a nice knife, and it's currently under 1/2 price

 

[Ratbag]

How about a Karesuando Boar at £55 posted? One here: http://www.survivalschool.co.uk/ind...&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=9

Not tried one, and no connection etc

Rat

 

[Ratbag]

Or a classy mora for half as much: http://www.woodsmithstore.co.uk/sho...Sweden+137+Carving+Knife+with+Leather+Sheath/

 

[mountainm]

There's the bear grylls knives - both of which have received good reviews on here. They are a bit "dayglow" though.

as below - the schrades do look good for the price though
http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Schrade-Knives/Schrade-Fixed-Knife/p-92-424-3811/

also

http://www.heinnie.com/Knives/Svord-Knives/Svord-Drop-Point-Hunter/p-92-695-6773/

 

[bob_pickard]

BlackFox hunter or Bowie - great value for money and superb knives. heinnie sell them

 

[decorum]

... Budget is no more than £50 which has turned out to be a tricky price point for me.

A possible candidate here? (Original price is now reduced and the money goes to one of our own )

(EDIT: Item in other thread sold so link has been purposely removed)

 

[Roy]

How about one of these:
http://www.militarymart.co.uk//jaguar-stainless-steel-bushcraft-knife-set/prod_1749.html
I have one of these that i use regular on my outings, nice feel to it, holds an edge reasonably well ans qiute easy to sharpen.
Not that far from you Ormskirk and you can spend the other twenty quid on something else while your there.

 

[Totumpole]

How about one of these:
http://www.militarymart.co.uk//jaguar-stainless-steel-bushcraft-knife-set/prod_1749.html
I have one of these that i use regular on my outings, nice feel to it, holds an edge reasonably well ans qiute easy to sharpen.
Not that far from you Ormskirk and you can spend the other twenty quid on something else while your there.

I've seen those in my google search wanders - IMHO they look horribly manufactured. Even the words "reasonably" and "Quite well" add to the mediocre appeal - Im sure you can get far better for the price.

 

[Prawnster]

Many thanks for all your suggestions guys, I've got plenty to go on there.

I'll let you know what knife is chosen although at this time I feel I might be able to push the budget to a Helle Eggen as it seems to tick all the right boxes.

Cheers
Sean