Has Anyone found "THE" Knife?

**Siberianfury** · 03-12-2009, 17:27

Lets face it, different knives work for different people, some would be far more comfortable unsing a bowie knife in the woods than a puukko. in my opinion The only "Real" way to find the best design for you is through trial and error.

Has anyone here found "THE" perfect bushcraft knife for them, the one that will do everything you need with ease and quenches the thirst for another blade related purchase. just like ray with his woodlore or mors with his mora.

Have you found yours?

ATB
Josh

**grumit** · 03-12-2009, 17:35

yes i have the perfect knife for me infact two of them both made to what i wanted by alan wood hasn,t stopped me buying others though

**tobes01** · 03-12-2009, 17:37

Oh there it is, it was under the sofa all along.

**Hoodoo** · 03-12-2009, 17:41

Originally Posted by Siberianfury

Lets face it, different knives work for different people, some would be far more comfortable unsing a bowie knife in the woods than a puukko. in my opinion The only "Real" way to find the best design for you is through trial and error.

Has anyone here found "THE" perfect bushcraft knife for them, the one that will do everything you need with ease and quenches the thirst for another blade related purchase. just like ray with his woodlore or mors with his mora.

Have you found yours?

ATB
Josh

If Ray found THE perfect knife with his Woodlore, then why is he carrying a slipjoint in his pocket?

**Siberianfury** · 03-12-2009, 17:43

Originally Posted by Hoodoo

If Ray found THE perfect knife with his Woodlore, then why is he carrying a slipjoint in his pocket?

an example, what i should say is fixed blade. if he designed it over 6 years i reckon he would have changed it if it wasnt perfect for him..

**Shewie** · 03-12-2009, 17:45

I think I'm settled on my Lance Ockenden light bushcrafter now. I won't be buying anymore sharps ever again.

**firebreather** · 03-12-2009, 18:18

Yes

But i like sharp and shiny....so keep buying

Greg

**Chris the Cat** · 03-12-2009, 20:10

Dave Budd,Greenman Pro 1st
Rod Gacia SBT 2nd.
( So far!!) ( can't see a knife getting past the DB tho!!)
Chris.

**Tracer1969** · 03-12-2009, 20:34

For the last 6 months the Tlim bushcrafter.
And all time favorite same as Chris the Cat: Skookum!
And hopefully at the end of the month the Blind Horse Knive Boat tail Scandi :-)

You mean just one??????

**tobes01** · 03-12-2009, 20:40

V happy with my Bernie Garland bushcrafter - the knife's better than I am, so no point in getting sharps lust until I've got my skills together. And I wouldn't know where - if anywhere - to better a BG...

**Front Room Woodlander** · 03-12-2009, 21:30

I have a humble Sheffield steel I made up for wifey. It is used every day in the kitchen, skins game from rabbit to deer and cuts stencils for the children. Cost £5 to buy the blade and almost nought in handleing.

**demographic** · 03-12-2009, 21:45

Originally Posted by Hoodoo

If Ray found THE perfect knife with his Woodlore, then why is he carrying a slipjoint in his pocket?

Dunno bout you lot but if I were him I would use a different tool on every episode and flog em on my site, look at how many people are desperate to buy anything they see on the telly.

I bet he has a fair old chortle to himself about it when he pulls out something different on screen and thinks about the threads people will start as they look for it online

**Ahjno** · 03-12-2009, 22:02

Originally Posted by Siberianfury

Lets face it, different knives work for different people, some would be far more comfortable unsing a bowie knife in the woods than a puukko. in my opinion The only "Real" way to find the best design for you is through trial and error.

Has anyone here found "THE" perfect bushcraft knife for them, the one that will do everything you need with ease and quenches the thirst for another blade related purchase. just like ray with his woodlore or mors with his mora.

Have you found yours?

ATB
Josh

No ...

I've got:

- Mora Clipper

- Alan Wood custom (combination between a Woodlore (handle) and a BB / Martyn designed blade) - honestly I haven't used it that much ... It's more a drawer queen. Shame? Maybe - but currently I see it as an investment, as it's a unique piece

I might order another one some day

- Fallkniven F1 - beast! Shame about the grind ...

- Fallkniven WM1 look-a-like, custom jobbie by sc_barker, great little knife - currently my favourite

Search continious:

- Skookum on order ...

**rawshak** · 03-12-2009, 22:04

I got my first knife in 1976 and have been collecting ever since. I'll never find the knife you speak of, as I have so many favorites for so many different reasons. In a collection of over 300 knives, I still don't have one that fulfills ALL of my needs in a knife. How could I? I would never try to baton a log with my favourite skinning knife.

I have favorite knives, suited to the task at hand, for example, I always take a cheap stainless knife (usually a mora), when I go to the beach as salt water is so unforgiving. I take a smaller knife (like my Fallkniven WM1), if I'm carrying an axe, where's the F1 is usually my choice if I'm only carrying one tool...

Wish I could say I had a favorite, but I'm just too fickle...

**JonathanD** · 03-12-2009, 23:37

Took me ages and cost loads, with prototypes aplenty from Alan Wood and Stu Mitchell to get the design right, it's now perfect...

Stag in 01 for bushcrafting in northern woodlands

Carbon fibre and RWL-34 for more damp conditions and hotter climates

**dazb** · 04-12-2009, 03:30

I have a Wilkinson sword woodlore, Cold steel Master hunter, Mora, Pat Mitchell,
Charles May(USA), and even made couple myself and still don't think I have found the perfect knife,
Though out of the lot the Cold steel master hunter knife is the one I keep going back to most and was probably the cheapest out of the lot.
I have also had a knife made to my design from Lance Okenden (Driftwoodwalker) from BB though I have not really had a chance to test it yet through work commitments.

**waldorf** · 04-12-2009, 08:36

Hi
Not been around for ages but here`s 2 that I really like Ben Orford Woodlander and a 2mm Bison knife. I nearly got rid of the Bison once

...so glad I didn`t a really useful knife.

**FGYT** · 04-12-2009, 08:54

Havent actually bought another fixed knife for using since the Mora a couple of years ago

did buy a Helle-Bard for £30 but only cause it was an unusual model and i had one in the series already

infact i rarely buy knives other than those 2 ive bought a couple of Svord Pesants just to play with and a cheap SPyderco just to have a look this year

then back in the 90's i got a SAK locker and a new Kukri

**Tony** · 04-12-2009, 09:11

I use this nearly all the time

I'm tempted to get one made but nearly the same as this as it's a fantastic knife. I've got a few nice knives and I've given loads away over the years and find myself coming back to this type or a plastic handled Mora

**tombear** · 04-12-2009, 09:16

Grohmanns Large Camper in stainless steel. I have bought other knives, more or less on whims to try them out but this is the one I use all the time. The only thing I would replace it with would be a custom copy if I had the money to burn more or less just because I like one off hand made things.

I've never had a problem with the steel as some seam to, or carving wood with it. I use it for everything, even all the cooking at home.

I would consider taking along the flat grind Grohmanns Survival Knife, top right

If I knew I was going to be doing lots of hacking of wood but thats more my being lazy and not wanting to sharpen the large camper.

Each to their own.

ATB

Tom

**Ogri the trog** · 04-12-2009, 10:00

I tend to think that "THE" knife of which you speak does not exist anywhere and never will.
The last knife I bought was a Mora Clipper which does everything I ask of it - I also make a few from recycled steel, which means I can play with designs and dimensions but rarely keep any of them for long periods.
One thing that has become apparent is that I'm now sufficiently comfortable with my technique, that I can take almost any blade and produce acceptable results with it - not boasting but you learn to adapt your style to the tools and resources available.

ATB

Ogri the trog

**leon-1** · 04-12-2009, 13:09

Have I ever found "THE KNIFE".

Yes................Plenty of times until experience tells you otherwise.

I have a reasonable collection, but I have favourites.

The Mora No'1 or mora classic is a big favourite and probably the knife that I use more than any other.
The Brusletto Polen (I think) is another.
I am a big fan of the Russel knife / Grohmann Boat Knife as it's one of the best tools to use over a prolonged period of time that I have ever come across.
The Fallkniven F1 is without a doubt one of the most bombproof knives I have ever used.
The Skookum Bushtool is another very good knife as is the Gene Ingram #6, the Gene Ingram #30 and the Alan Blade's so on and so forth.

I am like Tony I always come back to the little Mora, it's light, basic and it works.

**eraaij** · 04-12-2009, 16:33

There is no single knife that will do it all 'with ease'. They all work better one way or another, so at best it is a compromise.

For knife work - I more or less found peace with a Skookum Bush Tool in 3mm for the "large motor skills" and for detail work the Alu SAK. Sometimes, that AW Woodlore gets a spin, but I find the SBT covering a larger range in which it is comfortable to use. The Alu SAK gets sometimes replaces by a Falkie U2 or my Laguiole - especially when butchering game. I kinda like them for that.

-Emile

**demographic** · 04-12-2009, 18:29

I was under the impression that the standard thing to do was in this order...

1, Buy Frosts Mora, use for a while.

2, Buy several really expensive and posh knives.

3, Leave the really expensive and posh knives in a drawer and use the Mora.

4, Flog the posh expensive stuff off at a massive loss.

5, Mebbe make a leather sheath for the Mora

**Siberianfury** · 04-12-2009, 18:40

alot of people do go back to moras, personaly i dislike synthetic handles, but apart from the blisters from the clipper its a good knife, i always use mine for the rough D.I.Y jobs that may ruin my customs lol.

**leon-1** · 04-12-2009, 18:53

Originally Posted by Siberianfury

alot of people do go back to moras, personaly i dislike synthetic handles, but apart from the blisters from the clipper its a good knife, i always use mine for the rough D.I.Y jobs that may ruin my customs lol.

The Mora knife has a birch handle mate, the clipper is a mora but the model number is 860 I think and the other one known as the training knife was something like the 760.

When I talk about the mora knife I refer to the Mora knife Classic or the Mora knife Classic Original which is what is pictured in Tony's post.

**Tiley** · 04-12-2009, 19:32

The knife that I always reach for is my Skookum Bush Tool in 01. Then, it's a close run thing between my SBT in S30V, a Bushcraft Northwest knife (rehandled and resheathed by Ben Orford), an Alan Wood stainless bushcrafter (not the Woodlore but quite similar) and a Ben Orford Woodlander.

When I'm teaching, I do enjoy using the Mora training knives but always go back to the more beautiful, more comfortable and more familiar hand-made numbers.

Maybe the SBT will be shuffled off its perch in January by the arrival of one of Bernie's masterpieces. Who knows? But, until that time, Rod Garcia's little piece of perfection is THE knife for me.

**Siberianfury** · 04-12-2009, 19:48

Originally Posted by Tiley

The knife that I always reach for is my Skookum Bush Tool in 01

MY Bushcraft knife is pretty similar to a SBT, but has a higher grind and different scales.
basicly a full tang Puukko, personaly i dont think it gets much better

Originally Posted by leon-1

The Mora knife has a birch handle mate, the clipper is a mora but the model number is 860 I think and the other one known as the training knife was something like the 760.

When I talk about the mora knife I refer to the Mora knife Classic or the Mora knife Classic Original which is what is pictured in Tony's post.

never tried one of those mate, hence wouldnt know.
i may end up getting one one day.

**johnnytheboy** · 04-12-2009, 23:04

Mora 760 with a blue handle, I have allsorts of knifes and unlimited amount of cash to buy any knife i so please, this one just seems to fit my hand well, plus its stainless steel so doesnt rust when its lying in a puddle of water in the canoe and the handle is blue so if i leave it lying in the grass i can find it easily.

Will soon be perfect when I get a custom sheath for it.

**JohnC** · 04-12-2009, 23:30

I use the bushtool clone I made, failing that its an opinal.

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