Hi,
lately I often go hiking (1-2 day hiking trips) and decided not to carry fixed blade, all of my gear has to fit into a Maxpedition fatty-sized pouch.
About 95% of time my knife is used for food related tasks and I use SAK or Opinel No8 for that, but sometimes I wish I have more rugged knife so I can do some wood carving, equipment repairs and similar tasks. I don't do fire in outdoors so no batoning and other knife torturing.
As it won't see much use, I would like to be relatively cheap ($70 max), stainless for no maintenance, 3-4" blade and relatively portable. Basically I wanna keep it in pouch and forget on it until I need it.
I prefer mid-end steels like 12c27 for easy sharpening and flat grind for versatility
Any recommendations?
thanks
lately I often go hiking (1-2 day hiking trips) and decided not to carry fixed blade, all of my gear has to fit into a Maxpedition fatty-sized pouch.
About 95% of time my knife is used for food related tasks and I use SAK or Opinel No8 for that, but sometimes I wish I have more rugged knife so I can do some wood carving, equipment repairs and similar tasks. I don't do fire in outdoors so no batoning and other knife torturing.
As it won't see much use, I would like to be relatively cheap ($70 max), stainless for no maintenance, 3-4" blade and relatively portable. Basically I wanna keep it in pouch and forget on it until I need it.
I prefer mid-end steels like 12c27 for easy sharpening and flat grind for versatility
Any recommendations?
thanks