Going on motorcycle trip, what knife to bring?

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TerryL

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This spring I will be taking a 3 week trip through the southeast on my Harley. Being a knife nut, I am in conundrum on what to bring.

I'm asking for some recomendations, bear in mind the following:
Please limit the selection to two knifes, maybe three.
Packing is a consideration, I will need to have one on my person at all times, so wear-ability is a factor. I will need one at the top of my pack, so access is a factor. Other factors are defense, general utility, cigar clipping, and fingernail cleaning.

The knives must be bombproof for a epic trip, so help me choose wisely.

For starters, I'm thinking:
Busse Natural Outlaw and a Strider Folder
or
Busse Attack Badger and Large Sebenza

Please give me some advice. What are some other recomendations?

TerryL
 
For a larger blade "Just cuz" (cause? lol) knife that can be seriously abused without really caring, I'd suggest a CS SRK...

For the EDC, and "Just cuz ptII", I'd take something like a Spyderco Endura, for the same reason listed above...

And lastly, the perennial favorite, the Victorinox SAK...

You'd be looking at 3 knives for roughly $100, they'll take care of about 99.5% of your needs, and if you lose, damage, or give them away you won't shed a tear...

Plus, they're light...less than a pound total weight.

BOL, and enjoy the ride! It sounds like a real 'hoot'!
 
Can I throw a question of my own into this thread?
Would a CRKT Kasper fixed blade ziptied onto the frame of my motorcycle be considered concealed carry?
Sorry to but in!
 
Thanks, one of the considerations is to have access to a larger knive, but have it out of sight. I will have something like the CRKT or a Busse within reach.

I am thinking of something with a tanto tip for defense.
 
Gotta agree with Mel. And if they ever get lost you won't cry that much about them like you would the busse.
 
Don't bikers - by law - have to ride with a Buck 110 on their belt? I wouldn't mess with that tradition. If you have the dough and the time, order up a custom 110 from Pete's custom shop with choice steel, stag handles, etc.

For a second knife, assuming you have a set of bike tools already, I'd say a Victorinox Tinker or Spartan (can you tell I'm something of a minimalist?). If you don't have bike tools, then a Leatherman is a definite need.
 
When I ride, I like to take a balisong as my belt knife. Very little chance of it coming open or poking through a sheath and making matters worse in a get-off. Get a Microtech Tachyon or a Monarch if you can, otherwise, Benchmade makes them with several blade shapes including a chisel-tip (tanto). What more bad ass cigar clipper can you get than that?

For your pack, if you don't want to go hand made, I would go for a TOPS Alligataconda-thing:

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or:

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That should be just about all the attitude you would need.

Actually, for my tank bag, I would prefer a Mad Dog Voodoo Hound, or a Larry Harley Battle Bowie, but those are pretty hard to come by.
 
..."Oh teve hervey you big mankey hatter you!

You bet you take maddag nife on you bike so dem occifer will playn with you paynis!

Why you gone need some beeg nife? you goin hunt dem mankeys fro de mankey praty?" :p

"Billy Tran Lives!"
 
My general choice would be a fixed blade, a folder, and a multi-tool.

For the fixed blade I'd go for one of Bob Dozier's designs. My Texas #6 (5-1/2" blade) is exactly the knife I want for almost any occasion.
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His standard Wilderness Knife or Ranger designs would be excellent choices too.

For the folder I can't argue with a CRK Large Sebenza, but I would also consider a Benchmade 710. That recurve blade can do just about anything and it is sometimes handy to have a fully ambidextrous folder.

For a single multi-tool I'd take a Victorinox SwissTool X. However, I like to carry two, for jobs that require more than one tool at a time. My preferred pair is a Gerber Legend and a Victorinox SwissChamp XLT. I'll admit that I am not a minimalist in this area. :)

Hope you have a wonderful trip!

--Bob Q
 
Originally posted by Melvin-Purvis
..."Oh teve hervey you big mankey hatter you!

You bet you take maddag nife on you bike so dem occifer will playn with you paynis!

Why you gone need some beeg nife? you goin hunt dem mankeys fro de mankey praty?" :p

"Billy Tran Lives!"
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Ya, we lik a praty, big time, in souteest, but you can fin no mankey hat in te swomp, get yu mankey sponked big time. We praty down her wit Billy Bob Tran, wit te big knif we hak te heds of them copperhed snaks, pel tem lik a big banana and rost tem on a stik. Ho, we hav te big snak rost, praty beg tim, you need big nife wit rop to tro at te water snaks, or yu get to close, te snak bit yu rit on te paynis, swell up like a Presto Log, hot dam in te swomp.
 
May I humbly suggest that you take a multitool that has vise grips built in? They can substitute for a shift lever, rear brake lever or any number of parts that might divorce themselves from your ride late at night:D I have used my Kershaw multi tool to hold the exhaust pipe in place until I could get to civilization. The blade is big enough on it to be really practical too. I haven't researched multi tools in a very long time, so there could be a lot more that offer vise grips. It is a feature that can make life a lot easier when Murphy attacks a long way from help.
david
 
Thanks for all the great responses, especially for the vise-grips. But I still can't figure out what Steve Harvey is saying?!?
At any rate,

It's come down to a Busse Natural Outlaw, Strider Mini Spear folder, and a Victorinox
 
>"It's come down to a Busse Natural Outlaw, Strider Mini Spear folder, and a Victorinox"

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And what kind of cell phone? :p
 
I would feel preveledged (dang, once you start, it is hard to stop) to go on a ride with that selection of blades. Good choices.

When you feel like wasting time on something really dumb, do a search in the archives on Billy Tran. He got banned in about five minutes, but while he was here, he left some amazingly obnoxious posts that people are still laughing and shaking their heads about years later.
 
Sorry to argue against big blades on a bike, but as a biker in a somewhat anti-biker region, I'm paranoid from having seen to many pulled bikers, and been in a group that was pulled.

I wouldn't carry anything beyond what you can explain to the kindly officer who might/will pull you simply for being on two wheels. If you're going to camp out, then you could probably explain a large fixed blade (perhaps even a patrol machete). Otherwise, a very solid folder, and a good multi-tool. I would keep the multi-tool simple (it sucks when your tools break). As for Vise-grips--oh, yes--but I'm assuming you're carrying a tool kit, which is where those belong.

You lucky stiff--keep the shiny side up!
 
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