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This knife from Stomper is called a Hiker plus or something but to me a better name would be Stompers Basic Survival Knife, the reason being is that IMO this is a definitive survival knife !!!
A hiker knife would IMO be a lightweight necker type or even a Mora but this is one hell of a sturdy knife !!!!!
How do we define a survival knife, I know we have tried before and the term Bushcraft and Survival tend to get confusing !!!!
I believe that a bushcraft knife should be of fairly thin stock and should ideally be accompanied by an axe for the heavier work. A Survival knife, however, should be a sturdier animal yet still of a reasonable size that we don't mind carrying it at al times. A survival knife may be called upon to be used as a hatchet, hammer, piton, ice pick,splitting wedge, froe or foothold so to had to be of good strength and somewhat of a compomise. A thinner bushcraft knife will usually cut better and larger knife chop better but this is the best all rounder and this is what I believe Stomper has made here !!!
I have included a pic with what I consider to be another great survival knife my Swamprat RMD, you will notice they are both very similar in dimensions although I think Stompers is the prettier of the two !!!
Thanks again John this knife is awesome and is gonna see lots of use !!!
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A hiker knife would IMO be a lightweight necker type or even a Mora but this is one hell of a sturdy knife !!!!!
How do we define a survival knife, I know we have tried before and the term Bushcraft and Survival tend to get confusing !!!!
I believe that a bushcraft knife should be of fairly thin stock and should ideally be accompanied by an axe for the heavier work. A Survival knife, however, should be a sturdier animal yet still of a reasonable size that we don't mind carrying it at al times. A survival knife may be called upon to be used as a hatchet, hammer, piton, ice pick,splitting wedge, froe or foothold so to had to be of good strength and somewhat of a compomise. A thinner bushcraft knife will usually cut better and larger knife chop better but this is the best all rounder and this is what I believe Stomper has made here !!!
I have included a pic with what I consider to be another great survival knife my Swamprat RMD, you will notice they are both very similar in dimensions although I think Stompers is the prettier of the two !!!
Thanks again John this knife is awesome and is gonna see lots of use !!!
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