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which is better?

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 02:38:59 No.610299 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>610304 >>610306 >>610463 >>610867 >>615651 >>617220 >>617690

Have never buy knife of that length.
For normal camping and survival situation, which one is better? drop point or the bowie one?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 02:45:51 No.610304 Report

Quoted By: >>610347

>>610299

I like drop, but it literally will never make a lick of difference

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 02:50:54 No.610306 Report

Quoted By: >>610347 >>610431

>>610299
>For normal camping and survival situation
Whichever one is smaller and more safely shaped, likely neither of those really. I'd recommend a decent pocket knife, if all you actually care about is "normal camping", and aren't secretly harboring /k/ or gearfag feelings.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 03:12:54 No.610315 Report

Quoted By: >>610347

I'm about the furthest you can get from a gear queer. You do get what you pay for, but that doesn't mean you can't get a lot of quality packed into a good price, imo.

With that being said, if you're going to buy a hollow handle survival knife you might as well get the 9.99 harbor freight Rambo knife.

>For normal camping and survival situation, which one is better?

The one that is an actual knife, and not a "look, its also a spear" gimmick. In other words, neither of those. If you really want a spear, sharpen a stick with an actual knife.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 04:07:32 No.610347 Report

Quoted By: >>610362 >>610365

>>610304
>literally will never make a lick of difference
this.

>>610306
>a decent pocket knife
how is a pocketknife superior?

>>610315
>if you're going to buy a hollow handle survival knife you might as well get the 9.99 harbor freight Rambo knife.
ehm, Bushman is practically indestructable, tougher than almost all normal knives.

>The one that is an actual knife, and not a "look, its also a spear" gimmick. In other words, neither of those.
So some ESEE and TOPS knives are not knives becuse they are designed to be used as fire drill bearing block.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 04:40:15 No.610362 Report

Quoted By: >>610372 >>615148

>>610347
>fire drill bearing block

I don't see how that has anything to do with a hollow handled "spear" knife. The question was asked about "survival" and being a first camping/survival knife, possible being his only one. The idea of throwing your only knife in that type of situation seems careless.

In the end its your/OPs money and decision. Buy the one on the left. It was just a personal opinion, which I stated. In the end I honestly don't give a fuck.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 04:49:45 No.610365 Report

Quoted By: >>610372

>>610347
>how is a pocketknife superior?
you can put it in you pocket, that normally means it's smaller and lighter, duh
some pocketknives also tend to have more tools then a blade, a small saw i.e.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 05:03:02 No.610372 Report

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>>610362
Can we forget the spear? It's a stupid idea, but it comes naturally with the cheap one-piece-design.

>I honestly don't give a fuck.
Thanks for your honesty.

>>610365
>smaller and lighter, duh
I have a Spyderco Ladybug (and many SAKs,) I like but for /out/ I rather have a fixed blade knife.

>For it's size Bushman is light. It's thin springy steel, not a chopper.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 08:00:16 No.610431 Report

Quoted By: >>610453 >>619979

>>610306
do you plan to go to africa? you want to defend from lions and hippos? no? then you don't need that faggy shit.

have a proper knife, make wooden spear with firehardened tip if you want a spear it will be good enough for just about anything you should hunt with a spear without help or dogs.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 08:03:08 No.610432 Report

Quoted By: >>610453

Just buy a Mora, don't be plaqued by /k/ gearfagottism.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 08:46:48 No.610447 Report

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I use a BG flip knife(w/e fuck you it was cheap) for a pocket knife. Its a drop point and works good for most shit around the cabin. So id say go for those

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 08:55:00 No.610453 Report

Quoted By: >>610477

>>610431
>go to africa?
Can we forget the spear and the name?
>have a proper knife
It is a good knife, just like Mora, dirt cheap but effective.

>>610432
>don't be plaqued by /k/ gearfagottism.
it's you who is bashing a cheap good product.
>Just buy a Mora
Shouldn't you recommend Fallkniven A1 or a GB hatchet - or is that your standard reply for every knife thread?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 09:22:09 No.610463 Report

Quoted By: >>610470 >>613041

>>610299
What's the point of those? No caps on the end, so you can't store shit in them, and no lugs or anything to tie it onto a stick to make a spear.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 09:53:14 No.610470 Report

Quoted By: >>613240

>>610463
>What's the point of those?
cheap beater knives. low hardness, perfect for batoning. can take more abuse than much thicker knives made of hi-end steels, 10 x more expensive.

the other side of the coin is, it requires sharpening more often. but really if you don't go with laminated steels you can't have both a tough, strong blade and good edge retention.

>>610463
>to make a spear
for /out/ that's irrelevant.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 10:15:53 No.610477 Report

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>>610453
You busted me. I work for Mora and I am paid to sit on the computer whole day relentlesly pushing our product on every possibile internet website.

P. S. Just buy a Mora, Fallkniven is too much /k/, Mora ftw

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:32:56 No.610529 Report

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Are there any knives similar to the bushman series?

ie: hollow handle for use as spear

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 20:32:34 No.610867 Report

Quoted By: >>619798

>>610299

Scandi is more wieldy but less choppy

Clip is more choppy but less wieldy

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 15:21:50 No.613041 Report

Quoted By: >>613127 >>614829

>>610463
just jam a cork in the end jackass, it isn't rocket science.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 18:29:08 No.613127 Report

Quoted By: >>613131

>>613041
>jam a cork in the end

>cork falls out, along with all your survival gear
Dankeschon, Herr Obama

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Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 18:48:45 No.613131 Report

Quoted By: >>613239

>>613127
I never said it was a good cap, but it would work. You could probably thread something through the cork and the holes in the sides of the handle to make it stay in well.

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Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 22:08:51 No.613239 Report

Quoted By: >>613714

>>613131
duck tape is the answer to all your woes bitches

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 22:09:53 No.613240 Report

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>>610470
it's not if you find yourself stalked by a grizzly
frankly if you don't have a gun you will want to have a spear.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:12:06 No.613714 Report

Quoted By: >>613728

>>613239
Yeah, thats true, but you don't want adhesive all over the shit you keep in the handle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 17:43:36 No.613728 Report

Quoted By: >>614071 >>614512

>>613714
duck tape is the answer to that too, take small and large stripe put small in middle of large so the adhesive surfaces stick together and you get non sticky cover, there duck tape is love duck tape is life you can make anything out of it including beds and hammocks and bags and cups and plates and the list goes on.

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Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 02:32:57 No.614071 Report

Quoted By: >>614077 >>614099 >>614414 >>617698

>>613728
>love duck tape

then you should probably spell it correctly: 'duct' tape, which I have used many times for many projects, and used exactly once for taping a duct. Unless you mean 'Duck' brand duct tape, which I have found to be inferior to 3M brand.

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Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 02:41:17 No.614077 Report

Quoted By: >>614099

>>614071
... you don't use it for taping ducts, it get brittle with age. Use adhesive back aluminum foil tape you faggot.

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Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 03:12:00 No.614099 Report

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>>614071
>spell it correctly
It was called duck tape before it was used for ducts. I call it Jesus tape or duck tape just to piss you off.

>>614077
This tbh fam.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 17:00:44 No.614414 Report

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>>614071
it was called duck tape because it shed water like the feathers of ducks or something like that

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 18:11:55 No.614426 Report

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"duck" tape was invented during WWII by an ordinance factory worker named Vesta Stoudt. She pitched it to the government as a quick, water resistant way to seal ammo boxes and other crates.

It was called "duck" tape partly for its water resistance and partly because it was made of a thin cotton strapping called duck canvas and then laminated with PE and a rubber adhesive.

It wasn't called "duct" tape until 1950s/60s, when it was used to quickly and cheaply wrap ducts during the post-war suburban construction boom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Oct 2015 21:53:05 No.614512 Report

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>>613728
oh trust me, I know. My brother is a super heavy sleeper, so my dad, cousin, uncle, and I lifted him gently up to the ceiling. We used about 3 rolls and taped him to the ceiling so he couldn't get down without assistance. He was not happy upon waking up.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 15:08:52 No.614825 Report

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Only time I could see a common man using a spear would be for boar hunting, which I enjoy very much but have never used a spear to do so. By all means though OP, those 2 knives are goodn'cheap, so don't let us dissuade you. Especially if you're in a warmer climate, a large knife like that would be lighter than a small knife and a hatchet (which I prefer).

My choice? The Standard. Because of it's slight lighter weight and greater practicality for processing game. The Standard looks like an old world trade knife shape. However, the Bowie is heavier, better for chopping, but not by much considering it's as long as an old USMC MK2 fighting knife. Its really just going to come down to aesthetics OP. The beauty of these knives is the cost.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 15:16:13 No.614829 Report

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>>613041
Spear heads were traditionally held by friction, however because there's a small hole you can thread a screw through, into your handle. It's a gimmick that I've never seen the need to purchase, but apparently some have taken boar with them and brag quite a bit about it. I just... you know, shoot them?

Other than that it's just a decent affordable knife, like a large 10 oz tacticool Mora made of SK-5. Different strokes I guess.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 01:16:59 No.615148 Report

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>>610362
>what is using a spear as a stabbing implement so you have some distance between you and whatever you want to murder

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 22:29:55 No.615651 Report

Quoted By: >>616828

>>610299
your hand WANTS to slide up the blade,, FIXIT, or BLEED!

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 03:01:23 No.615811 Report

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119 buck is where it's at!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 19:49:36 No.616793 Report

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Buddy got a deer with the left one last year so id go with that

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 20:43:13 No.616828 Report

Quoted By: >>617241

>>615651
Yep. In my country (Finland) people used to be killed with knives (puukkos) without any kind of finger guard. There's even a word "puukkojunkkari" describing those people who killed with a scandi grinded knives.
>>615651
I can see your point, but please stop being like mr, knowitall..

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 16:11:52 No.617220 Report

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>>610299
If you get a Cold Steel Bushman I'd advise using with a handle on it. That tapered handle it has has no grip and you hand can easily slide off it on to the blade.
Trust me I know and those things are sharp.
Experience.
Sliced open my left index finger with one.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 16:45:21 No.617241 Report

Quoted By: >>617296

>>616828
god you're a wuss

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:44:21 No.617296 Report

Quoted By: >>617645

>>617241
>god you're a wuss
It's usually the people demanding finger guards that are called wusses. In my country there is a long history of knives without finger guards. A traditional Finnish puukko has no finger guard and that used to be the standard for centuries.

Even today many people think having a knife with a finger guard is like having a bike with training wheels. I will not call you names, but that's just me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 03:00:49 No.617645 Report

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>>617296
Beautiful knife, butt ugly sheath. Why Finland?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 04:50:34 No.617690 Report

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>>610299
TBH that's not a real drop point. Drop points on knives are made for skinning animals. You couldn't skin shit with that thing.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 05:16:31 No.617698 Report

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>>614071
It was actually referred to as duck tape before the duct tape change. To the best of my knowledge, it's not too great for duct work, there are better types of tape for that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 15:55:52 No.617864 Report

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uit is a really nice blade in my opinion. you can easily wrap the handle with paracord. That willl give your hand as well as a cork enough friction so your gear won't fell out and you do not slit your fingers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 11:45:30 No.619798 Report

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>>610867
>scandi

That's not a scandi knife m8

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 12:47:50 No.619823 Report

Quoted By: >>620843

Just get yourself a kunai

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Anonymous Wed 28 Oct 2015 19:39:17 No.619979 Report

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>>610431
If I'm fighting a lion or a hippo I want a fucking gun

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 01:30:12 No.620843 Report

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>>619823
weeb go home

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