Mark wrote:Anyone want to try to guess what all of these are? The pink one is a cheap dive-style knife that I got for my daughter when she was 4, but the others should be easy to figure out. (I'll post up what they all are tomorrow)
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Mark it's very easy to figure out as you've posted this information in this thread.
http://indiansforguns.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=15963
The one on the top is a cheap pink diving knife that I bought for my daughter when she was 4, it has a bright pink plastic sheath. At the time it was all I could afford but now I really wish I had sacrificed somewhere else and got her a decent knife as this knife has helped clean more deer than the majority of knives out there.
The next knife is a reground Buck "#119 Special", it was pretty much my first hunting knife back when I thought all woodsmen needed a big knife in order to survive in the woods. This one I got with a broken tip and a noticeable belly where someone had tried to sharpen it with a grinder. I was able to get it re-profiled to where it looks and feels nice, and I gave it a very light sandblasting so it looks not too bad. Anyway, for a fixed woods knife this is the style I like- about this long and with a useable point that is not too weak.
After a few years, I realized that I'd never had to fight any grizzly bears to the death yet but I'd sure used my knife to make a lot of sandwiches so I started using folding knives. The folder on the top is a Kabar, but it has a convex grind to the blade and while it is OK at skinning it is too thick to cut meat cleanly and it hangs up a bit so I don't really like to carry it but it makes a nice loaner knife when I have a friend down to hunt, he can carry this knife and I know he has a decent knife to use.
The next is an Opinel, it is a relatively cheap knife but it is light to carry and cheap enough I do not have to worry about losing or breaking it. As a result, I have this knife in my pocket a lot and it gets used quite a bit. It is a bit thin so one has to be careful and not pry with it but this would be a similar type of knife used by a lot of the true outdoorsmen of the late 1800's-early 1900's. If someone were on a budget but looking for a serviceable knife I would suggest one of these without hesitation. About the only major flaw is the wood can get wet and bind the blade from opening easily so I suggest oiling or varnishing the handle when a person first gets the knife.
Next one down is a Blade-Tech pro-hunter lite. I like it because of the pocket clip, the thinness and because it is easy to open. I carry this knife most of the time.
Last is a Buck #110 folder, I carried this for many years and was my favorite hunting knife until I got the blade tech, a person cannot go wrong choosing one of these as a hunting/camping knife in my opinion but they are thick enough to be uncomfortable in a pocket so a belt pouch is handy
Regards
Moin.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Camus
