Fixed-Blade Knives

Featured review by BrianD

Fantastic knife with excellent ergonomics and a simple, stout, and sharp blade.

With all the buzz around the word “Bushcraft“ in the past 5-10 years, it has almost become like “tactical“ (aka “tacticool”) with regard to items being marketed towards the Urban Lumberjack crowd that spends more bank on products for their beards per month than most families spend on groceries. I’m not sure which direction things like that are heading. Quite frankly, I don’t care. I needed a knife that would be used in the woods, not one that would sit on a shelf to be admired.

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Featured review by Daniel Oates

Can’t beat the price for what you get! Very sharp right from the start, it’s a great multi-purpose carbon steel knife, very functional drop point blade. From prepping camp food to cutting rope, I’d recommend for anyone’s pack.

I've had this knife for a little over three months and it has become my go-to knife both on and off the trail. From opening and breaking down cardboard boxes, to cutting lengths of rope, and even cutting some pepperoni while car camping it has performed awesome! Costing just a little over $13 from Amazon the following is what is included and its attributes: Carbon steel knife (see "Maintenance") - Made in Sweden Rubberized handle Plastic sheath 8.5 inches from handle end to blade tip Knife is 4 ounces (I do not have a digital scale, unconfirmed) You can see the comparison of its total 8.5" length and the blade height when next to a steak knife.

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Featured review by Brent Mills

Best camping knife I have ever owned.

I was given this knife about two years ago as a groomsman's gift.  It quickly replaced my old Gerber fixed blade as my favorite hiking knife. CONSTRUCTION The construction of this knife is fantastic. It has taken a serious beating from me and still looks and feels good-as-new. The blade itself holds a razor edge easily while I'm out in the woods (I usually realign it once every few months with a carbide sharpener).   While the knife does not use a full tang, the tang is well attached to the handle.

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Featured review by Spenser-Survival Intuition

A true bushman's knife for EDC...inexpensive but NOT cheaply made. Great for camping trips. Durable for medium use. Sleek design.

    An incredibly sharp carbon steel blade with wood handle                             Condor Tool  &  Knife Bushlore About 7-8 years ago I purchased several different survival knives to test and review with this being one of them. I spent a few months researching and reading reviews of survival/bushman knives. The Condor Tool and Knife Bushlore is a really good knife, but not at a price that breaks the bank. The Specs: Blade Length: 4-5/16"  Blade Thickness: 1/8" Overall Length: 9-5/16" Blade Material: 1075 High Carbon Steel 0.77 lbs Handle: Hardwood manufactured in El Salvador   This knife has what I call a retro look.

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Reviewed by Wolfed

Newest fixed blade from Benchmade.

  Today I get to give you my assessment of my newest acquisition. Always looking for the perfect knife, I've probably found it already in the past but I keep looking for the little extra.  This purchase was made for two reasons. The first, I wanted to try a fix blade for an EDC, and the second, I wanted to try the new magnacut steel. I did a lot of reading and there are a lot of choices out here to fit what I was looking for. In the end for me, Benchmade nailed the design and the look.

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Featured review by Lc14

When I think of this knife, my knife I think of the following: reliable, quality construction, consistent performance, superior value. This is the single kinfe i've recommended most and i equally recommend it to you. Best uses for me have been camping and hiking, meal preparation and fishing, and miscellaneous uses.

In my lifetime i've owned may knives from folders to fixed. I can honestly say, without a shadow of a doubt, this has got to be the best knife i've ever had and i'll tell you why. HANDLE/GRIP- this thing won't slide out of your hand even if you have fluids all over it and you can't beat the functionality of glass reinforced nylon. AESTHETICS- this things looks racy without being aggressive and superior styling makes it look elegant even dignified. BANG FOR THE BUCK- i got mine for 60 on ebay.

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Featured review by Brady Patterson

Solid, all-round bushcraft/survival knife. My go-to bush blade. Heavy enough to do most anything and lives in my pack. This knife is perfect for all but the most delicate carving tasks, and I would steer folks to this blade as a budget version of a heavy duty blade that's ready to go! No modifications are necessary.

Everything about this knife just works. I've used multiple Morakniv knives and so far, this is superior to the ones I've used.  I teach basic survival programs and this is one of the knives I suggest for the people that really dig taking this kind of training further. I supply the group with Morakniv 511's, which are great, but this is much better.  The handle feels great and I find sticks to the hand well when wet (which is normal here in the coastal rainforest of Canada).  The sharpened spine works great to shower sparks from a ferro road and for scraping bark to make tinder.

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Reviewed by Thekiller

Hello, I bought my awesome Brand New SOG Super Bowie knife (paid a hefty price for it, too) about 2 weeks ago. I bought it off of Ebay and bought it brand new.  When it arrived and I unboxed it, it was boxed and packaged very professionally and as if extreme care was used by SOG.  The knife is massive and definitely a must-have.  The blade came incredibly sharp and with an awesome, very shiny wear-resistant coating! Just from handling the SOG Super Bowie, and looking at it, you can tell that is is built extremely sturdy and rugged.

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Featured review by Shenora1116

This thing is a BEAST!!!! Glad to be the first to review one of the best items of gear that I own. I would advise anyone spending time in the outdoors to at least give it a shot. You can also find it online for around $60, and it more than pays for itself. You can check out my mod's photos for the BK2 on my profile.

BK2 specs: 5 1/4 inch Bade-  10 1/2 inch Overall-  Full Tang 1095 CroVan Steel-  Flat Ground Drop Point @ 20 Degrees Blade is 1/4 inch thick-  Hammer Pummel as Butt Cap-  Overall Weight is 1lb-  Made in USA   Ok... first off, if you happen to be one of those super ultralight hikers that swears by his or her Swiss Army blade; go ahead and skip this review. But, if you love the outdoors and realize that the most important piece of gear you carry along with you happens to be the piece of steel attached to your belt; then by all means...

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Reviewed by Donald H Ridenour

Machete is sharp out of box and the sheaf is good quality with plenty of cord to lash it to a pack. The price for this machete is very reasonable. It is durable, well balanced and usable.

This machete is easy to wield. I can chop thru some pretty good sized limbs and small logs with this just as fast and safer than my camp ax or hatchet. The balance on this blade is good, weight is forward for better chopping, and the handle has good grip with places to tie a lanyard. The sheaf is good quality with eyelets all the way around it and a quite a bit of cord so I can easily lash it to my packs any way I want. It is much lighter than my ax or hatchet and takes up far less space than my ax making it far easier to pack.

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