What BIGGER or CAMP Knife Do You Pack on Your Hunts??

[Nala]

Hey all,

YEP, another knife thread.  PICS are encouraged too!

One of my other loves are knives.  Can you ever have too many knives?  Anyway, I was looking through some AG Russell catalogs and website and thinking about what would be a good LARGE knife to also carry on a hunt.  SO many great knives out there though.  I'm not talking about anything too outrageous, I probably would limit my choice to UNDER 8 inches of blade length.

Some of the ones I have looked at and thought about maybe getting are the Puma Bowie, Cold Steel Recon Scout, Becker BK6, Grohmann Survival Knife, Randall Model 25(if I ever had that much extra cash), Becker Magnum Camp Knife, and the AG Russell Field Knife 2.  Like I said, a LOT of AWESOME knives out there.

I also don't want to shortchange some of the custom makers here who make gorgeous knives every day.  I'm sure I could get exactly what I wanted with any of them and one day I hope to own a few of them.

SO, I'd like to see what LARGE knives you all carry and use when you go afield hunting, fishing or just hanging out in the woods just to BE in the outdoors.

If you have pics....please post.

If you have recommendations, that would be great too.

So, lets see 'em....and hear what you like and use on your trips afield.

Thanks,

Nalajr

[RLA]

USMC  KA-BAR  full size 7" blade

[Flying Dutchman]

I always carry a copy of the crocodile hunter bowie (as used in the movie "Crocodile Dundee"). The blade is 10 inches and I like it very much. I own this knife for more then 25 years and it has seen lots of abuse. It is a real user and my wife gave it to me as a present       . It still cuts paper without any problems. It was made by a German blacksmith.

Knives are my second love too! I own 4 Bark Rivers, some Bucks, some Kabars, one SOG (the legendaric Scuba Demo) and then some more.

My latest purchase was a semi-custom Bark River Bravo-1. Blade made of CPM 3V steel and the handle is made of blue/gold elder burl. Not bad at all...

   

[Ben Maher]

those Bravo 1's are sweet !

[Flying Dutchman]

Yup, Bark River has great stuff, but the Bravo-1 is one of my favorites. Build like a tank and nuke-proof! It is insane sharp, the hairs will jump offf your arm when they see that knife coming... Another model I like very very much is their Canadian Special. There is something about that knife that is just right!I have one made of A2 steel and with an antique Ivory micarta handle:
   

[Paul Shirek]

Cold Steel Recon Scout

[Ron LaClair]

I carry the "LaClair Bowie"...   :rolleyes:  It has a 10" blade of 5160 carbon alloy steel. A choice of stag or walnut scales, it's a beefy knife that gets any job done.

 http://www.shrewbows.com/bowieknife/

   

[koger]

LIke RLA said, Ka-Bar USMC with a 7" bowie is hard to beat, had one since I was 12, am 50 now. I also use a newer Ka-BAR Warthog, shorter blade, but much wider, deep hollow ground and same weight as the full length one. I am making one for myself now, classic bowie, with a 8 1/2 inch blade, sharpened clip with a tip you can pic briars out of your hand with. Making this from an old sawmill circle saw. Last  year at the Tenn. Classic, Rob Tattoo on here and I were at my booth, discussing knives. Rob brought up a saying I strongly agree with, which is"You can do a little job, with a big knife, but cant do a big job with a small knife".

[bigbadjon]

I usually carry a 10in BR Golok or Marbles Trailmaker for clearing brush. Then for everything else I use a 3.5 in hunting knife my brother made.

[Frenchymanny]

Here is my Laclair bowie in its natural environment:

 

Love that knife! (It has special scales to boot!)

F-Manny

[Ron LaClair]

Mannys knife is a special one of a kind. He wanted an osage handle on his knife and I didn't have any on hand. I had a bow on the wall that had been made for me by Don Adams in 1981, 83#@ 28". I killed a nice buck with it before it broke. I wrapped the broken limb and hung it on the wall under the mounted buck. When I need some osage I took it down and we got enough wood for Mannys knife out of it.

Then we put an elk horn burl on it and made a walking stick out of the rest of the bow.

Maybe someday Manny will have the walking stick but for now, I need it...   :D  

   

[Hit-or-Miss]

Hunting I carry an old Uncle Henry's stockman 3 blade my Dad gave me as a teen, or one of my other "family knives".

Camping; I use a Cold Steel Trailmaster Bowie, it's so sharp, I can get cut just thinking about it.

[Lin Rhea]

If I carry a Camp Knife, this is it. The blade is 9 3/4 inch with the over all length being 15 inches. I like spring steel for the blade, this one is 5160. The carry system is as importand as the knife. I like a belt with a shoulder strap or a harness similar to Rons LaClair's. This keeps it where you want it and easy to hand.
 

[Squirrel Bait]

I tote a Lin Rhea hunter on my side everyday. If I got my snake boots on there is a Original Bowie stuck down in one of them. I have a Kershaw Outcast that I take if I'm building ground blinds.

[Ron LaClair]

 The carry system is as importand as the knife. I like a belt with a shoulder strap or a harness similar to Rons LaClair's. This keeps it where you want it and easy to hand.  

   

[Alexander Traditional]

Bob Dozier Wilderness Knife

[Alexander Traditional]

Other side.

[olddogrib]

KaBar Becker BK2.  It certainly isn't the quintessential "deer skinner", but it will do that and everything else a razor sharp pry-bar should do. If Armageddon starts while in your tree stand, it's the knife you want on you.  (and I've got one with Xtra's listed in the classifieds)

 

[Ron LaClair]

Here's the one I'll never be without when I'm in the woods.  

 http://shrewbows.com/laclair_skinner/index.html  

 

[Butch Speer]

Ron,
That Skinner is just a good lookin' blade!