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Knife purchasing recommendations

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  1. ROXRAN

    ROXRAN Member

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    If you are like me, you like the outdoors, you like tools, guns, and even knives...o yea..today it's all about blades..

    I tend to categorize my fixed blade collection into one of three categories: pure survival, bushcraft/survival, and combat/survival
    Keep in mind, I have enough knives, but I want to add just one or two more that I "don't need", but whatever...if women can have extra jewelry,...

    There is a 4th category: pure combat knives, but these are mainly your Gerber defacto double edge Assassin creed style stuff that I couldn't use on my camping trips where you could with a SOG seal team elite. Maybe I'll get one to add to the collection but not for now...

    My pure survival knives: knives designed especially for survival with features to assist built on the knife and/or the sheath -
    Gerber Bear Grylls ultimate (1 with serrations, 1 with fine edge)
    Gerber B.G. Ultimate PRO (on pre order)

    My bushcraft/survival knives: thicker blades, heavier, better steel designed to eat wood and spit it out while having decent survival design or sheath advantages -
    Esee 5 ( a tank of a knife )
    Gerber LMF2 (more of a ankle back up)

    My "combat"/survival knives: clip point blades for piercing, great steel quality, serrations actually welcome unlike the other categories. More for show, less actual utility, but can be used for camping and outdoors-
    Traditional KaBar
    SOG seal team elite

    I think I have a fixed blade knife collection that will outlast me but I can't help but want one or two more and was wondering if anyone had experience and knowledge of what was available and good value for the money. I may just stop where I am at, but was thinking of :
    Gerber LHR (now discontinued but avail.)
    Sog Force
    Gerber Silver Trident

    Only the silver trident exceeds comfortable spending, the rest are avail on amazon at just under or right at $100
     
  2. The Boz

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  3. Big MAK

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    I really like my Fallkniven fixed blade survival knife.
     
  4. BetterThanI

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    I don't own any fixed blades. But on any given day, I'll be carrying a Gerber Paraframe II (partial serration), a Kershaw Blur (fine blade), or a Smith & Wesson Border Guard 2 (partial serration).
     
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  6. Dave_78

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    Never thought I would see a "I want to show off all the **** I know about knives" thread on Clutchfans.
     

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