Stalking Knives
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long_range_rob
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Stuart Mitchell, Alan Wood or Emberleaf. All superb knives, well made and will last your lifetime. That said the design you like is personal to you and based on your primary use.
I have Emberleaf knives, for the money you will get a much better knife.
I personally use knives by Peter Eaton, superior materials and all bespoke hand crafted heir looms that will last several lifetimes.
However, ask 100 people and you will get 100 answers.
Go with what style you like and what feels good in your hand with good balance.
I personally use knives by Peter Eaton, superior materials and all bespoke hand crafted heir looms that will last several lifetimes.
However, ask 100 people and you will get 100 answers.
Go with what style you like and what feels good in your hand with good balance.
As above, but add Peter Eaton to the list
Is the blood from your hand slipping onto the blade?
Erik Hamburger
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I use mainly cheap, £5-£10 knives, such as the Hultaforce Craftsman knife. at £4.95. They have to be sharp, highly visible, and easy to clean - and they do the job just fine.
On the other hand, many Stalkers buy custom jobs - you're looking at £150-£250 ish. Do you really need it? No. Is is nice to look at and feels like quality craftmanship? Yes.
A good and reasonable alternative is available around £40: Boker 440a steel Magnum Elk Hunter. You have something with the feel and look of a custom knife, but at a much more acceptable price point.
Now, I have looked into steel types for hunting knives. Elmax Steel comes out top, in my view. The search continuous for a modestly priced Hunting Knife made with Elmax Steel.
Remember steel cannot be and hard, and flexible, and not brittle, and retaining an edge forever, and easy to sharpen, all at the same time. It is a sliding scale with pro's an con's on both side of that scale - you can't haver it all, even if some Custom knife makers want you to think so.
On the other hand, many Stalkers buy custom jobs - you're looking at £150-£250 ish. Do you really need it? No. Is is nice to look at and feels like quality craftmanship? Yes.
A good and reasonable alternative is available around £40: Boker 440a steel Magnum Elk Hunter. You have something with the feel and look of a custom knife, but at a much more acceptable price point.
Now, I have looked into steel types for hunting knives. Elmax Steel comes out top, in my view. The search continuous for a modestly priced Hunting Knife made with Elmax Steel.
Remember steel cannot be and hard, and flexible, and not brittle, and retaining an edge forever, and easy to sharpen, all at the same time. It is a sliding scale with pro's an con's on both side of that scale - you can't haver it all, even if some Custom knife makers want you to think so.
Get one if you can afford it , just don't loose it,, but they are works of art
Knives are knives , ill.use any knife as long as its sharp ,
If its sharp its sharp., its just a tool, no such thing as a stalking knife IMO , I've just sold my hand mades ,,,,, because , I don't need them ,
But , a good knife is great to own ,
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,
Get it bought if ya want one ,and enjoy
Kjf
What do you call modestly priced in terms of finding a knife using Elmax as the steel? Brisa do a Trapper 115 in Elmax with a flat grind for around £200. If you can put up with a Scandi grind, they do one around the £170 mark. Good steel and good knives.
Have a look here late each Sunday for the latest offerings:
www.customknife.co.uk
The Tom Weldon looks very nice, useable and frankly a far better investment than an Emberleaf IMHO.
Don’t be governed by trends, but rather trust your eye & gut. It’s nice to stand apart from the crowd.
K
customknife.co.uk - Hunting
website of custom and handmade knives by top uk makers, Alan Wood, Geoff Hague, Stu Mitchell, etc.
www.customknife.co.uk
Don’t be governed by trends, but rather trust your eye & gut. It’s nice to stand apart from the crowd.
K
jimmer.13
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Reckon I now have more knives than the mrs has shoes (well maybe not quite)
I rate them all got some Boker puma white hunter some custom ones from D Most. All fantastic but as of late I have been using a Victoria knox hunter. As a folder can’t beat it in my own opinion. Holds a cracking edge the saw carves up a fallow rib cage with ease and the gut hook serrated blade is great for skinning.
Cracking little tool.
Open your wine after washing the larder down too
I rate them all got some Boker puma white hunter some custom ones from D Most. All fantastic but as of late I have been using a Victoria knox hunter. As a folder can’t beat it in my own opinion. Holds a cracking edge the saw carves up a fallow rib cage with ease and the gut hook serrated blade is great for skinning.
Cracking little tool.
Open your wine after washing the larder down too
baguio
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And plenty of places for bacteria etc to hide. Thanks but I will stick to a mora and buy 2 for £20.
jimmer.13
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No soap or hot water where you live chap???
That website proudly advertises a Greenman knife for sale at £175! With complimentary remarks.Have a look here late each Sunday for the latest offerings:
The Tom Weldon looks very nice, useable and frankly a far better investment than an Emberleaf IMHO.customknife.co.uk - Hunting
website of custom and handmade knives by top uk makers, Alan Wood, Geoff Hague, Stu Mitchell, etc.
Don’t be governed by trends, but rather trust your eye & gut. It’s nice to stand apart from the crowd.
K
Doesn’t inspire confidence in the owner’s abilities.
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baguio
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Nooks and crannies are a terrible idea on knives. You never heard of food poisoning? Maybe you need to read up on it? It's a killer! New people to our hobby need to know that knives like that are not ideal and that you need to be very careful if that's what you're using. Personally, I can't be bothered with the faff of trying to get gunk out of the hard to reach bits when there are so many, much better and cleaner designs for half that money.
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