I have never bought a knife before however I have come to the stage where it would be a really good idea for me to get one, due to hiking in the wilderness, camping and other outdoor activities.
I was looking to get a FIXED blade knife, that will not rust, is good for general wilderness/survival tasks, and would be able to be used in combat with say an aggressive animal.
Basically a good all purpose knife.
I would like it to be around 3 inches in blade length to keep in context with laws.
What are good knife manufacturers and types of knife as well as websites to buy from.
First, check-out the website called knifetests.com . It's has a host of videos that are done by amateur knife enthusiasts, where they torture test all of the popular outdoor survival knives. The nice thing about it is that they are not proverbial protitutes to the knife companies. Therefore, all of their testing is done in a manner to be fair and impartial to all brands of knives.
Second, look into the Schrade Extreme Survival series of knives. I've purchased a few different models of these off of eBay for under $50 each, and can tell you that they are a heck of a lot of knife for the money. They are indeed made in China, but so are so many other branks of knives these days. What Schrade basically did was copy the designs of some other well respected survival style knives and made affordable copies using quality materials.
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