[gtyruzzel]

I am looking for something with a bigger blade than my Swiss Army knive and it should be spring assisted.

What would you recommend up to 300 USD?

[Stasher11]

What will you be doing with it?

[gtyruzzel]

What will you be doing with it?

Will be using it when I go to do outdoor activities, so cutting wood, food etc.

[Stasher11]

Well, I'm partial to Kershaw. Great blades, nice designs, and they last. I have two Leeks and one Zing. The Leeks are both speed assisted, while the Zing has a cool blade launcher feature that doesn't use any spring or torsion assistance. It's about the same speed once you get used to it. I would imagine that you might want a bigger blade, but I'd check out Kershaw and see what you like.

[Eh085zE7]

I´m a big fan of Laguiole knives, so i´d have a look at one of those.
I got this one btw, went for 300$

http://s3.directupload.net/images/100827/zwdwbo32.jpg
http://s1.directupload.net/images/100827/noty8zln.jpg

[gtyruzzel]

maybe something with a bigger blade

nice knive tough

[SpecialOFFER]

I've got a few knives.

A CRKT M21-14SF - Tough as nails and wicked sharp.



And also my fixed blade: Gerber LMF II (All USA Made and the Steel ) RIDICULOUSLY SHARP


Gerber also has some GREAT spring assisted folders as well.

[rostpribru]

Will be using it when I go to do outdoor activities, so cutting wood, food etc.

The an assisted knife is not what you are looking for. Plain as that. The springs add yet another point of failure both in terms of locking, and in terms of something to break when you use the knife hard, and something to clean when you inevitably drop it into the dirt. If you don't know what I am talking about, buy a cheapish Kershaw Leek (great everyday knife), and take it apart, then put it back together in working order. Hint: read instructions online, because if you don't the little torsion spring will never be found again.

Here is suggestion number 1: use a fixed blade knife for outdoor activities. They are orders of magnitude stronger, and much easier to clean.

Suggestion number 2: if you MUST use a folding knife, use a large knife with wash-through construction (meaning separators for handle scales must be posts), which automatically excludes ALL back-lock knives from the discussion. Really, variants of the axis lock and liner lock are the only things you should be using... and the axis lock knives are expensive and easier to damage the lock.

Suggestion number 3: the best outdoor folding knife is something cheap, replaceable, rust-resistant and easy to sharpen. I'll recommend the Spyderco Tenacious or Resilience depending on how large you want it. If you insist on spending a lot of money, a Benchmade Rukus or Mini-Rukus is good. If you will use the knife in a salt water environment, the Spyderco Salt models are great, as they pretty much don't rust at all, but the backlocks are hard to clean, and the H1 steel has peculiar properties.

I can recommend some small-ish fixed blade knives for much less than you are prepared to spend, which will work much better for outdoor activities than any assisted knife.

That being said, the large Kershaw assisted knives will do the job... they are reasonably priced (under $60, and the C18N28 is a decent steel, but trust me - you will regret your decision.

In summary, a $10 Mora will be "better" for outdoor activities than a $1500 assisted Ken Onion knife. Personally, I use a small-frame custom fixed blade from John Landi. It's a 3.9" drop point high-hardness carbon-steel knife with a canvas micarta handle, and a Kydex sheath with multiple drain holes. Despite not being stainless, it has never rusted on me. I simply clean it after every trip, spray some Pam on it (canola cooking oil) and wipe the oil off with a paper towel. I had the blade profiled to a gentle full flat grind, and the edge is profiled at a 20-degree angle for strength. It's sharp enough to shave, easy to sharpen, and can be used to split a log if need be (batoning is for those who lack the foresight to bring a hatchet though). I've owned it for 3 years now, and it's been with me through maybe three dozen trips, and never failed. I paid something like $150 for it including the custom sheath.

For pre-made stuff, I really like the Rat cutlery RC-3 and RC-4 knives. They are small enough to be unobtrusive, but strong and robust.

P.S. Don't even think of getting serrated edges for anything, and even worse - combination serrated/plain (like the knives in the photos above) - they are truly and utterly useless. Carry a Leatherman with a small saw and a dedicated serrated blade for hard rope cutting. If you do outdoor stuff, you should be carrying a multitool with pliers anyway.

[u8MmZFmF]

I am looking for something with a bigger blade than my Swiss Army knive and it should be spring assisted.

What would you recommend up to 300 USD?

What are your laws and do you care about them?

A lot of states don't do spring assisted, and for carrying there is a blade length limit.

[FrassyLap]

Buy a hatchet and a gun, you're set.

[gtyruzzel]

+1 for Gnius, very informative

[GalasaKoll]

For outdoor knives I would recommend that you check these companies out.
http://www.eseeknives.com/index2.htm
http://www.topsknives.com/
http://www.chrisreeve.com/pffixed.htm

[Affolfembonge]

*snip*

I had forgotten that I wasn't the only one watching Nutn', etc. I was going to post after reading the OP but this summarizes my thoughts.

If I were to take a folder in the woods, it would be a CS Recon (new version with the TriAd lock) despite non-pillar construction. I would be okay with cleaning it out though; if you are not, and are set on a folder, look for something easily replaceable with pillar construction. I tend to stay away from liner-locks because of an incident a long time ago, but I know that most well done/constructed liner locks will stand up just fine to abuse.

[GalasaKoll]

So did you ever decide on what knife to buy?

[gtyruzzel]

probably the spyderco resililience



if I loose it or it breaks it wouldn't be a big loss

[GalasaKoll]

probably the spyderco resililience



if I loose it or it breaks it wouldn't be a big loss

Good choice... Spyderco makes good knives. I own a pretty cool credit card knife made by spyderco.

[rostpribru]

probably the spyderco resililience



if I loose it or it breaks it wouldn't be a big loss

Fantastic choice.