Hi all. My son does some basic hiking and camping. I would like to buy him a full tang fixed blade budget knife. I do not know much about fixed blade knifes, so can anyone provide a few suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Hi, lots of options, depending on your budget, blade length, stainless or not, USA made or not, etc…
On a budget for a very good outdoor knife?
Have a look at the Terävä Jääkäripuukko (made in Finland), available in carbon or stainless, 110mm or 140mm blade length, with leather sheath (or no sheath!)
(may be temporarily out of stock until the next batch is made)
It has poor ergonomics and doesn’t flip very well. Blade way too thick. Anodizing is thin, was already full of scratches when I got it. The photo above is photoshopped to make color seem amazing … the knife in real life looks nothing like this.
I took those photos in my backyard on a rather dark, cloudy day. It looked like that. Light conditions aren’t perfect all the time you just have to live with that.
In a studio environment you could achive better, uniform results but I don’t believe in studio photos because there’s almost zero chance that you will ever see your folder in those perfect artificial light conditions again.
By the way I also ordered another one in grey because I consider this flipper such a good deal. Both of them arrived without any scratches and they flip perfectly. Just my two cents.
They look quite serious in carbon! :+1:
I’m planning to grab a 110mm one in carbon with leather sheath but all of them are out of stock at the moment…
Do they sell these puukkos elsewhere too?
I picked-up a couple of new budget folders over the last 2 weeks, and I am really impressed with both of them. The top is a Ganzo Firebird F720, and the bottom is a Harnds Talisman. The Ganzo is a large folder with 440c blade steel and an Axis style lock. The Talisman is a large flipper with AUS-8 steel and a liner lock. Both knives came nicely sharpened with solid lock-ups. I am really impressed with the quality of these knives, especially at their price points.
I have both and both reviewed on my blog. The G720 is one of my favorites beasts and one of my favorite ganzo. The talisman is a piece of beauty, good looking and very very smooth but with too much retention blade, but nice.
Received Ganzo FB7601 yesterday. Open closing action wasn’t so smooth so I put drop of sewing machine oil in bearings, now it works like a charm, but edge is not sharp all the way?! By looking the edge i see different sharpening angles…Is this normal for ganzo knives? I mean, it’s sharp blade but by test cutting paper, beginning of the knife need to be more upward to cut through it, otherwise it will just tear the paper…Sanrenmu LAND 910+ is still my favorite. I’m currently waiting for Sanrenmu 7112, 4097 and AH-02, will see how they are performing, and I will mod the scales (will make new scales from some wood and stain it black, I think it’ll look classier) and post pictures once I put new scales on.
the sanremu land 910 discount didnt appear in cart at gb, but it said can’t ship to USA so maybe that is the issue, but anyone know why it is USA restricted or is this a new thing?