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ISO knife. need help choosing.

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bubby:
I'll second the mora

Hawkdancer:
I've heard good things about the Mora, and have a couple Old Hickorys in the kitchen, good knives.  I used my Buck 119 as a scraper when I made my hickory bow last year. Honed it a bit and took it deer hunting, dressed out Jacie's doe with it!  Got 2 of the as gifts the same year - Keep one in my backpack and one in her backpack.  Good knives, but they aren't cheap!
Hawkdancer

Russ:
they both look like good knives but i should have specified that i wanted a good 6-7" knife so i think ill go with the old hickory. i was also going to see if i could do a trade with some of the forging people once i knew what type of knife i wanted! But i think im going to buy the 7" old hickory butcher knife. i might still try to trade but i dont know now. thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

Sidmand:
I've used several kukris and while they are great knives that could be made to do pretty much everything, it's going to take some practice to do everything with them.  The blades are typically a very heavy, thick convex so using it like a draw knife will be a bit of a challenge without practice.  The downward curve though, it does give some hand hold, so that's nice.  Kukri's EXCEL at chopping though, I used to use a big one to rough out staves, process kindling, clean fencerows, you name it.

I think a good overall shape is a bigger camp knife, kind of like a hudson bay style (I like that style a lot) with a full flat grind, in about 3/16 thick.  That would be a good one in my mind for just about everything.  Look at the Condor Hudson bay or Moonshiner, that might be something to consider.

Mr. Woolery:
I wonder if you wouldn't be happier with more than one knife.  Even for carving spoons, I often have at least 2 and up to 4 knives on my work surface (often a park bench while my kid plays).  While it is possible to make one knife do it all, usually it is more efficient to have specialized tools.  And that isn't really all that much more expensive.

I'd want a blade for rough work.  Probably a hatchet.  Smoky Mountain carries Marbles hatchets fairly affordably. 

Then a draw knife of some sort.  Maybe the Mora woodworker's drawknife with in-line handles. 

Then a basic all-purpose knife for scraping, whittling, and assorted other cutting.  Just a basic plastic-handled Mora. 

These three tools together would be in the ballpark of $60, plus shipping. 

Just something else to consider.  Do please let us know what you end up with and how well you like it.  I think everyone here probably loves to talk tools!

-Patrick

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