Fixed Blade Knives
A
sliding knife. While one may prefer to carry around a folding knife rather than a fixed blade, a fixed blade is great as a household or shop tool. Common types of fixed blade knives include boot knives, machetes, hunting knives, and survival knives.
Handle Options
Fixed blade knives come with many different types of handles. Your choice of handle depends typically on the function you are looking for. However, you might also simply consider aesthetics or how comfortable a certain type of handle feels in your hand.
* If you prefer a wooden handle, you might consider an
Extreme Ops knife.
* There are other types of wooden handles that are strong and heavy with lovely hues. The
Trench Knife, made with Amboina, an Indonesian wood.
* Like the idea of bone? Here are a few to check out that were made by jigging (which uses a rocking motion to create a specific pattern):
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Marbles Trailmaker Knife
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Marbles Plainsman Knife
* Several knives are made with very durable G-10 handles. This is especially durable because it is made of fiberglass soaked in resin. A few to check out:
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Benchmade Activator
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Warthog Folder
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Boker USA City Shark Knife
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Cold Steel Knives Hatamoto
Uses
Your choice of fixed blade knife will inevitably depend upon how you plan to use it. Here are some specific types of fixed blade knives:
* '''Machetes:''' A machete resembles a cleaver and is good for crude cutting tasks cutting through undergrowth, for example. There are many different types of machetes available, and these are recommended for hunting:
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Military Machete 18 in.
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Outback Machete, 18 in.
*** If you want a machete but 18 inches seems a bit too much, try one of these three 12 inch machetes:
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12 in. Traditional Sawback Machete, Polymer Handle
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12 in. Sawtooth, Ontario Knives Econo Machete
* If you are specifically interested in obtaining a fixed blade knife for '''hunting''', check out some of these
fixed blade hunting knives:
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Small Fixed Blade Hunting Knife with Sheath: Outdoor Life
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Leatherman Steens Fixed Blade Hunting Knife
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Maxam Fixed Blade Genuine Buffalo Horn Handle Hunting Knife
* A '''combination edge''' is useful if you do not wish to carry one knife with a serrated edge and another knife with a straight edge.If it is more convenient for you to use a combination edge, you have many options:
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Pika Tanto Black Thermoplastic Handle ComboEdge
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Buck Knives Adrenaline ComboEdge
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Benchmade Knives Griptilian ComboEdge
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