Reddit reviews Marttiini Lynx Knife, 7.5in.

>Marttiini Lynx Knife, 7.5in.

>Carbon steel

>3.9" blade


>Handle: Stained Birch


https://www.amazon.com/Marttiini-121016-Lynx-Knife-7-5in/dp/B004J5SERI

What are you chopping, exactly?

A 3-blade stockman pattern folder will do at least 90% of what you need on a backpacking trip. I've been on bushwhacking treks in deep backcountry over mountainous terrain and never needed more than that.

For bigger woodwork, you can't beat these

http://www.amazon.com/Marttiini-121016-Lynx-Knife-7-5in/dp/B004J5SERI/

Don't baton your knife. Buy one of these for ten bucks and beat it like the family mule:

http://www.amazon.com/DEWALT-DWHT16065-Side-Strike-Chisel/dp/B006E3OQDY

That's only if you need to split logs or bust up a tree stump or engine block or something.

Do carry a folding saw though. Very light, good for emergencies.

Those things you listed, I would only use for major brush clearing or, I dunno, search and rescue? That SP8 could go through somebody's front door. (Saw teeth on the back are nearly useless BTW.) All that stuff is heavy and bulky. Might as well carry a hatchet or youth axe at that point, and even a $20 one from the hardware store will beat most any knife at felling, bucking, and splitting. Gotta sharpen it though.

Edit: a better side-strike chisel

http://www.amazon.com/Narex-Batoning-Chisel-Holster-816032/dp/B0165X7GXY