Reddit reviews Ontario Knife 7025TC fixed blade,hunting knife,outdoor,camping, ONE SIZE, Brown

In the belt is a marlinspike. The ones we use are sold really for working with wire rope, but due to the size of our rigging, a big spike is often needed and used for just about anything so they take a beating. I think a fid is often wood or plastic. A fid is more for splicing lines and sometimes will have a slot in it to make splicing easier. You can use the spike for splicing, but it is more utility.

Here is the knife and spike. Knife was originally this then cut down. Can't beat $14.

You can just use your gyuto for anything without bones. But if you're looking to get something new, maybe a sujihiki, a flexible boning knife, or a butcher knife.

This Old Hickory is cheap crap but after some work on stones and maybe sandpaper its actually a fun knife to use.

edit: diff Old Hickory

https://www.amazon.com/Ontario-Knife-7025-Hickory-Butcher/dp/B000MF9PY0

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$10.41 w/ Free shipping.

7" blade

Full Tang

1095 HC Steel

Not 100% on it being uncoated or having a 90 degree spine.

3/32" blade thickness

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Downside: Two rivets for handles.

Solution: Use techniques to create an axe handle wrap with epoxy and bank line to reinforce the handle to endure substantial batoning doesn't cause the handle to fall off.

Onatario Knife company makes a cheap $10ish 1095 butcher knife that's pretty popular in bushcraft.

Under $50? Oy, so many choices.

Opinel knives. Any of them. Sharp as hell, thin blades, cheap enough that if you break one, you don't care.

Nemosine Singularity $20, but a simple and nearly bulletproof fountain pen. Makes my life much easier and my hands hurt much less after a long day writing.

Old Hickory kitchen knives. They're carbon steel and will rust if you don't clean and dry them after each use, but the thin blades and good geometry made a $12 butcher my favorite knife in the block. Mine took some work with a file to get the point sharp, but for $10 it was worth it.

Estwing tools. My hammer has kept grinning through 15 years of work, and still is in excellent shape. One reviewer complains of a ringing noise- never heard it.

And if you want a beater knife you can baton wood with, there's the Old Hickory Butcher Knife. You'll need to buy a sheath for it.

I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for, but if you need a cheap "beater" that is larger than a Mora but not too heavy, you could get an Old Hickory. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MF9PY0/

Can't beat the price, but I've read two reviews where the handle rivets could not take sustained batoning. More substantial rivets were required.

I don't know if drilling out the rivets and replacing them while using epoxy on the scales is something you want to do. Probably not out-of-box ready.

Old Hickory for less than $10

https://www.amazon.com/Ontario-Knife-7025-Hickory-Butcher/dp/B000MF9PY0

It's pretty decent but I'd highly recommend an old hickory instead. Google around and you'll see many share my opinion.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/Ontario-Knife-7025-7-Inch-Butcher/dp/B000MF9PY0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1420039965&sr=8-4&keywords=hickory+butcher

If you end up getting that and need a sheath, it actually fits perfectly in a standard KA-BAR sheath.