To me, the Scrapper 6 is a knife that falls into the catagory of a knife trying to do it all. And for knives that try to do it all, the Scrapper 6 is very good.
If you feel you will need to do some chopping, the Camp Tramp is a better chopper. But, I don't think the Camp Tramp is very good for many smaller and more detailed cutting tasks. I feel the Camp Tramp definitely needs a partner. There are many smaller 4" +/- bladed knives that are excellent for lighter and more detail oriented tasks that could be carried with the Camp Tramp.
To me, the Camp Tramp and a Street Scrapper make an Awesome combo.
To me, a well paired combo is always going to do more than any single knife.
If you only want to carry one knife into the field, the Scrapper 6 is more versatile than the Camp Tramp and a very good choice.
Or, if you don't expect to need to do any chopping, I feel the Scrapper 6 paired with a good smaller knife would be a great combo as well.
Bottom line:
Camp Tramp is a better chopper.
Scrapper 6 is more versatile.
Both would be well served with a good 3.5" - 4.5" smaller partner.
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Compared to the M6, I personally strongly prefer the Scrapper 6.
I like micarta, but the M6 has a full tang and feels excessively handle heavy to me.
The Scrapper 6 is a very stout and heavy duty knife, but the M6 just feels too heavy for a knife of it's size.
I also prefer the feel of the Scrapper 6 handle over the M6. Again, I like micarta and Res-C. If the handle fits, I can be happy with both micarta and Res-C. But, I feel the shape of the handle is better on the Scrapper 6 than the M6.
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A very nice evaluation. Thanks for sharing.
Dan