for all the talk about the S7's, you'd think the hook and guard would be a lot more popular. I've been playing with my battlerat, chopweiler, and yardguard trying to decide if I really need a camp tramp.
Believe it or not, all of the knives you listed are sufficiently different.
The Yard Guard does have a lot in common with the Camp Tramp and I do like my Yard Guard, but I still have to give higher regard to the Camp Tramp. The Camp Tramp has more of the type of function I prefer and I feel the Camp Tramp is a little more versatile. While similar, the differences are noticable.
The thing is, the differences are more noticable in feel and use than in pictures.
On the other hand, I personally feel the current secondary market prices for the Camp Tramp are rediculous. Value is subjective - so, to each his own.
I already have a Camp Tramp and a Yard Guard, but if Scrap Yard made a well designed appropriate thickness S7, S8 or somewhere in between at a good price, I would still buy one. (.... assuming I can get some of my finances back in gear. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" /> ).
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