I really like that general SAR 5 design. Wish the new Esee camplore design was going to be smaller b/c that design looks wonderful. I've seen a guy named Jeff White has a very similar design using 1095 and seems to be well regarded. His smaller version is very inexpensive and I think I'll take one for a spin at some point.

Just last week I was reading about the ESEE on Randle's site.

I like the design of the Camp Lore, and think it would make a nice paring with a Izula and Junglas.

SAR5 impressions?

*Finger-tap, tap, tap.

Adam, spent 7am-now working around the property and we 're exhausted. Didn't get to use the SAR because I don't have a sheath that'll work. I'll give a write up next week when I don't have to type on this dreadful phone.

I logged in to ask if you closed the deal on the NO-E? I'm excited for you.

I'm committed to the deal, but I'm not having any luck selling my steel to cover my end. Whatever happens I will honor my commitment this evening. I offered to cover PayPal fees since he's holding it for me.

Adam - check your messages.

Well, I've decided my search for the perfect Bushcrafter isn't over. I'm starting to think this search is going to be expensive.

A good search can get that way.

I am not a "bushcrafter" I don't think. I use a knife for camp fires and such, but my knives are mostly used for everyday jobs. My favorite knives are the ones with the most applications. Choppers are awesome for a very narrow use. Small knives are good for a slightly wider use. However, and this probably isn't counted as a pure knife, multitools are the best "one knife to rule them all" in any situation. If I could only have one knife in any long term situation, it would be a multitool.

Talking with Adam and Rich influenced me in a way that lead me to start looking outside the Bussekin family for bushcrafters. Its unfortunate that the Yard or Swamp aren't taking this growing market segment seriously. I honestly feel that its being completely ignored by them. The Swamp Warden isn't even a standard offering.

My perceptions of what constitutes a bushcrafter has been shaped by this thread, and recent testing of my own.

I'm stuck thinking a 4" FFG x 1/8" makes the most sense. I recently had a Bark River Bravo-1, and had it been one of the stainless models (my knife was A2) and no thicker than .1875" I would have kept it because it was ... close .... very very close ... to what I perceive to be a GREAT BC knife.

BRKT makes a Bravo 1 LT that is .156", but all off the ones I've seen were 3V. Tough stuff.