Well SOMEWHERE I talked about the Jack Crane Commando model I had him make for me. Here it a pic of it. SOME would consider it a survival knife and it would work, but The hollow handle and SHORT tang would have me worried.



The top edge is NOT sharpened.

Haha, got my E-ticket from the Grand Poobah of the "Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes"! Now to figure it out. I think a... well I'll figure it out and post again.

You know, the Bulldog Regulator wouldn't be a bad starting place, but with a different handle and not as thick, I think. I'll have to get it "In hand" again.

I really like the Bulldog, but feel that at .331-333 inches thick it's to much. Plus I am fearful that the regulator handle would be to large for some purposes/grips that may be required. This, unlike my first post that was seen as a TEMPORARY "Left alone" blade would truly be a "Lone Survivor" cutting device, the only one available. It would have to suffice for everything a cutting tool would be needed for or would make things easier. More thinking on this I need.

Thanks. I'll have to research TOPS. I've seen their products mentioned countless times, but this was after I went "all Busse". Now that I'm casting a wider net I'll look into it.

Randy, some knives we have just because we like them.

The hollow-handle / screw tang design was made popular by First Blood in 1982. Unfortunately, the design hasn't proven to be durable.

If we didn't over think it this forum wouldn't exist, because Busse would be out of business. I started with a Buck 119. As far as the average person is concerned: it was a great knife with a functional sheath. Some would even say its a (or the) "classic fixed blade". However, just as my search for the perfect general purpose rifle lead me to spend a small fortune on the FN Scar (over other perfectly suitable rifles) ... the search for the perfect outdoor knife generates threads like these and drawers filled with "almost good enough" knives.

The Yard Keeper CG was a great bushcraft knife. I think it should be put back into production with mudder grips and 1/8" SR101.

Better yet...make it 1/8" SR101 and a SKELLY!

Before I found Busse I tried a number of "if I can only have one" general purpose survival knives. A few that come to mind include:

Becker BK2
Becker BK7
Benchmade FIXED Griptilian
Buck Nighthawk
Buck Vanguard
Camillus USAF Survival Knife
ESEE 4
Gerber LMF
Gerber LMF 2
KaBar
SOG Seal Pup

I know there are at least 5 if not 20 more that aren't coming readily to mind.

Yep, here's a couple of pictures with a few I didn't list...

Every knife pictured was explored as a "only one" option...






If I could only find pictures of all of those that didn't make it to this point!

You'll have to search their entire catalog, but they do have a few sound outdoor designs. Most of their knives are the silly, Mykel Hawke/Joe Teti type knives. Just ignore those.