a good all around knife?

[mcginnis6010]

Anyone know a a good all purpose knife design for a variety of situations and purposes such as skinnin, cutting, and slicing etc.

[thomas h]

i always thought that the  nessmuke style was a  great all around blade not to small  nor to large great skinning design and fine for slicing and big enough for some chopping or consider the Hudson bay a little larger but very well  balanced for almost any camp choir how ever  opinions do  vary ------------------thomas

[_Jon_]

I like this style myself. 

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,37408.0.html

[mcginnis6010]

I looked up the nessmuk design and I kinda like it I wonder if I could make the blade a little less bulky.

[osage outlaw]

I like a good drop point.

[mcginnis6010]

I like drop points as well and as much as I like the nessmuk I also wanna have a point on there that I can use as an awl if need be but I guess I can't have my cake and eat it too.

[sleek]

I am in love with my K-Bar survival/fighting knife. I hae litteraly cut 5 inch trees down with it, split osage, and carved bows start to finish. I can also fillet fish with it, chop heads of shark and cats ( fish, not felines ), gut and skins deer and squirrels. There isnt anything that cant be done with it. Hell, you can even magnatize it, hang it from a boot lace, and find north with it. K-Bar, all the way...

[H Rhodes]

I can't decide on one good all around knife.  I have been using 3 knives for twenty years.  My go to blade is Buck 500a lockblade.  I use it for almost everything.  If I have my pants on, i have it with me.  I have a rapala fillet knife with a six inch blade that has filleted thousands of fish.  I wouldn't part with it.  I have a Marine K-Bar which I cherish.  Hardly ever find a use for a knife that big, but it will do what it was made to do.  A fellow shouldn't be dressed and walking around without a knife and something to start a fire with . 

[aaron]

mora brand knives are excellent. for an all around knife, i use their "wood carving 105", which is a small and narrow blade. others prefer the longer ones. these are good steel blades and the knives are made very well in sweden. Basic ones are under $25.

[H Rhodes]

I have seen these Mora knives on the net but haven't handled one yet.  They look like a good all around knife.

[Dictionary]

Interesting...i was wondering about a topic like this.

What would you guys say the ideal length of the blade would be for a good all around knife?

[H Rhodes]

Dictionary, I bet you get a wide variety of answers on that question.  This little folding knife in my pocket has a blade 3" long and I have skinned a bunch of critters with it, as well as hundreds of other tasks.  A long blade gets in my way most of the time.  I might choose something else if someone said I had to be dumped out in a survival situation with only a knife to get by on.  Day to day life is different!  My truck has a chainsaw in it.  I have axes and hatchets for chopping.  I have a butcher's saw for going through breast bones and such.  For a knife to use for most tasks the little drop point three inch blade gets it done.   

[Adam]

I agree with aaron.  Moras work really well, are really tough and they're inexpensive enough you don't have to worry about them too much.  I also really like the Swiss Army Classic knife.  It's small, but I always have one and find I use the scissors more than the blade.

[mcginnis6010]

I personally prefer a blade around 3 1/2 - 4 in.

[sleek]

Ya know, it really does depend on your own style of living. What would you most often use it for, and its other duties? That will determine your length and style.