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If you could only have ONE knife?? Fixed blade, what would it be.

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I sold the two matching Busse 'custom shop' knives that I thought were the One Knife answer.

I still feel seller's remorse every time I open my knife drawer.

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Well, I don't have either of them anymore, and it hurts me daily.

Literally I see the title of this thread "If You Could Only Have One Fixed Blade Knife..." every day.

And every day I kick myself.
 

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Well, I don't have either of them anymore, and it hurts me daily.

Literally I see the title of this thread "If You Could Only Have One Fixed Blade Knife..." every day.

And every day I kick myself.
.....look when you are having those days and feeling down about it......drop me an email and I will send you a pic of one of mine.... that will cheer you right up !!!!
 

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:devilish:

The NMSFNO were super bitchin', too, but the extra length seemed almost machete-like.

I think I have a Genesis something-or-other in a box somewhere. Maybe I'll get that out and look at it.
 

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Battle Mistress is truly 'almost' a machete.

I was thinking that the NMSFNO was machete-like for a knife.
 

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My favorite knife is a Navy/Marine Corps MKII Ka Bar. They are cool-looking as hell. But their main weakness is that during heavy use the knife can separate from the tang, which really isn't a full tang, but a "rat tail" tang. Much smaller as it goes into the handle. I started doing some research for a "one knife for the apocalypse." I decided on an Esee 6. I'm sure a similar knife made by Busse is even nicer, but I don't have that kind of cash. The Esee seems like a fine knife.
 

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I thought about this a lot and the one knife I would keep is my FIL knife he carried in the navy during WWII.

Said he used it to rescue a pilot off the coast of France after the D day landing, Pilot couldn't get out of his parachute.
 

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My kabar from my old flight gear has been around the world a few times and in more than 15 countries and is still ticking.
Lots of knives are more pretty, but it works for me
 

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I like my old Air Force Survival knife .. has serrated back and comes with a stone .. I file mine to a razor edge and the stone keeps it there .. Less than $50.00 ......................... :)

IIRC it's made by Ontario ........ You rich guys kill me ............... :)
 
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