Thread: Good, affordable, small knife

Probably been discussed since the days of the cavemen but hey.
I like my mercator but a mate asked me and thought I’d check on here what’s recommended?
Obviously for hunting - skinning and quartering deer.

Svord Peasant looks good and cheap.

as you asked for cheap..bacho all day long... PERSONALLY I get along with the svord peasant...I have the tiny and large versions and both are sharp enough to shave hair off my arm...have dressed out deer and sheep with them both,no worries.

I think the Mercator ticks all of those boxes, great little knives!

Mercator and Opinel

Honey badger excellent wee folders and a bit more belly to them than a mercator so they skin a lot better

Mercators are good but way too much coin for what they are.

I use a Gerber folder. Don't know the model but thin handle and about 3and bit inch blade. About 55 bucks and hold a good edge with enough meat for taking off skin. Been using it for 6 or 8 years.

Rat model II in D2.
I beat the arse off this, and it just keeps on keeping on.

Is the Mercator getting worn out quartering too many deer?.....

Originally Posted by scotty

Is the Mercator getting worn out quartering too many deer?.....

If anything it will be from hitting bone like a total noob. This is for Sean

Originally Posted by Daithi

Mercator and Opinel

@Daithi Opinel is very affordable. You rate it?
This size seems good:

https://opinel.co.nz/collections/car...42246239223999

Originally Posted by Ross Nolan

Rat model II in D2.
I beat the arse off this, and it just keeps on keeping on.

sweet Mary mother of God!!!!!!!! what on earth have you been doing to that edge??? opening bakebean cans perhaps??? cutting your way out of a corrogated iron shed???? I can see the dings n folds from the other end of the country....

I got a small carbon steel knife off the website Bushlife NZ it is the MoraKniv Companion HD fixed blade with a sheath made in Sweden. It's easy to sharpen.
I dissected a possum with it this morning for the dogs to have a play with it and i like it.

Originally Posted by 57jl

I got a small carbon steel knife off the website Bushlife NZ it is the MoraKniv Companion HD fixed blade with a sheath made in Sweden. It's easy to sharpen.
I dissected a possum with it this morning for the dogs to have a play with it and i like it.

thats a bacho...lol just different name.....

Some of the suggestions are trending towards smallish folding knives at over $100 - I'm not sure if that's what the OP is looking for, but if it is I'll throw in a suggestion for a Victorinox Hunter XT. Has the bonus of an excellent gutting blade and a good sized woodsaw.

I carry a Fallkniven F1 in my hunting pack, and sometimes it doesn't even come out of it's sheath because I've already done the whole job with the Hunter XT on my belt.