I have the opportunity to purchase a Busse Combat Basic #7 for around $150 from a friend. The knife is not brand new, but has never been used, sharpened, or breathed on wrong. This will become my primary survival/rescue/camping/etc knife. Your opinions on this knife would be appreciated.<br><br>Note: If I don't buy this, I was planning on getting a Fallkniven A-1 instead. Which would you prefer?<br><br>Thanks!<br><br>John McIntire

A lot of people think that Cliff Stamp abuses knives in his evaluations and he does push them to the brink which, for circumstances the knife you choose will have to endure, is a good thing. I mean after all, chopping, prying, hammering, digging, thrusting, carving, notching, whittling, hacking bone and slicing the tomatoes for dinner are all chores that your knife will have to undertake. I based my primary knifes (Becker C/U-7) purchase based on the evaluation he did on it against several of the knives that would fall into the same category of knives and use. <br><br>Here is his review website if you're interested. He's done reviews on both the Basic 7 and the A1.<br><br>http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sstamp/knives/reviews.html