Okay, I know it sounds like heresy, but I'm looking for a cheap fixed blade belt knife, but good enough quality that I can actually use it for a while before it falls apart.
A fellow Wilderness First Aid instructor (actually, she was my instructor-trainer) had a technique that she demonstrated of using a hunting knife to chop logs for firewood. She had a number of fairly inexpensive knives (they had a molded red plastic handle, if anybody knows what they are) that she used for this demonstration and would let the students have for their practicals. Obviously, she didn't want to risk a $500 Sebenza doing this <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> so the knife had to be cheap enough that she didn't mind (too much) if it developed legs and walked off, or broke under the stress, but was good enough quality that you could actually use it for practice.
I mean, sure, you should buy the best equipment you can afford, but what if the best knife you can afford is on sale at Safeway? <img src="images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Any suggestions for a good, inexpensive "demonstrator" knife?
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