I would ask how much experience you have with field knives? When people become interested in our endeavor, the first priority is a knife. Nothing wrong with that, it is an essential item, perhaps the most essential. But there is another aspect we all succumb to; the salivating, ego filled, subconscious reptilian brain twitch to get one Oetzi, King Arthur, D'Artagnan and James Bowie would lust after. Cutting a steak or baling string is one thing. Using a knife your life may someday depend on quite another. I would pick up an Opinel and a Mora. Practise fieldcraft, sharpening and maybe most important the mindset of carrying a knife 24/7 safely and discretely. If you make a mistake your only out a small sum. Read our forum and others online. Profit from all of our mistakes and don't repeat them. Thats called education and progress. Then, and only then, with a nice basic kit assembled with all that money you've saved go out and buy something that tickles that reptilian brain <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />