I've sifted through Kizer's fixed blade lineup and I've picked out these knives as being the most suitable for potentially being decent bushcraft/camping knives.
The Ursa Major in particular has very similar dimensions to the ESEE 4. The main difference being that it's stainless (AEB-L). I'm gonna ignore the Nitro-V version for this purpose.
The Drop Bear Fix 7 also has very similar dimensions to the ESEE 6. It even comes in 1095. But you also have the option to have it in AEB-L.
The Evenki 3 looks like a slightly less thick Ursa Major with a more comfortable handle. Also made with AEB-L.
The rest are suitable sizes and thicknesses.
The Drop Bear Fix 3 seems appropriate, although it's on the small side imo. Bit it comes in 14c28n and of course 1095 as well. 14c28n just seems like an improved AEB-L imo.
The Polaris reminds me of a Mora. Also made in AEB-L.
So my question to you is, do any of these seem like legitimate alternatives for popular "bushcrafting", camping and "survival" knives like the ESEE, KA-BAR, Becker, Ontario, Morakniv, etc options?
by Spyrothedragon9972
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I think most of these will work, however I also wouldn’t use any of these for real bushcraft, I do not trust stainless steel for real tough outdoor work. Good stout 1095 from ESEE is the gold standard for outdoor knives imo.