KABAR kukri vs Morakniv 510 Carbon Steel Knife

It's a little more tactical and a little more expensive than you're looking for, but when I was doing forestry work I really liked my Kabar Kukri machete. That thing would cut through 4" grape vines if you swung hard enough.

This knife costs about 8 euro, which is basically nothing it's the price you would pay for two beers in a bar, but you get a really quality bushcraft ...

Personally I would definitely go with the Kabar. They make quality stuff and the blade profile is a good utility shape while remaining strong.

75 inches. It's a thin blade. It's only about 0.08 inches thick, so it's not a very thick blade at all

Major con is the handle. It is LOOSE, and it’s molded construction doesn’t allow me to tighten it.

If you are going to use this for fire-starting your first step should be to grind the back to a usable shape. Handle: Cheap feeling injection molded plastic, feels like what they make molded garbage cans from. That's not a bad thing in terms of durability (garbage cans are meant to sit outside for years), but it will feel cheap in your hands. The plastic contributes to its relatively light weight

I used to get a knife and get upset after a few days simply because I didn't think it was ' good enough'. A lot of knives broke. A lot of money was wasted on junk knives that had hypocritical good looks about them at the flea market. But ALL THOSE HARD SHIPS WERE WORTH IT!! - even for just this one knife! What I am trying to say is that all that was worth it just for this knife

Good, heavy knife. Shape on delivery. This is carbon steel. I have to say it’s impressive

Good investment in my book. I especially like the sheath. I think it would be prettier if it were all leather, but the main thing is that it's really functional. I wore it on my left hip during a day of heaving yard work, with lots of bending and squatting, and a couple trips to the store for supplies

You'd have to saw on your hand with it to cut yourself. The sheath is the loosest I've seen from them as well. The knife rattles badly and one shake pops it right out. Don't know if this is representative of all 510's but it's bad

The only reason this is not 5 stars is because I don't feel I have fully tested her durability yet, though she seems mighty sturdy. Also, I like the style of the sheath, with its hanging D-ring swivel, but the blade cut through the stitching the 5th or 6th time I slid her in. I guess that's bound to happen eventually, but still. For the price, if you are thinking about buying one, do it now

I used this one on a couple of occasions for long distance hikes. But this one also I think it will be very good and reliable blade and tool to have w...