I'm in the market for a solid camp/hunting knife and I've narrowed my choices down to two knives from cold steel. The Recon 1 tanto partially serrated folding knife. or the partially serrated tanto gunsite knife. I've been reading reviews and watching their official videos and I can't decide which is better for long term hard use. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Buy a tanto bladed knife, and you may as well buy a knife with no tip. The tip is designed to penetrate, not to cut. It is angled all wrong. You would be better off with a clip point, drop point, or skinning type knife, at least you would have a knife where you can use the whole blade.
Cold steel makes some great knives, but buy the right knife for your purpose. Tanto bladed knives are fighting or self-defense knives, and like 90% of the Jeeps out there, are not used for the proper purpose. BTW, if you research Japanese knives, their tanto do not have armor-piercing tips.
I like Cold Steel's Carbon V knives the best, if it is available in a model to your liking, and if you can keep it clean and well oiled.
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