Linder Super Edge 5 and Kizlyar Supreme's Echo

Linder ATS 34 Super Edge 5

Kizlyar Supreme ECHO in Bohler K340 ISODUR

Ok in my humble Opinion, the new Linder Super Edge 5 in Hitachi ATS 34 for a great value hiking and camping knife, well capable of being used for fishing and hunting purposes. To be honest, the weight is just right. If I compare it to my new (but now trusty too) Kizlyar Supreme Echo in Bohler's K340 (an excellent knife). This latter blade features a full width tang. Now having this is an assurance of a strong knife but only really if you intend to use it as a lever and the last time I did this i busted a tip, and quite rightly too, as it was an act of sheer stupidity and not looking after one's most precious tool on a camping and hiking trip! At 5mm thick the Linder Super Edge 5 can easily be used to belt with a lump of wood to split other lumps of wood. Same for the slightly thinner Echo.

Now coming back to my new Linder, with it's stainless blade of ATS 34, it is a sure bet that either this knife or the Echo will be travelling with me this Summer into the wilderness (along with some bigger knives- more like choppers).

For everything forest and mountain hiking both of these knives will be great. Coastal camping in Australia, I'd take a bigger knife as in longer. Why? Because of reach when it comes to collecting bait animals or food under and between cracks in the rocks. Just my personal preference there. Jungle i'd take a different knife too. But for general camping and hunting these two knives rock.