Hardcore Knives and tools for Wilderness Camping: There are neck knives and there are neck knives! Which one?

There are neck knives and there are neck knives! Which one?

I've got a bunch of neck knives but I only really usually carry two because the others are really finger knives. I think a neck knife to be of any use you must be able to grip it with most if not all of your hand whatever size your hand is. If you can't do that then your neck knife is really a finger knife. Let me elaborate:

Finger knives are generally thicker in spine and heavier although not always for example but of course not limited too:

This Pohl Force knife has a spine as thick as a regular fixed blade knife.

I think finger knives are a sort of cross between a small knife and neck knife but not exactly satisfying either. I have bought some "duds in my time and regret purchasing the Pohl Force finger knife (shown above) as it's simply too small and bulky and doesn't really offer much for me. How did that happen?

I got foolish in the knife shop LOL (it can happen to anyone) and this knife is good but it's no longer for me.

I use my Extrema Ratio Satre neck knife a lot. it is a low profile design, even cord wrapped with 2mm static cordage and because of the low profile they sit very comfortable around my neck against my chest for even arduous all day trips-maybe too comfortable as I don't even feel I'm carrying it sometimes!

After cord wrapping

I just got this new neck knife from Extrema Ratio

Their latest VERSA (Expeditions model). Built like a tank in that it is now 6.3mm thick

but still flat profile due to a lack of any handle scales, so it sits easy around your neck.

Looks the part for the out of doors............Comes with an included fire steel and fire steel striker for one to assemble themselves how they like it or indeed carry the steel separately- your choice.

Plus the Versa (expeditions model-Black) also has the ergonomics of the "tactical groove!

Here seen compared with the Satre, it's "little brother" if you like! The Versa is just a fraction longer than the Satre and as I indicated a little bit thicker. Don't forget they are still VERY small knives and are limited in use but big on versatility (LOL Hence "Versa" as in versatile).

Recently I took both a larger fixed blade and my Versa out on a 15km plus hike, well you might say to really keep the weight down I should have left the Versa because the versa can not easily bust up logs to make a fire in an emergency but the larger fixed blade can. Yes this is true, however the Versa is just way more convenient to use for preparing my meals.

But I do own a very useful finger knives and one that is getting close to the length of a neck knife IMHO and that is the Little Dvalin from Böker. I like it because it's like a little wood chisel and therefore very useful plus it's built like a tank BUT too bulky to wear around the neck! and of course also limited by it's very short blade length.

So the thickness warrants it's use over a similar sized open folder as probably my smallest closed built like a tank folder would be my now discontinued Extrema Ratio HF1T, a veritable beast of a folding knife which can be locked open via a pin and of course open is way bigger than the Little Dvalin knife.