Top 10 budget survival knives

The Mora Robust is, as the name might already suggest, a robust fixed knife. The blade is a little thicker than that of other Mora knives which makes it perfect for the more demanding activities. As you might have guessed, survival! The rubber handle also feels great in hand and offers you enough grip. Even in the harshest and most humid situations.

The Real Steel Bushcraft III Scandi is a robust, and amazingly priced bushcraft knife. Real Steel definitely kept the shapes nice and subtle. No unnecessary frills: a good and simple knife. The handle is made from G10. The texture of the G10 gives you additional grip and the shape of the handle is designed as such that you can use it for a long period of time.

The Schrade Frontier is a cool survival knife that, without a doubt, can compete with many survival knives in higher price ranges. The handle is very ergonomic which means that it feels great in hand. The fact that Schrade can produce a knife for such an appealing price is truly impressive. Especially when you realize that it also comes with a sharpening stone and firesteel. A complete survival knife, for a very good price.

The underdog in this top 10 is the Böker Plus Outdoorsman. Don't underestimate this knife. For a great price you receive a great type of steel, a rubber handle with a lot of grip and a decent sheath to carry the knife in. At the end of the handle a part of the steel tang is sticking out. You can use this part as an improvised hammer. Incredibly practical!

The Mora Kansbol is a famous knife in the outdoor world. Striking is the grind on the blade. From the handle the blade is approximately 2.4 mm thick. Halfway through, however, the blade becomes thinner until the end towards a thickness of 1.0 mm at the tip. As such the Kansbol is a little lighter, but because of the thicker part at the end of the blade still incredibly strong. Not great for the more demanding tasks such as batoning wood, but definitely a knife that shouldn't be missing from this list.

The Hultafors OK4 Outdoor Knife is a popular fixed bushcraft knife. It looks like the Craftsman's Knife GH knife but is optimized for outdoor use. The black coating protects the carbon-steel blade from rust. The spine of the blade is sharpened to make sure using a firesteel is a piece of cake.

The Schrade Frontier Fixed Knife 4" 1121086 is a cool fixed knife, for an amazing price. It has a cool design with a sleek silhouette. But made to be used. The sleek lines might suggest that ergonomics would be quite the challenge. Fortunately, that's not the case: this knife feels great in hand.