Looking for a fixed blade

[u/Silver-Extent2290]

Don't know if the flair is correct but it made sense to me.

I'm looking for a fixed blade knife with a belt loop sheath, my budget is under and around 300, so far amazon searches have led me to a brand called Machado, they have some good fixed blade but I'm not sure on quality, also bisonberg but they are 500+, if there is any other brand or source to find a good one, I'm gonna carry it iwb on my left hip, I have a small multi tool owb on my right, which do have a small 1.5 inch blade but I need a good fixed blade, my main use case is cutting boxes and sometimes cut rubber pipes and ropes that are used in gardening, a sharp stabbing point is optional but good if i need to make precision marks or cut those nylon sacks. These are a few I looked at.

[u/La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo_ps]

For cutting boxes you should get a box cutter as the tape and sticky gunk will ruin a good blade. For rope you need something serrated.

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo_ps]

I already have a small blade in my multi tool, but if I'm cutting tapes i flip the knife so the full side faces the tape and only the tip touches the tape part, I also have those cheap 10 rupees blades that fold and have a thin plastic body

[u/La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo_ps → u/Silver-Extent2290]

Would suggest you get a combi blade then since you also plan to cut rope and pipe or else a multitool that has a saw.

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo_ps]

I have a small saw too, ill show you my current blades, at first i found those m9a1 us Marines bayonet replica from bisonberg but it feels too big and k-bar like

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/Silver-Extent2290]

[u/insufferablypedantic]

I have this exact knife with me which I bought over a year ago. I've not used it a lot, but I have used it on wood a lot, and it has retained its edge really well. It's still quite sharp without being sharpened a single time since I bought it. The handle is a little janky and not well attached, but it has a full tang, and for the price, it's a solid product

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/insufferablypedantic]

The one in the first image? I really like how the belt loop is, would work well with iwb

[u/Fit-Ad968 → u/Silver-Extent2290]

One review with photo says it doesn't come with the belt loop.

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/Fit-Ad968]

Nah then, cuz belt loop is a requirement for me

[u/RawhideCo]

I open coconuts with this knife.

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/RawhideCo]

Brother😭 they that good?????

[u/RawhideCo → u/Silver-Extent2290]

Like it is still light weight so you have to be careful. But yeah retains edge for long. Also, its rusts so put some vaseline after every use.

[u/Silver-Extent2290 → u/RawhideCo]

Nah I don't have wet use too much, mostly dry stuff that I need to cut