I like folders for practicality. I prefer fixed blades for their durability and self defense applications.

Really appreciated the steel comparison diagrams

Interesting knife.

The fact that the liners are G10 would mean that prying is a no-no.

A friend just gifted me this today. WOW. I put some tape on it because IT'S SHARP. Put a little oil and working on it. BLACK BEAUTY

Love mine in s35v steel!

What would you recomend for batoning wood for beginners? My understanding is that Mora Companion can be used for batoning as long as the wood is not thicker than your wrist? Any tips? Thank you I am very new to knives. Today is my first day of searching for info on them :)

Interesting that the bear was not accustomed to people yet he was coming up to your camp. I would have thought the opposite. Hmm...now I think I will worry more about bears when canoeing in bear country :) Did you say that you have some videos as to how you would protect yourself when attacked by wild animals? Can you post the links? Thank you

there's play in your knife because you swapped out the pegs. switch them, they may look similar but they are different.

We don’t defend ourselves against humans is the craziest statement I’ve ever heard. Humans are super dangerous.

I thought the hole was stupid also, then I got one and now I love it 😅

I really love this knife.

The first knives they produced, in the late 1950s, were handed to hunters, fishermen and trappers to evaluate and modified at their inputs. So, it’s no real surprise that non hunters etc. find them to be good, decent knives, just not used much.

A finger guard would ruin what the knife is intended for. Mora sells a Classic model with a finger guard if that's what you want. Or you could buy a self defense knife that has a finger guard.

The Bark River Bravo 1.25 LT is the one I would always grab first if poop hit the fan.

RMJ Shrike I think it is equal in terms of fighting, but not in looks. I like both brands of hawks. But the Wrinkler Rescue Axe lives in my car. That should give you an idea of which I prefer.

Those SOG hawks throw well. I’m a huge RMJ and Winkler hawks fan. Another, more traditional hawk I like is the 2hawks Woodsman. Love my RMJ Jenny Wren, Dvalinn, Little Bird, and 2hawks Woodsman.

My newest revelation about tomahawks is in camp , it's a great spatula on the griddle 😃 yeh , always by my side even when distracted by food , spiking hot dogs , flipping burgers, eggs , haven't tried pancakes 🥞 yet , but im thinking about it. Never carrying a spatula camping again!

Nice collection, i have too many myself but like em all !

His presentation is not good Ouuuuiit

Frankly the entire thing is subjective based on your personal feelings and there is a lot of "thisnis better PERIOD" vs "this is better for ME". Basically 40 minutes of confirmation bias.

Everyone wants to scream "knife abuse!" but in the modern world there is simply no use anymore for fixed blades other than hard use like batonning (and also as a weapon that can be smoothly drawn under combat conditions without the possibility of deployment failure). Folding knives today are reliable and ergonomic enough to do almost everything else. A fixed blade should be tough enough to split wood, unless it's intended to just be a historical replica or something.

CTS-XHP rocks! As a custom knife maker, it's a favorite of mine! My Recon 1 is in S35VN and is a very bad boy. Is it a friendly camp knife for slicing onions and potatoes? No, it isn't...Can I build a shelter post haste, while a storm is brewing and a fire as well? Yes it will, every time, in a bad spot I can count on this knife.

I'm not planning on burying my glock. Ever. But it's cool to watch other people do it so I can know the limits of my gear. Swing on.

You can boil the leather belt and eat it!

i know its over a year old but i just ordered and got my recon 1 and it came with a lefty clip, if you want it ill gladly ship it to you as ill never use it

I enjoyed this video. It got my subscription. 👍🏼 Two knives that I edc (one or the other) are the TOPS Brakimo and the TOPS Prather War Bowie. I have a “modified scout carry”. Behind the back, inside the waistband, at a 30 degree angle. Only thing showing is the handle and a little bit of the sheath. Very comfortable with a big knife like the War Bowie. Sitting in a car is no problem. Easy to deploy. No patterning with a loose shirt untucked. 👍🏼👍🏼

Pretty sure you said without saying it that "its too big and too fat"😂

As someone relatively new to knives but very interested, in more ofna tactical instance, why not put a hollow edge, would i mske it bad at stabbing? Bc lethally, laceration is still good for stuff like fhe jugular?

Carrying it since 2018 love it. Favorite knife

Imagine if your belt loop break in a bad situation 😬😬😬😬I’ll probably tie it around the belt itself if your wearing one be more secure if you wearing cheap pants

I've had one of these (with the leather sheath) for a couple of years. I haven't used it much, as it is really built for serious heavy-duty use. It's an incredibly stout knife - the thickness of the blade relative to the size of the knife has to he seen and felt to be appreciated. It's beefy as hell. If you wanted something beefier to break down tree limbs or firewood with, you'd have to upgrade to a heavy oversized combat knife or a carbon-steel axe.

My thumb studs have no t6 screw to remove them ? The pivot scree is t8 ? and scale screws are t6 i think i got a clone ?

It's a piece of crap...Taiwan, I should've known better. I got my folding Tanto, opened it and now it won't close. Apparently the closing mechanism doesn't work so well. Save your money.

I have used full length and partial length stick tang knives as well as folding knives almost my entire life (~64 years of use) and never had one break on me. Knives cut & slice. Axes chop. Crowbars pry. If one does not use the tool the way it was intended, the user not the tool failed. Having said that I have used a Mora Kansbol and a Mora Classic 2 to baton wood occasionally and they are still in good condition

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Why did Benchmade make a knife that looks like it came right out of a Spyderco catalog?

What knife is that?

please switch to the metric system.

Very good intro, if you want a top knife you have to wistand having not knife lovers stare at you like a maniac, i'll take it, the recon 1 tanto in my book is the best EDC folder ever made to this day, everything about it is perfect i would just have the serated version for my self because it tends to cut into ropes and shit like that a little bit better but again everything about it is perfect for an edc, the carriability, the steel, the shape factor is the best, the price range is the best, how robust it is you can do everything with this knife from eating to killing to hunting to really anything that crosses your mind that you can do with a knife, but again it's a knife it's not a riffle, it's not an axe, it's a goddamn knife, and as far as knives go it's the just the top of the fucking best. Now of course for my part i live in France carrying knife here is illegal i do it anyway i don't give a fck about salve progressists and comies laws, so you gotta be careful when you use this shit in public for sure, it just makes you use it as you should use it anyway and that is by being sneaky about it, no one needs to know what you are carrying, use it only when you really need it don't boast about it, if someone says something answer politely and don't make a big thing out of it that's pretty much it.

I have both Luzon knives. To me they’re suit knives, they even look the part lol love them. Glad I came across your channel. Thanks for sharing, great video 😊

It broke because you were misusing it

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I would use shorter cord. Your required pull length seems too long for cqc to me and my comfort. I don’t want my arm halfway extended in front of my body while an attacker may have drawn a weapon.

I added serration to it to serve as a city jungle survival tool - cutting cords, punching tyres...

Love mine

Carry it with the ring below the belt line in front. No hustle with garment hems

You can tighten that safty lock up again with thise rwo screw head on the side 🪛

Buck was my first and second m Cold Steel was much later but very much appreciated and it lived up to it's hype for me. 😊