Brother, I am no expert feathersticker, but from my personal use I have found the v -edge to be easier in terms of consistency and predictability. I have compared two knives witht the same degree angles of convex and v-edge, both profiled and sharpened by me, and while the convex did beautiful feather it seemed a bit harder to maintain the cutting edge being engaged with wood compared to the v-edge. And of course the convex will maintain a better edge in general due to the geometry. I also recognise this may be a matter of individual preference, or what you are more used to. I also noticed the Ka-Bar you are using is factory sharp, which is mediocer at best. Would be good to see you do a comparison of similar edge angles on the same knife (the cold steel master hunter for example, which you have two of), sharpened to a mirror edge. Great content, I subsscribed :) Cheers!

you make very good points regarding the handle on the master hunter. You clearly understand knives well. The geometry is very good and much better than the Fallkniven, but I wish they had made it with a hard plastic underneath with a rubber overmold. I would have loved for it to have the hard plastic on the finger guard and pommel, that way you could put it to hard use without fearing to tear up the soft rubber. The finger guard is already tearing up from sliding the knife in and out of the sheath, so imagine scraping that portion against wood while batoning. Also, I have seen some cold steel rubber handles just comming off from the tang. They should reengineers their handles to something similar to the Hultafors OK4 knife, that is one of the most comfortable hadles I have used. I may still purchase the knife and do my own burlap micarta handle on it (similar to what I have done to a number of my knives), that should make a beautiful hard use bushcrafter. How do you feel aboutt he durability of the handle? Cheers!

Cool!

Want that knife so bad!!!

Gerber went down hill after fiskers. They have alot of big adds but. My old Gerbers much better than new. Evan the Fisker knives. Gerber/Fisker machete no distal taper no balance, vase shape handle requires a tight grip bad news if you work all day. The edge is a hallow ground bound for failure. I was given one the edge was a mess to much to grind, I had to straiten the edge with a couple of hammers. Caronas, Collins, Cold steel and others alot better.

I’ve been thinking about the LUDT or a Socom. Maybe I’ll buy both! 🤣

How hard are they to sharpen compared to a regular knife?

I'm 54 and grew up tracking, hunting, fishing, hiking and years of primitive survivalism in the Appalachian mountains. There is always time to learn new techniques and information. Good work and keep your skills honed brothers. 🏹🪓🔥🌲🦌

No intro just straight to business. Great video

Really I believe the master hunter in 3v is about as good a knife as anyone could want. Plus it's hard to find anything comparable for the same price. On Amazon it's $109 that's unreal for 3v.

Hey Shane, love the video

Love that axe, came sharp enough to split hairs.

Haha cracking me up on the excuses, never used any of them. Yet 😂

Definitely checking out your page, new subscriber.

Keep these videos coming

Dude, coolest video short and sweet

Love my H1, looking for another love this review

Mmmmm wild mushrooms, love those.

Very informative, keep up these videos .

Nice wood pile, oh and great video

Great video!

Love the video

Love the video, keep up the reviews.

Awesome video man!

Dude I just ordered one 3 days ago and couldn’t find any real reviews on the s35vn version I have the 1095 but wanted the contoured handle scales. Thank you

That Sargent though!! 🤤🤤

How'd you get that convex edge?

Looks like a nice blade. Like the contouring of the handles

After seeing all these demos I ordered one for my back pack. Thanku for the demo. God bless.

Nice video, nice knife. I've got the NL4 Frej, which is also pretty sweet. And I swear that looks like my ZT 0301 in your pocket

I had one of those. Unfortunately sold mine. It was about 0.008-0.009” behind the cutting edge. It was in M390 steel

I got the srk and master hunter both in 3v steel l like the steel and those handles are great

The entire time I was waiting for you to use the Husqvarna lmfao. Why include it and not use it in the demonstration? Lol gg.

For those interested, the Stihl branded axe is I believe actually a German made Adler 951600 spitting axe, 3000g of juicy Germanic goodness. I have three of them 🤭 Also, the Husqvarna axe is made by German firm Gardena, and can be purchased cheaper in the grey and turquoise regalia of the original Gardena 2800.

Buck 619 had a great handle, too. But 3V is a much better steel.

I can see you spend your all pay check on knives. Would like to hear what your wife has to say about it .

Man I want one of those and that gransfors bruk small forest axe. nice axes

I have that Fiskars Pro 8lb maul. It’s a beast.

to buy a Modern Bowie in Australia at the moment is AUD$1000+ and to be honest, they are ridiculously overpriced, for that sort of money I can get a full-blown custom in whatever steel and specs I want.

I hear you on not liking the round stihl handle. But to be fair, the rotation of the head upon contact. Is actually helping with the splitting action. If u allow the head to rotate. It helps kick the pieces away from one another. Maybe instead of fighting it, try allowing it to rotate. I think that might help u more, obviously if u are trying to force it not to rotate. It would definitely hurt the hands rather fast.. Just a thought..

So i dont know if its a plecebo or not, but sometimes on that really knotted stuff i will take a couple cracks at the knots with a regular chopping axe to just try and break up that kind of curl of knots running through it and it seems to split a bit better. Again it might just be in my head but worth a try if anyone gets really super stuck on a knotted piece

Just got myself Estwing 6lb maul...jeez, ain't easy for me...cos I'm bit ill at the moment. .. I've got problem with precision and keep hitting base of the handle. .. Great video! Thank you!

I have double extra large hands that it fits my hand perfect

Bought mine over 30 years ago, it's Carbon V.

Hi. As someone who has used it for a long time, would you recommend this knife?

Hi , he really look like the cold steel recon scout but with a convexe grind . Gorgeous blade !

Coldsteel has some of the most comfortable handles. I took a file to the spine of my MH CPM-3V(now it looks like shit but works phenomenally), incidentally my MH VG1 comes with a fairly sharp spine from the factory. I also ordered a second one from ebay last month. It was selfor $89 OBO. So I offered $55, and they sold it immediately. Got it a month later for $58 w/tax. Only after the sale I find out the seller's in Singapore. My alarm starts ringing. A month later today, it arrives and the mailing label says its from Hong Effn China Kong! Now I am certain I got shit on. I opened the package to pull out the coldsteel box, there's a white label on it says its made in CHINA!!!! The label also has more Chinese distribution centers in china and other stupid chinese districts of manufacturing and source materials. I am pissed! I opened the box and unlike my 25 other coldsteels from the MH to M Tanto to my 2 Trail Master 3V, the knife was sheathedand together wrapped in bubble wrap and the knife actually in cellophane and placed in the sheath. What other signs this was a counterfeit; it was stone washed but had machine marks on each side by the gaurd, the fake kray-ex has micro sandy texture and there is a manufacturing line on the top of the handle going around and down back towards the front to the gaurds as if molded from two halves and joined. The lettering was almost perfect except for the "s" and the "r" were thinner in a different script almost. The edge was fair decent except at the last 2/3 cm where I can run my finger with pressure without any worries. On both my san mai and 3V master hunter, you would hit bone if you were dumb enough to try that. Yeah, I got screwed. I tried to contact Ebay but you have to initiate Ebay's return system for 3 days before they allow you to call them. So I started the return with loads of pictures and a scathing complaint. After an hour rechecked my complaints and apparently someone saw it. They said I should receive a refund in 2 to 3 days and don't bother sending the Chinese crap back to them! Yup, so be careful boys!

Try a Tuatahi work axe?

My two best wood splitters are my gransfors Bruks splitting maul and a Tuatahi work axe. Impressive.

fucken epic video mate thanks