Summer Of Knives 2017 The Bushcraft Knife

[@spundj]

Just wanted to say thanks for the videos ,summer of knives. I appreciate the effort. It`s refreshing ,to not watch Batoning, paper cutting, wood shavings etc, A reference set of videos for people in my circle,who want to know what knife to get. Thanks again.

[@williammoore4646]

Great series Summer of Knives 2017 The entire series has been consistently well done. i have enjoyed your presentations for it's thoroughness and clarity. Well done thanks so much for an enjoyable you tube presentation.

[@kinghenry056]

Enjoyed all of your videos this summer. All of them have been phenomenally informative and educational. Keep up the outstanding work Devil Dog and Semper Fi!

[@gerrynystad8336]

I enjoyed the summer of series. When on a budget, one or two knives has to cover a lot of bases. cheers

[@Johneekay]

I have the Condor Bushlore. Great budget bushcraft knife. It's also bigger than the one in your video. I agree with you on having an all purpose knife in the field. I try to stick to being practical. Thanks for the videos, really enjoying them !

[@happycamper9300]

Can you comment on the difficulty to sharp scandi knives? I found very easy to maintain it with something like a fallkniven DC4 or a worksharp field sharpener. Those are small and very portable and very useful for touch up the scandi edge in the field. I just put the knife on the flat surface, move a little bit to match the angle and slide it. Just that simple

[@3riverblades]

Happy Camper I meant convex is hard to sharpen.

[@1valg]

Your Scout mrk.1 is truly a work of art! Unfortunately it´s out of my price-range with taxes to Europe a.s.o. but it is probably one of the best designs I have seen to this date.

[@StevanOutdoor]

Same here. These taxes we have to pay (and p & p from the US can be very expensive). A European alternative that has been on the market for some years and looks a lot like that Scout is the model Bushcraft by TRC knives. Handmade in Lithuania (by Andrius Tricius) and that's part of the EU so no additional taxes. ;) But I fully agree. Without these additional costs that Mark 1 Scout model would have been in my collection already.

[@beefy0978]

We’re obsessed with “full tang” etc. What makes a “full tang” with holes for weight saving and bolts stronger than a decent stick tang?

[@Airik1111bibles]

Spyderco Bushcrafter is freaking awesome looking, I'll never own one but boy I'd love to LOL. The handle design and blade shape is excellent.

[@AXAH78]

Great video

[@alexfuson4817]

I need to get ahold of one those

[@mariumrajah]

I have a few bark river knives at 1st they were a little hard to sharpen thats because I was doing the sharpening wrong ,, it's easy to learn not hard at all just keep checking what your taking off .. A2 steel gets pretty much razor sharp .. Convex edge is not hard to maintain at all

[@romaniac82]

If I may ask a question. What's the difference between ferrocerium rods and magnesium rods? Great video btw!

[@ericwhitlow7364]

I went cheap for a first camp/bush knife. A Mora Craftline Robust.

[@StevanOutdoor]

Besides calling convex scandi when you started talking about the Bark Rivers I do agree that there are people that want to define bushcraft in a narrow way that suits there commercial interest. In my book bushcraft is a very wide concept. I do not really care about convex, scandi, saber, flat or hollow grinds. I can sharpen them all when needed in the field. I look at the design and the function i have in mind for that blade. If there is a match I'm interested. I have different demands for a 'one tool option' but when does this situation occur when you only have the one tool option and when it occurs do you have that option with you? That Mark 1 Scout model could be my 'one tool option' but also my 'bushcraft' or 'survival' knife. It looks to me as a great bush knife or outdoor knife as you will. Atb from Holland

[@lesliepaulkovacs6442]

Pull up seat and top off the Coffee. So in July of 2012, I went down to Dave Canterbury's old site (the one with the Salt Caves) and took his Basic Survival Class. Let's get one thing Straight: Dave knows his stuff, and the School was Excellent. However, he does wish he could have been on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, so his Philosophy is geared more towards Deep Woods Survival. Not Urban, not Desert, not Artic, but the Eastern Woodlands of the US and Canada. And Dave stressed that the "10Cs" kit was that one carried the Kit on you at all times for EMERGENCIES, NOT TO LIVE OFF THE LAND FOR MONTHS AT A TIME! And as part of that Kit, you carried a 4-6 inch Full Tang knife to process Wood for Survival. Yes, he's now hooked up with Mora, and he teaches a lot of about Primitive Skills. But those are more for people who also want to spend lots of time in the Woods enjoying what was done and used 200 years ago. On the other end of the Scale, we have the Ultralight Throughhikers who will use every piece of High Tech Light Weight Gear for their Enjoyment in the Woods. Neither is right or wrong, just Different ways of being Outdoors. But somehow, there had developed this "Bushcraft" Mentality that one can ONLY go into the Woods with the "Correct" Bushcraft Gear and you will DIE if you use something else. Bull! Quoting from Dave's Book "Survivalbilty for the Common Man", pages 26-27: " I would recommend a STURDY 5-6 inch blade with a Full Tang.....if you are dead set against carrying a larger Fixed Blade, my SECONDARY recommendation would be to carry a good quality 3-4 inch knife like the Mora ALONG WITH A GOOD QUALITY FOLDING SAW LIKE A BACHO LAPLANDER." Dave Canterbury's Words, not mine. As for me, when I took his Class, I used a Ontario Spec Plus Marine that someone cut down to 5 1/5 inches. Hey, it was $10 at a Gun Show, and Dave said it was good enough. And we both agreed with you that the Sheath Sucks! Bottom Line: I believe that the Belt Knives that YOU make are more in line with what Dave and others who are MUCH more experienced in the Woods than some of the "Bushcraft Nazis" who are Preaching on the InterWebs believe should be carried. I'd trust your Scout to keep me at 98.6 Degrees more than a Mora Companion. Keep up the Good Work, Marine.

[@StevanOutdoor]

Ok. I have my coffee. Do you ;) I don't think you can judge the quality of a teacher by just taking a basic survival class. I know a Dutch guy that took the same class years ago on his visit to the US. This guy was already into bushcraft. He had fun but there was nothing new or more than other survival or bushcraft classes. The location was a few trees next to a highway owned by Dave's brother or something. I'm NOT saying that Dave does not know about bushcraft and survival. I just know he was all military look and vision untill they discovered his military past was a lie and than he went with a hippie look. I don't see people that lie as an authority on anything or maybe on adding to the bushcraft myth and commercial market you are opposing? Where the 5 C's are easy to remember by making them all start with a C they do not add a new insight. It's not like people were not bringing this stuff into the woods already. Same with the 10 C's. I do agree that going old school or ultralight. Nobody has a claim when it comes to going out in nature. It's different styles. I do agree with your choice of Ontario and my (modified) SP5 is still my favorite large blade. My modified SP1 I still consider a good 'one tool option'. I also agree on the Scout model (Mark1 Scout) as being a very good looking knife for that 'one tool option' or a good blade for in the bush in general. Atb from Holland

[@DutchK75]

Pretty much. Back when I was a young Marine I went to Bridgeport for the Marines survival school. After that they had received some open billets to go to the Army's survival school at Fort Wainwright. Up in North Pole Alaska. The instructor I was with. Was a former Vietnam era Green Beret. Bad Dude. He had a Busse Steel Heart. I had a K-bar and I don't know what model Spyderco folder. He used that Steel Heart for everything. Trap triggers everything. That big hunk of INFI left an impression on me. So much so I have 3 old school foot lockers full of Busse and Kin. It's my folly.

[@snaponjohn100]

Great video. Thanks for sharing your collection with us. God bless. John

[@MrHatetheplayer]

Super random i know, but better to ask a marine scout sniper than some yahoo. do you ever use a .22 and if so, what is your favorite set-up?

[@lukeschwebke637]

Great video, I like your bush craft knife the plunge lines look great from what I could see. Do you free hand grind or use a jig?

[@MrHatetheplayer]

i want one of your dirty scout knives. what a beast

[@TimothyRyanFisher]

I learned some bushcraft, though it was more farm craft growing up in Iowa, fire skills butchering animals. I spent almost a year in the the Out Back of Australia and got introduced to real bushcraft, bush tucker. I live in the city now but still collect Bush tools? I just like them. I see you have the Mora 1 or 3, you can get that with a leather sheath on Amazon for $20, it makes it one of my favorite bc knives. I can’t stand the plastic sheaths Mora uses. My folding edcs are all bc, Scandinavian grind like the Enzo Birk 75 and Finwolf.

[@bushcraftgeek9626]

Keep doning what you do

[@patbiggin644]

Sorry, that "blacksmithed knife " was ground. He may have forged it but he did grind it afterwards. That texture and look is an after add on

[@alarsenault1681]

Tops is a scandi grind not sabre

[@DaroriDerEinzige]

Fun fact: Most Knifes he pointed out are actually "Sabre Grinds". ^^' Sabre grind without a secondary bevel is called a "Scandinavian Grind," which is easier to sharpen due to the large surface. But yeah. He has a lot of stuff laying around.

[@Airik1111bibles]

Wow bro you use 154Cm on your knives that's cool ! I love my Ontario SK5 Blackbird in 154CM , I find that the steel works really well with ceramic rods. I've had a ton of blades in normal steel like 1095, 420 yadda yadda and most take well to stones but that 153cm gets scary sharp with my ceramic rods it sings when you get that edge just right its wicked sounding😁 Not many knives are made with 154cm anymore I don't understand why cause its the closest you can get to powder steel without the insane price point.

[@Airik1111bibles]

Bark River knives are 99% always convex.....easy to sharpen and maintain.

[@mariumrajah]

Nice knifes I must say ... I like

[@Walterliquori]

That scout is awesome

[@dalrolaalorlad6521]

I, myself, also are not a bushcrafter as well.

[@MrAquamarine]

They look like they haven't been used even once....

[@Airik1111bibles]

MrAquamarine My thoughts exactly....freaking USE THOSE THINGS.....what a waste.

[@kyro3791]

@@Airik1111bibles He is a collector. not a bushcrafter. he COLLECTS knives. if you wanna see them used go out and buy them yourself.

[@estima8tor1]

I would consider the majority of those knives to be more suited for survival or camp knives rather than bushcraft. Anything thicker than 1/8 inch for a bushcrafter is just wasted metal and added weight in this old man's opinion, but opinion do vary................

[@lakesandrivers]

Did I hear u say.. Scandi is hard to sharpen? U can do it while u walk lol u seem to really know yr shit so I guess it was a slip .. good vid , nice to see all those together. Make me jelly

[@3riverblades]

Whatwasadam convex grind is hard to sharpen not scandi

[@comfusedWorldpassanger3399]

convex is easy, if you do it right...

[@finest9176]

Convex grind is easier to resharpen than flat or sabre grinds... dont spread this myth that convex is hard to resharpen please.

[@themoodybobby1]

Let's do some trading. Books by Cody Lundin are 98.6 degrees ways to keep your ass alive and When all hell breaks loose.

[@nervsouly]

Alright. Ok.

[@bobbybulan8472]

Out of all them knifes I dislike urs the most it s got a no shape to it

[@leonardszubinski4709]

How can you show Mora knives and not even mention its superior; Marttiini scandi grind knife from Finland? A terrific inexpensive bushcraft knife that outdoes Mora!