Hudson bay camp knife mods part 2

[@tamadrummer001]

This is a fantastic project! I’m 2 years late to the party but you took a useable knife and made it a great knife. Really well done!

[@kieran9090]

I think it looks really good, I would feel well proud of that, I genuinely turned away a mini Hudson Bay Knife because the handle was a joke, terrible. Looks great man

[@Bradipop1]

Good job but I would also have made a nice hole on the tang and on the handle to be able to attach it to the lanyard / strap which is always useful!

[@shovelhead8]

Looks great, and it should make a serviceable knife for camp chores. Thank you for showing us how you did it, Mark. I have a knife to put new scales on so this was good for me!

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

What are you going to use?

[@shovelhead8]

@@AdventureTimeOutdoors I was walking the dog last year and came across a burl in a little dead tree. Next time i went I had a saw. I slabbed it up, not too well, on a band saw and left it to dry. Some not bad grain. We will see how it turns out. Did you see the haul of vintage fishing lures I picked up on the weekend? For $1? Thank you for the reply, Mark

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

@@shovelhead8 I watched s little of it today before work. Just my opinion but shimanos stuff from top to bottom is good. I will watch the rest tonight. If you mod your knife are you going to shoot a video?

[@shovelhead8]

@@AdventureTimeOutdoors I was planning on a video. No big mods. It was used as a garden tool for years. I had done a part one a year or two ago. Why does that sound familiar? Any way, I am going to give it a try and film it as well. I think the rod is a berkely from the number on it. The reel looked like it had never been used. Thank you for the questions, Mark

[@8626John]

Nice work! I put curly maple scales on mine. Great camp knife.

[@wadejohnson3871]

Fantastic job Mark looks great.

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks Wade! This knife is a little too big and clumsy to carry in the Bush BUT it is a shit ton of fun to throw. Lol I'm sure I will be putting another handle on it soon.

[@concealmenttraining9371]

I think it looks pretty good. Well done!

[@maplehouseknives]

Nice job dude! Nice to see you clamping your work down too, there's too many unnecessary injuries in the knife making profession!

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Ya I have worked in the steel industry for 17years and have seen some really bad accidents. Guys losing finger, bad cuts and broken bones. I have a good respect for machinery and sharp edges. The next one is going to be way better. I am going to make my son his first knife. I will film it from start to finish and I'm going to pull out all the stops.

[@theoxmountaingang2585]

I'm about to buy me a Hudson bay your micarta looks really good

[@CarolinaChrisOutdoors]

Cool... I bought some micarta slabs to replace the scales on my Hudson Bay because I figured they wouldn't last long... three years now... not real comfortable but they haven't broken yet. I'm ready when they do though! 👍🏻

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Have you tried you throwing it yet. OH MAN it is so fun.

[@CarolinaChrisOutdoors]

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[@mckwilly]

Something special about building/moding your own knife , great job 👍😀

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks man. Sometimes I get this itch to get in the garage and create something. It's crazy how it consumes me. Lol I just have to do it and then I am good for a few months then it starts to build in me again.

[@outdoorsmansgarage]

I think it turned out good man those handle scales are really nice you did a good job on it

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks man!

[@rollingthunder915]

Why not rebore the holes (SLOWLY) to fit the 6 mm pins? This is a question, not a suggestion.

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

That was my first thought but when I put it on my drill press I broke 3 drill bits on 1 hole. I figured they hardened the tang aswell and it was just not going to happen.

[@MTwoodsrunner]

Looks plenty purty enough to me !...well done Mark!...woods

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks Woods. I think it wont be long before I have to change them again. I love throwing that knife. I hope all is well woods

[@rangefinder3538]

That was a long wait.....but well worth it.

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Ya sorry about that! I wasn't sure what I thought about it but the more i look at it the more I like it. I cant wait to throw it around a little.

[@rangefinder3538]

@@AdventureTimeOutdoors I also bought into the hype about this knife, both figuratively and financially,and found so much wrong with it.I have medium size hands and I could hardly get a good grip on it because of the munchkin sized and badly designed handle. And the size of the ricassa was simply ridiculous. Also, no loophole to retain a wrist cord which made the knife too easy to slip from the hand and too dangerous to use; so I sent it back. However, to be fair, the knife had possibilities for improvement and wished I had the tools and expertise to refine it, so imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon your channel to find someone that not only agreed with me, but also had the tools and expertise to do exactly what I wanted to do with this knife. And what a fine job you did. It was well worth the wait! P.S. I think you should send your video's to the Condor People (who incidentally make very fine products other than this disaster} and show them how a real Hudson Bay knife should be made.

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

@@rangefinder3538 I ate a lot of crap from viewers when I ripped on this knife. It seems to me that some knives are made by people who have no experience with them. There were so many design issues with this knife and it always comes down to the price. What do you want for that price or I expect too much for that price. Mora makes great well thought out knives with proven designs for cheaper. The Hudson bay camp knife isnt a good knife it is a cool looking knife. The only reason I kept it was because I had so much fun throwing it. (It really throws nice) if it wasn't for that I would have thrown it away. It feels much better now in the hand but I still need to field test it........and throw it around a littlelol

[@MarkYoungBushcraft]

That turned out really nice Mark. I like the colours of the micarta. Are you giving any thought to taking the edge back any? That made a HUGE difference in performance on mine. Thanks for sharing

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Ya I am thinking about it but to be honest I am more of a small knife guy. The only reason I kept it was if was so much fun to throw. I have an overnighter video with my brother a few years back where we threw that knife until we couldnt lift our arms any more. Lol

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

I was thinking about just convexing it out. That should make it a little more slicey with the edge raised about 1/8th

[@tobaccoroadadventures]

Looks great to me! Good job!🤘🏼

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks man! I may change the handle again though. It doesnt throw the same any more

[@sebastienfriscour4497]

Hello, nice vidéo. What do you think about the sheat of this knive ?

[@jessewatt5528]

Looks good, good job

[@cephasmcpher67peteroutdoorspip]

I think that turned out really cool! I like it.

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks man

[@scodoguy5581]

Very nice , I have and love that knife

[@NGMountains]

I like it. Looks good to me.

[@lurveleggoutdoors9930]

Cool doing it you're self! Like it!

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@jamesdotson6071]

Looks great to me !!

[@MarkShelby2025]

Well done brother. I never liked the original Scales that comes on those Hudsons either

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Hey thanks man! The whole handle shape was wrong in my opinion. It feels so much better now. I cant wait to get out and throw that beast around again. What a fun knife to throw!

[@MarkShelby2025]

@@AdventureTimeOutdoors Right. I have one and the scales on it is hard on the hands no matter what ur doing with it.Ur vid inspires me to mod mine

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

@@MarkShelby2025 go for it man. The handle is so much better now.

[@genxkevin]

Good job

[@bigbill262]

Well in El Salvador their drill is probably worn out or homemade so there isn't a true size but I paid 63 us for mine an screw it good steel holds an edge an customize it I will

[@manuelplez6429]

very beautiful .

[@manuelplez6429]

what is it made of , please ? and how ?

[@RogerF]

Nice! 👍

[@triggerhappy5680]

I think it looks cool !

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Thanks man. I cant wait to toss that bad boy around a little! That knife throws like a boss

[@frankstarship6381]

It is really red :P But seriously, you did a great job, even if there is no bacon this time

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Lol ya, it is really red. That was my first crack at micarta! I made some really nice micarta on my last knife build. I used a jute ribbon. Looks way better.

[@frankstarship6381]

@@AdventureTimeOutdoors But you did a great job really !

[@SandMDOTCOM1]

Lol nice handle... buts it's still an oversized kitchen knife haha

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Yup I am so glad I didn't pay for that piece of junk

[@starlingblack814]

NICE!!!

[@longrider42]

Why didnt you put the 6mm pins in a drill and sand then down. If all you needed to remove was .5mm it would have been easy enough. Yes I have built knives, buy the blade and to the finish work.

[@ATOMark]

I thought about it but I wasn't sure if I could do it evenly. Doesn't really matter its just a beater knife. I much prefer building a knife from scratch.

[@bigbill262]

A for effort but d is for drilling new holes

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

I tried to drill new holes but it just killed my bits. I deserve the d for sure lol. I should have softened the steel and re-quenched and tempered again. It just wasn't worth all that extra work for a knife I dont really like.

[@waynepalmer6743]

It's called (proprietary) hardware makes it hard to copy or clone the knife. Without being able to tell you would be surprised there are fakes out there for just about every make (ZT) (BUCK) (Down under knives) you name it

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

Ya very true. I got duped once with a fake mora companion. It even had moras name on it but spelled wrong. Well I got it done well enough. I threw it at tree about 300 times so far and it held up.

[@annodomini7250]

Why not just drill the holes to 6mm?

[@ATOMark]

I actually tried and burned 3 bits. The whole blade was really hard.

[@markdevries8975]

wish i had the machinery and skills to do this myself, unfortunately i dont even have the space for the machinery.. Nice job tho, didnt watch the whole video, just the result.

[@johnmutton799]

That steel looks to easy to drill.

[@AdventureTimeOutdoors]

It should have been but it seems like they hardened the handle. It wore out 3 of my bits and I was useing the slowest speed on my drill with lots of oil. Dont know why the steel was so hard but it killed a new cobalt drill and 2 slightly used ones. So I gave up.