Helle - Nordlys | When Norway makes the best Bushcraft Knife

[@jasondunn8313]

That’s one Helle-va knife… sorry it could not resist😂 Beautiful materials and craftsmanship 👍

[@tshansen]

Hahaha... probably much more obvious for someone outside Norway 😂 Cheers ☕️

[@lelikbolek1362]

Fishing part of the video was awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@tshansen]

Thank you sir. Glad you liked it 🙌🏻

[@lelikbolek1362]

@tshansen I guess no one can remain indifferent with the nature you show in your video 🤙

[@peterolsson475]

As a Swede lived in Norway for 5years i get the same feeling everytime i see your pics and movies, i want to move back!🙂 keep up the good work. Buddha bless from Sweden.

[@tshansen]

Thank you so much Peter 🙌🏻 That is maybe one of the best compliments I have ever received 👏🏻 Much more to come this fall and winter.

[@Nifilheimur]

I bought a Helle GT in the factory when i was traveling the west coast of Norway some 5 years ago. Amazing allround knife

[@tshansen]

The Helle GT is also a really good knife, it did not fit my hand as well, but amazing look and feel to it.

[@four38AM]

This makes me want to drive to Holmedal and get one. Maybe I will very soon😇 great video, your video style fits really well with those high quality products; Quality meets quality.. ❤

[@tshansen]

If you do, make sure to give me a heads up! My cabin is on the way there 🔥

[@kringsja922]

Great video, you should definitely make more bushcraft/outdoors videos, and all the shots are amazing. have a great day :)

[@The.WanderNest]

I agree!

[@tshansen]

Thank you, there is a slight chance there will be much more bushcraft videos or part of my videos will be regarding bushcraft things, especially in winter. I have to see how I can fit it in with my style and way of filming. Glad you liked it 🙌🏻

[@Braapncamp]

This is therapy Tjommi, relaxing. I have st least 3 Norwegian knife brands in my collection and Helle is one of them. One traditionsl Scandinavian type of knife pnd one hunting knife i made myself buying a Helle blade. This and the large model just ticks the bones for me. Beautiful and look practical. Nice shooting Tjommi.

[@tshansen]

It is crazy how stuff like this can relax the mind, like when I was editing this, the drops on the tarp just made me sleepy. Some of the earlier modells from Helle did not fit my hand very well. I was way more into Mora and Casström, but with their new models, everything has changed. Happy hunting Tjommi, make sure to capture some footage for us of it. Wish I could be there and see you all hunt. Cheers ☕️

[@nielshk5132]

That's a good looking knife! I hope you enjoy it on your adventures yet to come. Really enjoyed the way you set up the shots. You really have a way with the camera to make everything look great on video, wether the sun shines or it rains. Tusen tak for the video.

[@tshansen]

Ohh! Thank you so much for the nice comment and great compliment. Really appreciate that 🤩👏🏻 This knife has been with me on all adventures since I got it, and it will continue to do so until I find something that can replace it. But I have doubts. 😇 Glad you enjoyed this video. Cheers ☕

[@kevincrouch3956]

I love my Helle Viking knife...bought a few years and still serving me well way down here in Australia. Love your videos.

[@tshansen]

The Helle Viking knife is absolutely beautiful. I wish I could get my hands on the Viking knife with the Black lady on the handle (think it was a limited edition) Thank you for the support. Really appreciate it.

[@borneo4x4]

tshansen, that has got to be one of the better knife reviews I've seen on KZbin. Keep up the good work.

[@tshansen]

Wow, thank you sir! Really appreciate that 🙌🏻

[@kihestad]

This is so nerdy, gotta love it 🤩

[@tshansen]

Haha, I could have made a channel just about knifes and axes 😂🙈

[@kihestad]

​@@tshansenI know 😅 perfectly crafted video ❤

[@feanythmayosh5525]

The moment you shared this knife in Patreon I had looked into it and fell in love as well. Your opinions matter and helped me decide to buy it. An absolute gem!

[@tshansen]

I really enjoy handmade tools and old classical designs. My knife collection has grown big the last couple of years, but I honestly think I have found the one! Really glad you like it as well Diana 🙌🏻 Cheers ☕️

[@frankzabriskie2045]

Well there’s another Great place to visit and upgrade Gear:). Great video Thomas you skill sets really shows with your knowledge as a craftsmen!!!! Loved the fish fillet scene…😂😂 Great info!!!! Thank you!!!

[@tshansen]

Thank you so much Frank 🤩 I'm not sure how usable the fish filet is for other countries, but here in Norway, with all the small lakes and rivers, you can get a lot of small fish, and you want a knife to handle that well. And there might be some fish cooking on open fire in the future.🙌🏻

[@BBRWild]

Pretty nice knife, looks perfect one for bushcraft

[@tshansen]

Thank you, and yes I would say that it will work perfectly for bushcraft tasks.

[@The.WanderNest]

This is such a good watch! The spoon carving is where my jaw dropped. I would love to learn that some day!

[@tshansen]

Thank you, the spoon carving is something I have done on and off the latest years and it is really easy when you get the hang of it. But like everything else in this world, it takes time 🙈

[@The.WanderNest]

@@tshansen haha I can imagine. It's the simple things that need practice and skill that I really enjoy watching. Carving wood, baking bread, sharpening knives etc.

[@tshansen]

@@The.WanderNest Indeed... it is something therapeutical about it.

[@davidreid3345]

Thanks for another great video Thomas both enjoyable and informative😀 I know you are a busy man but I'm still waiting for the video on how you sharpen your knives 😉 keep er lit, Dave.

[@tshansen]

Haha, thank you David. I was really unsure if I would include it in this video, but I found it better to just wait and to some maintenance on both my knifes and axes to show how I do it. But I can give you a little clue ( ken onion)

[@Derchlands]

I have the nord and i love it for camping but it is way to thick for food prep, this looked so much better at it. I usually bring an opinel for slicey things like food prep and my nord for wood prep but i have considered a smaller helle for smaller tasks. I have a friend who is about to get married and i was thinking about getting him a nordly engraved for it

[@tshansen]

@@Derchlands I could not imagine a better gift 👏🏻🔥 I have both the nord and Nordlys! I choose the nordlys 9 out of 10 times now

[@MartinHJ]

Beste anmeldelsen av en kniv jeg har sett hvertfall, og jeg ser mye på YT og har sett uendelig mange reviews av alt fra telt til tech. Var utrolig trivelig å se deg i felten med turutstyr, dønn bra filming og innhold her og på lik linje som motorsykkel eventyrene dine. Er det lov å håpe på mer av det :D Uansett, a pleasure as always :) Fikk lyst til å ta en tur ut i høstskogen og filme litt etter dette, tror jeg gjør nettopp dette og fanger noen øyeblikk på brikka - så takk for en inspirasjonsboost. God høst til deg og dine :)

[@tshansen]

Oi, det må jeg bare bøye meg å si tusen takk for Martin 👏🏻 Veldig hyggelig å høre. Det er helt åpenbart at det blir å komme litt mer alternative eventyr på kanalen framover, ikke bare motorsykkel relatert innhold. Men for at det ikke skal bli for brå overgang så må jeg posisjonere det litt ut. Jeg blir nok å prøve meg litt på begge deler siden Eventyr er så mye mer for meg enn bare motorsykkel. Så får vi se hvordan jeg klarer å formidle det underveis. 🔥👌🏻 En ting er hvertfall sikkert, det blir mye mer av alt framover 🎥 Ingen ting er så kult som å inspirere andre til å komme seg ut å kapre eget innhold eller ta seg egne turer 🙏🏻 Riktig god høst til deg og dine også. ☕️

[@kpe2870]

Excellent knives.. 👍

[@tshansen]

Helle really knows there stuff when it comes to old traditional knifes 👏🏻

[@mehmetkupeli2073]

Thank you buddy!

[@tshansen]

You are welcome, glad you liked it 👌🏻

[@RSLtreecare]

Hi, thank you for a very nice review. I am interested in a Helle knife, i take a closer look.

[@tshansen]

You are welcome, really glad you enjoyed it 👏🏻

[@terjeopdal7648]

Herlig video og review i nydelige omgivelser! 😊 🔥🍁 Ser ut som ein fantastisk kniv 🔪 Godt jobba! 🙌

[@tshansen]

Takk for det Terje 🙌🏻 Absolutt en storfavoritt her i huset. Gleder meg veldig til å prøve Nordlys med flat grind som kommer nå i Oktober.

[@Crittermoto]

Great looking knife.

[@tshansen]

Thank you my friend. I absolutely love this one 🤌🏻

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Kvalitetsfilm om kniven 👍

[@tshansen]

Takk for det Stig 🙌🏻 Kvalitetskniv fortjener bare det beste 🔥

[@enduromotorradtouren]

In Germany they're discussing about tighter laws against knives. Shows how safe Norway is ;-) Happy days with your Helle Nordlys, Thomas. Günter/Nürnberg

[@tshansen]

I think this is a discussion I most countries these days because of the rapid use of knife in terror and violent encounters. We have some issues with it as well, but we are only 5 million people up here, in Germany there is 80 millions? I would say that Norway is safer than most other countries in the world. Stay safe mate. Cheers ☕️

[@enduromotorradtouren]

@@tshansen If you want to hurt people you can do that with a stick, hammer, foot or words. Are they going to ban all of that? ;-)

[@PatchedBandit]

Tough looking knife 👌 Northern countries make awesome knifes! 🙂

[@tshansen]

Yeah, I have some really nice Puukko knives from Finland as well, and I'm really impressed how well we manage to craft our knifes up here. Old traditional beats new tech any day in my opinion. (will catch your latest action cam video today)

[@040cleaning6]

Love the handle

[@tshansen]

Thank you, I really like that myself

[@x-land-camp415]

Helle knifes are very nice and the quality is high. Love them.

[@tshansen]

You and me both 👏🏻

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

I heard nothing but good about this knife, regarding bushcraft and all round camp stuff.The handle has the length for my large hands. And it looks great too :-) So I'm saving up for one at the moment.Thank you for this review, I appreciate it👍 Greetings from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, TW.

[@tshansen]

I'm a little surprised there is not more reviews about it online. Because this seams to be going under the radar for many, but is without a doubt the best knife Helle has to this date. Glad you liked it and it fits superbly in my hand as well.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

@@tshansen : Indeed, the knife certainly deserves more praise. I think I saw the first reviews from the guys at DBK and West Coast Bushcrafters. And I think they too know what they are talking about.

[@tshansen]

@@tonnywildweasel8138 Yeah both trusty sources from my experience. And I bet more people will get their eyes up when the new Nordlys flat grind will be available. Many people across the pond will not have knives like this with scandi grind

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

@@tshansen : I hope for Helle it does!

[@Bruce_S]

I've had the Nord for about a month, and it's my favourite knife so far. I love my Casstroms, but the edge geometry of the Helle is something special. I want to buy the Nordly so bad, but with so many knives I'm having a hard time justifying it. I guess it's been that way for awhile and I keep buying more knives, so why not the Nordly too 😂

[@tshansen]

Hahaha it's like listening to myself think and talk 😂🙌🏻 I have it the exact same way, and I'm pretty sure you will be really impressed how much better fit in the hand the Nordlys is. 😂 one knife addict to another 😇👌🏻

[@Bruce_S]

@tshansen hahaha I'm looking forward to trying it out 😅

[@DeepTheta]

Thank you for this video @tshansen. I noticed what appears to be a Casström 10, my knife of several years, in the Many Tools chapter. I would be grateful if you would share your opinion on exactly which task the Nordlys noticeably outperforms the 10. Take care, Deep Theta

[@tshansen]

Yeah, I have both the no.10 and Lars Fält knife, and I would say it outperform the no.10 in every way. Just because the thickness of the blade on the no.10 makes it less usable. The only thing that I'm really happy with on the no.10 is the grip comfort. I love the angle on the handle

[@DeepTheta]

@@tshansen Interesting. Thank you so much for responding. Take care

[@maurelius135]

Wonderful review and I may add this to my kit. I'd like to have a better idea of the grip size - what size glove size do you use? You have some great shots of the Nordlys in a full grip. Thank you in advance for your time.

[@tshansen]

Thin gloves like working gloves or what they call it I wear I size 10, motorcycle gloves I have 2XL and In general gloves I wear a size xl.

[@maurelius135]

@@tshansen Thanks for the quick answer. We are almost the same size and that helps me estimate how knife will feel in-hand.

[@JEmmertz]

Thats a really "sexy" knife! Looks very well balanced. In your hands it also seems extremely useful.

[@tshansen]

Haha... glad I'm not the only one that look at a tool like this and think, damn that is one sexy knife. 🙌🏻 It is incredible for my hands and use cases. Highly recommended and it will become a knife probably my kid can inherit after me

[@samhill3496]

Good review. Helle makes great knives. I have a only few. Love the birch scales. Makes a very comfortable and working purchase for control. The full Scandi grid makes a very strong knife bland and the full length tang is great to have. Several American brands have a flat grind which is very good for slicing but so much for carving or chopping. The thickness is a good compromise. If it were any thicker it would try to rotate in the hand and pull chunks instead of slices. I carry a hatchet for the tough stuff anyway. Eying a folder. Like you a few hundred reside with me. Now with all those knives you should have an impressive drawer of spoons and other utensils. As far as the fish filleting, it takes a sharp knife to do that and that one truly is. A tidbit, I was in college about 19 years old before I had a boneless fish fillet. All the time growing up fish were out primary meat which we caught in local lakes and rivers. We fried them whole generally and picked the bones. When you are hungry you get pretty good at it. Good fishing my Nordic ADV and cutlery friend. Remember it's not a pry bar nor a wire cutter. All good from the hills of east Kentucky USA

[@tshansen]

I absolutely love the birch scales as well. It looks so much more in tune with what it is. A good outdoor knife. And like you say, it sits great in the hand and does not slip as bad as other materials. I have never been a huge fan of flat grinds, maybe because it is tradition with Scandinavian grind up here. But I will try it out on the new Nordlys that will come in the middle of October now. See and compare it to the regular one. Haha, I have spoons, figurines utensils all over the place. When I first start making wood stuff, I fall into deep relaxation and enjoy the process so much I forget time and space. I remember when we was kids as well, we fried fresh fish over an open fire and just ate that. Need to do more of this in the future 👏🏻 Great comment my friend. Thank you

[@BjørjaBear]

For food prep it can be nice to bring an Opinel, doesn't weigh much, and is very good for this task. Not expensive either.

[@BjørjaBear]

Very nice video. I must admit I'm somewhat intrigued by this knife. The Nord is slightly too large for my usage, this seems more of an allrounder. I'd love to see them release it with a carbon steel like Sleipner though. Perhaps something in the future?

[@tshansen]

My experience as well, the Nord is great, but just a little bit too large for my liking when it comes to a multi purpose knife. This is where the Nordlys outshines and outperforms the Nord in my liking. You never know, there might be a sleipner variant, but I know that the flat grind version is coming first, maybe new steel next year? dependent on the success of the two this year?

[@trygvemk]

Veldig bra video, både innhold og produksjonskvalitet!😁 Har akkurat bestilt meg en Temagami som min første kvalitetskniv som jeg tenker å bruke på turer i skogen med spikking og bålfyring samt til fisketurer både på fjellet og havet. Hva er de største forskjellene på Temagami og Nordlys?😊

[@tshansen]

Temagami er også en kniv jeg er veldig fornøyd med og den hang i beltet fast før Nordlys kniven. Jeg brukte også sliren til Casström no.10 så jeg kunne ha tennstål festet siden jeg ikke likte sliren til Temagami like godt. Den største forskjellen er nok hvordan den føles i Hånden, vekten og hvor vel balansert den er til alle oppgaver. Jeg har en bedre totalopplevelse og inntrykk av Nordlys vs Temagami

[@kimkelberg]

A beutyfull knife

[@tshansen]

It truly is Kim. Hope you are doing great mate. Cheers ☕️

[@kimkelberg]

@@tshansen i am alive and try to get the best out of it and keep my mind clear , have enjoyed a ride on the motorcycle today in great weather ,

[@tshansen]

@@kimkelberg hope to get a little day trip out tomorrow myself in the nice weather

[@neilmackinnon3371]

Technical question. How well does it hold its edge? The reason I ask is because I am TERRIBLE at sharpening knives... either that or I am fantastic at blunting knives. This means any utility knife I have needs to hold its edge well for a long as possible. My long term favourite is a KA-BAR short style. Mine was made in Japan and I have treated it very badly for years yet it continues to do its job perfectly.

[@tshansen]

Ooooh... that is a good and really difficult question to answer. Because it is so much down to how you use it, how often you strop it, what you define as a good enough edge etc. But I would say that knifes like this, with this kind of grind angle holdes it edge really well... I have not sharpen mine yet, only stropped it once since I got it, and I have used it a lot. My best advice to get better at sharpening is to take a closer look at the Worksharp tools and the Ken Onion option.

[@neilmackinnon3371]

@@tshansen the fact that you have not yet sharpened it and it will still filet a fish and cut fruit and vegetables after being used as an axe and whittling knife says a lot. I have a simple sharpener from Whitby and co. It is foolproof. But give me a blunt knife and a sharpening stone and you'll get back.... a blunt knife and a sharpening stone. Give me a blunt chisel and a sharpening stone and I'll give you back a tool fit for the job.... I'm just rubbish at knives. I'll check out your recommendations.

[@HikingHansen]

Great video, Thomas. The Nordlys blade, in combination with the fire steel, looks appealing. I'm curious, did you pick the chanterelles that were in the frame around 01:00? They caught my attention so many times.

[@tshansen]

Thank you Mads. No, I have no or little mushroom knowledge, so for my own safety, I tend to stay away from picking any mushrooms. There is huge amount of chanterelle and Piggsopp at our cabin, but I leave that up to someone who knows what they are doing 🙈

[@HikingHansen]

@@tshansen The chanterelle is hard to mix with other mushrooms, so you can pick it without any risk. ;)

[@tshansen]

@@HikingHansen Noted... I should probably educate myself a little on this topic. We live in mushroom town sometimes.

[@mehmetkupeli2073]

What kind of tarp you got there?

[@tshansen]

That is a good question. It is a really low prices thing I got here in Norway. A tarp I'm really not liking and think could have been made so much better. The lines to tighten it is rubbish. so I only use it over a fire pit or where there is a lot of smoke.

[@whatsnext6336]

And now I want one... Damn you! 😉

[@tshansen]

Hahaha, well, even I want one more of this. It so damn good. I will get a flat grind as well when it release, maybe see if there is possible to have a giveaway. I need to contact Helle (if this video get some traction)

[@random-videos]

Hmmm the steel on this knife is sort of «low end». It perform worse than s30v etc. Wish they used Magnacut etc. However, what a beautiful and practical design !

[@tshansen]

Well, there is a lot of super steels out there and some use it in all their blades, but holy crap they are a pain to do maintenance on. Sandvic steel, or steels with carbon in it is no doubt my preferred choice when it comes to knifes like this.

[@random-videos]

@@tshansen this is true. There’s downsides to harder steels such as maintenance in the field.

[@GreenString]

It’s the apocalypse. Zombies are about to crash through your front door. You have just enough time to grab one bushcraft tool. The Nordly or the Gränsfors Bruk Outdoor axe? ….Or a spare set of Crocs?

[@tshansen]

You know the answer on this one Uncle... I would grab the extra set of Crocs 🤣

[@samhill3496]

Cringed on that ferro rod. Check this new issue for chopping and hard use. The winter up north can be cold and hard. The new Nord Sleipner certainly matches it. We have substituted the stainless 3.7 steel blade on the regular Nord with a 4 mm Sleipner steel blade. The handle shape is the same revolutionizing combination of two grips - a front grip for finer details, and a back grip for chopping. But the added weight and blade thickness makes this version slightly more geared towards chopping and heavier use. This version also features white liners and a black sheath.

[@tshansen]

Yeah, I have the original Nord, but the Sleipner steel is not that good for my use, because it rust so fast. Here close to the sea you spend more time maintaining the blade than using it. So I'm a huge fan of the Sandvik steel. The Nord is a good chopper, but like you said in the other post, I rather have a smaller knife, hatchet and a little folding saw with me than a big chopper.

[@samhill3496]

@@tshansenUnderstand that very well. The sea air ie horendous. In the 90+% humidity of east Kentucky it is difficult if not impossible to keep rust under control. I've lost several firearms to damage over the years. Gone a few months on assignment and it can get out of hand. Only a few microns and they are locked up and the finish damaged.

[@samhill3496]

Got Nordlys in ot will replace Utvear as it's too small for my hands. Grandson will get it for Christmas. He has great appreciation of knives. Genetics

[@ibhandlebar]

😎

[@tshansen]

Thank you 🙌🏻

[@glebb7990]

что за сталь

[@tshansen]

Thank you

[@nofunclub]

Fin kniv

[@tshansen]

Takk for det, utrolig fornøyd med denne 👏🏻

[@tomnickell1276]

There are plenty of wonderful knives if money is no object. Your prices are just way too high. I wished they weren't cause I would love to have one of your knives.

[@tshansen]

As long as the blade is not super steel, I think that most knife prices are fair. Imagine how much going into some of the makings of these knives. Some is hand made and spent hours on hours perfecting. It all depends on how you look at it I think.

[@BradtheButcher1234]

My stick tang helle harding is so good i have a hard time justifying another......many moras and an awesome helle laplander

[@tshansen]

The Helle Harding is also I good knife, does not fit as well in my hand. I have so many Mora and Casström knifes as well. The collection is always growing. ☺️

[@PaulBlundell-xf6mt]

I have a small fish/ Hunt ING Helle knife , it cost me a 100 UK pounds "* , it's the best thing knife, tool. , u could ever own on earth , , , it's not an axe, to many so called expert s , seem to think u can bash it through a log. , , stupid , , but an ax 😮😊❤ ..

[@tshansen]

Well, we all have different needs and what we mostly use our knifes for. I do agree, a small axe or hatchet does a much better job making firewood, same can be said about a foldable saw. But not every time you have that with you, or you try to save weight. For me, there is not one tool that fits all, for me I bring tools that does the job, and if i only was allowed to bring one tool, it would be this knife over a lot of other tools. Cheers

[@San.Marco.il.Viaggiatore]

💫Great Video, but i do not understand why the Nordlys is more expensive than the bigger Nord Version?🫨hhhmmmmm not logic to me….but still a great fulltang knife!💪🏽

[@tshansen]

Here in Norway the Nord is more expensive than Nordlys, as it should. If you go into Helle own site, you can also see that the Nord is more expensive 🙏🏻