L.T. Wright Genesis (8 years on)

In this video we take a look at what I consider one of the greatest knives in existence the L.T. Wright Genesis.

[@blackhawkbushcraft]

Nice vid! 👍 LT makes fantastic knives! Of my LT’s, aI use the Lagom the most, but each have a place.

[@maritimespook]

I've come full Circle myself as you talked about , I've had Dozens of knives and always come back to 2-3 ...so much so when times were tough a bit ago I let a few go I never would have as i was collecting more than using, but in the new homes they are being used far more than I could honor them with, cheers my friend always a pleasure to watch your videos 🙏 ;;;:;; Spook

[@BadlandsRifleman]

I can tell you’re a great instructor, thank you for sharing all your insights! You always need a good trout knife! (Of course you got to catch them first haha) I always really enjoy your down to earth videos. LT makes fantastic knives for sure. After listening closely to what you feel makes a good knife I can tell we look at things pretty similarly. I do my own survival and Bushcraft classes and I decided to design and produce my own knife a couple years ago. It’s been a good time learning the skill and I think I’m really getting it dialed in, if you’re interested I’ve got some videos of it over on my channel. Thanks for another good video!

[@RobEvansWoodsman]

Great vid mate, I'm looking forward to trying one out .

[@eagleridge1972]

Look forward to your thoughts mate

[@TheArkansasBushcrafter]

7:32 that’s true

[@Gunny-USMC-re-tired]

I've given myself a dilemma by getting a Genisis in both Scandi and flat grind. I find myself struggling to decide which one I want to take. The flat is so good for slicing but that scandi just hogs through wood.

[@pAdDy111hDH]

Great video 👍 Happy New Year 2024! 🎉

[@eagleridge1972]

Thank you! You too!

[@pAdDy111hDH]

@@eagleridge1972 Thank you!

[@thewildonions]

Genesis = 🐐

[@xderiwx]

Great rundown and review! I remember watching your original Genesis video a while back. Just curious. How do you sharpen and maintain your Genesis knives? I have seen people comment many times that a Scandi ground to zero like a Genesis is only good for working with soft wood, and that they would chip out really easily if hitting bone when skinning game or batoning and be terrible for any type food prep. You seem to go against that, using it for more than just wood, but also survival in general and you also mentioned that it's your hunting knife. Do you happen to find any of this to be true? Do you do anything special sharpening wise to make sure the Scandi grind is not so delicate? I know LTWK grinds these to zero, then does their hard micro buff. Is regular sharpening then maintaining on a strop in between sharpening enough, or would adding a micro-bevel like Mora does be a necessity? Thank you!

[@blackhawkbushcraft]

My Genesis in A2 steel was indeed a bit chippy just with carving harder woods like locust. After sharpening out the micro chips, I gave it a hard strop, which added a convex micro edge. Much more stable now with a great edge and micro chips haven’t been and issue now that it is no longer a zero grind. My LT knives in O1 and AEB-L haven’t been chippy at all.

[@wolfpacak47]

have you tried a esee laser strike ? I bet you would love it i do mine

[@eagleridge1972]

No but I am very fond of Esee

[@grassman3455]

I wonder if you've ever tried the Milwaukee knife there are two models Tradesmen knife that is regular Steel and the other one D2 Steel both are Full Tang and about the size of a Bushcraft knife the one that is D2 has much more of a Kydex survival sheath

[@eagleridge1972]

Never heard of them but I will certainly take a look. Thank you very much.