My Top 5 MOST USED Fixed Blade Knives

[@robhead22]

Third time ive watched this. This time i took notes! Thank you!

[@spicyhits]

I haven't know the BOKER Field Bucher. It looks very useful. Thank you.

[@robhead22]

Great selection!! Thank you!

[@fredflintstone1547]

nice selection. Beautiful, classic, and small, Less is more with knives and skill means so much more than size

[@arkas6797]

All are beautiful knives but I don't think they have been used. Your holsters and knives are new. I am waiting to see the BR presentation.

[@Player_Review]

As always, love the Bradford!

[@knifecollector031thenether9]

Very nice top 5. I like the Böker and the Bradford the most. And i like N690 steel also very much.

[@likota123]

Thanks for stopping by.

[@TERRORoftheLORD]

I too like the Boker, and the Bradford!

[@matthewadler1329]

In performance testing, the patriot in cpm154 really fell short of expectations...at least in the video made by DBK...but who knows.

[@likota123]

I have not seen that test but I would say it depends on how you use the knife. I prefer not to abuse the knife. Instead I use a small hatchet for tougher tasks. That is how I can get away with a stainless steel blade such as CPM154, which is not quite as tough but it is much more rust resistant than the carbon or tool steels used in typical bushcraft knifes (e.g. O1, A2, 3V). I live in a relatively humid area so rust resistance is an important criteria for me. CPM154 is probably not the best high end steel by today's standards but it provides decent performance at a reasonable price point. Overall I think the Patriot is a decent performer considering in this price range.

[@heathmarcum5390]

If someone wants phenomenally great knife with out the long waits for customs, or that cost over 200. Try the benchmade sibert 162 bushcrafter, if you look around you can find them just about every were and lot of them under 200.00, great steel S30v they last for ever and hold a great edge, more rust resistant then a lot of high carbon steels. I also highly suggest the tops silent hero with smooth handles, or any of the newer ka-bar. I have the bk2 and bk17 and there great knives. You can get custom micarta handles and sheaths for the ka-bars.

[@Semeion7]

Seems like top 5 brand new knives, never used before.

[@likota123]

You know that knives can be cleaned and maintained after use, right?

[@patriotrob7066]

Out of the 32 fixed blade's I have I find myself using my mora robust and my Amazon 99$ Holtzman gorilla survival knife . Everyone should give that knife a look.

[@mcdermottpeter]

There's no way I'm ever spending money on a knife that has a MRP of $526 but actually sells for $99. Somebody, somewhere is full of shit -- and that's not a good look for a company that's selling tools that your life depends upon.

[@richardrudy2834]

Now that's a knife 😊😊

[@spicyhits]

I could know the Boker field butcher by watching your video. What is the grind of the field butcher? Flat grind or hollow grind?

[@likota123]

I was one of the first buyers of the Field Butcher (serial number 006). Mine is a full flat grind and I doubt that Boker changed it after that.

[@spicyhits]

@@likota123 Thank you for your fast reply. I see. It looks very useful.

[@williamprendergast6510]

Excellent video my friend,i like your top five knives.May I ask you do you buy your knives from knives and Tools.Stay safe.just subbed.

[@likota123]

Thanks for the comment. I mostly order form Lamnia.com

[@XDM50]

Nice knives. I've never seen that Mora Comfort Scaler before! Cheers, Duane

[@likota123]

Just this year I found out that this knife exists. It was quite a revelation. Very affordable and at the same time very useful .

[@Thommybois]

just discovered this channel, really nice videos! keep up the good work

[@likota123]

Thanks.

[@blindmelonlemonjello]

@@likota123 damn brother you can send my that bark river lol. Thats too bulky

[@jamesaritchie1]

CPM 154 isn't used as much as it was because it chips very easily at the micro level. Like most of the "super" steels, the very thing that made it "super" proved to be a liability. Edge retention is a good thing, but it always comes at a high price. That price is usually excessive hardness, which leads to chipping at some level, or extreme abrasion resistance, which makes sharpening the knife very difficult, and often impossible in a wilderness setting. This is what happened to CPM 154. Though, in a real way, it's the user's fault. Most people don't even know what "sharp" means, so they demand a knife that will shave hair and slice paper like butter. CPR154 is an exceptional steel, if you have a bevel angle of seventeen degrees per side, which is still perfect for real world use. You get no chipping, and incredible edge retention. But with a bevel angle of ten or eleven degrees per side, the edge is too thin, and CPM 154, like all steels with an HRC that's very high, chips. Anyway, there is zero chance that I'll ever go into the wild carrying a knife made of stainless steel. I've seen far too many people get into trouble for just that reason. This still leaves a lot of knives to choose from. Like all woodsmen, ninety-eight percent of my knife use is with a pocketknife that has either two or three blades, a Trapper or a Stockman, depending on the time of year. But when I pick up a fixed blade, it is not the knife I would have expected. I have cheap knives, middle of the road knives, and expensive knives. For no reason other than the fact that I love the way it feels in my hand, and the way it cuts, my favorite fixed blade knife is a small Ka-Bar. I reground the blade from flat grind to mild convex, removed the top portion of the guard, and re handled it for a better fit. The result should have been my least favorite knife, if you go by what I normally like and use most often, but it became the knife I love more than any knife I've ever used. It's also 1095 Cro-Van steel, which I think is the best knife steel made for the wilderness, and it has a five inch blade. In all honesty, it looks like a Frankenstein cross between a bushcraft knife, a fighting knife, and a small survival knife, but it just works. As fro a fish knife, I use a folding fish knife from Rough Rider. It cost twelve dollars and four cents, but it's exceptionally well made. I had a knife when I was young that cost more, probably thirty-five dollars in today's money, that was absolute junk. The plastic scales broke the first time I dropped it, the bolsters were hollow tin, and the blade was made out of "steel" so crappy it bent each time I filleted a fish. Despite that, it was my most used knife for more than four years. Then the blade broke. That was pre-internet, and I never could find another one, so I gave up on it. I chanced across the Rough Rider knife, and expected nothing, but this is a quality knife. Real bone handles, solid nickel silver bolsters, brass liners, and 440a steel that is suppose dto be MoV. It takes a very good edge, and holds it well. One blade is a very long, thin clip point, and the other is the best fish scaler I've ever used. Very tiny, very sharp teeth that grab scales and hold them until they pull loose. This blade also has a hook disgorger, and a ruler. It has already become my most used knife. Unbelievable for twelve dollars. I have no idea how Rough Rider does it. Anyway, if you want an edge to survive contact with bone, put a twenty degree per side bevel on it. Or even a twenty-five degrees per side bevel on it. This is what everyone did for several hundred years. Right up until the internet got started, in fact. Look at old TV cooking shows, and you'll often see chefs chumping right through bone, and without harming the edge. You Tube has cost the knife world dearly with its incessant demand of "razor sharp" right out of the box. If you want a razor bevel angle on a blade, then buy a razor, or a scalpel, or a box cutter. No knife works well with a bevel angle of ten or eleven degrees per side. Right up until KZbin grew popular, knives were sharpened according to usage. Fifteen degrees per side for a pocketknife, seventeen for a general food knife, twenty degrees for an all around, general purpose knife, and twenty-four to twenty-six degrees per side for a hunting knife meant for skinning large game, and for heavy duty chef's knives. A few of the better knife companies still follow these guidelines, though most users don't realize it.

[@likota123]

Thank you very much for the comment. I have recently reprofiled most of my knives. My folding knives are now mostly at 17-18 dps. I don't want to go lower because of the microchipping issue that you mentioned. My fixed blades are at 18+ dps (18-20 dps for the smaller SS knives and 22-25 dps for the heavy duty blades). Honestly, I never had any issues with the so-called supersteels. I have a decent collection to choose from and I try to always take the right tool for the job (i.e. never a fine, very hard SS blade for chopping).

[@rodolphenavarro4253]

No puukko and leuku ? They are light ,effective ,beautiful and affordable,Test one ,Ahti for exemple ,the sharpest knife Thar I never Buy..Merci et félicitations pour tes vidéos . Amitiés.

[@likota123]

I have the Ahti Korpi and I use it for carving and whittling. It is just that I use the other knives more often.

[@TERRORoftheLORD]

The mora isn't a good bushcraft knife, but great for fishing I suppose.

[@likota123]

Mora has a dedicated bushcraft knife in its line-up. However, the knife in this video is specifically made to process fish.

[@thepast6007]

i prefer my Manly in D2 as Hunter Knife

[@garyo4456]

Hold the knives still….so we can see them.

[@daryooshfatemi]

You are me in some other place of the world with other body.

[@BCMZ]

You need a lionsteel M4

[@likota123]

Yes, the M4 looks very interesting. It is on my wishlist.

[@singeparabellum396]

Efficient video. Thanks

[@paulie4x1]

Say Heah Lakota, I have a few of mine posted on Google Plus just search Paulie 4X and tell me what you think Ok. ,, . Oh by tge way, Great Choices. ,, .

[@likota123]

I just checked your site. Great knives! Especially the Busse and Swamp Rat Knives. Unfortunately, they are hard to get here in Europe.

[@paulie4x1]

Have you talked to Shaley, Contact her, and tell her I gave you that info ,, .