The British Army has the ULTIMATE Military Knife!? Indestructible BEAST

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

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[@tphvictims5101]

Chinese ?

[@packersmresandvintage]

£107 Holy dogshit I can't say ote about price my dad gave me the one I have

[@stewartrv]

Is that a genuine MOD knife? I didn't see the NSN number on it I think that the genuine all have "NSN 4240-99-127-8214" on the blade don't they?

[@SkunkPunch73]

Ahh the joy of reading the comments it makes me so glad i don’t know anyone of you lot. Or i honestly think i would end up water boarding myself!!😂😂

[@danielmcfarland1653]

Can you please review knives from greyman, rmj tactical or winkler

[@InquisitiveBaldMan]

Think this knife was for comandos going into arctic combat. It's meant to be a hatchet, knife and spade all in one. The metal isn't flush with the wood so at -30 celsius your skin doesn't touch the metal.They don't sharpen the knives in the box, its up to the soldier to keep it sharp. The soft metal means it can be sharpened on any stone and also means it will never shatter or be brittle in low temperatures.

[@paulharding366]

At last, a brain.😊

[@gilbertopadilla3611]

Satire? Or truth?

[@Tonys-Adventure]

I got issued one of these with 42 cdo when we did arctic survival and warfare training. I also got issued a "brand new" one dated 1971 for jungle training in Belize. This was in 1996 and it lives in my garage toolbox to this day.

[@geegaw14]

If it is -30 celsius i dont think you would be bare handed when using the knife. I seriously think that is part of the design, probably just poor quality control

[@michalurbanful]

Arctic combat? At -30 celsius? Wit SKIN on the metal? U SERIOUS? 😀

[@samsnuts4716]

The knife handle is met to be larger than the tang. To keep your hand making contact with steel,even when wearing gloves in extreme freezing weather. Not sure if rivets are %100 copper but are recessed into handle for same reason.

[@frankcavill2206]

I was issued one of these for my first arctic deployment to Norway, I deployed with 42 Cdo RM, It was a decent knife for the arctic, good for chopping small trees and making shelters etc.

[@David_LoPan]

Gen mate, I've still got mine from 45! Some Matelot tried taking it off me saying it wasn't pussers issue, then I showed him the pussers arrow. I like it! It's a great chomper!

[@nickbremner6274]

This was called the Wilkinson survival knife and was issued to all members of the RN who were sent to Norway to take part in 3 Commando Brigade's winter exercises. No bladed weapon is issued by the MOD sharp. It is very heavy to aid in cutting down vegetation to construct overnight survival shelters. It is of very robust construction and the blade is wide so that it can be hammered to aid in cutting firewood.

[@daemonharper3928]

In civilian hands, everyone reshapes the handle, uses paint remover on the blade coating, grinds down the finger guard - and convexes the edge. It does actually become quite useable. In the army it's used for digging holes to poop in more than feathersticking 🤣 It's meant to be 1080 steel

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

hahahahahahaha! well it has enough blade to be a shavel i guess hahah

[@hdsamte]

😂😂😂

[@haydenwayne637]

The "shovel recce". Never used a knife for that.

[@CreepyUncleStupid]

aint wromg

[@Elijah_Dove]

Totally agree. I chipped through a brick wall with the one in the Land Rover.

[@jim-bob-outdoors]

It was never a general issued knife, because its too heavy. Only in some areas of operation. Normally kept in the tool boxes of vehicles. It was always a muti tool rather than just a knife. Shelter building, digging holes in the ground and all the things you would not want to do with your own knife. Mine is modified also. I use it camping rather than taking a hatchet.

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

it feels exactly like thats the right place and use

[@Jib230181]

Yeah I served 8 years as a British infantry soldier 🇬🇧 and I never was issued this knife the only knife I was ever issued was the bayonet for our rifle the SA80 A1/A2 but that was designed to kill only not for anything else really, unless is this a new thing soldiers now get issued as I served 2001-2009.

[@gavinmiller690]

It is & was an issue kniffe for us in the Royal Maines. It is issued both on artic warfare and survial element of training. It is a very old design designed decades before any of the big leaps in survial knife designs and technology today. Handle was aised above the metal if I remembe to to help protect aganst hands sticking in cold but you were also issued a a ange of mitts and gloves to also help.

[@jim-bob-outdoors]

@@gavinmiller690 not general issue as normal EDC for most British units though. 👍

[@Jib230181]

@@gavinmiller690 thank you for saying, yeah I thought it might of been for artic and jungle etc. I’ve just never seen it been issued to anyone but then you was in one of the best units in the world. Thank you for your service, respect ✊.

[@smartugs1]

I bought one of these ex surplus when I was 15, 32 years ago. I replaced the scales with some walnut to make a nice handle with brass pins instead of the copper rivets to make it more comfortable. I still use it today. Most solid knife I own by a long way.

[@Vormulac1]

This is a terrific knife, it's a perfect blank slate. The handle is designed to protect the user in freezing conditions, but most people grind it down. All this really needs to be the last knife you'll ever need is to have a decent edge put on it.

[@nicholsliwilson]

@DutchBushcraftKnives the MOD utility knife is deliberately supplied dull so solders can be taught to sharpen it.

[@haydenwayne637]

I never once saw a sharpening stone during my time in the army (Royal Engineers).

[@gregpower308]

They were in the bayonet frog mate. A rectangular oil stone.

[@gregpower308]

They were in the bayonet frog mate. A rectangular oil stone.

[@nicholsliwilson]

@@gregpower308 it’s actually integrated in to the back-strap of the scabbard & the fact that you’ve forgotten that is a good indictor of how… “useful” that particular stone was. Then again we gave you a file to sharpen the issue Golok (machete) & whilst I understand it, as a “knife guy” that hurts my soul.

[@haydenwayne637]

@@gregpower308 The SLR bayonet did not have an oilstone anywhere, besides that my personal weapon was mostly an SMG and I never got to see any bayonet for that. Fact remains I NEVER saw any kind of sharpening tool other than a coarse file (for the golok and in the vehicle tools) during my time in the army. Not in WFR, not in AER.

[@velvetine74]

As a British person discussing British military equipment we have a very long history of supplying the troops with shit kit to save money. Then the troops complaining that it's shit so it all needs a refresh and ends up costing more money than it would have to get it right the first time!

[@NoLaunch]

As an American, we do the same thing with healthcare 😅

[@shipwrek4388]

That's everyone man that's how they get those bigger budgets and make money dissappear. Also help there businessman buddies its 1 big fuck show.

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

It looks like a dumbed down version of the legacy Aitor Jungle series. The daddy of the MOD knife is the Wilkinson Type D knife which was made in several versions but those are now rarely seen collector knives. The legacy Aitor Jungle - same.

[@greencanopybushcraftsurviv6713]

Yeah, good one. I ended up (like most), buying my own kit where possible. Boots, smocks etc. MOD work to the cheapest contract. Whoever produces the cheapest bit of kit, wins the contract (well, was in my day). Hence shit kit. Cheap = Mostly Shit (IMHO).

[@martkbanjoboy8853]

​​​@@greencanopybushcraftsurviv6713It could be carefully reground to a convex grind similar to the Wilkinson, but make sure you have hearing protection, and several gallons of coffee as you'll be there a while. 😅 An old Brit Army scout told me the MOD knife was issued as part of military vehicle kit. Seems like the knives always had 'a ride' sort of like an old horse pistol.

[@MaxwellMoore-d1u]

Just for your information Yank .The vaunted American Bowie Knife 🔪 was made in SHEFFIELD. England wasn't Sharpened until it Reached America. So it didn't get Taxed .

[@473specop]

I was issued an MOD Knife for Norway tours 1985/6. It's a great knife for felling young trees for making Brushwood shelters, you can't all carry Forest axes, so it's a great stop-gap. I kept one throughout the rest of my army service and still use it for Bushcraft today. As I say, great if you have no axe [with the curve at the end of the handle together with a para cord loop you can really get some kinetic energy when swinging to chop]. You can also do most normal cutting tasks including feather sticks and lighting a Ferro rod, I love them! I do have a new sheath made for mine though.

[@bernhardroth7109]

In Germany we do it other way around, we buy expensive equipment, and then we find out we bought no spareparts, no ammo, it‘s not fitting to the eqipment we already have! But the knives we use, are from Victorinox! Hell yeah, we did something right! 😅 Best regards from the Bavarian Forest - Bernhard

[@mark6809mm]

I wore German Para boots in the Army (British). Excellent bit of kit!

[@ianm2317]

I was issued my mine way back in 86. Still going strong with minimal touchups required.

[@azhomeboy2000]

Falkniven F1 is the best military knife, imo.

[@leemichel8199]

The knife was in most vehicles not meant for combat. The handles were overdone scales for winter conditions, so you never touched any metal with your hands ,Jack of all if looked after ,crowbar with an edge ,we often modded them sharpen etc ,took the top of the guard off for bushcraft situations great content brothers ,God bless you and your families. Lee

[@sharzadgabbai4408]

Military personnel serving in arctic conditions have these quaint fashion accessories called glove liners and gauntlet mittens

[@TheDavewatts]

Superb knives, built to last, I've had mine for 20 years still going strong

[@DoloresVillatoro-ho5jg]

I just discovered this knife about a month ago. Good to see that you guys did a review on it. I have the all black version, all I did was sharpen it to a razor sharp edge. It's my favorite knife now, and very affordable.

[@lonewandererbushcraftwildc6822]

The wilkinson sword early version of this knife is far superior. & the reason for the gap in the handle is when they train in the arctic the blade steel does not stick to the hand when it's very cold.

[@user-ue6iv2rd1n]

But you wear gloves in the arctic so that argument doesn't work. I think it's just a bad design, no knife in history has a sharp handle that cuts into you.

[@lonewandererbushcraftwildc6822]

@user-ue6iv2rd1n the handle doesn't cut into you I've used them in the field for over 20 years. & when your in the military you are discouraged from wearing gloves when your chopping as it can be dangerous. If the handle is cutting your hand when your using a real mod knife then the handle is either damaged or faulty. The knife shown in the video is not a genuine mod knife it's a copy its a bag of s@*t Trust me I've used an earlier genuine one & have done for many years & not once has it cut my hand by the handle. I'm not saying it's the most comfortable handle for a military knife because it's not but it's not bad either. & I've used hundreds of different military issued knives over the years & most of them do not have comfortable handles. Because they are designed to get the job done & work horses not designed for comfort civilian knives are way different to military knives. Civilian knives are designed for comfort. Military knives sacrifice comfort for durability. Have you ever handled a spanish toledo sf knife man that thing shreds your hands to bits in 5 min. I'd choose a mod type d anyday over that lol.

[@user-ue6iv2rd1n]

​@@lonewandererbushcraftwildc6822 I don't think you have to make a handle uncomfortable for it to be strong. You look at tools, axes, sledge hammers etc all have smooth handles. You look at historical melee weapons, again all smooth handles.

[@camaxeman4370]

Not sure that's an original issue y'know. Blade should be marked 'J ADAMS' (and a crows foot) or with 'Wilkinson' There are some Chinese copies around.

[@leejames9422]

I own a Wilkinson version and several other iterations of the knife. All were issued at different times for Arctic Warfare or Jungle warfare deployments or training. Like all things, the quality was watered down over time to save money.

[@flagstafup5857]

During a visit to MOD Boscombe Down in the early 90s, I was being shown the packing of ejector seat parachutes and the small box containing the survival items stored in the seat. This knife was included in the ejector seat pack up. I was given a survival knife on that visit. This knife served me well for many years, to this day it’s my go to for splitting wood. The leather sheath perished long ago and the wooden grip is bound in Para cord but it’s still a great tool to have around.

[@DogsOfWarr]

Possibly one of my favourite knives in my collection - junk out of the box - but if the world was ending, I'd grab that & a Mora and you'd be set... I honestly felt bad for your pellets when you started blasting at it 😂

[@jakubhoke9526]

I've had this beast (modified) for almost 5 years and use it as an axe, crowbar and hammer. I spoke to someone in Sheffield and according to him it is hardened to 56-57 HRC from 1080 steel equivalent. In my opinion, it is perfect for rough work when it is supplemented with a longer folding knife for other work and killing some sausages. I use it with a large swiss army knife and it's an unbeatable duo.

[@PhillipBicknell]

So the knife is like a traditional pair of British Army boots, which were expected to be polished and bulled to a brilliant shine on the toecaps by the wearer.

[@finbarscanlonwolf]

The softness helps too absorbe the shock & also makes it sharp in the field.

[@centurycity]

Now that's a "Noife ". I got one and its awesome. That gap between the owod and the metal is to stop your hands from freezing in the winter. And it was never designed to be sharp sharp.

[@pabloandreszaparanrojas7975]

One of the duties of a new recruit, is to learn how to sharpen your own knife.

[@prometheus_beard]

It'd be a different world if British squaddies all sounded like Sir David Attenborough haha

[@jeffreycain6856]

US Army Cattaraugus 225Q (aka Quartermaster knife). Best indestructible knife with an extremely comfortable leather stacked handle. It’s very heavy, but with a refined edge, will do everything well. I haven’t dealt with a modern version, but swear by the WW2 version.

[@gristtudor-mills4515]

After sorting out the scales, the next best thing to do is to remove the top cross guard . Then it becomes a good carver. It looks new knives ,like yours, has a standard heat treat with a hard spine. The spine used to be butter soft due to its differential heat treat, hence useless for ferro rods. A good cheap project but compared to a Fallkniven F1 ???

[@leej9897]

I have an actual military issued one of these I was issued back in 2000 while I was serving in Sierra Leone during the troubles. It's all black and the knife and leather sheath have all the standard military markings for it ie Crows Foot, NATO Stock Number (NSN) and Date of manufacture. Mine has a simple black corrosion proofing paint on the blade and tang with a 2 piece black wooden handle with the same annoying gap! My blade seems better in all honesty which says something. It doesn't seem the knife has changed much in 25 years other than the blade composition for your civilian variant and brown stained 2 piece riveted handle. They do take abuse well which is the point as it's for hacking, slashing and splitting primarily.

[@Mat-kr1nf]

I believe the wooden slabs are like that to prevent the metal parts burning skin in cold weather. Is yours a genuine one, I don’t think so. There are some very cheap crappy ones, which, I’m afraid, I think this is, the genuine ones, and some decent reproductions by J Adams.

[@jamesfairmind2247]

Good David Attenborough impression at 6.02.

[@TurnipGreen]

I'm always surprised at the amount of people who don't know to HOLD THE KNIFE STILL! PULL THE FIRESTEEL! 🙄

[@Scurvybilgerat10]

i agree about the handle and dullness, my solution? i sharpened it and filed the handle down, sorted!

[@Scurvybilgerat10]

i wrote comment before i watched video, but as you can see this is a nice little machete

[@realPromotememedia]

I’ve got this knife, it’s pretty good it’s pretty robust but the pop rivets in the handle come out really quickly so you end up superglue them back.

[@robertwright7937]

Every Englishman has his Fairburn Sykes, y'know...I was issued mine at school.

[@jockspice]

Having had and used one of these during my military career, the things you say that are wrong are exactly spot on. We tended to customise the knife to improve the use, such as reshaping the scales and adding a better edge on a scandi-convex grind. It is for heavy use, it is not a precise blade and I have used it as a wood and heavy duty chopper. However, as you say, the bloody thing is indestructible!

[@TheTommyw77]

Top video again Bushcraft boys. From England.

[@Barlofontain]

Hi, ex British soldier here, and I have one of these beasts, it is usually issued when you're deployed in the jungle, not for general issue. I agree with everything you said I also filed the handle down so that it is flush with the tang, but then I thinned it a bit too. I then ground off three top part of the guard, because it does catch as you saw. Finally, I ground the end to make it a tanto blade... It still weighs more than most knives, but I love the thing

[@49mrbassman]

The best knife I've ever owned was a Green River hunting knife

[@TheDoorspook11c]

Sharpening is what infantry does. It's by design.

[@clarky4492]

I customised mine on my channel and have wanted this on here for ages

[@charlesclaridy8646]

The handles had the gap so that gloves could have a gap to help hold the knife securely while wearing gloves, and so that in the event gloves were not available the skin would not contact extremely cold metal, the same would hold true in extremely hot environments (desert) to avoid burns from skin contact with a HOT metal tang. Blades were not sharpened so that the troops could sharpen them to suit their preferred use. Plus this way the troops had to learn how to sharpen the knife. The same was true of the Sykes Fairbairn Dagger regarding sharpening. I wondered about these issues when I finally bought the Mod 2.

[@John-d7p]

Not really. They are shipped in the rough for budgetary concerns when the contract was won to produce them. That gap is not for heat or cold issues. Those aren't issues. I've been in verycold and very hot environments. It doesn't count. The gap is another consequence of having to produce something on a government procurement program. Sharpening the edge is the first thing a guy does when they get a basic, combat/survival knife from any gov contract supplier. Even the famous K-bar can be much improved. My Ontarios both got the bench treatment the moment i unpacked them. Great dollar value and they are shaving sharp.

[@charlesclaridy8646]

@@John-d7p so all those articles out on the web about why that Gap is there in the purpose it serves are wrong? Is that what you're saying?

[@John-d7p]

@@charlesclaridy8646 I'm saying they are overstating it. That's all.

[@charlesclaridy8646]

I just love how evidently KZbin remove my reply to somebody who replied to me so that it can't be seen in spite of the fact that what I stated was true all one has to do is go and research it and we'll find plenty of posting articles about it on the net. Really KZbin playing communist games again.

[@charlesclaridy8646]

For those who are wondering what that's about I'll just say it this way I can see it possibly this way also we can get the knives ready but we've got a slight problem that handles are oversized well let me see one loud doesn't appear to be such a big problem I'm sure our lads can handle it. Actually it does appear that there might be some advantages to the oversized grips especially in extremely cold environments keeping the hands from actually contacting directly on the Tang and one could reason then that the same would hold true if the knife are left out in a hot environment such as the desert where the metal got extremely hot. Strange how I did my research and I read an article quite a while back and then there are still present-day articles are addressing the same thing but somehow or another I'm wrong. Really KZbin you're really digging down in the pits of the doggone septic tanks for this stuff.

[@2011GETUP]

Love these boys. Miksy and Martini keep up the good work.

[@RS4393]

The USMC issue Ka-bar was never meant to be a "survival" or bushcraft knife. It's main purpose is to eliminate an enemy in hand to hand. I still have mine but carry a BPS ADVENTURER as my camping, bushcraft, and survival knife.

[@mark6809mm]

Yeah I had one. I did 22 years in British Army. After I served 3 or 4 years I bought one of my mate for £10. Best buy ever as it lasted my whole career. They were issued to Para Regt when I was in

[@rule3036]

Same manufacturer of British Army machetes / goloks once the rough handles have been sanded , smoothed, oiled and shaped, and the blades sharpened they are tools for life. That said this knife is used more for digging sh** holes, chopping wood, bar prying ammo boxes open , wedging doors open rather than fine tasks like skinning animals.

[@billgates2903]

Martindale make the goloks aka tree basher don’t think they make this knife Wilkinson sword does

[@Autiematt]

To be honest I had family members that served in the British army and the survival knife he used was the standard issued bayonet for the L85 and the tips the that the veterans / older soldiers said go out and multi tool knife or Swiss army knife

[@randomcow505]

I cant think of a worse survival knife than a cast iron blade 😂 saw 3 of them shatter when dropped the issue multitool wasn't much better, mine came totally dull, not just dull, as in it never had anything ground into it, just a flat steel bar

[@luca_the_legend]

I would like you to test the Eickhohrn KM 2000, the knife of the german military Greetings from Germany

[@daemonharper3928]

As others have said - the oversized wooden handle is to prevent the metal sticking to skin in Arctic conditions......the knife has been around for decades, it's not lack of quality control.

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

makes sense! but it does suck for hard use

[@TheSkillotron]

If you were in conditions like that you would never have bare hands because you would get frostbite in minutes. Even if you had bare hands it's too wide and shallow of a gap so your skin can clearly still contact the metal because, you know, skin is squishy and will just fill the shallow groove.

[@shughes4113]

Arghh! You defeated the purpose of the overhang. It is designed that way to reduce cold weather injury. It may not feel good but it feels better that your hands getting frost injury if you had to use it in extreme cold weather . Guys, you’re better than this. Lol

[@ifv2089]

Nah Thats just lack of quality control nothing to do with extreme cold lol.

[@loukasskoteinos4278]

Giving the troops gloves so that they don’t need to worry about their hands being exposed to such conditions would be a way better idea 😂

[@robthomason1]

All MOD edged weapons are supplied dull, if it’s required they get sharpened!

[@dahpughie]

Reportedly the overhand from the handle scales was to prevent the knife from freezing to your hand in arctic conditions.... This could just be another army rumor tho

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

could make sense but it feels like shit hahaha

[@iamarawn]

​@@DutchBushcraftKnivesThat Dutch honesty is always hilarious

[@urbanjungle9600]

If your hands freeze to this knife in Artic conditions then the soldier it is issued to has no business using a knife. Not wearing gloves (also conveniently issued by MoD) in Artic conditions is just retarded 😂

[@Jib230181]

@@DutchBushcraftKnives yes but in the Artic you be wearing thick gloves so you might not feel the raised scales but still 100% be better flushed with the tang.

[@dahpughie]

@@DutchBushcraftKnives oh yeah its another decision made by a designer thats never used the tool he's making i bet

[@MostlyPennyCat]

I guess the clever things is, why pay a million pounds for thousands of knives beautifully finished when you can get HUNDREDS of thousands of knives which get handed to hundreds of thousands of troops who then do the finishing. That's genius.

[@johnpwmcgrath]

You almost sound like David Attenborough at times….I hope that was your intent!!! Love your channel!!!!

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

Haha yes that's my way to force a British accent hahahsha

[@SkunkPunch73]

Nice to see that they’re getting a piece of kit that makes them have that extra bit of skill instilled into them like putting on a tidy edge! Which is not something that just comes naturally to a hell of a lot of people especially when you take away like you used the work sharp or fixed sharpening systems. As for the grips the none flush scales are basically because 99% of the time soldiers are wearing gloves and the grove helps in stopping the knife slipping around in the un gloved hand. As always h lads a total joy watching you two just doing your thing!! One highlight of this one for me Maarten trying to figure out an English accent 😂😂 it was first class 🤣😂🤣.. Hopefully you two have a cracking weekend and stay safe and healthy as always and that goes for your loved ones too, till the next highlight of my week 🫡🫵🏻😘👍🏼

[@MylesDavid]

Two knives I would DEFINITELY try are: The “Medford Fighter” and The “Winkler Drop Point Crusher”

[@popmanjob8438]

There’s another version with the hand guard cut at the top to stop chaffing and also a notch cut out on the blade specifically for fire steels!! It’s a bit more rare than the usual version but they exist.

[@kamziceq]

Today on time! Good job, boys 😊

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

haha!

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you. I have heard, I have no idea if it is true, that the handle slabs are deliberately designed to be too big, so they are not flush with the tang, to prevent a soldiers flesh accidentally touching freezing steel in arctic conditions. Soldiers not serving in the arctic would then do exactly what you did to make the handle more comfortable.

[@jwhitehouse100]

Yeah fashioned after the Wilkinson type D, the wooden handle scales are meant to be bigger than the tang to stop your hands sticking to the metal in freezing cold conditions, as it was designed for use in Norway. A great piece of kit, it can be sharpened easily out in the field and can handle a wide range of tasks. I have a Type D and although over 60 years old is still capable of matching the performance of this issued tool.

[@andrewmcgibbon9785]

The problem with the handle slabs being larger is a problem that can only be fixed temporarily. The handle scales are raw hardwood. They expand and contract with humidity. So in the summer the scales are larger. In the winter, they shrink. If you grind them flush when humidity is high, when the shrink back in the winter, you are going to have a nasty burr on the steel of the handle. I make knives as a hobby and this is the reason I don't use untreated hardwood on handle scales.

[@Tony-zp8xn]

The problem with the Ka-bar Utility/Fighting knife is the 90-degree angles where the rattail tang meets the blade. It's a weak point and very susceptible to failure when excessively stressed. A better design for a knife with a rattail tang would be a smooth, curved transition from tang to blade, leaving no hard angles to fail under stress.

[@realbroggo]

With close to a kilo (over 2 pounds) of pressure still couldn't cut a BESS wire. Who the hell decided to call this a 'knife'? It's just a crowbar in disguise. However, once modded seems to be at least usable and a good wood processor. From what I can tell, the steel is either 1075 or 1080. Tough as hell but won't hold an edge long but also easy to maintain. In the field a rolled edge is much better than a chipped one. Sharp blades all.

[@billclancy4913]

As a custom knife maker...here's a tip! Grind the scales with the grain in the grinder when possible.

[@Cracktower1]

@1:46 Battonning with a swimsuit in the woods is such a weird flex.

[@michael-qd4og]

When I was scratcher on HM Submarines ,I used to get this knife for the casing party,good solid kit.

[@MatthewLane-rm1ni]

Regarding “ best issued military knife reviewed…” . Fallkniven F1!? 😊

[@MrJakedog104]

I'd love to see you guys test a Winkler. They are issued to decent number of special operations units arount the world

[@cdb6010]

I mentioned the same awhile ago, Winkler currently has a new knife out, it looks awesome I want to know!! 😂

[@fischeswa-9]

THANK YOU!!! (Yes im yelling) for showing how you can "slightly" mod a knife and make it way better! Most REAL men (and women) have "basic" tools and skill and can fix stuff. You guys are really entertaining reviewers! ROCK ON! ....... Oh I live in USA and K-Bars SUCK!!!

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

haha thank you so much legend!

[@digglemeister]

Were once made by Wilkinson Sword, a very, very long time ago.

[@chaffcutter58.]

Still got mine from my flying vest,Awesome no nonsense knife.

[@glenhawman7440]

I have 2 and a joseph rodgers

[@chaffcutter58.]

@glenhawman7440 We had the choice of the Wikonson or that U.S. small k bar, with a saw blade that just got caught up in goat hair, or pig hide, best use the short machete.

[@MarcusCrypto-hu5je]

Yet another top drawer video- thank you

[@willienelsongonzalez4609]

I would genuinely love to see a DBK inspired British Military M.O.D. 2 Knife!

[@harveywyatt4316]

This was the first fix blade knife I ever had, my dad found it with a bunch of old tools and gave it to me. Great video 😁

[@BenRelle]

Got one of those,but isn't wooden handled. Same thoughts as you - it's heavy, it's sturdy, it doesn't hold an edge all that well, but it's easy to put an edge on it. I like mine, but it's sort of not a practical bushcraft knife and it isn't a machete, so it sort of fails on knife related tasks (apart from chopping and batoning). But it's mine and it's like a faithful friend.

[@azhomeboy2000]

"It has a little extra length so it's even better" Haha..that's what -she- Maarten said.

[@christopping5876]

Love the attempts at English accents! Whenever someone speaks English with an accent, as you guys do, it means that they are fluent in at least one other language. Ask any Englishman how many lanuages he speaks, and if he comes up with more than one, it is a rare exception! Great video, as usual.

[@PROJECTBEAST.]

Have you checked that's a genuine one because thats blade looks way too shiny. The originals are made in Sheffield and have the military arrow or ducks foot mark. They have a year print and a maker's mark usually stamped in the wood of the handle. When you first get them you'll be very disappointed because of the fit and finish but like you did a bit of sand paper and edge work and you'll never need a pack axe or cro bar again. Bought mine about 13 years ago as brand new old stock for £38.00 it's stamped 1993. This is the knife the bk2 is generally thought to be based off.

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

Yea man! Got it from the official site! Cheers mate

[@Jackspratcouldeatnofat]

Can be used as a tough affordable bushcraft knife if you clean it up and carry something to sharpen it after each moderate use.

[@captainscarlet6758]

The machete was the same. I bought one a few years ago. Took me a day to regring the edge profile and refinish the wooden scales. But it was worth it.

[@James-ke5sx]

It's supposed to be worn on your left side because you have a gun on your right side. I think it's a scandi grind and the one I have has G10/Black Fiber handle scales. This has been my emergency kit knife for many years. Especially here in Canada in winter. And you should not grind down the handle scales, it's made that way so your hand does not touch the steel in the middle of winter. A poor man's extrema ratio selvans.

[@nicollascarramaschi5645]

Brazilian AMZ is the best issued military survival knife ever

[@acid6urns]

if you mean their combat knife hell no lol it’s just a bigger kabar… and if you mean their bayonet it’s not even a survival knife

[@PrinceAsmodeus]

I'd bet you're Brazilian?

[@nick_mhz9840]

100% the handle needs grinding down to your own requirements and it needs a proper sharpen BUT I've had mine for years and it's not let me down. A solid functional knife. Definitely a "Jack of all trades, master of none" knife.

[@Jib230181]

I served 8 years as a British infantry soldier 🇬🇧 and I never seen or was issued this knife the only knife I was ever issued was the bayonet for our rifle the SA80 A1/A2 but that was designed to kill only not for anything else really, unless is this a new thing soldiers now get issued or you get it issued in certain circumstances ie going to the artic or the jungle maybe. Great video too. Loved it.

[@greencanopybushcraftsurviv6713]

Yep, agreed. Bayonet was all that I got as well, only on Ops or parades otherwise you never carried (unless a clasp or penknife). Never did Jungle or Artic training though. A few mates who did jungle training were issued a machete. Guess it must be a new issue thing.

[@Spartacus45]

12 years in the Guards and can honestly say we never saw these? 🤔

[@nigelbostock4270]

@@greencanopybushcraftsurviv6713I was issued one of these in 2002 for arctic training at Bardufoss, even then I think they were quite old..

[@JoeZUGOOLA]

Made in Sheffield

[@ajherring92]

In defense of the Ka-bar, the tasks for a belt knife in the early 1920s were a bit different than we consider them today. Batoning for example is not really done. Scraping the spine to throw sparks is likewise. When i was in the Marines I carved some good feather sticks with it, and the usual notches you might see in survival tasks. I also carried it in Afghanistan and used it to skin and dress goats, chop onions and potatoes, cutting rope and cord and even used it in American forests for chopping small saplings and branches. Now that I've gotten that out of way, my favorite knife is the Terava Jaakariipuukko and that's what I carry nowadays. That MOD knife looks like it has some good potential for a big knife.

[@michaelelliott330]

Where I agree with your assessment of the Kabar USMC Fighting knife as a bushcraft knife, keep in mind that it was a hunting knife that was adopted as a Fighting knife, as such it did/ does quite well.

[@davidneal6920]

British Military have a fine knife making tradition. I got gifted a Lee Enfield Bayonet 1917 model and a Jungle Gollock from the 70’s. the old British bayonets in particular are incredibly strong 🇬🇧 🇳🇱 🇳🇿

[@kyle875]

I've waited so long for this video

[@JAB671]

Depending on the price I like the idea of a 'project knife'. As someone who has never hardened/tempered steel it might even be worth taking (prying? I couldn't tell exactly how they were attached) the scales off and trying to do a better heat treat/temper then either heavily modding the original scales (if they aren't damaged when removing) or make new ones. In other words, treat it almost like a knife blank/kit to make a nice knife from

[@vaughanellis7866]

It is not a combat knife it is a general purpose tool, and it would be expected that the the Squaddie that it is issued to will put an edge on it themselves, and adapt it to their own needs, it usually lives in a Vehicles Tool Box NOT a Squaddies belt!!! Sappers in the RE will re-temper the edge fairly easily to get better edge retention.

[@fireforger9192]

I have one of these that I bought years ago. Agree with others this wasn’t normal issue kit mainly for places like Norway. The handle is designed like that to fit your hands when using gloves in cold climates, I bought myself an American ALICE gear camo knife cover to put the knife and sheaf into directly and then used the clips to fit this to my webbing so I could remove it without stripping my webbing pouches off to remove the knife off the belt. Also offered a bit of waterproofing to it. Brilliant at chopping because it’s so heavy!😂 yes it loses its edge quickly but also pretty easy to sharpen again. Real beast knife I still have mainly for chopping tree limbs when I’m cutting back the trees in the garden. Good review by the way

[@MATTtheSAVAGE]

I have one of these and I clipped the tip slightly to make the MOD knife into a really hefty bowie. It really improved the looks without affecting the performance,

[@RidingHelga]

Had one for the best part of 30 years, it's used mainly for weeding, chopping tree branches, clearing ivy and occasionally halving bricks. It is indestructible and will outlast me, I'm sure of it.

[@superfeschi]

12:11 I ❤ how Maarten says "Schnitzel". Pretty accurate I must say, but still funny 😂

[@DutchBushcraftKnives]

I never skip Schnitzel when i visit germany :D

[@jondavey8054]

This knife is designed for use in Artic and cold weather where glovescor mitts are required, hence scales larger than tang to stop flesh sticking in cold weather - research your products before testing,,,

[@dahotrod1533]

Predating this was the Wilkinson sword type d. An absolute beast of a knife, probably better in some ways. And another one is the Wilkinson sword Dartmoor knife. Made in the 80s based upon ray mears design. Absolutely beautifully crafted and very interesting knives.

[@osricsbruk]

I had one of those for years. The best thing about it was that it's indestructible. Other than that, it's a big, heavy numb lump. I don't miss it!

[@markbailey15]

I love my mod. Yes! you have to modify it to make it useable but you buy it knowing that. I had the grind reprofiled on mine to get a finer edge, it's still a beast and easy to get an edge. I've chopped down small tree's with little fatigue to the hand. For it's size it's an amazing chopper. Awesome video guys 😁