I’ve set up this channel to record my outdoor experiences, survival & bushcraft skills for myself as a reference Libary to help prevent skill fade. I have been fortunate enough to have been taught most of my outdoors skills through the military. My channel concentrates more on modern camping, survival and bushcraft set at a beginners level of understanding. I have always had a great love of knives and like to field test my knives while out on my camping trips. As i am out in the woods most days of the week and i use a large variety of kit so i like to do the odd equipment & knife reviews on the channel also. The channel is not set up as a teaching platform as i am just a outdoor skills practitioner who likes to keep his skill sets up, if you get some benefits from the channel that's great. I hope you enjoy the content of the channel and what you see. Please like, share, & subscribe. The channel appreciates your support. Thanks for watching
Gents...this is what a real TOOL looks like. For some reason it makes me think of an A-10 Thunderbolt, raw, uniquely shaped and unstoppable. Waiting for Shirley to come in but this would be my next choice :)
This is a great video! Might just make feathers fun for me, hahaha. Seriously though, my SVT just got here yesterday, and I’ll be going through a ton of your videos, your instruction and skill are both top notch, and thank you so much for putting so much great info out there for us.
Now that you have had the N690 tracker for awhile,how would you compare it 01? Like another comment I read,I'm learning so much from your videos about techniques and about using Kevin's blades..can't thank you enough..interested in the Ebook or whatever you have on your teachings...THANK YOU
To be honest I don’t see a difference between the two metals apart from rust resistance. I know the books will tell that N690 should have great edge retention. It might be I don’t use them long enough to put them to the test. I use them every week and I don’t see a difference apart from the rust resistance and N690 is harder to sharpen
Good show mate 👍. I have this same knife. I never thought it would be so good. Especially, cause it's smaller than the folders I'm used to using and the weak liner lock. I got it last year at a pawn shop. I was looking at their used knives and there it was. It looked brand new, it was sharp as phuk, the action was great, blade centered and only $20.00 USD. I too have the experience of AUS 8 being crap 💩. I actually use this knife more than my standard knives being ZT 0804CF, Recon 1 and Buck 110. I do actual work with my knives, unlike some of these clowns on RU-vid whittling hairs. Thanx for the video my Bladed Brother 👍 ⚔️ ✝️ 🇺🇲
Hi m8 in your opinion what would be your go to for a all out one tool option survival blade, I know you like these origin blades and I know you rate hatchets and the Ontario/junglas type blades too, pick one for a shit hit the fan situation thx?
The first thing I noticed, as I made this modification to my Woodsman. On the draw edge, closest to the handle, the edge has been rounded off. This makes the blade MUCH safer when choking up on the blade. Evolution!
Hope your well Bud always love watching your passion for kevs creations you do it justice for sure lovely awesome bit of kit love it....appreciate your time...😉👍👍
Your choice of mallet is 100% wrong. It’s so thin and light weight that only pass your energy to the knife and its handle and your left hand as choke. Merely a little energy is passing to the log you want to split.
👍 Very interesting demonstration of the use of the spine to reduce long sticks into short sticks. I never saw that before, thank you for the lesson. I need to go outside and see My Parang & I can duplicate this task.
Woodsman and a Shirley. Thats it now in terms of a top 5. Nothing else comes close! 😂. I find the non-standard designs more versatile and lend themselves to more creative thinking when using them. The tracker design mimics flint tools in some ways, which I heard was one of the original design concepts, although not sure where I heard that now. The Woodsman is thus a handaxe and the Shirley a cutting flake. The different angles and surfaces organically lending themselves to different uses and tasks. Makes sense to me anyway. 👍.
The Shirley is my favorite bushcraft knife. The Front Line Kukri Tracker (FLKT) is my best one tool option, by far. That being said, I will not take it out if I bring an axe and a saw. I also hope to get the Woodsman one day, probably next year. So here are my 5 favourite bushcraft knives: 1- The Shirley, Origin Knives 2- FLKT, Origin Knives 3- Mahti Puukko, Dulo Knives (5’’ convex blade) 4- Puukko, Jelio 5- Kephart, Bark River I prefer convex grind blades, but I need at least 1 scandi grind. I often have to work with seasoned wood, as the regulations are very strict in my neck of the woods. In fact, it is basically not allowed to use green wood. Anybody who worked with seasoned hard wood will understand what I will say. When you carve feather sticks, sometimes the wood will become almost glassy and some other time it will become like a very very hard wax. In that time, I appreciate the over bite of a scandi grind as a convex would tend to glide.
@@easygoingoutdoorse.g.o7342 I have 2 knives from Dulo and I have to say that, for the price, they are a steal. My Mahti is in MagnaCut and I have only stropped it but since it is easy to strop, I think I will have no problem to sharpen it when it will be needed. It has a fantastic convex edge, not as strong as the edge on the front part of the Shirley but much sharper. My second knife is the Ad model, basically a large drop point with almost a full flat grind. My thinking in getting a full flat was to have a bushcraft knife that is above average at food prep. The knife is great, but that’s my first blade in Elmax, at 61 hrc. I have blade in S90v, K390 and MagnaCut at around 63-64 hrc that are easy to sharpen but this Elmax gives me no feedback. It’s very strange. It feels a lot harder than 61. I am able to have it sharp but it has no bite and I love a good bite. I don’t blame the knife, I blame my sharpening skills. If I would order it again, I would choose a different steel. Do you have any experience with Elmax?
Non traditional I love my lofty Wiseman survival tool, takes a bit if time with it to get yous't to the handle shape but it's a fantastic all round tool. My top 5 knives are nothing expensive or fancy but knives that work for me. Mora Garberg Mora kansbol My home forged knife Hultafors heavy duty Cold steel Canadian belt knife, fantastic blade for skinning absolutely perfect for this job.
I have used the lofty wiseman trueways parang and the Chris Caine survival tool. I really like both blades. Your top 5 blades all sound practical blades. That’s all you need as long as the work
@@easygoingoutdoorse.g.o7342 definitely , I have still got the smaller Chris Caine parang and his knife made by battle horse knives the evolution both excellent tools, I do own more expensive knives but to be honest the older I've got the more I've come to realise it's the knowledge of how you use them that is the most important thing, any of the knives I've mentioned paired with a decent saw is all you need in this country anyway. Although I would love the STV tracker, definitely a knife that looks close to perfect as a do all tool.👍🏻
The Old Hickory butcher knife is a classic that's been used for bushcraft for decades, but I suppose that makes it kind of traditional, even if it's not nearly as good for bushcraft as a thicker, purpose built bushcraft knife. I wouldn't consider it in my Top 5, but for an inexpensive, wooden handled, 1095 blade that's easy to modify and long enough to do just about anything, you can't go wrong for $20.
I've been using the Shirley as my EDC for two years now m8. The non traditional blades offer more uses in my experience, most "traditional" bushcrafting blades look like a standard steak knife if I'm to be honest lol To rank my favorite Bushcrafting knives? 1 Woodsman by Origin Knives 2 Shirley by Origin Knives 3 WSK by Dave Beck 4 Saranac by Dave Beck 5 TOPS T2 (heavily modified)
My Two knives knives are a Brazilian machete and a US Marine sniper dagger heavily modified, but now I want to order the STV and the scout depends on the cost between the two
You asked why I like these is because the machete is combat proven very light steel and chops like a beast through jungle and tropical hardwood , the special forces knife I carry almost all the time, and I needed to shorten to just under 6 inches to be legal to carry on me in public and I sharpened both sides and made it with a chisel end rather than a dagger, it's razor sharp aswell. Both are easy to sharpen but rust very easily as they both are carbon steel. But the STV and scout they have something that just wants me to try it because of your great video presentations thanks again
Im gonna say i love big knives. The problem is i don't really find much use for them. When i do its really not much even hunting. In truth a 4in knife and a small puukko will cover most tasks. I don't find any reason to baton. I carry a folding saw. For fire tasks. Knives have gotten crazy priced and offer less. I don't understand how the industry stays in business between the lies for marketing an the ridiculous prices it can't last. All that aside you made some amazing feathers with that tank. Really nice looking blade just to big for my use.
hey my blade brotha , i am a new sub for ya and i am in the u.s. and i am a u.s. military/marine vet 93' to 97' active ! and i only have email here and i def. wanna talk more and i love talking blades n such allday , thanks n we'll talk soon bro > tom !
