L.T. Wright GNS Bushcraft Knife Review, After One Year of Use! 

You say your not an expert feather sticker ! But, in my personal view ,your a heck of a lot better than loads of so called experts who review knives and are the worst at feather sticking I have seen ..I think your content is brilliantly put together and your honest , thorough, you have a lot of experience and your entertaining, so for me that makes you as professional as any expert... God bless you and your family and happy camping 🏕 🙏 😊 and happy new year to you and your family 👪..thanks for the hard work you put into the channel... lee

My brother wants to trade me for my BHK Salt fork. He swears I will like the LT Wright GNS. he has the exact same one as yours. Found your review to be very informative. Showing the many Bushcraft skills the GNS can do. Thank you !

This is the very best video out of many I have watched with GNS as its superstar. I have already bought the LT Wright Trekker, not in my hand yet, but seems I have to get this one too. Thanks for this mesmerising video.

Another excellent video my friend,im still amazed at how easy you make feather sticks,great knife great skills.Stay safe Wade.

Really nice review. Excellent knife. Thank you. All the best Brett.

I appreciate the safety tips while batoning. I've seen MANY videos on RU-vid about bushcrafting knives, processinging wood for fires, feather-sticking (You could spend an entire rainy Saturday just watching "feather-stick making" on RU-vid) Yours was the first I've seen telling you which direction the blade should be, thumb on the pommel.... thank you!

I own 4 LT Wright knives, the large northern hunter-flat grind(aeb-l), buchcrafter-flat grind(a2), genesis-flat grind(a2), gns-sabre grind(3v). Love them all.

Very cool video Wade. The saber grind GNS performed flawlessly. Nice demo on the wood splitting and pot hook. I’ve got 3 LT Wright ‘s. My GNS is probably like 7 years old. It’s the Pout House SRO model (Dave Canterbury) in a Scandi. One of my favorites and most used knife. Thanks for sharing your video and look forward to seeing the next episode. Thanks again and ATB Mike

Great review. Based on this video I bought one in the Sabre grind. Love it!

Just ordered same knife today. Direct from LT WRIGHT. Had the best price.

Thanks Wade 👍🏻😁 looks like a great knife … and great tutorial of processing fire wood 🔥 It doesn’t seem that spring has arrived yet 🤔 still lots of snow 😏. Hope you’ll have a wonderful week 🌤 Atb Tom

Awesome video, review, and display of skills my friend! Thoroughly enjoyed! Thanks for sharing. Have a blessed one, and may the forest be with you!

Excellent wood prep

Great video as I've had mine for sometime and it's my main knife in my kit. I've got several but always go back to my gns

Like LT Wright's very much. I just made a trade with my brother. His LT Wright GNS Saber grind in O1. For my BHK Salt Fork also in O1 flat grind. Can't wait to get the GNS out into the Bush up here in Montana.

Great to see fire prep start to end done properly - and all with just one tool! Thanks mate! Great video! ATB, Mark.

Looks like a good knife and you do have skills my man keep up the videos , Really enjoy your videos !!!

Great video Wade, my friend. I have several of the GNS Knives. I like them. I have the Scandi GNS in CPM-3V Dash 3V steel. God bless you. John

“I’m not the best at feather sticks” he says while displaying a huge pile that would have scared Smokey Bear! I’m still using a Mora, if I decide to upgrade this knife may be on the list. When I decide on which one to get I’ll send you a link to my “go-fund-me” page. Enjoyed the video Wade.

Excellent demonstration of its capabilities!!

Great video Wade, beautiful knife!

Great execution of tasks and nice knife 👍🏻

Morning, Wade ; Great seeing your GNS put to the test & Performed without a hitch Thanks for the Tea ATB T God Bless

Have been looking to purchase a Genesis model but after your video will look more closely at it’s little brother.

I've had this same knife for three years and really like it. I like the sabre grind on the thicker blade stock. If you want a thinner blade that's a great slicer and all around great camp knife try the LT Wright Bushcrafter HC. I've had that for a couple of years and it's become my favorite. Enjoyed the video, thank you. Thumbs up from me.

Great stuff Sr. Very nice

Awesome review!! It's great seeing actual hard use of a great tool!. Very intuitive and great execution of the skill sets for fire prep. Heard so much about L.T. Wright knives, read a lot of reviews of guys demonstrating this and that, how it works for this or that. But seeing how you were able to show its function properly was just refreshing. Really enjoyed the video and actually subscribed! Looking forward to owning my first LTW blade!! Awesome, awesome stuff.!

Been looking at the GNS since it came out. Love the sabre grind. And oh yeah, not bad bushcraft skills there Wade😉. Thanks for sharing

Nice knife! AWESOME campfire! :)

Hi Wade! What a great knife! Especially in the hands of a skilled bushcrafter like you. Thanks for sharing the video! Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷🌳🌲🏕🔥

I have a GNS scandi and it’s wonderful.

Greetings Woodswalker. ... I've owned an LT Wright GNS for a couple years. Mine's also saber ground, but in 3V steel with drunken coffee bag micarta scales, fish eye bolts, brass lanyard tube and dangler sheath. It's my only saber ground knife. As you have, I also find it very capable at batonning. The sharpened spine is very useful for scraping and striking sparks. I much prefer the saber grind to a scandi, a full flat grind, or a hollow grind for a fire-making camp knife. For my money, some of Bark River's high convex grinds on general purpose knives are also in the running for all around EDC consideration. Within my battery of fixed blades, I consider the GNS to be a nearly ideal EDC woods knife. It excels at camp chores. It's certainly pointy enough should you need to defend yourself from belligerent mammals. In my opinion, if those mammals are bipedal, you haven't gotten far enough into the woods yet! The GNS doesn't have enough belly for me to consider it to be a field dressing knife for big game. I think the hollow grind with a nice belly comes into its own when performing that task. ... Incidentally, our Alaskan bull moose is the big brother in the clan with your Ontario moose and those tiny Maine moose. LOL. ... I own several small, traditional puukko style scandi ground knives and enjoy using them. But, I consider them to be rather specialized for woodcrafting in camp. If I carry one, it is in the pack for puttering around in camp, rather than in a place of honor on my belt where my GNS rides. ... I like a Silky 170mm Pocket Boy with fine tooth blade for hard wood, bone and antlers; the large tooth blade for conifers. ... I use a tub of Obenaufs LP to nourish and protect my leather. I apply it with my fingers. When I'm finished, both my hands are usually a bit "oily". Some of the coffee bag burlap on my GNS handle is exposed from the grinding when it was shaped by LT's crew. So I thoroughly rub down the handle with my Obenaufs wet hands before washing them. I like the protection, feel, grip and appearance that process does for the handle. A quick strop, and its ready for another walk in the woods. ... I'm enjoying and learning from your videos which I recently discovered and now subscribe to. Thanks for posting them. Til next time ... ...

I have several LT Wright knives.. I don’t have the GNS but am seriously thinking about getting one..! Cool vid brother..👍

Thanks buddy for the video

Good review! I have a knife that I' ve had for over 42 years .. It is still going strong! It was an issue from my military days ! Thanks for sharing! ATB👍😎👍!

Sold! I was debating between a GNS and Genesis, as well as a BHK Highlander. All great knives and sooo hard to choose. This helped a lot. Cheers!

I received my first ltwk in the mail today, purchased a Marksman with Koa wood scales, I absolutely love the fit and finish of it and a GNS is next on my list, thanks for your review it earned you a like and new subscriber here.

Awesome video bud. I am a huge fan of the gns. I have 3 gns knives in different steels and grinds all of them are great knives.

LT Wright knives are addicting. Got my first last year a Genesis then the Gen 3 and have an Outlander Machete on the way as we speak. I think the GNS Saber will be my next one 👍. Awesome quality well built knives.

Boy Wade, that is a nice knife and the sheath is beautiful. I looked up both, well It will be a long while before I can afford that. Super sweet though. On my list for sure. Thank you as always for sharing with us.

I much prefer the sabre grind over the scandi for durability and versatility. The Scandi grind is great with wood and that's it. The sabre grind is better for food prep, opening tins and much easier to sharpen than the scandi.

I'm no fan of battoning. My office jockey hands tire fast and my wrists ache when I whack the knife. So I prefer to use a hatchet to process down to ca 1/2 to 1 inch thickness. But from there one I use the knife too, since I perceive it to be faster and safer. That is one cool knife you have there, btw. Unfortunately it would be way too expensive to buy from overseas (I'm in Switzerland). Shipping an taxes add up!

I’m now a LT Wight fan. 👍

Great review thanks

nice video thanks for sharing

Your decal-mail received me today, Thanks Wade. Took it on my Stanley-can (or whatever it is called in english, sorry about that😉) Looks pretty cool on it. People, those of you who doesent know by now: Great guy, great Channel -> absolutly worth it to subscribe

I never really liked the ltw knives since they aren’t that common over here in Germany but I find this design is there best by far! Especially the Sabre grind version is an Allround bush tool

Nice pack. I rock the same one. So far the best bushcrafty type pack I have seen for the price.

Wade, looks like a great knife. enjoyed the video.

Great review buddy, the GNS is a classic

Great video. I just got my first LT Wright yesterday. A GNS in A2 steel. I have to say it seems like a very well made knife, I’m very excited to take it out into the bush this weekend. The handle is nice and roomy, not cramped at all, and the blade shape is really useful. Great video 👍🏽

Great review, Wade, and btw you have some pretty mad featherstick skills, my friend! Awesome video. God bless you and yours, take care, Nikki.

Awesome blade! I’m saving up for an outback with a sabre grind as well. Great demo and skills Wade. Thanks for the upload.

Great video review, looks like you put it through some fair tasks. If you were going to have only one knife would the LT Wright be the one? Thanks for sharing.

Great overview Wade! It’s officially on my wish list now 😄👍

Great vid mate.

Great video! LT, Scotty and the rest of the crew make some fantastic knives. I’ll be sure to check out your video where you did the food prep because while I prefer a scandi for wood work a sabre is a great all around knife.

Thanks for sharing, think i will be picking one up for myself. Good looking lid also ....

Awesome thanks for sharing 📸 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 📸🙏

Great video! Love long term reviews!

Some of if not the best production bushcraft knives. My GNS scandi 3v performs as well as any if my customs

Great video Woodswalker you look to be an expert on making feather sticks it is not meant to look pretty just make fires. I have the mantis outdoors knife made by LT Wright I am rough on my equipment he made 200 of them for Will Myers on his channel Mantis outdoors. Love that knife and it is built very rugged. Have a great week and hope to see you soon.

Really liked this video. I have the LTWK Sospes. It's a great knife and I love it. I'll be gifting my brother an LT and possibly buying myself one as well for Christmas/December birthdays. I believe I will do the GNS

Great video! Entertaining and informative as usual.

Good morning Wade..... excellent video brother :) I have a couple of LT's knives, one being the GNS. Great knives!! I haven't tried the sabre grind version, but I have a couple of other knives with sabre grinds and I like them. Have a nice day, all the best, Mark :)

I have the GNS with the scandi grind and 3v steel. I am often wondering if I should have choose the saber grind. The 3v steel I love, it takes a very fine edge and will hold for a long time. If I strop the blade regularly I don’t have to sharpen it. It’s my first cpm steel knife and the only thing you need to be aware of is to not get the edge too fine as it will obviously roll, it’s just worth mentioning because it surprises me how easy it gets this fine edge. Great video.

Tha was a few feather sticks. Nice demo prep for a successful fire.

Great job friend🙂 i think the GNS is about the only I haven’t owned lol. Never had a saber from them either. I’ve had a genesis, camp MUK, Lagom, Boat tail Scandi, and a 2nd gen native survival from LT. All had to be sold for medical issues in the family. My favorite of them all was the Lagom. You really do a great job of narrating the videos👍🏻 I just recieved an adventure sworn Mountaineer the other day. I did a one stick fire video with it. Didn’t say one word😐 it would be great for some tips on making videos. Glad you like your knife so much friend🙂 stay warm

Great video man. This is the next knife on my list.

The lt wrights have quite the reputation. Great looking knife, saber grind, loveless bolts, and hard to beat o1👍

I bought my GNS scandi with orange liners a month ago here in Australia . All in all a good solid knife and happy to have it on my belt . The thing is , I'm a bit disappointed with the quality . The handle pins have gaps , the lanyard hole has sharp and ragged egdes and out of the box the knife was no where as sharp as a Mora . I want to buy the Genises when one becames available , but I'm a bit wary now .

Wade, this is a good, honest and thorough review...well done! This knife reminds me of the knife I built for my own use, it started as a scandi grind and I deepened the grind and made it more like a 'scandi vex sabre', the blade on my knife has a more acutely radiused sweep on the first 1.5" from the tip...then a straight cutting edge back to the handle. Typically I like a sweeping edge/ belly on my blades for the full length of the cutting edge and, like you I prefer 4" or less. blade length...much more power and control :)

Great video! Thanks!

Great video. I've got three Lt wright knives 2 gns an lagom .for all around good at everything I'd have to say the gns saber is my favorite.

Great job Brother Wade! The LT love runs deep over here. At last count I had well over 30 of them, with probably 20 different models. If you ever want to test drive something, I might be able to help you out. We can arrange a drop off at Ere's over a giant pizza.

The knife of my dreams.

Great review! I have one in CPM 3V Scandi grind and want one in O! tool with a sabre grinde. Love this knife!

Wade you have to get a Kelly Kettle,that kindling you had would run a Kelly Kettle for two weeks seriously.I don't have a LT Wright but I'm sure going to get one,looks and cuts like the Bark River Gunny or Bravo.Greetings from Ireland Wade,long time subscriber.How are you keeping in these strange times.Stay safe my friend. 🤠✌

Missed this in notifications .. giving it a watch now

Nice knife. I like the spear point. I only have 2 knives. My first one is the Condor Bushlore. Spear point. My second is the Garberg carbon. I find the spear point is so much easier to sharpen evenly. I have difficulty with the garberg tip.

A fan of the simple Mora, putting handles on blanks,(mad fun:) I recently purchased a Viking blade blank from Helle. Laminated carbon. Absolutely love it. I rarely leave my own woods here, which is a nice blend of trees, but where i camp, there are tons of softwoods. Those dead bottom branches are perfect for me. I rarely need to baton. When i do, I break out my Gerber Strongarm. (The one knife they got right lately:) Love the vids, wade. Thanks for making them. You went a bit overboard on the feathersticks, tho:) Glad you love your knife. Maybe someday. But then theres bark river....sigh. so many knives, so few dollars. Ha. Be well.

Sure want one. Very nice knife. How do you sharpen it ? I have no experience with saber grind. Maybe a video on the sharpening of it ?

Like your batoning method. I came over to your channel and subbed you, from campfire gossips channel, he did a review of our channels.

This is a very nicely executed knife review. No doubt that scandies are a real pleasure to use, I will always use them, but the edge is simply not as strong as a saber grind. The quality of the steel and the handle are a biggest priority to me then having the right geometry for the task. There will always be compromises when it comes to geometry. I think you summarize it well that it is a good all around camp knife with good versatility. I may eventually upgrade my knife and will put L.T. Wright on my shortlist. I am also considering a nice Bark River. May come down to which one I am more confident to effectively sharpen in the field.

My GNS has been my go to knife since I got it a couple of years ago. The 3V steel is pretty wonderful stuff. My one complaint with the knife is going to get corrected, I’m sending it in to LT’s to get thumb scallops , it’ll be the perfect all around Bushcraft knife then.

Did enjoy the video, and liked the knife too. I'm a fan of sabre and high scandi grinds. They work well for what i do. I do tend to drop the points more on my knives to give it more of a spearpoint, but maybe i should just man up and get one like yours that's ready to go. I picked up a jakaripuukko from varustaleka about 1.5 years ago and love that thing. Costs about $20 in duty when it arrives. Check them out, all kinds of cool stuff.

Excellent review; subscribed.

Just got my GNS in 3V steel today. I think it will beat out my Bark River Bravo 1 Lt as my favorite. Squinch bigger handle and just a bit grippier. But, I got the convex grind and did not expect the large secondary bevel. I see that its there for edge strength because the blade is thinner than the Bark river, but I don't baton so it has to go to create a real convex. I see some serious waterstone time coming!

Excellent review

It's a lovely knife and sheath not had the chance to try and use a saber grind but one day lol great video wade 👍🤞

Love your videos, very informative. Could you tell us or do a video on the fero rod you use if there is a brand you like better than another

Really excellent video. I may have missed it, what steel is this? I have this knife in 3V.

Looks like an awesome knife, won't be buying one soon though, as you have seen on Instagram, I have just parted with quite a bit of money for a knife. I do like your reviews, though, as they are real world use, and not batoning through bricks to see how the edge holds up. Also like your safety advice, believe it or not health and safety is my occupation. Thanks for another great video Wade 👍😃

Next to Koster Bushmaster, my favourite bushcraft knife

How are you liking the GNS saber grind ? Any hot spots with that knife handle ? & How is that grind working for you ? Do you prefer a saber grind over a scandi ? & why... Maybe you can answer when you have time thanks man. I've watched all your videos & liked them very much.

Good review! Where did you pick up that firesteel?

Good video! LT makes awesome blades. What did you put on the handle to darken it? Or is that just from use?

Hi Wade, thanks for the video. My eagleeye discovered a Woodswalkersticker on your can. Do you sell some own stuff now? Would be cool. The Knife is a nice one, no question, but i like the privateer more. Anyways, unfortunatly i own none of them... thats why my opinion just base on my visual preferences. Have a good time in the woods, i'm looking Forward to your next upload.

Awesome review! How much did the knife end up costing in CAD? (If you don’t mind my asking)

Hi Wade, thanks for the video. How have you found gripping the micarta handle under different conditions? That is, wet, dry, bare hands, gloved, sweaty, slimy, oily, and any other conditions where a sure grip may be problematic. Thanks!