It's true what they say about Hawaii pure Paradise LOL at least for a knife guy dream come true. Knives and machetes all day long LOL Mahalo for watching
Great choices, man! I totally agree. If you're "crafting" in the "bush" with a knife, it's by definition a bushcraft knife. The "bushcraft" knife has to match the environment. Haha! Love the comment about Idaho! I live in a high desert of Idaho. No need for machetes where I live, but I can definitely understand their importance in the jungle. Keep up the great work, my friend!
Say Heah Gabe, I also like my Bark River Golok looks like a big ole butter knife on steriods and my Fox "Hitam" Golok Awesome. But my B R Golok is great for clearing the bush close to the ground, It doesn't stick into the ground, and yeah I luv my A-1, I have it teamed up with my Cold Steel Mini Pendleton a outstanding combo. I also just got a Steel Will Druid 240 which I teamed up with my Estwing Double Bit Hatchet and my Bacho Laplander for when I go out in wet and or snowy weather, It's made in a decent stainless, or I can also team it up with my Condor Wilderness Tool which is a very handy knife. Along the handle you have a nice curved edge, The Slightly Curvrd Top has a Chisel edge that you can dig up roots for cordage or to make a firepit or a kitty hole, The two sides are hatchet bits a larger and a smaller one which I use the smaller one to make kindling and it's Also a modified Billhook it's a great tool. ,, .
I almost got the larger in the 7" blade, But I have my Pima Bowie2 in that size, The Druid is just shy of 5" buy a stout robust knife, I team it up in my wet and snowy weather by adding my Estwing Double Bit Hatchet and Saw, Or it team's great with my Condor Wilderness Tool. Yeah check the Wilderness Tool out by Condor, It comes in a real nice leather sheath, But along the handle is a knife blade that turns into a modified Billhook, The top is slightly curvrd with a sort of chisel grind, It's great to fig up roots for cirdage, or to fig up a fitepit or a kitty hole, The two other sides have hatchet biys, I like using the smaller one to split my kindling, Yeah, I don't understand why it never became popular, But it has multi features that WORK. !,!!
I have the Esee LS. Some people don't like it because it looks 'odd'. I find the handle ergos ( with a little work like rounding off the blocky handles), to be superb. Good choice of blades sir. Happy New Year .
Total agreement, a bushcraft knife is whatever works well for you and your surroundings. To many people are trying to find the one knife that will be awsome world wide in all conditions, haha , if there was then all knives would be the same design. I think people tend to associate bushcraft , at least the name, as being an al purpose do everything knife. I mean the mountain men a nd fur traders carried knives that were pretty much a butcher knife and that was it. In Oregon here we have some really large trees, but the forest is loaded with undergrowth so thick you need to clear a path and a machete is perfect. As far as axe's go you are correct they are more dangerous, maybe not to someone really skilled in there use but for light firewood cutting, clearing brush, using as a scraper or plane, and heck i have even used one while skinning by grabbing the back of the blade way up, worked kind of like an ULU, they are much safer and easier to control. so whatever a person uses and is comfortable with is there bushcraft knife.
Say Heah Gave, Alpha. I just ordered my 2nd Ka-Bar Limited Edition. I bought the L E Kit. It came with a BK-29 Moses Bowie which is only a 1/4" shorter than my BK-30 Bundok Bowie which is a 11"+ Blade, Yeah, A Big'Momma, and the BK-5 (again) and the Snody SnakeCharmer, a E.G..C./Neck Knife in the S35Vn, Yeah, It just happened that I could use that Snody SnakeCharmer with my new Bush Craft Trio for this new season c'min up, I teamed my 2Hawks Warbrast Tomahawk with my 3V GNS, and my Wicked Tough Saw. Yeah, I also just got not too long ago my Fallkniven H-1 to team up with my A-1 Survival Knife that the military is using, and a few Fix Knives I'm even teaming up my Fox Bushcraft Parang to team up with a Kansbol and Eldris, I'm getting the green to match. Yeah, I have some new knives for this up-c'min season, Oh, yeah, I almost forgot my new Steel Will Druid 240 and my Druid 230, Yeah, a clearing knife with a shorter knife for my wet days, Oral Beans, Eah ?.,,.
I would love to see a video on your idea of the perfect one tool option for the jungle. I know that people have this romantic fantasy about the mystical one knife that can do anything and every thing. But I'm in South Carolina and don't really have that much experience with the jungle mentality and thought it would be interesting to see what someone from the jungle thinks about a do all blade for their environment.
RedneckViking I don't necessarily believe in a one tool option. If I had to pick one blade to take in a made up survival show in the jungle I would take a 18in Tramontina machete or BRKT Tracker knife. I believe a survival knife or a one tool option has to be Full Tang and at least a five inch blade with a fairly thick spine. Mahalo for watching
Say Heah Gabe, Yeah my Mora Forest Exclusive #277 is becoming one of my Fav. neck knife. It's hand-made with a laminated blade and a full stick tang with brass bolster and pommel, But one of my Fav's is my Mora 2000 which I teamed up with my Mora Hatchet and the Bacho Laplander for my Lite Carry. It's easy to neck carry my Mora 510 with some of my Trio's and I piggybacked my Bokor Black Vox Rokd with my Mora Classic#1. Aces. ,, .
Rhys Tucker I think a chainsaw is more useful than an axe of course that's for the homestead or work. Hiking camping backpacking where I live an axe is very not useful. I believe the machete is the ultimate jungle tool. Mahalo for watching
Thank you for the reply! I live in the UK where the axe is the king of all survival and bushcraft tools. But of course your environment changes your preferance in tools massively!
really want a good machete but cant find anything here in norway or any place that ships cheap to norway. my users today is a esee junglas with an esee 3 piggybacked or a bark river senegal with a lionsteel m4 piggybacked and always have a dean aragon custom blade on my hip zero ground 80crv2 scandivex slicer
A good beater machete is awesome to have around. You don't have to worry about hitting rocks or breaking it it's cheap easily replaced. If you can't find one in your area I could see where the shipping cost as much as the machete. my advice would be Army Surplus or Amazon try to get free shipping. Mahalo for stopping by
H.I.S Survival thank you and yes thats the problem often to three times the cost of shipping vs machete and great video btw and totally agree. many so cald bushcrafters have been become snobs hehe
yes an axe can be an extremely dangerous tool but try and survive in the Carpathian mountains in the winter with that tramontina...obviously where you are dictates the "best" tool for you; what I know for sure is that in the jungle I would always have a machete and in heavy forest/snow situations definitely an axe...and in both cases a smaller blade like a mora..
I chop down ironwood trees with a machete all the time(just did a video showing a machete chopping down an ironwood tree) and Ironwood is a lot tougher than Pine. Yes I can see where people would want an axe for a certain environment but it doesn't change the fact that axes are extremely dangerous compared to machetes. Mahalo for watching
H.I.S Survival I've heard a good point that said the blade/dangerous part on the tool is much larger on a machete thus more dangerous...i think on a bad day they are both equally dangerous..depends on each individual skills...i tend to be more cautious with an axe with a machete im more reckless
Onix Pyro true but when an axe hits it's going to do more damage then a machete. I can control a machete easier than an axe. It's physics that makes an axe so dangerous.
Oh god it cant be a bushcraft knife its not the right size or grind.. Wheres the bow drill divot is it full tang..lol people are nuts.. friggin knife snobs
I used a wusthof pairing knife for small game.. Cut some small kindling with it was my so called bushcraft knife.. Original fronteirsman used damn kitchen knives.. Now you have to have a 600 dollar knife and a 2000 gun to enjoy the outdoors.. Buy a mora black and a cheap .22 and enjoy life..
david companion exactly. Buy a Mora and a good machete. For $30 you have a great blade combo for years of bushcrafting fun. Same with firearms. Gotta love the Ruger 22 and a good Mauser(went you could buy them for $59 at big 5).
