Schrade Shakedown #2: Leroy Bowie - Preparedmind101 

Leeereroooyyyy Jennnnkkkinnnnsss! 😂

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Looks like Schrade is back. The label budget blade doesn't necessarily mean its garbage. I ordered the Bolo Machete based on your review. I have been off and on following you for years. These are the types of reviews that made me a fan of yours in the first place. 101... back to basics. I still have my BK 21, 9, 7 and 2. They sill do what the always did. I have used the 9 for hours and hours with no issues. I have the original sheath and handles, and I have no complaints. Keep doing stuff like this and I will be a steady watcher again. I can't afford to support channels, but I can like, share, comment subscribe and recommend. Loved the review.

It's a decent budget bowie. WouIdn't trust my life with it. But it's great for a weekend warrior. Personally, I live by my Cold Steel 1917 and Condor Plan A bowies.

G'day Chris, Jim Croce wrote a song entitled "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" back in the day; ...... (bad, as in bad arsed), ...... the inspiration perhaps ; ) Cheers Duke.

I should also make more of an effort to "forget what I know", its great to be surprised

Le Roy translates as “The King” in French. El Rey in Spanish. Rex in Latin.

Hollow grinds are for Buck 110's Schrade really needs to get the concept of flat and saber grinds.

This shows a lot of character you being willing to give Schrade another chance. The Taylor Brand Schrades started out pretty crappy but then eventually started producing great, budget blades. Then BTI happened and, well, we know what happened. It wasn't just one mistake, either. The SCHF (Schrade Frontier) line was mostly really good. They had traditional, high carbon steels (1095, etc.) and saber grinds. Then BTI made them all stainless and hollow ground. Now I don't even think they still make most of them. If you keep giving them another chance maybe I will pick one up, eventually. I bought a couple of small (neck knife size) Schrades on clearance at Tractor Supply recently and they aren't bad but small knives and big choppes are entirely different animals. I haven't ever really given up on the Sharpfinger, even the newer ones, and keep meaning to get ahold of one of the high carbon, made in U.S.A. versions they are doing, now.

In Aus8 I definitely want this 🔪🔪 hollow grind bites in big time 🤙 my Kershaw camp12 is one of my best choppers 🤘

Leroyyyyyy Jeeenkiinnnns!!

LeRoy is a French name. It’s meaning is: The King! A fitting name for this giant Bowie Knife! 👑

Leeroy Jenkins!

I know this isn't exactly on the subject, but Swiss Tech is making knives for Wal-Mart that are manufactured in China out of AUS 8 steel, and it seems to be pretty solid thus far. China is getting better with the heat treats, but on most budget blades they wanna put a Hollow Grind on everything. With that said, Swiss Tech has better quality control then Schrade does, so results could vary.

Thanks for doing affordable knife reviews.

I was under the impression that someone in the company was an ardent NCIS fan, after all they named the Bowie Leroy, and the Kukri Jethro, Leroy Jethro Gibbs I kept wondering what kind of knife they would call the Gibbs

Aus 8 used to be the SRKs main steel . Tough stuff and sharpens easy too.

It would be interesting to see this knife doing a side by side with the Becker BK9 cuz they look pretty compatible.

Mine is before the Leroy and I’m happy with it.

Good video. I have the 1st production run 8cr13mov steel with the hole in the blade dedicated to a knife maker i believe. Got it about april/may 2016. Getting ready to use it for the first time lol. Its beem sitting in the box collecting dust for almost 7 1/2 yrs. Thanks as always Chris.

Enjoyable review. Tested in common sense fashion for what the knife was intended for. Thanks

I like the "forgetting what I used to know" .I try not to be a blade steel snob (not saying You were). Most of My favorite knives are in 1095 and 01. I have a couple old crkt folders in 8Cr13MOV and they and thier edges have never failed

Thanks for the review. Seems like a nice chopper for garden work. If it breaks, I can grab something else.

I'm enjoying the content on the Schrade choppers Chris! Got any plans to review the Little Ricky? I just got one and I would be interested in your views on it! I noticed the sheath's on the Leroy and the Little Ricky are very similar. I modded my sheath to make it a baldric carry

Have you seen any of JoeX videos. He did this knife the old version and it did ok for the extreme testing or destruction that guy does. He has done few Aus 8 knives most have held up not bad.

didn't cold steel make the srk out of aus8 for a while? And isn't it still sought after by lovers of the srk( I have one)?

Schrade seems to have stepped up their game. I'd like to see the ones you're saying wouldn't be useful, we just might get surprised again.

Always wanted this model, i have that other recurve one with the same handle shape lil Ricky(8cr14) and it's been pretty fantastic over the years(sheath is cheaper material and cracked kinda bad) my fault But still works good enough

Good to have you back man. Please don’t leave us again.

would be interested to hear your thoughts on the 184STUH Schrade Uncle Henry Stag Bowie.. Its Crocodile Dundee meets Davie Crockett lol.. I bought one a couple of years ago but its so beautiful I cant bring myself to beat the hell out of it with a big stick lol..

I got this and the Jethro when they first came out , awesome budget big blades

Gives a round 2 to the SCHF17 "Ugly Ducking", you and Will claimed you were going to do a destruction video of it! I've been waiting.

Impressive and surprising. Great review Chris!

I always liked the look but the 8Cr13Mov turned me off. I like AUS-8 so I may have to snag one now.

I have no idea why every new Schrade knife is hollow ground. I hate hollow ground blades.

Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown...baddest knife in the whole dang town....

the last thing I need is another 10 inch heavy bowie knife.. would this thing be light enough to use as a small Machattie ?

Its a fun chopper. Its also heavy... great in the truck, carried all day? Not so much. I have the older model that comes without the sharpener

I hate Hollow Grinds on large blade ,they're only good for slicing, and unless you're going to skin an elephant pretty useless, in my opinion, what do you think?

Bad Bad Leroy Brown Bowie bigger than old King Kong meaner than a junkyard dog catchy

Work on fitness as preparedness and you’ll grow the channel.

is the ORIGINAL "Jess X" still available! i love that name!!!!

they still don't know how to make an ambidextrous sheath....

Who do we need to contact to begin the campaign to bring Jess X back to the way you truly imagined her? I was fortunate enough to get one of the last good runs of her…I need another

With esee quality and lifetime warranty why choose anything else 🤷

Cool knives

I was waiting for you to start breaking tips off. In my opinion its too big for a knife and a poor hatchet.

I have 2 of the medium sized schrades and they can take a beating.

Does the Leroy come with a blade sharpener on the sheath?

Leroy was the name of the baddest man on CBS

leroy brown, baddest man in the whole dang town.

Why put a coating on a stainless steel though?

Nah not big enough!!!??? 😆😆🤣🤣

Great review Chris!

I see that yours do, but do they all have the new sheath?

Crocradil DunDee Knife....

Thumbs up, let's do this!

I like that one from shrade

Where did you buy your's?

On sale right now on Amazon for THIRTY BUCKS!!! Thank you Chris!!!

They destroyed a brand.

Hi Chris. Have you seen the DBAD Preacher? It’s design by a another RU-vidr Donne B. I would love to see you chop, and your impressions on the work by KHHI. It’s one of the most unique Bowie’s I’ve seen and it’s look badass

Waaaaaaaiiittt! We are testing schrade again?!?!?! Did they fix their fuckup???

I like the cold steel trailmaster design more. Thick blade with flat grind and edge is convex. Doesn't stick into wood as much. I bought a few Mtech 151 which I modified the flat grind with the very steep secondary bevel which is crisp for cutting, and smooth it out with 4x36 belt sander and diamond stone into convex edge and cuts just like the trailmaster. I guess the leroy has a lot of meat and the hollow grind is just front portion of the edge. Hmm, if you change that geometry into like trailmaster..I'd bet it cuts better into wood. Amazon has Leroy again on sale for 30 bucks. I might just buy another one just to see if I can change the geometry on it to chop better.

If they'd just change the damn grind to saber, it'd be a much tougher knife!!! I hate the hollow grind!!!

I thought about buying a SCHF42 again for old times sake . That recurve was a wicked good slicer once ya modified that edge.

Just ordered one from Amazon for $31. I love a good hard use budget blade that I don't have to worry about ruining.

Bruce Leroy! Use to buy Schrades when i was a young gullible man before i got sick to death of the cheap ass hollows they throw on everything. Doesnt belong on a large chopper, ruins so many knives id rather deal with a scandi chopper dude atleast itll function correctly even with the risk of chipping out if its a 40 dollar knife who cares. I will say these last 2 looked good when your chopping on that green stuff lol atleast theyre narrow hollows

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"Living in a boxcar in the middle of the woods, and missing some teeth" LMAO ! ! ! ! !

There is no explanation than Shrade has a heat treatment recipe ,that improves the steel performance . And also for the fit n finnish i don't see spots that drives me not to buy and give a chance. After all the price won't bring tears, if it fails my expectations.

hollow grind is a non starter for me, I dont care how economical a blade is. No need to argue...I'm just not a fan and I'll leave all those blades for someone else.

I cant get past the several times I have seen aus8 fail in larger blades. I would not feel safe chopping with it. I would have preferred a small flat stone set in the back side of the sheath to a pull through. but I guess if there are no other options, you use what you can get.

Schrader knifes are decent ,cheap and easily replaceable, they do well in tests so are for what they are

Who is the baddest, Leroy??

i am pretty sure the original jethro had mold injected handles not scales.

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Nice knife, look very strong....

Back in the day the ones with green handles was good.

I don't know my steels all that well but the Schrader add I watched in this said it is 8CR13MOV steel. Are they giving 2 different sets of specs on this.?

i only have two knives from schrade, the schf9 and the schf38, the build quality is impressive for the low price and even though i'm not allowed(legally) to take them with me while camping i still use them for stuff around the house

Surprised how well this and the other Schrade knife did. Could they produce a great Jess X nowadays?

I'm greatful I didn't get a piece of garbage with the Leroy and I even liked the tpe handle.

I have one of the old schrade frontier knives & its been a pretty good beater knife so it is definitely possible to get a good knife from them. Just a little hit & miss.

I have a Leroy. Good blade

The previous version was 8cr 13mov.

Thanks Chris for the review. I have the Schrade Extreme Survival Knife (SCHF-9) that is NOT hollow ground and it is a tough knife. I saw the Leroy fail on RU-vid during a baton demonstration. Maybe a fluke.

Awsome Bowie !!

Good to see Schrade coming back. I have a handful of Schrade blades, including Jes X, that I’m happy with.

Leroy is on Amazon now for $30 I just ordered one tonight for $30 ill take one

I want to get the JETHRO.

I bought my leyroy 2018 And it broke after some light chopping. I could not believe it 1095 so called harden steel. Scharade you lost my business after that !! I will stick to the brand i love Condor and my Tops steel eagle 111A tanto ! I hate the the handles of tops knives i had to modify the handle. The steel on the Tops eagle is almost indestructible!