@@CC-tk4ik Thanks for watching! I really appreciate the comment and your thankfulness for the video! I really wanted to make this one interesting, and informative, but still easy and enjoyable to watch.
Good to see this video up again. Just look at those chips fly. The convex edge acts like an axe edge for removing the wood, making cutting more efficient, even if a knife isn't as good as an axe for this. Cuts hardwood, yet the knife held its edge, and is capable of fine cutting work. Chop, baton, make feather sticks, carve camping gear, make a trap for meat. I think Rooster Cogburn would have proud to have had a knife like that. A single bladed, fixed handle multi-tool.
@@darylbrenton4839 thanks Daryl! Glad you watched again. Yeah the other video was just doing very poorly, and I knew it was one of the best videos I’ve made so I took down and reposted. This one is doing much better in less than 24 hrs than the other did in 4 days. This knife turned out to be even more of a chopper than I was expecting!
@@david6920-r6z David, thanks so much for watching and subscribing! I saw this late last night and scrolled through a few of your vids before I was heading to bed, I’m looking forward to watching the one about that little survival kukri you had. I also saw you had a few on Bowie knives including the Falkniven Bowie which I’m sure is awesome! Funny I just sent a knife down to New Zealand, I’m glad I have some viewers down there! Thanks again!
Gorgeous knife. The leathersmith in me would love a review of your entire belt system. BTW, I'm loving my knife you made me. Been busy with work, need to post a video for you.
Thanks very much! Yes my edc pouch is trimmed down, and just holds the essentials of that larger pouch, lighter, leatherman and bits, flashlight, sharpening stone, and a needle and thread. By far my most used piece of kit, it gets double digits use every day. HERE is the man responsible for ALL my leather inspiration. In my mind he is hands down the best leather worker I’ve ever seen. ruclips.net/video/6vUFvj3xUqo/видео.htmlsi=NnR5JckxL_La4anS. He has TONS of great reviews of his kit if you scroll back to 2015-2019 or son in his feed
@@LKS-1976 Oh did you really? That’s cool. Yeah though I’m a pastor I haven’t followed him recently in his teachings, I watched a few and they seemed a bit more sensational than just reading the truth of the Bible, but maybe I evaluated wrongly. I should go and check what he’s saying again.
@@snesleywipessqueegeeservices Thanks so much! I appreciate that you can recognize the quality of the information and the experience going into all this. I’m out of Ohio. If you’re interested in some of the blades I make and have made feel free to check out marsfireforge.com. I also have lost of pictures on instagram @marsfireforge.
Watch out for unrealized possibilities your lower extremities a leg gash could be ugly and that knife would render a deep cut with any force. Many stories of a small cut, Maybe a finger tip could bleed you out if too far for help to arrive.
@@Leanin3282-q4q so true! especially aware of such things as just last Fall I punctured into my upper thigh and had to use an Israeli bandage to stop the flow. Through pants and pretty deep into leg. That wasn’t doing bushcraft, but I always remember it when using a knife. My rule is to ask myself “if what I’m cutting disappeared, where would this blade go?” If the answer is my body, I’ll change it up!
@ I took my knuckle off two days after sharpening my pocket knife, numb hands on a cold night assisted opening in my pocket unrealized. Won't put an assisted open pocket knife in my pocket ever again. LOL. Ouch!🔪
I’m with you on not liking the assisted opening, especially with cold hands! My injury was just carelessness cutting cardboard. I tell my kids all the time, stuff isn’t really dangerous until you stop being cautious with it.
@@D2G10 a few things there. Firstly I appreciate your concern for live trees! Trees, in my opinion, are priceless, only time can make them. You can trade money for a tree, you need to trade years and years and years to get a tree, so a tree is worth more than years of salary! It’s because of that that I wasn’t chopping any live trees. It was all dead and hardened from fallen trees or like the one maple a sucker that has died and was connected to a live tree still. Secondly you’re absolutely right bowies usually have a clip, but the definition of a Bowie is pretty loose and through history a large sized knife with double guard and coffin handle would generally be recognized as a Bowie. Thanks for your engagement and thanks for watching!
Lanyards when chopping are always iffy, you rarely see them in places where choppers are used intensively be it Asia, South America, Africa...and with good reason. If you cannot safely and securely chop with a knife without a lanyard it would be best to tweak the handle, look at Parang, Golok, Enep, Khukuri, Koita, Koduval, Dao...none have lanyards unless they're western intepretations or meant to hang up the tool.
@@adrianjagmag excellent observation! Best is to have the handle designed in such a way that it facilitates secure chopping! That is why I personally favor a curved handle. With the straight- style western Bowie handles, however, I think a lanyard is a good idea! Thanks for watching and critically engaging with the video I greatly appreciate your attention!
@@MarsFireForge Another use for a lanyard is to enable removal of a knife from a deep, tight sheath. Hook the finger into the loop and extra leverage is literally at your fingertips. Also, many mariners appreciate a lanyard to stop losing a knife over the edge of a boat. Most machetes, however, have terrible handles. I cut the end off a broken axe handle and used that on a machete. I've never had that one fly off while chopping.
@ the NZ guy I just made a knife for wanted the lanyard for that very reason. Had a really deep sheath and the lanyard to help get it out. I love that axe handle idea, they have a good “birds head” type flare at the end.
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Thanks for putting this video together for us! That Bowie took it well and performed awesome for sure!
@@CC-tk4ik Thanks for watching! I really appreciate the comment and your thankfulness for the video! I really wanted to make this one interesting, and informative, but still easy and enjoyable to watch.
@@MarsFireForge Beautiful knife.
@ thank you! Glad you enjoyed the knife and video!
Good to see this video up again. Just look at those chips fly. The convex edge acts like an axe edge for removing the wood, making cutting more efficient, even if a knife isn't as good as an axe for this. Cuts hardwood, yet the knife held its edge, and is capable of fine cutting work. Chop, baton, make feather sticks, carve camping gear, make a trap for meat. I think Rooster Cogburn would have proud to have had a knife like that. A single bladed, fixed handle multi-tool.
@@darylbrenton4839 thanks Daryl! Glad you watched again. Yeah the other video was just doing very poorly, and I knew it was one of the best videos I’ve made so I took down and reposted. This one is doing much better in less than 24 hrs than the other did in 4 days. This knife turned out to be even more of a chopper than I was expecting!
Very cool gear you have. Very nice Bowie. New sub for you 🇳🇿
@@david6920-r6z David, thanks so much for watching and subscribing! I saw this late last night and scrolled through a few of your vids before I was heading to bed, I’m looking forward to watching the one about that little survival kukri you had. I also saw you had a few on Bowie knives including the Falkniven Bowie which I’m sure is awesome! Funny I just sent a knife down to New Zealand, I’m glad I have some viewers down there! Thanks again!
Gorgeous knife.
The leathersmith in me would love a review of your entire belt system.
BTW, I'm loving my knife you made me. Been busy with work, need to post a video for you.
@@LKS-1976 so glad you’re enjoying it! Yes I would love to do a kit review of the leather, that belt kit is the leather project I’m most happy with
@MarsFireForge that pouch with the Hudson tin was gorgeous. It's similar to that EDC pouch you have, I see.
Thanks very much! Yes my edc pouch is trimmed down, and just holds the essentials of that larger pouch, lighter, leatherman and bits, flashlight, sharpening stone, and a needle and thread. By far my most used piece of kit, it gets double digits use every day. HERE is the man responsible for ALL my leather inspiration. In my mind he is hands down the best leather worker I’ve ever seen. ruclips.net/video/6vUFvj3xUqo/видео.htmlsi=NnR5JckxL_La4anS. He has TONS of great reviews of his kit if you scroll back to 2015-2019 or son in his feed
@MarsFireForge oh yeah! He's out of Alaska. I followed him also. Such a shame he left leather work. I do follow him for the gospel he speaks on.
@@LKS-1976 Oh did you really? That’s cool. Yeah though I’m a pastor I haven’t followed him recently in his teachings, I watched a few and they seemed a bit more sensational than just reading the truth of the Bible, but maybe I evaluated wrongly. I should go and check what he’s saying again.
Great stuff, instant subscribe. High quality output. Where in the US are you based?
@@snesleywipessqueegeeservices Thanks so much! I appreciate that you can recognize the quality of the information and the experience going into all this. I’m out of Ohio. If you’re interested in some of the blades I make and have made feel free to check out marsfireforge.com. I also have lost of pictures on instagram @marsfireforge.
Watch out for unrealized possibilities your lower extremities a leg gash could be ugly and that knife would render a deep cut with any force. Many stories of a small cut, Maybe a finger tip could bleed you out if too far for help to arrive.
@@Leanin3282-q4q so true! especially aware of such things as just last Fall I punctured into my upper thigh and had to use an Israeli bandage to stop the flow. Through pants and pretty deep into leg. That wasn’t doing bushcraft, but I always remember it when using a knife. My rule is to ask myself “if what I’m cutting disappeared, where would this blade go?” If the answer is my body, I’ll change it up!
@ I took my knuckle off two days after sharpening my pocket knife, numb hands on a cold night assisted opening in my pocket unrealized. Won't put an assisted open pocket knife in my pocket ever again. LOL. Ouch!🔪
I’m with you on not liking the assisted opening, especially with cold hands! My injury was just carelessness cutting cardboard. I tell my kids all the time, stuff isn’t really dangerous until you stop being cautious with it.
I thought the Bowie should have a clippoint blade. Also why are you cutting down live trees?
@@D2G10 a few things there. Firstly I appreciate your concern for live trees! Trees, in my opinion, are priceless, only time can make them. You can trade money for a tree, you need to trade years and years and years to get a tree, so a tree is worth more than years of salary! It’s because of that that I wasn’t chopping any live trees. It was all dead and hardened from fallen trees or like the one maple a sucker that has died and was connected to a live tree still. Secondly you’re absolutely right bowies usually have a clip, but the definition of a Bowie is pretty loose and through history a large sized knife with double guard and coffin handle would generally be recognized as a Bowie. Thanks for your engagement and thanks for watching!
Lanyards when chopping are always iffy, you rarely see them in places where choppers are used intensively be it Asia, South America, Africa...and with good reason. If you cannot safely and securely chop with a knife without a lanyard it would be best to tweak the handle, look at Parang, Golok, Enep, Khukuri, Koita, Koduval, Dao...none have lanyards unless they're western intepretations or meant to hang up the tool.
@@adrianjagmag excellent observation! Best is to have the handle designed in such a way that it facilitates secure chopping! That is why I personally favor a curved handle. With the straight- style western Bowie handles, however, I think a lanyard is a good idea! Thanks for watching and critically engaging with the video I greatly appreciate your attention!
@@MarsFireForge Another use for a lanyard is to enable removal of a knife from a deep, tight sheath. Hook the finger into the loop and extra leverage is literally at your fingertips. Also, many mariners appreciate a lanyard to stop losing a knife over the edge of a boat. Most machetes, however, have terrible handles. I cut the end off a broken axe handle and used that on a machete. I've never had that one fly off while chopping.
@ the NZ guy I just made a knife for wanted the lanyard for that very reason. Had a really deep sheath and the lanyard to help get it out. I love that axe handle idea, they have a good “birds head” type flare at the end.