I recently bought a Cold Steel Laredo and Natchez in 3V. As a martial artist, these have been the best designed combat/dueling production knives I’ve gotten my hands on. They’re based on the Bill Bagwell concepts for combat, and they certainly live up to the reputation. I’d buy two of each just in case.
One. Fix blade I bought two of is just a simple, cold, steel tanto machete. That thing feels so good in the hand, and I could imagine it being a tremendous ally in any situation. I have the O1 cold steel Trailmaster too. Love it.
Great choices. The Longhorn Bowie is Mumma Bear’s favorite knife. I could (maybe) pick my top seven knives…. But five of them would be TOPS knives 😎 …maybe six.
"I'm gonna punch my own self in my face..." LMAO 🤣I get tongue tied and/or make words up all the time; welcome to the club! 😆Anyway, those are all really cool knives and the shoe chopping demonstration was wicked awesome man! 🤩Thanks very much for sharing and Cheers!
8:20 I couldn't agree more about the Trail Master. One doesn't know till you have actually handled and worked with one! Then you know! I have one (San Mai III version) and with that edge I'll probably never need to sharpen it in my lifetime! Also, unlike the ESEEs you mention, one needs to do zero work on it; it's all there exactly! It will do all one could want a large knife to do! All I need now is it's little sister, the CS SRK (sabre grind, CPM 3V version), then I'll be satisfied! However I did have a custom sheath made for me by Rob Evans (Wales) - I believe such a great knife deserved a better sheath (the CS one is a disgrace).
The edge will need to be touched up time to time , worksharp fieldsharp is my go too, my choice for many years was the Sam mai Recon Scout , was the best blade for large and medium chores in the Pacific Northwest.
@@Tomikai-zc5kb Yeah, I guess so. But, needing to "touched up" means it still has a decent workable edge for field work left on it, enough till you get bask to the workshop. Thanks for the reply!
I appreciate your love of big bladed knives & I resemble your desire to get more than 1 of the knives you really like. I had that house fire & subsequent theft so lost a bunch of knives I purchased over a 30 plus year span. Ive gotten a better bunch of folders now but need catching up on fixed blades. Hope you find a source for more shoes to chop !
Trail master from 20 years ago, had to buy 2 of each flavor. Luckily I lived close enough that I'd hit their annual parking lot clearance, got tons of good deals, ended up with multiples of most of their knives. I love Esee blades as well but don't love their coating on the carbon steel knives. It's so rough that it makes it difficult to cut anything, usually strip it off and acid patina blade myself or get the stainless/black oxide version.
Hi Peterbilt from Spain. I have the Trailmaster in SanMai III and It is one of my favorite blades, but I have to say that the Svord Von Tempsky Forest Ranger bowie is the all time favorite in my collection. Maybe the Trailmaster in CPM3V is coming down…Congrats for your blades. Best regards.
I have two San Mai Trail Masters and it is easily one of my all-time favorite fixed blades. I have a Spyderco Darn Dao and I love it and wanted to get a second one but only 1200 were made and they are all sold.
I EDC 9” to 12” blade knives. I have to have a choil. The bowies seldom have them. They have “fighting” guards. I’m not fighting with knives, that’s why I carry a five 7. Thanks for posting!
Nice collection, I do regret selling my cold steel trailmaster back in the 1990s. Regarding ESEE, I own 6 (ESEE Izula II, 3, 4, 6, Junglass and Junglass 11. Great knives, excellent customer service and a lifetime warranty! But, there are 2 issues that I have always had with their knives, the scales and not having 90-degree spines. For survival and/or bushcraft use, they all should have 90-degree spines. Remove the coating, force a patina, sharpen the spine and replace the scales from those sold by TKC and your good-to-go.
Some good knives as nice to always have a back up....Well, at least for now I have one of those 7 for myself....LOL...I had a chance to buy an Esee Junglas used for a decent price and I fell asleep as still kicking myself for that one as I hear nothing but good things about it...Good vid....Good stuff....
I too sahre you're sentiment in buying two of the knives I love. I bought two of the 3v Trailmasters, san mai III trailmasters, WTG Puzon Bowies, Fallkniven Modern bowies...and the list goes on. I like the idea of having one knife for use and one to keep in perfect condition. It really helps my OCD 😬. I mimick this with about eveything I own, personally. What's better than one of something? Two of the same thing.
Knives that I have bought two of: TOPS Outpost Command Prather War Bowie Tom Brown Tracker (3) Condor Matagi Ontario SP-10 CS Bushman Condor Crotalus Condor Terrasaur I suppose it counts for this list, I have a Mora Eldris in five of my fire kits.
That Benchmade 119 Arvensis is the only Benchmade knife that really appealed to me, and what did they do, stop making it. Smh. I wish i would've bought 2 of the Buck Ground Combat knife, i have the Spear point one, it's Badass.
Quit a few of my favorite knives I own two ,from listening to ole Tex Grubner Outdoors eith that line of his Two is 1 and One is None , after that I was done and had to have two of most especially if I like the knife. Just like the Mtexh 151 , I got Three but I one have one CS Trailmaster in O1 but that's gotta change ASAP. Now I got see your 5 worst knive video 📸
I see you are a bowie enthusiast! What if I told you there's a 8" 14c28n fulltang bowie with stag handles for cheaper than the von tempsky?Made by a company called "oh-my-deer" simply named the "bowie knife sandvik" I'd take that over the cold steel or benchmade any day ;D
For me it's the Buck 305 lancer, which I currently have 7 of with 4 more still on my list to check off. I'm not just collecting them either, 4 of the 305's I have were vintage NOS/ mint examples too with my most recent being pretty rare and every one of them has gone into right into my pocket. I don't care if it's rare and it took me 2 years to find one, it went right into my pocket. Next would be the Case 6208 half whittler which I currently have 3 of, I'd own far more if they did more than just 2 Carbon steel offerings. I can probably think of 5 others, like the 110 I have a couple of, the 102 woodsman I have a couple of, and a few others I have more than one of but for me when I really like a knife I tend to have more than 3 of them.
For me, very few get to be two...maybe I have 5 pairs I couldn’t live without. (All blade’s included) I have replaced many and wish I could even more. My main collection was stolen in 2014 and I’m still missing many...
Yes stolen. One guy broke into my shop. He rolled all my Tool box’s to my truck and slid the top box’s into the bed and then proceeded to fill the truck with everything he saw as valuable. He broke the inner locks off the an overhead door and drove away. I’ve got a great video! The good part is that many of my tools are shiny new again.
@peterbiltknifeguy I think the sheath looks fantastic, it's hard to make the sheath look better than the knife and tops is one of my favorite USA blades
@@peterbiltknifeguy lol... the least I found one on DLT was 400+.. Ebay is for the birds. Small purchases I'm good with, but anything over 200, I'd rather get it with a warranty. Again there are others too.... Like MILLERBRO BLADES, should see their stress test... boy oh boy.. WRINKLER KNIVER, CHRIS REEVES KNIVES
@@peterbiltknifeguy They must have run it for a long time because I almost bought one years ago and never saw one with a rubber handle till some years later when the government made the Sambar illegal to import from India.
I recently bought a Cold Steel Laredo and Natchez in 3V. As a martial artist, these have been the best designed combat/dueling production knives I’ve gotten my hands on. They’re based on the Bill Bagwell concepts for combat, and they certainly live up to the reputation. I’d buy two of each just in case.
One. Fix blade I bought two of is just a simple, cold, steel tanto machete. That thing feels so good in the hand, and I could imagine it being a tremendous ally in any situation. I have the O1 cold steel Trailmaster too. Love it.
Great choices.
The Longhorn Bowie is Mumma Bear’s favorite knife.
I could (maybe) pick my top seven knives…. But five of them would be TOPS knives 😎
…maybe six.
Lol 😂
"I'm gonna punch my own self in my face..." LMAO 🤣I get tongue tied and/or make words up all the time; welcome to the club! 😆Anyway, those are all really cool knives and the shoe chopping demonstration was wicked awesome man! 🤩Thanks very much for sharing and Cheers!
Lol. I almost misgendered a benchmade lol. I deserved t throat punch 😂
Nice video! I'm trying not to buy more knives but you're making it difficult lol
I'm curious. If you had to take just ONE KNIFE...ONE...to survive...trust your life to... which would you prefer??
ONE KNIFE!
Just for everyone to know- cheaper bowie knives will break at the blade- and it will go flying- so be careful!
Cold Steel trail master in 3V is gold.
Hey gingebrien, how is the plunge/spine grind on yours?
I had seen there were problems with the 3V version.
Btw, love that you love yours this far.
8:20 I couldn't agree more about the Trail Master. One doesn't know till you have actually handled and worked with one! Then you know! I have one (San Mai III version) and with that edge I'll probably never need to sharpen it in my lifetime! Also, unlike the ESEEs you mention, one needs to do zero work on it; it's all there exactly! It will do all one could want a large knife to do! All I need now is it's little sister, the CS SRK (sabre grind, CPM 3V version), then I'll be satisfied!
However I did have a custom sheath made for me by Rob Evans (Wales) - I believe such a great knife deserved a better sheath (the CS one is a disgrace).
The edge will need to be touched up time to time , worksharp fieldsharp is my go too, my choice for many years was the Sam mai Recon Scout , was the best blade for large and medium chores in the Pacific Northwest.
@@Tomikai-zc5kb Yeah, I guess so. But, needing to "touched up" means it still has a decent workable edge for field work left on it, enough till you get bask to the workshop.
Thanks for the reply!
@@dennisleighton2812 yeah sharpen, stroppe etc, I never baton a blade as I carried a double bit saddle hatchet and folding saw. Anyhow good video 👍🏻
I appreciate your love of big bladed knives & I resemble your desire to get more than 1 of the knives you really like. I had that house fire & subsequent theft so lost a bunch of knives I purchased over a 30 plus year span. Ive gotten a better bunch of folders now but need catching up on fixed blades.
Hope you find a source for more shoes to chop !
Goodwill is the place for chopping shoes lol
Trail master from 20 years ago, had to buy 2 of each flavor. Luckily I lived close enough that I'd hit their annual parking lot clearance, got tons of good deals, ended up with multiples of most of their knives. I love Esee blades as well but don't love their coating on the carbon steel knives. It's so rough that it makes it difficult to cut anything, usually strip it off and acid patina blade myself or get the stainless/black oxide version.
I always get doubles of the one's I like, too... :-) Peace, Stiletto :-)
Hi Peterbilt from Spain. I have the Trailmaster in SanMai III and It is one of my favorite blades, but I have to say that the Svord Von Tempsky Forest Ranger bowie is the all time favorite in my collection. Maybe the Trailmaster in CPM3V is coming down…Congrats for your blades. Best regards.
Thank you. I love them both
Seven sweet blades. I own the made in Taiwan SK-5 Trail Master. Very happy with it.
Very nice!
I have two San Mai Trail Masters and it is easily one of my all-time favorite fixed blades.
I have a Spyderco Darn Dao and I love it and wanted to get a second one but only 1200 were made and they are all sold.
I EDC 9” to 12” blade knives. I have to have a choil. The bowies seldom have them. They have “fighting” guards. I’m not fighting with knives, that’s why I carry a five 7.
Thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hell yeah I always get two of the same knives !!!!!! If they are cheap I'll get even more!!!!
Nice collection, I do regret selling my cold steel trailmaster back in the 1990s.
Regarding ESEE, I own 6 (ESEE Izula II, 3, 4, 6, Junglass and Junglass 11. Great knives, excellent customer service and a lifetime warranty!
But, there are 2 issues that I have always had with their knives, the scales and not having 90-degree spines.
For survival and/or bushcraft use, they all should have 90-degree spines.
Remove the coating, force a patina, sharpen the spine and replace the scales from those sold by TKC and your good-to-go.
I had the MTech 151….one of my sons lost it in the woods. Best $20 I ever spent. You’ll never break it….
It’s a beast
Svord is cool 😎 tops has some good ones id like as well someday maybe 😊
Svord is definitely awesome
Some good knives as nice to always have a back up....Well, at least for now I have one of those 7 for myself....LOL...I had a chance to buy an Esee Junglas used for a decent price and I fell asleep as still kicking myself for that one as I hear nothing but good things about it...Good vid....Good stuff....
Lol. You can’t fall asleep when buying knives
@@peterbiltknifeguy 👍👍
Some great stuff!
Thank you
I too sahre you're sentiment in buying two of the knives I love. I bought two of the 3v Trailmasters, san mai III trailmasters, WTG Puzon Bowies, Fallkniven Modern bowies...and the list goes on.
I like the idea of having one knife for use and one to keep in perfect condition. It really helps my OCD 😬.
I mimick this with about eveything I own, personally. What's better than one of something? Two of the same thing.
Lol. Awesome. I like the way you think
You know my 2 favorite of the 7. Lol.🤣🔥🔪
I just looked on Amazon, they have the maxpedition medium long clip point for $106 & the Large Long Clip Point for $136
I looked too. Not in stock
you need to try the terävä skrama :)
I would add an Ontario SP10:Marine raider bowie
I have one. It definitely is a beast. But didn’t make my list.
Knives that I have bought two of:
TOPS Outpost Command
Prather War Bowie
Tom Brown Tracker (3)
Condor Matagi
Ontario SP-10
CS Bushman
Condor Crotalus
Condor Terrasaur
I suppose it counts for this list, I have a Mora Eldris in five of my fire kits.
Awesome. Those are some good knives
That Benchmade 119 Arvensis is the only Benchmade knife that really appealed to me, and what did they do, stop making it. Smh. I wish i would've bought 2 of the Buck Ground Combat knife, i have the Spear point one, it's Badass.
It truly is the only fixed blade they ever made worth buying
@@peterbiltknifeguy 💯👍
I want one of each
Quit a few of my favorite knives I own two ,from listening to ole
Tex Grubner Outdoors eith that line of his
Two is 1 and One is None , after that I was done and had to have two of most especially if I like the knife.
Just like the Mtexh 151 , I got Three but I one have one CS Trailmaster in O1 but that's gotta change ASAP.
Now I got see your 5 worst knive video 📸
Thank you. 2 is 1 and 1 is none. Definitely lol. Top 5 worst knives you say? I can definitely do that lol. I break a few hearts too 😂
@@peterbiltknifeguy
Yeah you have that video 📸 it was interesting and wit good points for your concerns. ⚔️
Don't tell anyone, but I buy 2 of every knife. Sometimes 3. My therapist has her hands full. And so do I apparently... 😂
Lol
I see you are a bowie enthusiast!
What if I told you there's a 8" 14c28n fulltang bowie with stag handles for cheaper than the von tempsky?Made by a company called "oh-my-deer" simply named the "bowie knife sandvik"
I'd take that over the cold steel or benchmade any day ;D
For me it's the Buck 305 lancer, which I currently have 7 of with 4 more still on my list to check off.
I'm not just collecting them either, 4 of the 305's I have were vintage NOS/ mint examples too with my most recent being pretty rare and every one of them has gone into right into my pocket.
I don't care if it's rare and it took me 2 years to find one, it went right into my pocket.
Next would be the Case 6208 half whittler which I currently have 3 of, I'd own far more if they did more than just 2 Carbon steel offerings.
I can probably think of 5 others, like the 110 I have a couple of, the 102 woodsman I have a couple of, and a few others I have more than one of but for me when I really like a knife I tend to have more than 3 of them.
That’s awesome that even when it’s rare you’ll actually use them. Thanks for sharing
@@peterbiltknifeguy that's the only way to truly enjoy them.
There's plenty of collectors out there saving safe queens for future generations.
2 is 1, one is none…
Question is does your backup have a backup??
😂👍 sadly yes
Ultimate combat knife....madog
For me, very few get to be two...maybe I have 5 pairs I couldn’t live without. (All blade’s included) I have replaced many and wish I could even more. My main collection was stolen in 2014 and I’m still missing many...
And I’m NOT paying Seven Hundred Buck’s for a blade that originally cost me Seventy...
That’s not good. Stolen?
Yes stolen. One guy broke into my shop. He rolled all my Tool box’s to my truck and slid the top box’s into the bed and then proceeded to fill the truck with everything he saw as valuable. He broke the inner locks off the an overhead door and drove away. I’ve got a great video! The good part is that many of my tools are shiny new again.
@@dlrmon1 that’s terrible
And expensive. Researching the value of blades for insurance reasons is what sent me down the rabbit hole that is UTube...lol
Quit buying and start making. You will respect yourself in the morning.
Forge On!!!
I respect myself already. Money doesn’t grow on trees and I worked my ass off for what I have.
Arvensis...one mind on that one. I got two.
Is that a new CS trail master in 3V made by GSM?
It sure is
Did the longhorn come with thar sheath? The svord has been on my list for a while now. Guess I'll have to be happy with my peasants knife for now
No. I made the sheath for it
@peterbiltknifeguy I think the sheath looks fantastic, it's hard to make the sheath look better than the knife and tops is one of my favorite USA blades
@@ChrisvilleUSA thank you so much
My Camillus Becker BK77 Extreme S30V Green Micarta with SPEC-OPS Sheath.....sadly will be an only child.😢😢
Awesome 👍
@@peterbiltknifeguy Of your list I want the Cold Steel ones👍👍
I would like to have another Wilton bullet vise, hint hint....
Wouldn’t we all lol
Nice review
Thanks!
Essee junglas vs longhorn Bowie if you could only have one?
Jungles 💯
What was that number #1 knife. Didn't catch the name well
svord von tempsky bowie
I'm odd, I don't have any knives, I want two of. Not like I can afford any high end ones.
I’m no spring chicken lol
@@peterbiltknifeguy I turned 61 back on May 2nd.
@@longrider42 well happy late birthday. I’m 40. So you have me beat
All great blades
Thanks Isaac
Brother have you owned a BUSSE knife.... get your hands on one, you'd understand
I haven’t. Way overhyped in my opinion. If I get the chance to pick one up then possibly. But won’t be going out of my way
@@peterbiltknifeguy the ASH II is reasonable priced, no more than that Benchmade you have..
WTG just dropped their new Kodiak
That benchmade was 175 when I purchased it. I just looked up that knife. 725 on eBay? Lol. Way too expensive
@@peterbiltknifeguy lol... the least I found one on DLT was 400+..
Ebay is for the birds. Small purchases I'm good with, but anything over 200, I'd rather get it with a warranty.
Again there are others too....
Like MILLERBRO BLADES, should see their stress test... boy oh boy..
WRINKLER KNIVER,
CHRIS REEVES KNIVES
I wanted a Cold Steel Bowie until they put that rubber handle on it.
The trailmaster has always had the rubber handle on it. Even in the 80’s
@@peterbiltknifeguy No, used to have Sambar Stag.
@@jdgoade1306 no. That was a limited edition they ran
@@peterbiltknifeguy They must have run it for a long time because I almost bought one years ago and never saw one with a rubber handle till some years later when the government made the Sambar illegal to import from India.
They all look like house knives 😂
House knives?
Im starting an organization for us.
Similar to AA I call it KA.
We need it
@peterbiltknifeguy yup I think I have 4 coming in the mail today. I can't sleep because I am too excited 😆
What was the brand on the #1...the name... didn't get it.
SVÖRD bowie
Svörd , model Von Tempsky. Named after Gustav von Tempsky.