Folding Knives for Bushcraft
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
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If we’re talking affordable “budget” type bushcraft folders, I’ve had the Cold Steel Finn Wolf for a little while now and it’s pretty amazing for small bushcraft tasks.
agreed. Very happy with the Finn Wolf. The cost, quality, durability & performance are all good.
Great analysis and advice as always Mike.
Nice work, thanks for sharing those. I mostly use a fixed blade for bushcrafting. For EDC I went to the Benchmade Bugout. Loving it.
Wonderful! Thank you for your dedication!
thank you for this! very helpful in researching for my first folding knife
Gabriel Allen what did you get
Nice to see some newer videos from you! Your tarp rigging and knife grips videos were some of the first I had come across and I think that was '08.
Thanks for a good comparison!
Wow your fixed blades look amazing the handles are excellent. Martini makes very low cost scandi folders which have nice fat rounded grips also EKA has some cool folders under $100 . Personally folders don't grab me but the Real Steel Bushcrafter and Coldsteel Finnwolf both are in the $35-$50 price range which is doable for most newbies.
Very interesting video. I've taken to using the Doug Ritter Benchmade Griptillian for many of the reasons you outlined. For folks on a budget the Ganzo G720 ticks all the boxes you outlined. It has one of the best grips I've ever felt on any folder, it's built like a tank and is a great all around performer. All for $20!
Thank you for the comment...it's always good to hear what other bushcrafters have had good luck with to give viewers more information and options. Take care and thanks for watching!
The Opinel wins everyone of your categories but one. It's very easy to close one handed but not quite as easy to open one handed, although you get used to it. I'd love to see an Opinel no 9 vs that beautiful Spyderco.
I don't use crazy pressure to sharpen knives so ruining the hinge is the least of my worries. I've cut down small trees with my Opinels so they can take a decent amount of stress. They are not as fragile as most people think.
"LASERS" LOL all I can think of was Austin Powers. thanks for the video
Excellent video. My folder of choice for bushcraft is also that knife that you have -- the Nilakka. My only problem with it is that is is so beautifully designed that I resisted to put it to work...
try a helle dokka
Hi Michael, I love Helle knives and always used them before we started making our own blades. The Dokka doesn't work for me personally because I don't like lockbacks and if I'm going to wear a knife on my belt, I'll use that space for a fixed blade instead of a folder. If these things aren't a concern, than the Dokka is a fantastic choice for anyone looking for a folding knife with a true scandi grind. Thanks for pointing it out and for watching my video!
I've never gotten a bad piece of advice from your vids, so thanks for this. So far the only folder that has survived my bushcraft use is an old butterfly knife I've had to for years. I think the double pivot accounts for its durability. Have you ever used those?
Cool! I haven't used a butterfly knife since I was into Kali many years ago. I never thought to try them in the woods. I'll have to revisit that design but I'm glad to hear it's working for you. I think their reputation as a fighting knife is something to consider as a regular carry item depending on where you live, but I'm the the woods so it's all good. Thanks for the comment and question.
Mike, great choice in knives! I own one and have not really carried it due to some information I read on a few forums talking about the edge being TOO thin and easily damaged through normal use. Have you experienced anything like this or is this another instance of the armchair commandos spreading disinformation? I own a few BCNW designed knives and love them all, especially my Celilo. Oh, and Andras is a super quality guy and knife maker, I count him as a friend and see him often at the Puyallup Guns Shows. Also, being local I am hoping to take some of your courses sooner than later. Keep up the good work!
Hi Steven. When the Nilakka first cam out, the blade was ground without a secondary bevel and was a flat grind that went from the spine down to zero. I never owned one of these but understand that the edge was paper thin and was prone to rolling and chipping under very little stress. This has been remedied for a while now, and the blade is thicker at the edge and has a secondary bevel. I've not had any problems with mine so I guess my answer to your question would depend on when you purchased your knife. If you have the original version, I would consider this a defect and you may be able to return it for a replacement. Thanks for the kind words and I hope to see you at one of our courses someday soon!
Mike your video inspired me to dig the knife out of the safe and run it through some wood today. No damage whatsoever on some pretty good whittling and a bit of sideways prying. So I assume I have one of the newer ones. I got mine last year. Yes, definitely a course is in the near future for me! Thanks again for the great information and inspiration!
Great video as always my friend!
I'm loving my BCNW-o1 with the Bamboo way more than any knife I own. I still and very grateful I have one!
I have an older o1 Celilo that has Osage scales. That I have no clue who made it lol. Andras and Dan both said no lol I'm leaning more towards Dan tho.
I have another knife made by Dan and I just revived a first run 3v Celilo with reddish Micarta for the scales.
The little guard and raised blade are the same on both although the grind is higher on the newer 3v and it has just ever so slightly different blades size.
Who makes the one you have? I really like it that one looks slightly bigger yet.
I like the tiger stripe scales!!!
Very nice looking blade! I love the design!
and nice picks for your pocket knife...
I use a Swiss Army "One handed Tekker" more so than not.
I agree with you about the thumb hole... way easier than a stud!
I also have One that has just a "One Handed Trekker" blade with all the other tools on it.
It's lighter and still comfy with a bigger SS blade with the thumb hole as well. Look into the Trekker if you like
Thicker pocket knives. Xtra tools never hurt!
Thank you for keeping me in mind
And keep the awesome vids coming!!! I learn so much from them!
Thank you!!!!
Thanks for the video, Mike. I had not seen the Nilakka before. Have you tried out the Cold Steel Finn Wolf? I'm usually not impressed with Cold Steel (or their owner), but I like how this knife is designed to be a folding puukko and it has a reasonable price. I need to see how it compares with the Nilakka. Here's an interesting review of the Finn Wolf with a lot of photos (not by me, but found on Google): morethanjustsurviving.com/cold-steel-finn-wolf-scandi-outdoor-folding-knife-review/
Hi David, sorry it took me a while to reply. I haven't used the Finn Wolf to give a definite answer, but I can guess by looking at the handle shape that it would be very uncomfortable in any orientation besides a conventional forward grip. Especially with that aggressive hook at the butt end. The price is right but even then I think there are better choices out there. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Aren't you equating thickness with strength? Some relationship there, I suppose, but not a direct relationship. A half inch thick piece of pine woodwork moulding probably wouldn't be nearly as strong as a 1/8" thick piece of titanium, I would think. Come to think about it, I wonder why knife manufacturers don't provide some kind of statistics about handle strength using some kind of standard test? Or even blade strength for that matter. I suppose one reason they don't provide the same statistics about blade strength necessarily, is that knife users are often cautioned not to use their knives for prying, which would require relatively higher blade strength. At any rate, I prefer a thin but strong knife handle (or blade). Unless I absolutely needed a knife blade that I could pry with, and then I suppose a little thicker blade might be advantageous as long as the blade material itself were inherently strong.
Hello and thanks for your comment. If I understand your question correctly, handles on wood working tools are fairly thick and oval shape comfort and function purposes. If you look at all dedicated wood carving knives, you'll find they all have this type of handle shape. Draw knives and even hammer handles are the same. All of these tools could be made with thin and strong handles but they would be extremely uncomfortable under hard use after just a few minutes. With a folding knife, there must be a balance between handle size and pocket carry. I was only suggesting that this should be taken into consideration if the folder will be used for bushcraft tasks and not just cutting paracord and similar quick, light utility jobs. Hope that helps clarify what I was trying to say and thanks again for watching and taking the time to comment.
@@BCNW1 Yes, I do understand. I like Old Hickory knives for sheath carry and even for use as machetes. The first thing I do with them is thin down the handles and round off the squarish edges for the reasons you mentioned.
I keep hearing this over and over about the pivot being the weak link in a folding knife. In my 65 years of experience with all kinds of knives, expensive high quality and otherwise, I have never had a knife fail because of the pivot. Now, blades or locks on the other hand......
Hello and yes I agree, quality folders are very robust and can handle most tasks without issue. I was referring to certain things like using a baton and other jobs that really put lots of torque on the hinge. I've had a few folders loosen up on me over the years to the point that there was enough play in the blade to make them unsafe (at least for me). Just my two cents though. Of the knives I've had, titanium frame locks seem to be the strongest design of the lot and my Sebenza is practically a fixed blade. Thanks for watching and best wishes.
The entire point of using a pocketknife in the wilderness is to be able to do things better than you can with a fixed blade. This means a pocketknife that has only one blade is dumber than a screen door on a submarine. If you're going to carry a pocketknife with one blade, you may as well carry a fixed blade because the fixed blade is stronger, and does everything the pocketknife can do.
A pocketknife needs at least two blades of different type's. Three is better. Any more than this and you lose size. A pocketknife with one blade is nothing more than a fixed blade with a weak center.
Contrary to what books, movies, and RUclips pseudo-experts teach, longhunters, mountain men, pioneers, frontiersmen, trappers, soldiers, sailors, survivalists, and the general public all considered a pocketknife their number one tool. The belt knife was for self-defense, and for skinning and processing game larger than deer. That was it. But according to RUclips and those books and movies, these people never even carried pocketknives. This has been the case in every culture where such knives were readily available for nearly seventeen hundred years.
But they did, and whenever possible, they wanted a knife than had at least two blades, and once available, three has been considered better. More than three doesn't work well because the knives stay the same size, and the blades get smaller.
Even today, outside of RUclips's narror bushcraft and survival channels, a very large part of the world uses a pocketknife with more than one blade for everything, including wilderness travel, bushcraft, and survival. In most of Europe, and even much of Asia, the knife of choice is a Swiss Army Knife with two blades and a saw,. The Fieldmaster is a perfect example.
In the United States, and in much of Central and South America, the knife of choice is either a Trapper or a Stockman. More and more, it's the Stockman because it has three types of blades, and the sheepsfoot alone is one of the most valuable blades you can have. The two blades on a Swiss Army Knife make it a better carver than any fixed blade bushcraft knife, and the Stockman is far better than the Swiss Army Knife.
The clip point is easily the best all around blade design ever created, and the sheepsfoot can make cuts no other type of blade can duplicate. The spey blade found on medium and large Stockman knives is an incredibly good skinning blade, better than any other type, and can also be valuable in carving.
Unfortunately, thanks primarily to the idiotic and childish flip knife craze on RUclips, we now have an entire generation of adults who are afraid of slip joint knives, even though little children have been using them since they were first invented. I'm only sixty-five, but when I was seven years old we were allowed to carry pocketknives in school.
Now adults almost cry out in panic when they learn a knife doesn't have locking blades. It's childish. Almost as childish as the "tactical" knife nonsense where little boys never outgrow their fantasies, and almost as ignorant as the way RUclips teaches that you need a giant belt knife for survival. Of course, this is usually followed by "So buy mine".
As for needing a folder you can open with one hand, grow up and join the adults who have been using slip joints that take two hands since God was a little boy. If you need a one handed knife, then just be intelligent and buy a fixed blade knife because a pocketknife with one blade really is dumber than a screen door on a submarine. It's silly beyond words, and it's the same loony teaching that RUclips preaches for everything.
For that matter, I've never owned a pocketknife I couldn't easily and safely close with one hand, but I've never needed to do so, either. Seriously, locking blades on pocketknives have been around for centuries, but no one used them because it means you can have only one blade. And because no one needed them. Neither do you, but you're such a product of RUclips that you don't know how to use a slip joint that has more than one blade, you don't understand why the knives you use are, at best, silly, and you know nothing about history.