These Knives DESERVE Far More Attention! Green River Knives 🔪
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The irony is that these simple, "primitive" knives will see years of use and be worked into the ground whereas so many ultra modern titanium, magnacut flippers will spend their lives as safe queens.
very true
One thing is for certain, someone raised this young man right, with common sense in blades and no sugar in his tank!
I suspect that Dexter Russell is so prominent in the restaurant industry that they don't worry about the advertising.
its such a shame, they dont embrace their rich legacy and actaully put some effort into promoting their old knives, such a missed opportunity
@@JunkyardFox Agreed
We need more GREEN RIVER KNIFES let's do everything we to keep green River knifes around for another 180 years
I'm in my 60's and remember my mom having a Green River butcher knife. I wish I had it now. It looked old back then. Great video.
Made right here in my hometown! I worked there for awhile in secondary. We had a pegboard in my department with reference patterns for probably 200 different knives and tools that they made over the years. The 2212 is still a very popular pattern, I had thousands of those blades pass through my hands while I was there.
that is awesome!
20 years ago, i found an old green river knife, in a leather sheath, in a river bed in the southwestern Utah desert. i used it for survival classes for years. still have it
thats awesome
Had my Green River for 10-15 years and basically use it daily. The best knife I've ever owned and scary sharp .
I own modern knives but I own old school knives like that your right about needing more videos like this. Great video
When you pick up your dadley in the dark and feel the ridges you definitely know where your edge is... Built my own and love it👍🏻
Oh come on James, 0000 steel wool cleans them all! Edit: Dexter has ambassadors for their fishing line, and bbq line, maybe you could request being an ambassador to the hunter/heritage line.
It's a shame to erase the character off of a good carbon steel knife! The patina & not rust shows it is used unlike so many drawer queens out there. I hate seeing naive or ignorant people actually use their knives for a change & then whine when there may be a speck of surface rust, patina, or a ding on the scales. I love coming across an old knife somewhere & wondering the story behind it when I see a dark grey blade, often worn due to years of sharpening and a well used handle.
Really? ill have to reach out to them. id love to be an ambassador for them
Your knife is absolutely stunning. Your design is just perfect.
I got my first one in 1977 very worn but still in use
I’ve been using Green River trade knives for over 50 years. They used to have thicker blades with jimping on the spine close to the handle for thumb placement.I still have one of those and it’s a much better knife than the Old Hickory knives.I have a couple of the more recent Green Rivers that are thinner blades that are great knives as well.The Old Hickory knives are really good knives, but they just don’t compare to the Green River knives in my opinion and experience with them.
My Camping knife has been a Green River/Dexter Russell since I was a teenager. My EDC is a Mercator K55K.
I bought my Green River hunter as a knife blade only at a rendezvous over 30 years ago. I made the handle scales out of a cherry tree limb, and the sheath out of some old Latigo leather from the 1970s. I love this knife.
Nice!! That's the kinda knife I'd love to getta gander at😎👍
I have this Green River knife. I got it in the mid 1980's. It's a great knife for preparing food, skinning animals and other basic outdoors tasks..
Thank you James for showing a great knife review, I own several of these old knives, plain old carbon steel, easy to use an sharpen, the new stainless knives have their place, but are hard to sharpen, the carbon steel knives just sharpen on a smooth stone out of the river, easy to maintain an use.
It was your channel that first exposed me to Green River Knives a few years back. Otherwise, I'd never heard of them. It is to my understanding that a lot of these earlier knives were without handles and shipped out from the manufacturers a such. It was then up the merchants or buyers to put on the handles for the knives. I appreciate your research and historical insight. Along with that, your channel is one of the very few that actually does real-world, out in the field testing to include game processing when it comes to knife reviews. This really sets you apart from the rest. Keep up the great work, bro!
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appreciate the love my friend. i have a new knife review coming soon
Way back when you asked subscribers to give you ideas on knives that we would like you to show on your channel here James , I was the one who recommended the green rivers to you because you liked classic knives and you used them to clean and cook game or fish you caught and thats what I do with mine. They are pretty close to a all around knife be it cleaning game or bushcraft camp chores ect they do it all and at a very modest price point.
The one you showed looks like the knife Doc Holiday used on his card playing friend to help his indigestion.
Love all my Green Rivers. They are part of my regular rotation.
I bought a custom knife at a gun show made with a green river blade. It has become one of my favorite skinning knives.
Ordered mine and sanded down the scales to fit my hand better then l forced a nice dark patina on the blade with warm white vinegar to help prevent rusting and then coated the blade with warm olive oil. Great little knives! Mine came very sharp but I cleaned mine up with my warthog sharpener and stropped it on my leather belt and it absolutely shaves!! For a $15 buck knife you can’t beat them!
Love Green River ,used in my family, for over 140 yrs
Own both Green River and Old Hickory as well and like you I prefer the Green River. I have a 6 inch hunter model that is one of my go to woods knives
Thanks James,
Great Blades, great history. I would not want to see Green River slowly fade away.
Hey Mark I totally agree ; I've had my "Green River" for close to 50yrs now. I received it as a kit for Christmas when I was a young kid, where it became one of the first acquisitions in what would become a life time of knife collecting. In all these years I've never seen an advertisement, and this is the first time I've ever seen them mentioned on you tube, and I've been following follow the bushcraft community for a very long time. I think it's long past time "to give them there due".
Thanks for the great content.
Great shoutout. I have to concur I have never seen any other youtubers cover this brand. They do deserve more love. The tip style on the hunter (along with the smake eater which followed suit) is pretty much the only tip I like just as much as a traditional drop point since it behaves the same but has a nice twist on the formula.
The audio seems good, so far.
Hello from the U.K. I have 2 of these knives, one of which lives in my bedside table or nightstand, just in case, you understand! A fishing buddy bought one and I was so impressed that I bought one too and a few years later, bought a second. They have been a reliable tool for me since I was 14 ( what was then the minimum age to buy a knife in the U.K. at that time, shock, horror). A simple, forgiving good quality item. The second Green River I bought has the serations on the spine and I found this one after a geography lesson with a lady supply teacher who served on an arctic expedition as a young woman. Yes, inspite of the make-up had to source their own food. Good kit!
I found an old green river hunter blade blank rusted to hell in the bottom of an old boat. Cleaned off the rust-left the pock marks-and added a catalog handle. One of my favorites
I have been buying these for 20 years. Track Of The Wolf sells them. $12.99 for the Camp blade. I am pretty sure Nessmuck and Kephart knives were a improvement on the basic over the counter Green River. The Green River design was common and the same style blades were made in Sheffield England. Green River were a domestic and mass produced so the regular guy could buy them. I don't think there is a definative reason for the scalops on the Dadley except as decoration. Remember many of the Sgian Dubh had them as well. The handle might be a bit smaller than knives today but they are the same as my old Puukos ans most of the modern ones. I like them better than the Old Hickory because they don't have those stamped marks in the blades. Old Hickory were popular because they were sold everywhere. Any department or dime store sold them. Green River had to be ordered.
Yahoo for green river knives! This type of knife, well made for a, good price, used on this continent for centuries simply works. A well used knife with a patina speaks to my heart. Stay out of the cholla!
I love when I find one of their knives at a yard sale. It makes my day. I've made micarta and wood handles for mine I have also reshaped a couple to make a belt knife. Fantastic blades...
Great video James and thank you for showcasing the Green River Knifes and the history of the company. I was not aware of this brand until today
Hey James, excellent video. I was kinda missing seeing you out and about with your Green River Hunter. But I get it, you had a great opportunity to make your own custom designed knife, the Snake Eater, and I really love the design elements from Green River that you put into it. The Dadley I sent to you has orange osage handles, but they do look like olive wood. Anyway, I absolutely enjoyed this video. Thanks my friend.
i love the blades youve sent us, they are my go to in the kitchen, i just made a pork stew with them last night. we appreciate all your love and support james. new cuervo negro video coming soon
I love green rivers and they are all I carry while in the woods.
Years ago Cold Steel made versions and i use them every year to skin deer. They are in Carbon V with pinned wood handles. Awesome knives.
The knife with the green scales is the Green River SHEATH knife. Robert Duvall used one while filming "Lonesome Dove". I have one with a paracord handle and another in 10 GA. copper scales.
Thanks for the great video !
I got the Dadley 2 yrs ago and love it. My only knife I use in the kitchen,, on an every daily use!
👍 I agree these are great knives and do deserve much more attention. Unfortunately, like the original Marbles knives, the handles are too short for 21st Century adult sized hands. Or, at least for my XL glove sized hands. 😀
Thank you for doing this video, I found it both interesting and entertaining.
easy enough to remove the rivets & replace the handle with one the size & shape you need. Well worth the minimal cost & a bit of time. a wood shaft hockey stick makes for a quality, cheap laminated handle material, throw on some epoxy, a few rivets & your good to go. Learned the effectiveness of a hockey stick knife handle from Mors Kochanski, & so if it worked for him & his classes it works for me.
@@harvestblades Good idea on the hockey stick. Thank you for sharing Mors’ suggestion.
Thank you for a great video. These knives actually work, unlike a lot of the modern stuff. Here in Europe, knives like that are still made in Sheffield and Solingen.
THANK YOU, JAMES! 🎉
I've always been a fan of the Dadley pattern knife.
I've carried a Green River 2022, over 30 years. It looks like a vegetable or paring knife. I made a neck knife sheath for it, and used it for big game, birds, and fish, every chore. Thanks for the video.
Very very good video. It’s great seeing younger people keeping the old traditions of knife history and carrying old school knives. Excellent!
THANK YOU for this review! My grandfather was a cook and I inherited quite a few old hickory from him. I am aware of green river, but have no direct experiences………. Will DEFINITELY be changing that after such a wonderful video!
My Green River is fantastic for processing wild turkey, underrated hunting knives.
They do need more attention they are just as good as the old hickory.
Better in my opinion
Love my old Dexter, R. G. Wood, Wilson, Goodell carbon steel knives.
Years ago I found a terribly rusted, deep pitted large butcher blade. I cleaned up only slightly and gave it a sharpening. Wow! The sharpest blade I've ever experienced.
I do like your Snake Eater design but would only want it if it was 1095 and possibly a little thicker.
Finding Old Hickory knives at Goodwill and garage sales is an inexpensive way to get project knives to modify and cut down to your own personal taste/use. I've done several and they're among my favorite outdoor knives.
I have a couple of either Green Rivers and Russell Knives. Still find them at yard sales and tail gater sales! I find one I keep it.
Hi James, we’ve chatted before. That crazy crow maple blade of yours is my work. I’m the guy who does them for crazy. Nice to see them being used.
Awesome video, James!
I have a couple of Green Rivers because you introduced me to them. Dexter Cutlery should make you an ambassador and cut you a check 💰💰💰
i may have to email them, id love to be an ambassador for them
Dexter, Russel-Harrington, Green River is a commercial restaurant knife company, so I don't think they worry about a couple of woodscraft people. You probably could pick up an old used one at a flea market, put new handles on it. I used to sell these and newer ones over 50 years ago.
im always on the lookout for a good old butcher knife when shopping at a thrift store, sadly havent forund a good one yet
My go to bush knife, had it for 45 years plus. Cheers
I've always been an Old Hickory fan, thank you for opening my eyes to Green River. I'll have to pick up a couple.
Great video! I have the Dadley and the green river. I put bone handles on the Dadley.
Very cool!
Great information, James! I've had one in my cart for a while. Might have to go ahead and pull the trigger on it. Great price for it!
you wont regret it!
I use a 1940s shapleighs old hickory. Family heirloom... hammer forged, spring steel can't beat it, green river knives are good quality ...
I got into Green River knives in the late 1980s. It's all I've ever used.
I use the file work on the Dadley for scraping my ferro rod. The Dadley is my EDC.
Good knife kit to assemble your own.
Very much look forward to all your videos. Seems we have many of the same interests and they're always very informative thank you.
I have had green rivers for years got most of them from Track of the Wolf , made all but 1 from a kit , the mini butcher is called the Belt knife it is a 4 1/2 inch butcher style I like to round off the sharp top corner of the top of the pommel and make that a radius as I have big hands XXL. I also grind a Kephart style finger groove in the belt knife so that I can index it very well without lookin. good size for skinning deer , also perfectly at home slicing and pitting avocados, makes a great sandwich. My first green river was a Hunter Kit , historically we know tens of thousands were made and sent west. yet we seldom see any as any museum pieces I think the ones we do see have been used and sharpened so many times they are hardly recognizable as a hunter. To me that indicates it was a USED knife and not something that looked good when purchased then sat in a drawer to be a museum piece a hundred and fifty years later. The Kephart had a very similar effect in the early 20th century we know a lot were made and sold but finding any originals is a very rare thing indeed. The Daddly was also a very used knife with a little bit more written about it. using the hunter on traditional game cleaning tasks I just kept finding myself saying yeah that geometry is perfect for that , opening cuts , gutting , skinning and breaking down deer and cooking. those were knife tasks and the hunter also sometimes called the Camp knife was just a really good and does so many knife tasks very well. I like a full flat grind it works in meat. to me you split firewood with a hatchet or just lay the stick over the fire and let it burn in half you don't beat your knife through it when you put the effort into making it. a LOT of the Green Rivers came west as Blanks you could get so many more knives in a case as blade than with scales already on. These were trade knives they aren't flashy but they sure work well. I really like your snake hunter I think you kept all the right geometry giving it a modern steel and that combo grind is nice. I have been doing cherry scales I cut from a tree I harvested on the last batch of rippers I made and they have been really nice. unfortunately I lost my first one on the Wisconsin river after years of use, sad day and that happens with knives I came home and bought a few more blanks even today 12.99 for a blank. Dexters primary business is kitchen and meat processing knives for packing plants , restaurants and food service as well as specialty fishing industry knives. People should check out Dexter's other offerings in boning , chef , bread , cleavers and paring knives.
Ontario Old Hickory quality control went down the tubes, my Fish and Game knife came with loose scales. Green River knifes has been top make your own knife & sheath. Top rate steel for Bushcraft use. Green River and Old Hickory both in everybody price range.
Thank you for telling me about these knives. I'm going to get one and try it.
Green River knives are old school perfection. I have scaled many for family and friends they all say they keep a super edge, are easy to maintain and develop a nice patina with use. Scaled a skinner for my brother years ago and his wife took it and is still in her kitchen to this day.
I have always loved the Dadley knife.
I bought my 2212 " sheath knife " blade from Jantz supply and overhauled it.
I gave it a swedge, reshaped the tang a bit, and drilled 6 holes for 1/16 brass pins instead of modern cutlers rivets.
I went with some basic red oak for the handles.
I took heavy inspiration from period knives with som X's carved into the handle for grip.
What a awesome collection. Great knives
I like the simplicity of the high carbon steels. I like cleaning my baldes and then sticking them into a potaoe for a couple of days, wipe down, oil and use. I have made a couple of Green River kits and have a few other blanks to complete. They are thin and therefore they are great cutters.
You sold me and hear I come. Grean River I come.
I have several green river (Dexter-Russell) knives. I made traditional Native rawhide sheaths for them with beads, tin cones and hair as accent pieces.
Thanks. I’m a real knife nerd and have never heard of Green River. I love the old timer knives and am a restorer of vintage Western and Scandinavian knives. I will have to pick up one of the Green River blanks to customize. 🔪🎸
4215 on my belt sitting in camp. Oh I get some signal😂
Very nice knives. Keep pumping out those informational videos . Can't wait for some catch and cook videos.
More to come!
Thank you sir@@JunkyardFox
Most excellent blades it is a shame you dont hear about them . I actually didnt know about them till one day i got a toolbox from a friend it had one it there a real old one . I cleaned it up looked up for information and learned alot . I only posted pictures on Instagram. I like the knife im probably gonna make a sheath for it . Anyway love the patina on the knives 😊
I got my first Green River knife, back in the early 80's, as a Kit, the Fish Knife. I still have it and use it in the kitchen. But I keep my shiny. I have three other Green River knifes, the Butcher knife with a 6 inch blade and a big Butcher knife with a 10 inch blade. Which would have been used to say butcher the game, once it was gutted and skinned. I use mine during Thanksgiving, to cut the Turkey :) I also have a small one called the Ripper, but its in bad shape, so I will replace it. I have know idea what the steel in mine are, due to the fact I bought them back in the 80's. But yes, Green River knives are excellent camp knives.
Hey James, thnx for the video, good job Bud. I was looking for a sorta different, good value hunting knife and some how came across Green River Hunter. What quickly drew my attention was its historical frontier nostalgia. Love the old school rawness, simplicity, ease of sharpening carbon steel and the price point. They were made to be a work horse and do it well! Still around after almost a century and still made in the US of A. Whats there not to love! A knife you can use and not have to worry about! Thnx. James
I have the hunter and the bullnose mini butcher; just the basic models with the wood scales. I did need to sand the edges for comfort, but that took little effort. They are excellent knives for the $, which = value. My hunter and a tomahawk are all I need for edges for a few days in the woods.
Thanks, they are very good knifes. I have many of those knifes for many years.use them for cooking an game cleaning etc.
PS mine look much better😅
Old Hickory has two pins on the handle instead of three, and that might be important, but they look similar and my Old Hickory slices great.
Those are interesting knives! I like all three of those designs, I especially like the kit option. I've been saving some sections of wood from some of my fruit trees for a few years with the idea that I might make file handles, and maybe some knife handles as well. It almost looks like one could split an old broom handle and it would fit the Dadley blank perfectly!
For cleaning deer and hogs, I really like my Grohmann GR1-BRK Original. They aren't budget knives, but they won't break the bank either. The handle and blade geometry are very comfortable to use and they hold a good edge.
The Grohmann GR4-BRK survival knife vaguely resembles your knife design. If you squint a bit. Lol! The blade is wider near the tip, and it has a deep belly and a decent point.
Puma makes a hunting knife with a blade that widens near the tip. It's good for skinning, but in my opinion, the tip is too rounded, which makes it hard to pierce the skin when you want to hang a deer by the back legs on a gambrel or you're working around the tail for instance. It's even harder to pierce a wild hog's hide. I'd like the Puma better if it had a tip more like the one on your design.
I like 1095 steel, the surgical type steel in the Grohmman knives, 440C, and even the 14-whatever on Moras, which seems to hold up pretty well for the price. I guess I like D2 also, but it rusts easier than the other steels, but no more so then 1095 I suppose. All these steels can be sharpened in the field w decent quality stones. When you get to D2 and beyond, diamond stones because a lot more desirable. Although I've also become a huge fan of using a strop to bring back an edge a few times before I have to put it on a stone. I have some folders w higher end steels, but they aren't on blades that I have to sharpen in the field.
The BPS Knives out of Ukraine vaguely resemble an Old Hickory that was heavily modded. Their sheaths don't look bad either. I don't own one, but several Tubers have reviewed them in a positive light. Same for David Canterbury's knives.
Thanks again for making an interesting and useful video.
great suggestions. i may have to pick up the Grohmann GR4-BRK survival knife to test out!
Awesome vid, thanks so much!
I love my Green River Knives. I have one that was my was my grandfather's. ❤
Very cool knives. Cool video mate
I purchased two green river blanks ,15 or so years ago. I put a cocobolo handle on the hunter ,and buckeye wood scales on the buffalo half skinner ,two awesome knives
Both of those types of wood are harder than woodpecker lips, not recomended for being easy to work with
Thanks , I own a few OKC knives and will definitely purchase a Green River , stay safe
Right on
I have heard of the older knife brands, Old hickory, Marbles etc but they dont get the time of day as much. A video series of these old outdoor knife brands, how they started and where they are now would be fun view. I will have to look into green river.
That was excellent. Thank you!
Your Snake Eater design looks awesome
I like your new and improved design James you hit it out of the park, only thing for me is the price Ima poor boy but highly recommend it to anyone
I sold a 100 year "Eye Brand" knife to a guy and he turned into a work of art. I wish I could attach pictures
I must admit, that I have a few Old Hickory knives, but I'm yet to own a Green River. I do believe that it's time to rectify that ,. Great video James!
Great video, friend! Have several Russel, Dexter, Forgecraft and Ontario carbon steel knives.. Some old imports, too! No Green Rivers, but like you, I know and appreciate their history and significance! Glad you are encouraging others to buy/build these. Will keep looking for more of your good content, Blsds, gg
Great video thanks for posting.
Great review! Been interested in them.
Thanks for watching!
that Snake Eater is a nice design mate 👍 I've been having the same thoughts with the scandi-into-flat grind myself, surprised that it isn't a more common grind haha
I have a Green River Hunter. Sanded the handle down to smooth it out and put several coats of boiled linseed oil on it. Got a better sheath from eBay.
I like the design of the green river camp knife. It’s useful