Bomb Proof Harbor Freight Survival Knife
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2022
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USMC Vet, Preparedness Consultant, Survivalist Gunsmith, Archery, Reloading, Martial Artist, leathercraft 🙏🇺🇸⚔🥊🥋🎯
SSgt B.A. USMC/DAV
I brought a Rambo replica knife 36 years ago, as a toy, yes I was a kid and we could by those things back then. It had the survival items in the handle, with a compass in the end, they have all disappeared and broken. However, the blade and handle are just like new. I had to bolt tight the blade once! It just goes to show that cheap doesn't always mean bad.
I wrote those off as kind of crappy initially. My Dad seen it and asked if he could keep it. I said sure. He gave that knife a considerable going over, he did not say much about it but a week later he bought a few more of them himself. He did all kinds of neat stuff with them. One he fashioned or modified so it can not only be used for a knife but put on the end of a long thick wood dowel and used like a spear. Pop's has been using them for about 10 years now. They seemed to be made of decent stainless steel, so if someone is on a budget and needs a good blade for emergencies, that is a definite go too for sure.
" Semper Fi!" brotherman. Just another old 0311.
Ooorah Brother.
@@StepOneSurvival " Oooooorah!"
Hey brother, my late father bought me one of these 10 years ago and I wrote it off as junk and gave it to my son to have without giving it a chance but after watching your video yesterday I went and bought a new one. I'm looking forward to modding it out and taking it on a knife only over nighter. Thanks for the awesome video my dude!
Thank you brother. It's a fun camping knife.
Brittle
I still like my k bar. Semper Fi brother.
I got me one of these knives and I did your trick of drilling the hole all the way through and putting a metal pin in but I also pulled the blade out of the handle and JB welded it in there with the pain on top of pouring high-impact epoxy about an inch into the handle
A great showcase on how to turn a $7 investment into a $50 or more blade!
Thank you
WOW! I love this! Thanks! Yet another practical reason I'd rather have a guy like you leading than some butterbars know it all.
Thank you brother
I like to tell people that yes we would all like the more expensive fancy knives but any cheap knife today is alot better than the sharp rocks the caveman had to fight sabertooth tigers.
this is very helpful information.. got one of these knives as a gift a while back and wasn’t sure it would be keeping after seeing it get loose from some hacking.. now I have the doable mods to get back in business with it!
I understand why we all like some of the "Nicer Knives" but you can't beat a bunch of cheap ones, they work. Mike.
Yelp 💯
I'm starting to see that once you get a good edge on it and a good sheath
I really like what you did.. Amazing how a little bit of fix'en can change the whole situation..👍
Thank you
Those sheaths are bad ass man! There's plenty of room on those sheaths for another case. Love your alterations. Ty
Thank you
a fire rod, a diamond pen-style sharpener?
@@STScott-qo4pw in the tin.
I almost bought that hb knife but didn't. I have a drawer full of Mora's and recently a couple Cold Steel added to my collection. I will say that a cheap Chinese Rambo knife I bought in the '80's gutted and skinned a dear and elk years later. Utilize what you have. Take care of it, it will take care of you. Thanks for your vids.
I miss the 80s
$10 now
But I bought mine at $8.
It's years old.
I like my truck buddy
Good stuff
You just solved my problem. I have been trying to find a bowie sized knife that doesn't cost over $20.00 to use in my gardening chores that I can dig with, cut string, small roots, branches, etc. and not worry about messing it up and paying a lot to replace it. All of my gardening trowels have ended up broken because the neck between the handle and blade bend and eventually break. Especially when I am transplanting something from one area to another in my flower beds, or I am trying to dig a volunteer tree out of my flower beds or vegetable garden and don't want to damage the surrounding plants by using a broad shovel. With a large knife I can cut around the plant, loosen the dirt and pry most of it out. Should work for digging dandelion roots as well. Still have to be careful to not bend the knife while prying, but it is definitely stronger than the garden trowels, and sharper than the notched root pullers that are sold for that purpose.
It's great for all that for sure.
Called Hori-hori
@@geraldtakala1721. They don't work for what I want.
Mine had a bolt you had to use an extension on an Allen wrench through the back of a handle to tighten it up. This was in the 80's.
Yeah these have a hex screw in the side
Love the leather work and the mods to the knife thanks
Thank you brother
I've had mine for years. I use it around the yard cutting brush you name it. Works great.
Nice work on the Sheaths your drilling thru the blade to rite. Going to modify mine like this.
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Some nice leather work, i recently inherited my grandpas leatherworking equipment and want to leanr
A small sharpening stone might be a nice touch. Your work is awesome!
Thank you
good work. you know... I had one of those rambo knives back in the boy scouts... and then later when I had a farm we used it for a "stall knife" where it basically sat out in the elemnts for years and put a lot of heavy work in.... for a $30 knife that was supposedly a piece of crap according to knife snobs, it has put in over 30 years of hard labor, has kept rust off, and the only complaint is that it has to be sharpened more often than a better steel, but otherwise it performed well. Right now it sits attached to one of our backup "guest bug out bags"
beautiful leather work btw
Thank you brother. I keep showing the knife snobs I'm still using the same $7 knife just needed a pin.
@@StepOneSurvival
May I ask what size steel pin to get me started? Thank you
Good looking knives.
@@Bushwhacker-mb3uh just use the hexhead screw or hole for sizing. I didn't Use a micrometer.
@@StepOneSurvival
Thanks for the tip.
Now you’ve done it… heading to harbor freight right now.
Lol
TY agree 101+% got one for all the G/kids 4 camping. Amazing Deal & TY 4 ur fine work & ideas
Thank you
That’s bad ass dude. Great leather working.
Thank you
I remember the original Rambo knife video that you made I'm glad to see it still holding up!
It's a tough knife.
Still love watching your videos! thank you for your service! thank you for sharing your knowledge! much love from down the bayou❤️💯
Thank you brother I appreciate it. ❤️🦖
Cool. Nice job on the shelf.
Thank you
Nice pieces of kit, BA.
I watched your previous video where you replaced the grub screw with a steel pin.
Being one for over-engineering things (you know - just to make sure), I think I would use something like a stainless steel roll-pin instead of a drill bit, as drill bits are generally somewhat brittle. But it's stood up to you beating hell out of it, so it would appear to be OK 😄
Nice work, those sheaths look fantastic.
Thank you
Good video. Thanks
I like it, nice, well done. Will work great in my truck bed tool box. Thanks!
Thank you
Great work..it will pay for this sturdy legend knife👍👍👍
Thank you
Awesome job, thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍😈
Thank you
They are pretty solid knives for the money, they're usually 420 or 440c of some kind, too.
I believe Buck made one which would've been about 25-30 years ago now, they were almost identical, with the same "Buck" branded ballistic nylon sheath. They're worth a pretty penny these days.
It's perfect for jobs in the woods you don't wanna ruin a more expensive knife.
@@StepOneSurvival Great for gardening too 👍
If true, I'm impressed that it's at least 440. I would have guessed pot metal.
I had one. It was a Buck 184. It was a vastly different knife than these. It was a military order that ended up not being very rust resistant. I bought mine at a yard sale for 10.00 dollars because the tip was broken. It was pretty cool. It was lost over time and several divorces.
As usual.....you did a great video...and the knife looks 👍🏻 great☕️🍩
Thank you
Great work bench!
Thank you
Very nice set up and nice mod to make it into a useable knife.....Good stuff.....
Thank you
I got this knife a few years ago for the month you can’t beat it
I agree
You do great work!
Thank you
Ssgt BA , good looking sheaths , thanks for sharing ,God bless !
Thank you 🦖
Cool! Great view of the mountains!
Thank you
@@StepOneSurvival Which mountains?
Awesome mods, and nice sheaths. 👍
Thank you
Hell yeah!!!!
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Beautiful sheaths!
Thank you
would have liked to have seen you put it all together. gonna try and make one for my son before he heads off to the prep academy.
I did another video of the first one in my playlist.
Never thought I'd see a cheap "rambo" knife actually be made functional......nice job. I'm still partial to my khukuris but that turned out nice , especially the leather work. I wish I could find some sheaths like that for my khukuris , impossibrew.....I would do it myself but I'm shite at stuff like that , give me a target and I'll kill it all day ; making stuff like that , well, that's why bartering systems were invented.
Thank you
@@StepOneSurvival welcome . Being able to turn out something new to those of us who it's new to gives us ideas for future purposes . Now if you can manage to do something with MREs to make them as Awesome as that knife you would have achieved nirvana......no , seriously though , that was a gnarly job brother. I have a couple of questions . 1) what thickness of leather do you think would work out for a khukuri sheath . 2) how did you sew the pouch on the front without it interfering with the main section of the sheath ? I would like to make something similar for my khukuri with a little slot added for a ferro rod and instead of internal slots for the two small blades I would be putting them on the outside of the sheath. The last time I did any leather work I was like 12 or 13 ( many many years ago) .
Super cool!
Thank you
Very cool!
Thank you
Some Harbor Freight stuff is pretty decent. I have one of those knives. Never done anything with it though.
Very nice workmanship brother, you should sell a few! I believe you'd do great with this... I would definitely hit you up on one. Great video brother and hope you had a hell of a Birthday, stay safe my friend👍😎🇺🇸
Thank you
I added a pin and some JB weld it works great
Good job, looks good 👍
Thank you brother
Really great mods! Awesome! Makes me think when I was a kid I always wanted a “Rambo” knife and would buy them at the flea market
Thank you
@@StepOneSurvival welcome! Great video
Hi BA, my husband still uses his when out in the woods..he loves it and I wish he made a leather sheath, it is his bada** knife! Lol. Blessings.
It's a great knife for chopping around the woods.
The end of civilization as we knew it is taking longer than I thought . At seventy five years making tracks here I don't know if I'm going to make it . Glad you and yours are , T/C/E .
Keep moving! Keep going 💪 thank you
Awesome job
Thank you
Looks pretty cool.
Thank you
I got one have had it a long time
A SOLID HOLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.....
Nice video -- thanks..
Thank you
How do you keep the steel pin in place. Nvm thank you 😂 wrote it before the end
nice
great sheath brother.
Thank you brother
Great idea. 👍 Bargain barter goods for sure.
Thank you
Nice leather work
Thank you
Those turned out really cool!! You should try some cold bluing on the blade to get rid of the shine! Thanks for the video
Thank you
As ex millitary all you need is this knife pinned and you are good to go. Here in Texas we go hog hunting with nothing but one of these and dogs to track and pin the hogs we then use this type of knife to the lungs and it's done and over.
Yelp
NICE
Thank you
I just bought one of these to abuse the other day. Best 10 bucks I have spent in a while.
Good video
Thanks
I like it !!!! Nice leather work Staff Sargent BA
Thank you
Walmart has a full tang knife by Winchester that is an actual Bowie knife! Last I seen they were about $25 USD.
Nice
non sale price is $9.99. Coupons/sales get you 10-20% off of that. If you fix and treat them right, they're greatfor the money.
And the word is Rigamaroll. "Rig-a-ma-roll," not "Rig-a-ma-roar." 😉
I see where you've used the bike tyre tube for a little extra grip. Have you tried that self-sealing/sticking silicone tape? I have used it on a 13 inch pig sticker. The Olive wood handle was too small in the grip for me, and was a bit slippy. No good when you're trying to stick a boar. So I got some ribbed silicone tape and wrapped the handle in that. It is very grippy, even when wet. Added bonus is the handle now snugly fits into a length of stainless thin gauge pipe I have here which effectively turns it into a four-foot spear with a 13-inch tip.
Yeah the grip dip. After a few coats it last but I use bike tube as a removable fire starter for wet fires.
@@StepOneSurvival Clever.
Ppl jist don't understand how well,these knives are made😊:
Good creative idea, on vastley imrpoving a out of the bob mediocre product!
I wonder if a male to female double end thick bolt set would do?
Thank you. maybe.
@@StepOneSurvival
I think it is worth wile trying, provided you can get a really stout type of double closure threaded bolt then Lock Tight Red it place.
@@MrKaido93 definitely
How are you securing the drill bit pin? Do you peen it ? or glue it in place?
that looks to be one tough knife after doing that simple mod to it, plus for the price how could you go wrong even if it fails after a few years
Definitely brother thank you
I'll keep my Esee 5, but this is good for those that need something more budget friendly.
I said the purpose goody mc two shoes.
@@StepOneSurvival I have zero respect for people dumb enough to go murder innocent goat herders as if that is something heroic or to be proud of. Yall got y'alls butts kicked and retreated and left billions of dollars worth of military equipment. They are stronger now then they were before you crayon eating order followers ever showed up. The US military hasn't won a war since before Vietnam. All y'all did was follow orders while you watched each other get blown up by ieds, so the government could keep the oil, the poppies, and thw money for the bankers and the military industrial complex flowing. What a hero you are!! 👏
I never listen to ppl that think if something is expensive then it's worth buying and better. like guns, they think if the gun is expensive that they have an instant shield and that a .22lr can't take them out because of the expensive gun they got, I just find it funny.
I love 22lr
@@StepOneSurvival hands down my favorite cartridge, and not because it's cheap, but more like , if a .22lr can take down a 300lb hog it can defend as well.
Some liquid blue might look nice as well…
True!
Good video, good info, thanks. I've seen those knives at Harbor Freight and wondered about the quality. What is the blade made of? Will it hold an edge? I have always liked Harbor Freight but, same as everywhere else, there's always a question about some items. Probably the one that gives me an uneasy feeling is "should I trust my life to a seven dollar knife?". The improvements that you have made look great. I do like that. If you don't mind, I'd like to borrow your idea and adapt it to a few of my knives. Always enjoy your videos. Long time subscriber.
Yeah definitely. The steel is stainless but can't remember the number I know it's on the website though.
It is 420 steel.avoid!
What size drill bit did you use for the steel pin ?
The exact size as the hole.
It's funny I catch this video after looking at these blades from harbor freight what did you use to paint the handle/ type of paint?
Duracoat broze leftover from firearms painting.
@Step One Survival Awesome thank you for all you do 🇺🇸
Hay Marine how's it going long time no see hop everything is well family's good GOD Bless
Definitely good to see you brother everyone is doing ok. God bless yall
I have upgraded a knife or two and good job. But this point I really do not want to send any more money to people who are actively working against us and preparing for a war with us.
Thank you
Thanks for share the video and the information.
What kind of drill bit I can use
? HSS or concrete drill?
Thank you. For Aluminum
I find a better material to do the pin.
Use a motorcycle engine valve.
Super hard steel for the job.
Ppl think their junk but o beat the crap out pf mine never even loosens
I wrap the handle in ray skin and pin it with bamboo. Then, I ground the tip of the blade into an American Ninja tanto.
This I gotta see.
One question, what diameter drill bit do you suggest for the mod ?
I thought I mentioned that.
Hey bro your store links don't work. Great workmanship as always! Like that "budget" SOL Origin kit!
They won't allow them anymore, you gotta go look me up on Amazon I guess.
@@StepOneSurvival Those guys are ridiculous!
Would this Modification work on a ka bar fighting knife so that you could Baton with that knife
Might not work
Are the sheaths available on your amazon store
No
A karambit is so much
more fun for a nimble fighter.
I made a video videos for the karambit, USMC Black Belt 🥋
Dude, sell the custom versions!
I'd like to get one of those.
You should
@@StepOneSurvival thank you, I will if they still have them.
@@chrisnewberry4646 they should
@@StepOneSurvival I hope so!
What's the name of that survival kit? Vovagoo?
I have a video about it.
Gotta know..... Where do I get a sheath for it?
I make them
Usually these knives won’t cut hot butter
These are pretty sharp afterwards.
Do you have a link for the Votagoo kit?
Yeah go to my Amazon store I've got all the cool stuff doodads gadgets hookahs and hoolahoops.
@@StepOneSurvival Both of your links above do not work?
Do you sell those sheaths??
Definitely
@@StepOneSurvival where do I find them for sale?
What do you keep in your survival tin brother??
Too much to list but I've done the videos on it.
Cool bubba..thankyou
How much would one of these set you back
About $15
and if you look around you could get a mora companion which is made to a higher quality standard and about 2$ more and wouldn't require you to drill a hole and put a pin in it to make it reliable..