To be fair, if you trademark your POS scam just to say someone violated your trademark then there will be no end to the level of pettiness that I will come up with. Huusk and Kamikoto are CCP scams, never forget to anyone watching.
0:29 "Hollow handle on a fixed blade knife..." 1:50 "Saw back on a knife..." 3:35 "Knives with excessively ergonomic seeming grip..." 4:57 "If the knife isn't saying what steel it is..." 6:37 "Be careful of scam knife companies..."
Think the sawback trend for knives, not bayonets, goes back to the Viet Nam era when some knifemakers added a sawback due to concerns of crewmen being trapped in a crashed helicopter. It was for ripping through the aluminum cabin walls. At least that is my recollection.
I remember reading somewhere that the sawteeth on the Glock 81 were useful not as a saw, but for making notches in wood that fit paracord perfectly. No idea if that's actually intended though.
I would say it goes back a bit more to mid 19th century and the "Pioneer sword". Sawbacks were added to the bayonets end of the 19th century. E.g the M1889 (Swiss Bayonet) was introduced in 1889 with sawback.
I had just finished watching your last video on Husk knives, maybe 30-45 minutes before going over to my parents' house for a family dinner. Knowing that I like knives, my mom proudly showed me the not just 1, but 3 brand new Husk knives that had just come in the mail earlier that day. Now I'm stuck in the awkward situation of do I burst her bubble and tell her the truth? Nope! I let her have her moment, tell my father the truth as I'm leaving and let him take the hit!
Great points Pete. Funny, there’s always a stray exception and I have to share it with you. Over 35 years ago I was gifted a $25 dollar hollow handle hunting/survival knife that is stamped “made in Japan, 440c stainless. It has a hollow grind, sawback spine and plain leather sheath with a small built in pouch with a stone. I used it to process deer for years, using a rock to drive it thru the pelvic bone and sometimes into the ground. I beat on it. But, it sharpens up to a razor, is still sound and works like new! I don’t know why, but that cheap knife still has a place in my collection. Weird….
@@wazzeradk9398 I mean yeah if it's one piece it can be good. But he mentioned it also in the video that for this type to be good it needs to be one piece.
Sometimes, even in their cheaper era, the Japanese refuse to make crap. I have an old ~70's kitchen knife blade, handle long lost, that sharpens well and holds an edge.
@@Pablo668my dad had one of the cheap jap fishing knives from the 60's or 70's. The one that the grip and the sheath is a ruler one side said honest fisherman the other side dishonest the honest side went to 10 in the dishonest was 18 or something. Had a bottle opener at the base of the back side of the blade had fish scales on it to Then just the knife edge. A cheap novelty knife. But it worked and you could get it shaving sharp dad used it about 40 something years its still in my tackle box on the boat now for another 20 years or so. Perty good for a cheap knife
I did buy a 7Cr17 knife from some random Chinese letter company with hardness below 57 HRC A waste of 17$ But It was educational, and it did make a great trowel for my friend
Love the vids fir whatever reason don't comment very often but I knew the huusk was Def being mentioned and following clip made me laugh out loud never get tired of your humor especially when it comes to that brand 😂
If the blade has holes in it. Not like spydercos where the hole has a purpose. Just decorative holes or holes for your fingers. Also with the hollow handled knife, another reason they are weak is most of them have die cast zinc alloy handles. They crack and break very easily.
One exception to this is actually made by Spyderco, it's their fixed blade knife called Bow River, which has a small non functional hole just in front of the scales and just below the spine. It's a trademark feature I believe. Besides that I totally agree with you.
Lol! I remember those old Rambo knives we had when I was a kid in the 80s they had a big ball like compass you could unscrew & had 2 rings/key rings under the ball you could rig up your saw with inside the handle you had a couple matches & I think some fishing line the knives were gas station junk but boy we thought we were something with those things back then lol!
When you were talking stainless I have to admit I reached for my Victorinox Swiss Army, good to hear that it's at least decent steel. I've had mine for years, it goes ok. Good vid btw. Subbed.
Totally agree with you, especially on the handles. Can never understand why manufacturers continue to design knives with finger grooves on the handles, and that surprisingly many reputable companies are still doing so. Maybe there are users who loves the grooves but definitely not me. The most important aspect for me when selecting a knife is the comfort of the handle. If it is not comfortable I won’t even bother.
Depends on the knife as to if I want finger grooves. And I basically only have 2 that do. Both of which I made . One is my interpretation of a 1918 trench knife with knuckle spikes. The other is just a general purpose field knife.
Tkell seems to be making some pretty decent defensive blades according to reviewers. He stresses his military background. But he may be the exception to your comment. Or maybe not. Time will tell.
So my Mutilator 2 knife with a ridged spine, shark teeth blade serrations, extra holes in the blade, German Surgical Steel, spring action, full camo paint job and designed by retired Colonel George Covey is not a first rate self defense commando knife? I am crushed. I was hoping to get the worst knife in the world, but unfortunately it turns out to be a little better than the Zombie Hunter pocket knife.
Hollow handled knives originally started out as small fishing knives in the early 1900’s . The rasp on the spine was for scaling fish and the hollow handle stored extra line and tackle . The blade was used for gutting and filleting .
I've been given one here 🇬🇧, it's got the compass and tubular container with Morse code printed on the side. The owner was throwing it into the rubbish bin👍😁. It's in my shed, just as an interesting thing from the Eighties.
Spot on! As for hollow handles, Cold Steel used to make a decent, budget hollow handle survival knife called the "Survival Edge" that came in black or Halloween (er... "hunting") orange. It was basically a hollow handled Mora with a little survival kit. Whatever epoxy/molding method they used really did hold the blade through some abuse. It was like the TV Rambo knife for 40-something, 12 year-olds (myself included) that actually held its own. Sadly they discontinued it after Lynn sold.
ah yes I have a couple of those. Pretty solid. The blades are the mirror-y 4116 stainless. Not bad. They do float and the handle compartment is waterproof. I've stuffed a tiny roll of string, a button compass, some tinder and I think a Bic mini in one. Or maybe it was just a small firesteel. Either way they are really good.
An excellent set of tips. The list could go on forever. One for me is beware the dupes. Yesterday an ad for Gerber Strongarms at 75% off came across my feed. I went and had a look and, yep, they certainly looked like Strongarm, including the multi-mount system. The big problem was they were selling a colour Gerber don't do in the Strongarm so the fake alarm rang loudly. What is that saying about too good to be true?
And surprisingly, the cold steel survival edge with it's handle compartment holds up way better than any 30 bucks product have the right be, certainly not confidence inducing, but at least the handle itself didn't give up after few campsite recreational jackassery, (the o-rings and the end cap being less beefy than a coke bottle cap as they are, have water sealing problem to start with.)
5:41 The new Victorinox Venture fixed blade bushcraft knife is Sandvic 14C 28N steel, and I understand more of their knives now come out in this steel. It is a very good and versatile knife steel. You didn't mention laminated blades, like Cold Steel San Mai III blades or the Falkniven blades - any reason why not? Good tips though, for beginners.
*40 year knife maker here. I have blades placed Worldwide. The only thing I would add to this is beware of rubberized or over-molded grips. I know Mora's gets a lot of press on RUclips, and Mora makes a decent light use knife, but if you're headed out into the boondocks to hunt or fish or fight, the last thing you want is for the handle on your knife to fall off. Knives from Gerber, Cold Steel, Buck and a few others have the same problem. They are almost all made of cheap polymers or low grade rubber and they are simply molded onto the tang. Over time they fall apart, especially if they laterally stressed, impacted or get exposed to certain oils or caustic elements. Knives are like anything else, you get what you pay for* *BTW...Thanks for going after Huusk...They sell some of the cheapest garbage on the planet*
My Fällkniven F1 with its rubberized Thermorun handle survived 4 years of S.E. Asia wirh no sign of wear. My rubber armoured binoculars (from Minox) started "rotting/melting" after 2 years...
@@rnkmode1876 *From a builder's viewpoint, there's nothing CPM3V can do that 1.4116 German can't do, at about half the price. L6 is tougher, O1 is sharper. CPM has gotten really good at "reinventing" the same Steel we've been using for decades and slapping their name on it...Does anybody else remember Vasco Wear, Cru-Wear? They're PMT is not much more than a marketing campaign*
One thing for whatever reason made me laugh out loud was when i watched a with an A.G. Russell interview, and he got on the topic of the Rambo knife with the saw on the spine, and the combination of the clear frustration/annoyance A.G had, along with him saying "its just asinine!". Idk it just made me laugh.
@@firestorm8471 i mean. Sure that one was. I think it was more i. Response to the giant avalanche of people that wanted a knife like that after the movie came out.
a couple buddies have asked me for recommendations but they have no frame of reference for whats junk/scam. This will be where i send them, thanks Pete
I think your completely right here! An exception might be the original Aitor JK II. It came in various types and mine had a saw back with diamond ground teeth. It actually looked a lot like the black one in your vid, with the same type of hollow handle, it just didn't have a silly screw but a rivet and epoxy to secure the blade. Never any issues. Yours, in the vid is a low qual spin of from this great knife. (I'm using past tense 'cause one day it was stolen from me...)
I'd add any kind of gimmick knife - those ones with weird shapes or grinds, single purpose knives, and ones that are clearly low priced knock-offs of main stream offerings. I would suggest people look at smaller knife makers. You might pay more for a single knife, but you're helping support a craftsman, and often end-up with a much better build knife than you could buy from a major manufacturer.
In “most premium” I’d put Randall knives too. People tend to forget (or maybe it’s ignorance since not many nerd on knives) but the original Rambo knife started from a Randall design that was used for the US forces. It’s still produced nowadays and it’s still legit, there are many videos of people using and abusing it and it holds like a mf. Another really good hollow handle is made by boker, same style as Randall. If I’m not mistaken, it was used in a Diabolik movie too. Really cool stuff and legit.
@@clintwestwood3539 Interesting. These randals look like your standart steel tube hollow handke knives but they are durable? I assume they may be welded? With the coldsteel its one piece,which is bend around to form a handle and with the ug tools they are slm 3D printed with titanium and then the blade precision press fit
@@martinerhard8447I have honestly no idea. I know about them because a good friend of mine loves to nerd about this kind of things and that’s why I said “many don’t know”, because I was one of the many before getting introduced into this. I have no interest personally, but I find it fascinating and he swears by the product. It’s one of his favorite knives and it does work reliably. Funny thing is that he could talk about just that model for hours and hours because the history is so immense when it comes to that model in particular since the hollow handle is something that the US force really wanted and they tested plenty. That inspired the Rambo one.
@@martinerhard8447If you are interested, a guy made a comment about the Randall knife just a few minutes ago! I’m glad someone else knows about it and maybe has better understanding than me, I was more here to mention it since it passed flying under the radar, but Randall was the OG of hollow handle knives and it still performs splendidly. The boker one is really good too btw. Cheers
Nearly every softball huusk review uve seen now has at least one comment about it being made from pot metal. Im guessing thats all coming from your reviews. You're doing good work.
On the hollow handled knife; if you want an inexpensive way to get your Rambo off, and have a hollow handled knife, try the Cold Steel Bushman. You'll have to MacGyver it a little bit to put your fishing kit and First aid kit in the handle, but i got one and it is great for the price and it is not going to just fall apart.
Opinel Inox should be another exception. 12C27Mod isn't a top tier steel, but it's roughly in the same tier as 8Cr and AUS 8 (and higher edge retention than 1.4116 Victorinox uses), fine for < US$ 20, and the geometry and handle ergos largely compensate.
100%. Traditional knives (like laguiole too) gets a boost in performance because of the geometry. Same goes for victorinox. It’s not a good edge retention steel, but the serrated one is good because the steel is tough(er) and they do shallow serrations compared to competition, with this edges. It just works.
@@twatmunro I live adjacent to a swamp; relative humidity is regularly 70+%, and higher in my pants pockets. Opinels are the sort of cheap utility knives one leaves with the gardening tools, in the picnic basket, or in the glovebox, so I'm willing to sacrifice the fineness of grain their 1095-ish Carbone offers, in return for not opening these to find a rust pitted knife. I better care for my EDC knives, but there, I'm willing to pay up for high alloy tool steels.
@@twatmunro For food preparation the inox is better IMHO. It does not react with acidic food and does not alter the taste of food. Also it is easier to maintain. I own both inox and carbon. The carbon steel gets slightly sharper and retains the edge slightly better. For me that does not make enough of a difference to bother with the lower corrosion resistance when used as a outdoors knife.
I've used a knife with saw for a long time and I can tell you - the main frustrating problem is the food that gets stuck in the saw teeth that just never can't be completely cleaned in the field
My most used, and abused, knife is an Aitor Jungle king I.( Hollow handle & backsaw) It served me well in Patagonia as well as in Amazona´s forest & the pyrenees. Aitor´s hollow handle knives do fantastic , The Boker apparo is also very good( the backsaw is less usefull than aitors). But I agree with your recommendations... Avoid cheap hollow handles like a plague.
Glad youre pumping out vids again Pete or Steve or whatever that fuck your name was! Bring back the banger intro tunes and cover songs though and say hi to bricky for me
I kinda have to disagree with the first one, I get that you're talking specifically about rambo knives but south east asia has a lot of hollow handled machete designs so they can attach it to a long stick and chop down fruits, they're pretty cheap too. Cold steel has the bushman and schrade has the SCHF1 for more affordable hollow handle knives.
ah yes the bushman indeed does fall in the exceptions category for sure. generally hoping the knofe shown is indicative of what to avoid. I really should try that schrade
hollow handle knives made from a single piece of steel milled down to shape obviously do not have issues w the connection to the handle, bc there isn’t one. besides the molecular structure of the single steel billet
#6 If the VERY FIRST Google result of the brand (after affiliates and sponsored links) is an Australian man throwing a trashcan at the knife - it's probably not good. Great SEO there, Haask!
The term “Rostefri” was use for a few decades by some of the Mora knives makers back in the day. It was just a their way to say that the steel was stainless not carbon.
"Choice of renowned chefs" or anything similar. Believe it or not, celebrity chefs shill for sponsorships. That 'hex clad' stuff is just rebranded Teflon and Whustoff make pretty good kitchen knives, but for the materials and price of certain models, you have a choice of less expensive or better quality.
If you want a real deal hollow handle knife, you’re gonna want to look for an old and discontinued Chris Reeve one-piece but know that you’re going to pay through the nose because they’re highly collectible. I had one about 14 years ago and sold it on bladeforums. It’s easily worth double what I sold it for now.
There are also some old Schrades that measure up, as well. Although I've used one very similar to the one in this video, and while I'd never make it my *only* knife, it holds up better than you might think. At the very least, I'd feel confident it could get me through one outing if things went awry. Put another way, it seems to be built with short-term performance in mind. Don't buy the $15 Rambo clones, though, those things won't even last a casual outing, lol
They should’ve just left you alone, Pete. They should’ve just left you alone. How’s it feel to know you are now akin to John Rambo in a weird, not so life or death kind of way?
Neutral handle gang! I feel like I've been trying to preach this gospel myself for years. After a long long long time of owning and using knives in all kinds of situations for all kinds of different uses I've come to absolutely hate "ergonomic" handles. Even those that are actually perfectly sized for my hand. Sure, they do "fit like a glove".... but only in one very specific position/grip and that grip is ALWAYS "hammer grip"... yet I actually very rarely use a knife in hammer grip because, well, it's not a hammer! It's a knife, and monkey fist hammer grasp is one of the least useful grips except for the occasional hard power push cut... and even that is not always necessary to be done in hammer grip. But, even if I used a knife a LOT in hammer grip, the very ergonomically contoured handles then make every single other grip for every single other use very uncomfortable or potentially impossible. Also, you can hold a neutrally shaped handle in hammer grip anyway, making the heavy contours basically pointless except for a few specific-use type knives maybe.
This is a very broad topic. I guess all are points but usually people buy things that they like then later worry about quality. Every young person has bought a junk knife. In fact a few knives rated as junk were some of my favorites. Many knives nowadays thought of as collectibles. I remember saying I’m not gonna buy Japanese junk. Japan only ranked a little over China. Only in the last 15 years has quality caught up. I remember coldsteel Japan was nothing anyone wanted years ago. Now they are sought after.
For all that have ended up with an ornamental knife having a decent blade but a mostly hollow handle with a short blade tang "floating" inside: Sticky Jack Glue! I have only seen it in mail order catalogs, but look out for it with a Jackass on the red label. It is a FAST-FOAMING acrylic quick-set glue that dries rock hard after completely filling a space, producing a SOLID handle that use to be hollow. Inject only a small amount inside of your hole-drilled handle top with a used syringe body, maybe two cc, set the knife top-UP, and every quarter hour use a stick to wipe away the ooze of glue that escapes around the blade and out of the top hole. It is very hard to carve off when hardened! Do not buy a large bottle---it will harden in weeks after opening. Keep it off of your skin too or glue yourself to anything!........................elsullo
Even if you hold one of those finger-grooves knife in person, and it feels comfortable at the time, it doesn't mean it will always feel comfortable. Your hand and fingers will swell after working with the knife for a while.
Finger grooves make the problem worse. Even neutral handles cause problems when the handle does not fit your hand. The main problem I see with those finger grooves is that they enforce a certain way to grip.
In places in the USA there are "Wiccan Supplies" shops always with various "ceremonial daggers" from China, pretending to be of Colonial mountain-man design---a la Salem Mass. Utterly garbage knives for sex toys..........................elsullo
I like your reviews and personality. I bought 2 husk knives like the dumb ass that I "was"; f*&^ it! That I still am. Thank you for calling them out with there bullshit products. Very clever marketing on their part. I bought mine some 4 years ago when I started getting into knives. Why do we have to pay the cost to learn the hard way when we can heed advise for cats like you? Grrr...! I feel bad selling mine to anyone for any price. Anyway, I don't normally post anything but thanks for this and the pain you go thru with your crazy edge retentions videos. Good on ya mate! 1 luv!
“Designed for military and first responders” is also a big red flag in my experience.
"Designed by veteran soldiers"
Absolutely
Yep
Military grade = built by the cheapest bidder for the contract, for squaddies who will probably find new and ingenious ways of breaking it anyway.
@@Oldtanktapper hello M16!
LOL!! Pete, you’re really giving the middle finger to Huusk over the past few videos. I love it because they deserve it.
I try
To be fair, if you trademark your POS scam just to say someone violated your trademark then there will be no end to the level of pettiness that I will come up with.
Huusk and Kamikoto are CCP scams, never forget to anyone watching.
They deserve it because they worked hard. They earned it.
Love to see it
They really did poke the bear when they made that claim against you.
"Designed by former operators"
What they really mean is:
"Designed by former telephone operators"
Wait for the GBRS: KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER KNIFE: (Copryright) SeAL TeAM 6/Oper8toar/MadE in ChYnAh/Designed ANd PateNteD bY dJ n’ cOlE.
@@JimTemplemanwe think alike.
Husk is now a swear word in our house. As in 'That Husking Motherhusker is never going to work. Husk it!!'.
You did this whole video to set up your Huusk knife joke.
10/10 punch line, I can see you holding back the laughter pete 🤣
What is the reason to make jokes about the Huisk knife? It's existence is a joke. On a scale of 10 it's an 18/10.
0:29 "Hollow handle on a fixed blade knife..."
1:50 "Saw back on a knife..."
3:35 "Knives with excessively ergonomic seeming grip..."
4:57 "If the knife isn't saying what steel it is..."
6:37 "Be careful of scam knife companies..."
My life is so much better with all the recent content from Pete.
Think the sawback trend for knives, not bayonets, goes back to the Viet Nam era when some knifemakers added a sawback due to concerns of crewmen being trapped in a crashed helicopter. It was for ripping through the aluminum cabin walls. At least that is my recollection.
yes indeed and somehow it got skewed into a ‘wood saw’ role for the general public who would never need a fusilage escape tool
@@CedricAda Guess the manufacturers thought it looked cool 🤷.
True story. And root saws. I still don't like them and they are in the way, but I don't even like jimping.
I remember reading somewhere that the sawteeth on the Glock 81 were useful not as a saw, but for making notches in wood that fit paracord perfectly. No idea if that's actually intended though.
I would say it goes back a bit more to mid 19th century and the "Pioneer sword". Sawbacks were added to the bayonets end of the 19th century. E.g the M1889 (Swiss Bayonet) was introduced in 1889 with sawback.
I had just finished watching your last video on Husk knives, maybe 30-45 minutes before going over to my parents' house for a family dinner. Knowing that I like knives, my mom proudly showed me the not just 1, but 3 brand new Husk knives that had just come in the mail earlier that day. Now I'm stuck in the awkward situation of do I burst her bubble and tell her the truth? Nope! I let her have her moment, tell my father the truth as I'm leaving and let him take the hit!
If they claim in their marketing "It nearly got banned for being too sharp". I think Husk said that.
Great points Pete. Funny, there’s always a stray exception and I have to share it with you. Over 35 years ago I was gifted a $25 dollar hollow handle hunting/survival knife that is stamped “made in Japan, 440c stainless. It has a hollow grind, sawback spine and plain leather sheath with a small built in pouch with a stone. I used it to process deer for years, using a rock to drive it thru the pelvic bone and sometimes into the ground. I beat on it. But, it sharpens up to a razor, is still sound and works like new! I don’t know why, but that cheap knife still has a place in my collection. Weird….
is it made from a solid piece of steel? like the handle and blade are all one piece instead of screwed together?
@@acid6urns yes, one piece
@@wazzeradk9398 I mean yeah if it's one piece it can be good. But he mentioned it also in the video that for this type to be good it needs to be one piece.
Sometimes, even in their cheaper era, the Japanese refuse to make crap. I have an old ~70's kitchen knife blade, handle long lost, that sharpens well and holds an edge.
@@Pablo668my dad had one of the cheap jap fishing knives from the 60's or 70's. The one that the grip and the sheath is a ruler one side said honest fisherman the other side dishonest the honest side went to 10 in the dishonest was 18 or something.
Had a bottle opener at the base of the back side of the blade had fish scales on it to
Then just the knife edge. A cheap novelty knife. But it worked and you could get it shaving sharp dad used it about 40 something years its still in my tackle box on the boat now for another 20 years or so. Perty good for a cheap knife
really liked the mention of mora stainless im obsessed with it
You can’t stop a knife enthusiast from buying at least one crap knife, it’s a canon event
I mean, it's really most of our's start down the path of damnnation...
I did buy a 7Cr17 knife from some random Chinese letter company with hardness below 57 HRC
A waste of 17$
But
It was educational, and it did make a great trowel for my friend
“Ginsu 3000 !
With Japanese Super steel!
Never needs sharpening !
Lifetime warranty !
Cuts through battleship steel !”
Sounds like a katana, everyone knows a katana can slice right through a pure block of titanium
Here.... Take my money!
Love the vids fir whatever reason don't comment very often but I knew the huusk was Def being mentioned and following clip made me laugh out loud never get tired of your humor especially when it comes to that brand 😂
"As seen on TV"
If the blade has holes in it. Not like spydercos where the hole has a purpose. Just decorative holes or holes for your fingers.
Also with the hollow handled knife, another reason they are weak is most of them have die cast zinc alloy handles. They crack and break very easily.
One exception to this is actually made by Spyderco, it's their fixed blade knife called Bow River, which has a small non functional hole just in front of the scales and just below the spine. It's a trademark feature I believe. Besides that I totally agree with you.
Lol! I remember those old Rambo knives we had when I was a kid in the 80s they had a big ball like compass you could unscrew & had 2 rings/key rings under the ball you could rig up your saw with inside the handle you had a couple matches & I think some fishing line the knives were gas station junk but boy we thought we were something with those things back then lol!
When you were talking stainless I have to admit I reached for my Victorinox Swiss Army, good to hear that it's at least decent steel. I've had mine for years, it goes ok.
Good vid btw. Subbed.
that steel does exactly what it needs to.
welcome!
Totally agree with you, especially on the handles. Can never understand why manufacturers continue to design knives with finger grooves on the handles, and that surprisingly many reputable companies are still doing so. Maybe there are users who loves the grooves but definitely not me. The most important aspect for me when selecting a knife is the comfort of the handle. If it is not comfortable I won’t even bother.
Depends on the knife as to if I want finger grooves. And I basically only have 2 that do. Both of which I made . One is my interpretation of a 1918 trench knife with knuckle spikes. The other is just a general purpose field knife.
i usualy use a knife with extra cusions on the sofa
"Military Grade" = Avoid at ALL costs.
Gerber Strongarm didn't need to say anything, it lets it's performance proof the pudding
A well thought out and presented list. I completely agree and well done.
This video came shockingly close to just another digression on Huusk knives, and I wish it had. I love your series on Huusk.
congrats on 65k followers!
"Veteran owned"
Tkell seems to be making some pretty decent defensive blades according to reviewers. He stresses his military background. But he may be the exception to your comment. Or maybe not. Time will tell.
@@krazmokramer "defensive blades"
The glock knife in spring steel if my favorite outdoor knife. Indestructible!
So my Mutilator 2 knife with a ridged spine, shark teeth blade serrations, extra holes in the blade, German Surgical Steel, spring action, full camo paint job and designed by retired Colonel George Covey is not a first rate self defense commando knife? I am crushed.
I was hoping to get the worst knife in the world, but unfortunately it turns out to be a little better than the Zombie Hunter pocket knife.
I knew it! I knew it! It was only a matter of time before Huusk showed up😂
Hollow handled knives originally started out as small fishing knives in the early 1900’s . The rasp on the spine was for scaling fish and the hollow handle stored extra line and tackle . The blade was used for gutting and filleting .
dont you need a baton for that?
@@JuaneDosesII-wj6dd you think gutting and filleting requres an baton?
So the Rambo knife that 18 year old me bought at the mall in 1982 isn't high quality?
Lol
I had the same one.
I've been given one here 🇬🇧, it's got the compass and tubular container with Morse code printed on the side.
The owner was throwing it into the rubbish bin👍😁.
It's in my shed, just as an interesting thing from the Eighties.
Thanks for the video Pete. I just got into collecting knives a year ago and I wish I had a video like this when starting out.
got my first larger fixed blade in today. spartan blades harsey fighter. things a chunk. excited to use it camping
Here's another exception: Glock FM 78. The steel is a mystery and the handle is hollow, yet it's (almost) bombproof.
It says Huusk
Spot on! As for hollow handles, Cold Steel used to make a decent, budget hollow handle survival knife called the "Survival Edge" that came in black or Halloween (er... "hunting") orange. It was basically a hollow handled Mora with a little survival kit. Whatever epoxy/molding method they used really did hold the blade through some abuse. It was like the TV Rambo knife for 40-something, 12 year-olds (myself included) that actually held its own. Sadly they discontinued it after Lynn sold.
ah yes I have a couple of those. Pretty solid. The blades are the mirror-y 4116 stainless. Not bad. They do float and the handle compartment is waterproof. I've stuffed a tiny roll of string, a button compass, some tinder and I think a Bic mini in one. Or maybe it was just a small firesteel. Either way they are really good.
Cold steel is the exception to so many rules...
schrade makes a hollow handle knife like that that’s just one solid piece of steel milled down
@@acid6urns Yeah, I really wanted to get my hands on a Schrade schf1sm, but it too seems to be discontinued. Seemed like a pretty legit design too.
This is the first video about what kives NOT to buy.
Good video.
Bricky looks like my son when he was teething, LOL.
😀✌️
Great points. Thank you!
An excellent set of tips. The list could go on forever. One for me is beware the dupes. Yesterday an ad for Gerber Strongarms at 75% off came across my feed. I went and had a look and, yep, they certainly looked like Strongarm, including the multi-mount system. The big problem was they were selling a colour Gerber don't do in the Strongarm so the fake alarm rang loudly. What is that saying about too good to be true?
And surprisingly, the cold steel survival edge with it's handle compartment holds up way better than any 30 bucks product have the right be, certainly not confidence inducing, but at least the handle itself didn't give up after few campsite recreational jackassery, (the o-rings and the end cap being less beefy than a coke bottle cap as they are, have water sealing problem to start with.)
#6- faux blacksmith/hammered texture...
5:41 The new Victorinox Venture fixed blade bushcraft knife is Sandvic 14C 28N steel, and I understand more of their knives now come out in this steel. It is a very good and versatile knife steel.
You didn't mention laminated blades, like Cold Steel San Mai III blades or the Falkniven blades - any reason why not?
Good tips though, for beginners.
*40 year knife maker here. I have blades placed Worldwide. The only thing I would add to this is beware of rubberized or over-molded grips. I know Mora's gets a lot of press on RUclips, and Mora makes a decent light use knife, but if you're headed out into the boondocks to hunt or fish or fight, the last thing you want is for the handle on your knife to fall off. Knives from Gerber, Cold Steel, Buck and a few others have the same problem. They are almost all made of cheap polymers or low grade rubber and they are simply molded onto the tang. Over time they fall apart, especially if they laterally stressed, impacted or get exposed to certain oils or caustic elements. Knives are like anything else, you get what you pay for*
*BTW...Thanks for going after Huusk...They sell some of the cheapest garbage on the planet*
My Fällkniven F1 with its rubberized Thermorun handle survived 4 years of S.E. Asia wirh no sign of wear. My rubber armoured binoculars (from Minox) started "rotting/melting" after 2 years...
What do you think of knives like the CS SRK in CPM3V or lesser known Steel Will Argonaut 800?.
@@rnkmode1876 *From a builder's viewpoint, there's nothing CPM3V can do that 1.4116 German can't do, at about half the price. L6 is tougher, O1 is sharper. CPM has gotten really good at "reinventing" the same Steel we've been using for decades and slapping their name on it...Does anybody else remember Vasco Wear, Cru-Wear? They're PMT is not much more than a marketing campaign*
I send Knife newbies to your Channel. Thank you for the content!
Your videos lately have been fkn GOLD! Thanks for keeping my spirits up when the world is falling apart. Huusk knives are to blame....somehow
One thing for whatever reason made me laugh out loud was when i watched a with an A.G. Russell interview, and he got on the topic of the Rambo knife with the saw on the spine, and the combination of the clear frustration/annoyance A.G had, along with him saying "its just asinine!".
Idk it just made me laugh.
Yeah, but the
Knife Jimmy Lyle made for Sylvester Stalone was a work of art
@@firestorm8471 i mean. Sure that one was.
I think it was more i. Response to the giant avalanche of people that wanted a knife like that after the movie came out.
Good and useful video...especially remarks on knife handles
I thought all 5 were going to be “make sure the box doesn’t say Husk”
'Rostfrei' is simply German for 'stainless'.. obviously not a steel type, but also not meaningless.
other then that: interesting video!
That’s why I got a Swamp Rat SawManDu! Full flat grind so no binding. S7 Mod steel so no worries about breakage. 👌
Thanks Peter. Another great video. 🔪🎸
first time ive ever seen one of my knives in pete's video and it's this one 😄. love my mulay madrid market special.
Always glad to see you post ! Great PSA !
a couple buddies have asked me for recommendations but they have no frame of reference for whats junk/scam. This will be where i send them, thanks Pete
Thank you as always! ❤ Agree with all you said (if that even matters...😂).
I think your completely right here! An exception might be the original Aitor JK II. It came in various types and mine had a saw back with diamond ground teeth. It actually looked a lot like the black one in your vid, with the same type of hollow handle, it just didn't have a silly screw but a rivet and epoxy to secure the blade. Never any issues. Yours, in the vid is a low qual spin of from this great knife. (I'm using past tense 'cause one day it was stolen from me...)
A Huusk knife with finger grooves ?
Now that would be what I'm looking for !
Still a huge fan seen every one of your vids sense the bark river bravo 1 lt keep it up brother
I have that Muela olive handled knife. It felt nice at first but you can't change your grip. Now it just sits on my table.
I'd add any kind of gimmick knife - those ones with weird shapes or grinds, single purpose knives, and ones that are clearly low priced knock-offs of main stream offerings. I would suggest people look at smaller knife makers. You might pay more for a single knife, but you're helping support a craftsman, and often end-up with a much better build knife than you could buy from a major manufacturer.
Great hollow handle survival knives:
Most cheap: Coldsteel Bushman
Most premium: UG-Tools
In “most premium” I’d put Randall knives too.
People tend to forget (or maybe it’s ignorance since not many nerd on knives) but the original Rambo knife started from a Randall design that was used for the US forces.
It’s still produced nowadays and it’s still legit, there are many videos of people using and abusing it and it holds like a mf.
Another really good hollow handle is made by boker, same style as Randall. If I’m not mistaken, it was used in a Diabolik movie too. Really cool stuff and legit.
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Interesting. These randals look like your standart steel tube hollow handke knives but they are durable? I assume they may be welded?
With the coldsteel its one piece,which is bend around to form a handle and with the ug tools they are slm 3D printed with titanium and then the blade precision press fit
@@martinerhard8447I have honestly no idea. I know about them because a good friend of mine loves to nerd about this kind of things and that’s why I said “many don’t know”, because I was one of the many before getting introduced into this. I have no interest personally, but I find it fascinating and he swears by the product. It’s one of his favorite knives and it does work reliably.
Funny thing is that he could talk about just that model for hours and hours because the history is so immense when it comes to that model in particular since the hollow handle is something that the US force really wanted and they tested plenty. That inspired the Rambo one.
@@martinerhard8447If you are interested, a guy made a comment about the Randall knife just a few minutes ago!
I’m glad someone else knows about it and maybe has better understanding than me, I was more here to mention it since it passed flying under the radar, but Randall was the OG of hollow handle knives and it still performs splendidly.
The boker one is really good too btw.
Cheers
Nearly every softball huusk review uve seen now has at least one comment about it being made from pot metal. Im guessing thats all coming from your reviews. You're doing good work.
On the hollow handled knife; if you want an inexpensive way to get your Rambo off, and have a hollow handled knife, try the Cold Steel Bushman. You'll have to MacGyver it a little bit to put your fishing kit and First aid kit in the handle, but i got one and it is great for the price and it is not going to just fall apart.
Opinel Inox should be another exception. 12C27Mod isn't a top tier steel, but it's roughly in the same tier as 8Cr and AUS 8 (and higher edge retention than 1.4116 Victorinox uses), fine for < US$ 20, and the geometry and handle ergos largely compensate.
100%.
Traditional knives (like laguiole too) gets a boost in performance because of the geometry. Same goes for victorinox. It’s not a good edge retention steel, but the serrated one is good because the steel is tough(er) and they do shallow serrations compared to competition, with this edges.
It just works.
I'm not sure why anyone would buy the Inox over the carbon steel though. Takes such a great edge and stropping gets it back to fantastic.
Came here for this
@@twatmunro I live adjacent to a swamp; relative humidity is regularly 70+%, and higher in my pants pockets.
Opinels are the sort of cheap utility knives one leaves with the gardening tools, in the picnic basket, or in the glovebox, so I'm willing to sacrifice the fineness of grain their 1095-ish Carbone offers, in return for not opening these to find a rust pitted knife.
I better care for my EDC knives, but there, I'm willing to pay up for high alloy tool steels.
@@twatmunro For food preparation the inox is better IMHO. It does not react with acidic food and does not alter the taste of food. Also it is easier to maintain. I own both inox and carbon. The carbon steel gets slightly sharper and retains the edge slightly better. For me that does not make enough of a difference to bother with the lower corrosion resistance when used as a outdoors knife.
I've used a knife with saw for a long time and I can tell you - the main frustrating problem is the food that gets stuck in the saw teeth that just never can't be completely cleaned in the field
Really good points 😁
How do you feel about truck stop knives? Is that even a thing in Australia??
My most used, and abused, knife is an Aitor Jungle king I.( Hollow handle & backsaw) It served me well in Patagonia as well as in Amazona´s forest & the pyrenees. Aitor´s hollow handle knives do fantastic , The Boker apparo is also very good( the backsaw is less usefull than aitors). But I agree with your recommendations... Avoid cheap hollow handles like a plague.
Pumping out content, ppreciate it m8
Have owned my Milwaukee Tradesman for about 2 years now. Best knife I ever had. Love everything except the color.
Glad youre pumping out vids again Pete or Steve or whatever that fuck your name was! Bring back the banger intro tunes and cover songs though and say hi to bricky for me
reg the first knife with the screwed-on handle : i have one from 1994 by Al Mar. and it's a Tank. was 450 USD at the time though...
“Tactical deployment” meaning they added a spring and charge you double
I kinda have to disagree with the first one, I get that you're talking specifically about rambo knives but south east asia has a lot of hollow handled machete designs so they can attach it to a long stick and chop down fruits, they're pretty cheap too. Cold steel has the bushman and schrade has the SCHF1 for more affordable hollow handle knives.
ah yes the bushman indeed does fall in the exceptions category for sure. generally hoping the knofe shown is indicative of what to avoid. I really should try that schrade
hollow handle knives made from a single piece of steel milled down to shape obviously do not have issues w the connection to the handle, bc there isn’t one. besides the molecular structure of the single steel billet
The company name starts with an H and ends with a uusk.....
#6 If the VERY FIRST Google result of the brand (after affiliates and sponsored links) is an Australian man throwing a trashcan at the knife - it's probably not good. Great SEO there, Haask!
A very good video sir.
Glock should of never added a saw back to their field knife!
Glock FM 78 doesn't have a sawback. Same knife, same price, no saw.
And at very this point you became my most favourite freaking genius ❤
Saw backs. They should be called notching teeth. Personally, I carry a small Pocket Boy for sawing small stuff.
Stress risers.
Always a bit cautious about Damascus claims on commercially produced knives
The term “Rostefri” was use for a few decades by some of the Mora knives makers back in the day. It was just a their way to say that the steel was stainless not carbon.
Pete, ever gonna do a test on the new Spyderco mule CPM Rex T15? I have one I can send you😊
"Choice of renowned chefs" or anything similar. Believe it or not, celebrity chefs shill for sponsorships. That 'hex clad' stuff is just rebranded Teflon and Whustoff make pretty good kitchen knives, but for the materials and price of certain models, you have a choice of less expensive or better quality.
The DBK guys tested a very expensive knife with a saw on the back, it destroyed the wood mallet they used to batoning.
Yeah, those guys don't really baton, they smash things 😂 They break everything. I enjoy watching them destroy stuff
@@ericdpeerik3928 No Mercy!
Nothing that with never dulls on the package
Do a review on high end knives w ceramic handles
If you want a real deal hollow handle knife, you’re gonna want to look for an old and discontinued Chris Reeve one-piece but know that you’re going to pay through the nose because they’re highly collectible. I had one about 14 years ago and sold it on bladeforums. It’s easily worth double what I sold it for now.
There are also some old Schrades that measure up, as well. Although I've used one very similar to the one in this video, and while I'd never make it my *only* knife, it holds up better than you might think. At the very least, I'd feel confident it could get me through one outing if things went awry.
Put another way, it seems to be built with short-term performance in mind. Don't buy the $15 Rambo clones, though, those things won't even last a casual outing, lol
My hollow Handel cold steel bushman is fixed to a pole and ready for the wombat uprising.
They should’ve just left you alone, Pete. They should’ve just left you alone. How’s it feel to know you are now akin to John Rambo in a weird, not so life or death kind of way?
As far as i know one of the only decent hollow handle knives made if from Chris Reeve. And Chris Reeve always means $$$$
Neutral handle gang! I feel like I've been trying to preach this gospel myself for years. After a long long long time of owning and using knives in all kinds of situations for all kinds of different uses I've come to absolutely hate "ergonomic" handles.
Even those that are actually perfectly sized for my hand. Sure, they do "fit like a glove".... but only in one very specific position/grip and that grip is ALWAYS "hammer grip"... yet I actually very rarely use a knife in hammer grip because, well, it's not a hammer! It's a knife, and monkey fist hammer grasp is one of the least useful grips except for the occasional hard power push cut... and even that is not always necessary to be done in hammer grip.
But, even if I used a knife a LOT in hammer grip, the very ergonomically contoured handles then make every single other grip for every single other use very uncomfortable or potentially impossible. Also, you can hold a neutrally shaped handle in hammer grip anyway, making the heavy contours basically pointless except for a few specific-use type knives maybe.
This is a very broad topic. I guess all are points but usually people buy things that they like then later worry about quality. Every young person has bought a junk knife. In fact a few knives rated as junk were some of my favorites.
Many knives nowadays thought of as collectibles. I remember saying I’m not gonna buy Japanese junk. Japan only ranked a little over China. Only in the last 15 years has quality caught up.
I remember coldsteel Japan was nothing anyone wanted years ago. Now they are sought after.
YES!
For all that have ended up with an ornamental knife having a decent blade but a mostly hollow handle with a short blade tang "floating" inside: Sticky Jack Glue! I have only seen it in mail order catalogs, but look out for it with a Jackass on the red label. It is a FAST-FOAMING acrylic quick-set glue that dries rock hard after completely filling a space, producing a SOLID handle that use to be hollow. Inject only a small amount inside of your hole-drilled handle top with a used syringe body, maybe two cc, set the knife top-UP, and every quarter hour use a stick to wipe away the ooze of glue that escapes around the blade and out of the top hole. It is very hard to carve off when hardened! Do not buy a large bottle---it will harden in weeks after opening. Keep it off of your skin too or glue yourself to anything!........................elsullo
Hollow handles only on one piece forged. Saw teeth on saws. Full tang instead of stick tang. 420C the very minimum steel for knives.
Even if you hold one of those finger-grooves knife in person, and it feels comfortable at the time, it doesn't mean it will always feel comfortable. Your hand and fingers will swell after working with the knife for a while.
Especially chopping or fine whittling work (or honestly anything). Most knife tasks require your hand to move around a bit.
Finger grooves make the problem worse. Even neutral handles cause problems when the handle does not fit your hand. The main problem I see with those finger grooves is that they enforce a certain way to grip.
When they are sold in a head shop or look like one.
In places in the USA there are "Wiccan Supplies" shops always with various "ceremonial daggers" from China, pretending to be of Colonial mountain-man design---a la Salem Mass. Utterly garbage knives for sex toys..........................elsullo
I like your reviews and personality. I bought 2 husk knives like the dumb ass that I "was"; f*&^ it! That I still am. Thank you for calling them out with there bullshit products. Very clever marketing on their part. I bought mine some 4 years ago when I started getting into knives. Why do we have to pay the cost to learn the hard way when we can heed advise for cats like you? Grrr...! I feel bad selling mine to anyone for any price. Anyway, I don't normally post anything but thanks for this and the pain you go thru with your crazy edge retentions videos.
Good on ya mate!
1 luv!
You've crushed my Rambo dreams.
Why tho there are several REALLY GOOD hollow handles on the market. They are pricey tho.
Shared to my socials as a PSA.