Favorite Bushcraft Knives 2015

Hey, what's up Turtles? Crick here with Black Owl Outdoors. I'm going to be sharing with you today some of my favorite bushcraft knives. And before Black Owl I never had a collection of gear at all. Everything I owned I used. But it's kind of nice now that I have more than I need. Either way. So bushcraft to me. What I want from a knife and how I use a knife right now because I do not live in the forest. I don't. That's the reality. I wish I could but I don't. So I like my knives my bushcraft knives to be comfortable in my hand because I like to carve with them. I like to do small tasks and I like to carve with it. And I can show you some examples of what I am talking about. I have three examples with me today and these are all made from cherry wood that I got from actually my grandmother's front yard. But this is what I mean about what I like to do with knives and carve and do smaller things. I mean, I think we all know what carving means and and what that really looks like and these are small objects. This is a scoop I made for for dry goods or coffee, whatever. I think it's kind of cool. You know traps would fall into this line of like how you're using your knife, you know just bushcraft tasks with a knife as opposed to I don't using you're using your axe for skills or anything like that, but These are things I like to do in the sort of hand movements and size of cuts and work pieces I like to use with these knives. Here's what I brought out with me today two multi tools and six fixed blades. I have a little challenge for you though right now. How well do you know our channel? How well do you know knives? Can you identify everything that's sitting right here? Can you do it? Pause the video and leave a comment below and identify these eight tools. I'm going to start down here with the multi tool and this is a Wanger Ranger. The reason I brought out two multi tools because they're basically a little pocket kits because there's multiple tools on a single tool. I guess that's the definition of a multi tool, but I like this one because there's a lock on it. I press this in right here. It's a liner lock. I can close that and has a real nice saw on it, too. So you can take stock down and instead of like beaver chewing through a piece of wood, you can saw through it pretty easy and I like these, you know, I use these I use this and and my Swiss Army sometimes but they're just really fun. They're just really fun, but definitely not my first choice if I'm going to carve for extended period of time. Moving on to this multi tool. This is a Swiss Army Fieldmaster. I did a video on this and I like this for the same reasons just mentioned before because there's multiple tools on it. You can carve there's a saw and it's just classic in general. The only downfall of this is that these blades and tools are not locking and as long as you're careful you can really get away with a lot with them, but they're not locking and something just keep in mind. I do really love wearing this for EDC and other things. Starting at the fixed blades. Here we go. There's a sheath I made a long time ago for this knife. This is a big, heavy, thickest bushcraft knife I have in the lineup right now and get the side there so I don't have to worry about saying it. You can read what's on there. Maybe not. It's a Fieldcraft by the Brothers of Bushcraft. BOB it's called. You see it, Bob. Tops Knives. And I really like this knife for a few reasons. It's heavier than the other ones which makes it nice if you want to be able to get some weight behind it and swing and take some almost do like, you know, you would with a hatchet if you're trying to take stock down to carve. It's nice for that purpose and has some jimping up here and the handle is not uncomfortable, but definitely not my favorite, favorite knives in this lineup. And I like all these knives and they're all my favorites, but I have to sort of divide them somehow. But nonetheless, this is a really nice knife. It's sharp and it's really, it is really comfortable to use in the hand. Just not as much as others. Moving on next to that one. This is from LT Wright. I really, really like this knife as well. This is the GNS, the Go No Show. It has a really nice contoured handle for multiple profiles or directions. And if you'll notice a trend on this, most of these knives are Scandi. That Brothers of Bushcraft just shows sort of like a modified Scandi or Scandi Vex on there. This is the same type of deal. It's a hard buff right at the edge, but generally speaking, they're Scandi grinds with maybe a micro bevel to some degree. And I really, really love that for carving wood. Not the most durable or strongest edges, but for carving wood, I believe nothing can beat them. Despoise, another one of LT's creations. This is the Genesis. Again, a really nice knife. Scandi grind on there, mirror polish on that edge. Classic, more of a classic style bushcraft knife with the broomstick handle or old-timey knife, if you will. And this is nice as well because the tips are in the center. But what I really, I guess I don't want to say I don't like about this knife, but for straight carving purposes, I would just, I like the fact or I don't like that this is a wider of a blade, wider this way. I would prefer to be a little bit narrower, but nonetheless, still more than functional and a favorite of mine. Now these last three fixed blades I'm going to show are my favorite of my favorite knives. We're going to start down here. This is a sheath I made. It was a boneheaded move. I accidentally flipped it so it's on the left side of the body, but I still love this sheath. These rubber handles, textured handles, can make it sometimes really difficult to get out of the sheath. This is the Mora Companion. Not the heavy-duty companion, just the companion. And I love this knife because it's a thinner stock than the heavy-duty. We all know why we love Mora's, right? And super comfortable handle. Really, really comfortable handle to use for extended periods of time. They're super easy to sharpen. And inexpensive. And I really do love this knife. I know some people are like, it's a Mora, you know, beat on it, destroy it, doesn't matter. That's not how I view things. Each thing I buy is for the intended purpose, and I do my best to take care of it and not, you know, mistreat it. Anyways, Mora Companion. Our next knife in the lineup is... Did you get this one right? Did you guess this one right in your comment? This is actually the first sheath, my first leather project I ever, ever completed. That was whenever I had surgery on my foot last year. Still love it. Still works. And the knife in here is the Mora Classic one. And it might not look like it because the handle, I was trying to do a project on this. Took off the original paint and finish. Try to give it like a distressed look. And I think it came out okay. But I like this knife just because it has a more of a, I don't know, old-timey look just because of the wooden handle, the wooden birch handle. Nothing fancy. Rat tang or this bolster cap. You know, just sort of a, it's a real classic looking knife, but it is super comfortable to use. It really is. The shape of this handle, sort of that swell in the middle right there, tapered at each end. It is really comfortable to use and manipulate in the hand for extended periods of time. And it's really light. It's really light. This is my favorite of favorites of favorites. I really like the setup within the sheath. I made this sheath. You've seen this a lot. This is in the dangler video. I mean, you've seen this sheath a lot. But this is a knife I designed and had custom built. And why it's my favorite favorite? Well, maybe because it's my design. You know, it's my idea put into into reality. But the material choice, the colors, the shape, the subtleties for things that make a difference to me when I'm using a knife for carving. The thinness of the stock. This is my favorite knife. And maybe I'm biased because I designed it, but we all live with biases, correct? Right? And unfortunately, the fellow who I had made this is no longer in the knife making business. It was Tyndall Knives. It was his company. His name is Forrest Tyndall. I think it's Tyndall or Tyndall. Tyndall. But he does photography now. He does a lot of knife photography and outdoor photography. He really has an eye for for the Western landscapes, which he lives in. But he did a really great job with this and this is my favorite of all favorites at this time. So yeah, there you have it. I have more, we have more bushcraft knives than what I showed in the video, but these are my favorite and for reasons I mentioned. And there's just something so therapeutic about using a sharp knife in your hands like this that I really, I guess, I don't know if I can describe it, but for those of you that do it and enjoy it, you know exactly what I'm talking about. I guess this could be kind of dangerous, right? See I'm doing all these little cuts real close to my thumb and and it is to a degree, but a sharp knife is a safe knife. So, do you know why? You know why a sharp knife is a safe knife? If you do, drop me another comment below and and yeah, while you're at it, if you like the video, give us a thumbs up because it lets my brother and I know that we're doing something right and you like what we're doing and can sort of help us tailor the type of videos we create for y'all, the audience. So if you have any questions about anything on over any of the knives, I didn't really go into depth in depth with each knife just because for sake of brevity. So if you have any questions again, leave a comment. Let me know. This is Crick signing out with Black Owl Outdoors. Later Turtles!