Survival and Bushcraft Knives IMHO!

I don’t use knives very often, but when I do , I use them cut. Stay sharp my freinds.

I don't know. I just carry a hunting knife, a four-way tent, a blanket in my hunting bag and some food

Hey Bro, thank you for your service to the US of A! EXCELLENT VIDEO and overview of the progression of survival and bushcraft knives you have used. It was very interesting and educational to hear your rationale and explanation. I agree, the Mora Garberg is such an excellent knife for the money - what a great VALUE! You have some beautiful knives in your collection, and it was great to see how well they have all held up to heavy-duty use! I subscribed to your channel - thank you!

Ray's knife is nice but I don't think that it is worth $450 - $500 half of that price is for Ray's name on the blade.

I agree with your design concept for a bushcraft knife. However, I don't understand why you choose knives with such fragile handles like the Moras for survival. ''Those who can do more can do less'', especially in a survival context.

Thank You for sharing! I'm a little late what would you suggest for a first bushcraft knife?

Sorry Andrew that’s not a Woodlore! It’s an oak handled SWC Bushcraft knife. A real Woodlore says maker A Wood Woodlore on the blade Not R Mears Bushcraft with a big S W C on the other side.

The wait time on those bushtools crack me up.
By the time ya get one ya probably have come to realize its just a scandi knife among thousands.

Glock knife, found one at the local pawnshop. Was hidden under a desk, brand new, he sold it to me for 20. Can’t bit that price.

Nice collection. One instructor few people mention is John Wiseman "Lofty" as he is known, but in the context of another great instructor who taught "Lofty", namely Eddie McGee a Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer 2) Parachute Regiment and later special forces, he was also a superb tracker who helped to track down the murderer of some Police officers here in the UK, risking his own life. The murderer had been a member of a Reserve sf unit and was a total survival E&E nut who had been rejected by SF (UK) as psychologically unsuitable and not badged. Dealing with him was very dangerous.
Eddie tracked him right up to his hideout after many false trails and hostages had been held by him, unknown to the Police, and finally the Police shot him in that lair.
Eddie should not be forgotten, he was superb, and his books including "No Need To Die" are well worth the money and a great addition to anyone's survival arsenal.
Here is a salute to all here, especially Andrew, always great videos and instruction, and a true salute to the late , respected and well remembered Eddie McGee.
"Paras never die they just go to Heaven and Re-group"

What knife is in green sheath?

I have excellent sharpening skills with super steels and "meh". steels
It comes down to this, for me -
If my diamond stones are liberated from me I cannot make a super steel behave like a super steel.
If I end up wherever with a 1095 blade, I don't need diamonds to make it shine.
I don't want something that will turn into a screwdriver without "league" level solutions that can't be found easily in nature.
I can get Swiss Army Knifes surgically sharp with a pair of cotton jeans.
Couldn't do that with a steel that gets it's properties from ultra hard vanadium and misc. other carbide recipes.
Cavemen made effective tools and didn't have the Amazon Prime next day delivery diamond stone option.

the esee 4 is high carbon steel. 1095. its just the coating that prevents use with flint but if you ground the spine it would work with flint or for scraping ferrocerium

What is the knife to the right of the mora garberg? Black rubber handle. Green sheath green lanyard.

Excellent video and useful explanation on the priorities and differences of Bushcraft and Survival blades. Also thank you for sharing your awesome and sharp collection with us!

a survival knife is 1 that functions with an edge, that first path finder is freakin beautiful.

I love the fact that you give credit to other survival folks. You mentioned ray mears in this video and I heard you mention les stroud and dave Canterbury in another. All awesome teachers.

Nice video. I want to ask what is the difference between bushcraft knives and survivor knives.

I could be wrong. Most esee 4s are 1095. Very view are s35vn stainless...

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when you can only carry one knife, in shtf scenario, would you choose a bushcraft, or survival knife? I know bushcraft knives would be used more, but, would it be sufficient for combative knife fighting?

Watching this video and I have my Scorpion XL on my hip. Camo micarta scales, tho 🎉

Those knives are garbages you really want to survive in the jungle using Hmong. Those knives can't even cut small trees and busch that block your way and you want to build a shelter those knive are garbages cant do shift........!!!!!!!!! No knives can conpare to Hmong. If you have Hmong those knives you will never those knive again.......?????!!!!!!!!! Go look Hmong Hunting and they will show you how to use knives make shelter cut through the jungle. Hmong are the master in the jungle.

You had me NCAA Wrestling Championships! Subscribed!

Great video. Excellent and very practical.

Just out of curiosity, is there a reason you skipped over the Terävä? I have found the Jääkäripuukko 140 might be the one knife I'd grab and take if I could have only one knife. My current set up to go out into the high Uintah mountains near where I live is my Skrama 240 with the double sheath holding a Skrama 80, and it replaces every other outdoor tool I have except my Leatherman Wave and Silky Zubat. My LT Wright Jessmik-C in AEB-L is my EDC, and when Carothers gets out their EDC 3 with their incredible Delta 3V heat treatment I may get that, but the Terävä Skrama 240 and 80 are my current perfect outdoor rig.

That's an awesome collection Andrew! Thanks for taking the time to share this with us!

Nice collection. IMHO considering also my military career and rural upbringing. The finest tools for survival are made by blacksmiths in places like the Philippines. My wife was born and raised off grid there. Blades are made from recycled steel, and made in the local community right down the trail or street. The skills using them are refined from childhood, and often mastered by daily application. The heirloom value isn't necessarily there, but a knife used by a family member for many years sure is. Even the cultural form of martial arts is an extention of indigenous blades. Knives are purpose driven tools, nothing else.
Bushcraft is much more about skill than anything else.

Great video Andrew. Penn State kicked butt and set records.

I was sent to you by a good guy you know. Corporals Corner. He had nothing but good things to say about you. Yes I hit the subscribed button. Like the video on the knives.

A pleasure to see used knives! How often does someone declare their best, favorite knife when it's new?! To find out that, you have to use it! Also good: reasonable sizes, no survival machetes. For me, scandi is ideal for bushcraft. For survival I would prefer convex. But in a real, long-term survival situation, even a scandi will become convex.

Please explain "Flit?" Is that some kind of Gen Z slang?

I’ve always considered the difference mainly the buipd and grinds. Most survival knives are flat and saber grinds for higher strength and longer thicker blades for multiple uses. While bushcraft knives tend to be scandi and convex grinds around 4 in blade focused on wood carving as the main use. Obviously the lines blur but that s pretty fair difference. I don’t think its about price. If you need to survive you need something that wont break when you beat it. Moras are awesome and pretty strong but they are not survival knives imo. Awesome video and great collection. Im just throwing my thoughts out

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Thanks for sharing your thoughts on your collection 👍. Take care Andrew. 🇺🇲🔪🔥🌲

Puukko, winning.

You must not know how to sharpen knives because that little stunt of spinning that knife tip against your finger tip would have pretty much removed your entire finger tip if it had been any of my knives, even my less sharp tip designed knives will drill holes in wood with not much more effort.

Terrific!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful memories of your collection! 🙏✌️👍🇬🇧

40 yrs army survival instr, i carried a Condor and a Kukri, in camp a cheap Buck was useful for small tasks.

I have a pretty insane fixed blade collection. But you got me beat on the high dollar ones. My most expensive is probably my Esee Junglas. Hopefully some day I'll get some more expensive knives. Cool collection sir

Pretty sure that Esse 4 is 1095. I don't remember them coating any of their stainless blades.

Cold steel SRK can pretty much cover both options. You can also get them in Cpm3v or sk5.

I love the video!!!!!

What is the difference if, given our lifestyles, nobody will ever use them outside of their homes?

trying to decide between some of the beckers for me my choices are bk 10, 16, 18 and 7 lol

Andrew, don’t apologize for this video. I really enjoyed seeing your knife collection and your take on survival/bushcraft knifes, thanks for taking the time out to do this video. Hope you enjoyed watching the wrestling

Just get to the knives and quit talking

I knew there was something I liked about you, I was not ranks in state in 1996 , and beat the number 1 ranked wrestler and went on to become the state runner up. We were th 2 biggest in our class nationally, I tunered down Wyoming to go into the military instead., great collection there.