Les Stroud joins RM and BG

[JonathanD]

Looks like Les Stroud has decided to please the masses with his own knife. The good news is, he is not going down the BG route...

http://www.helle.no/Portals/helle_english/THE TEMAGAMI_PRESS.pdf

http://www.helle.no/Default.aspx?tabid=8457&language=nb-NO

 

[Retired Member southey]

Cool! i like Helle knives, will be exciting to see how it differs from there current designs,

 

[TylerD]

Agreed, will be good to see what they come up with

 

[Tiley]

I shall watch this one with interest...

 

[MSkiba]

Can I buy this knife even if I dont have a scope eye?

 

[addo]

Sounds like a good thing, look forward to it.

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

I have yet to see him use one.. did he ever have one and test it out or was it ok they look cool think I can make some money and scam all those survivors and bushcrafters....

 

[Peter_t]

I have yet to see him use one.. did he ever have one and test it out or was it ok they look cool think I can make some money and scam all those survivors and bushcrafters....

so your saying the same doesn't apply to ray and bear? im sure bear was just promoting his knives and had little input into their design but also ray wouldn't have bothered putting his knife into production if he wasn't looking to make money out of it.

pete

 

[Golb]

When I saw this post about Les' own knife, the first thing I thought about was: did he make a deal with Leatherman? I've seen Les using more often a multi-tool then a fixed blad...

 

[mcniac]

i'm looking forward to see it, he is not of the knife guy kind, so will be interesting IMHO

 

[BarryG]

Yep will be interesting to see what comes up. I assume it will be laminated steel though, which Im unsure of (though lots of people are fine with).

 

[Highbinder]

I have yet to see him use one.. did he ever have one and test it out or was it ok they look cool think I can make some money and scam all those survivors and bushcrafters....

I saw this over on another forum (BkUSA or BB I think) and I believe the reason he chose Helle was he found a knife out in the wild which he used and adored without knowing the maker, and then lost it again to the wild, then discovered the blade had been a Helle.

I'm looking forward to it. Les Stroud seems to be a more grounded survivalist, and Helle are very much a traditional company with good laminated steel and esthetically pleasing and simple designs. I doubt we're going to see a synethetic handle, garish colours and serrations like some other branded knives that shall not be mentioned...

 

[Shambling Shaman]

I'm quiet shore he own a few knifes, the show was to demonstrate what you could use/improvise with.

I like a few here will watch and see how it turns out then make an informed decision once I see what it looks like and the spec's involved.

 

[Mountainwalker]

Should be interesting to see what the end result is. I have several Helle knives and have a high opinion of their quality. I thought Stroud was famous for using a basic Buck knife? I assume it will be a scandi grind?

 

[dwardo]

Helle knives are great, had a few. The few i had were all convex grinds.
I just hope they arent 10 million quid each.

 

[Loenja]

watching with interest

 

[Highbinder]

Helle knives are great, had a few. The few i had were all convex grinds.
I just hope they arent 10 million quid each.

Well all the Helle knives are around the same price point (and from what I've seen all under £100 to boot?) so I'd be surprised to see them deviate from this.

 

[OhCanada]

He didn't "decide", Helle decided that they wanted to make a knife that les would have input on so they asked Les and he agreeded; he did not decide to make a survival knife for the masses and then set out to find a company to make it.