The best Bushcraft Knife UK vs US. Pictures please!
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Corrrr Blimey I bloody love that lot! The axe though- oh what I would do for one of those.....I really like the little Stu Mitchell in the top photo too!
That's a dangerous thing that what it is! Really I think it's an accident waiting to happen and personally I think it looks pretty ugly too- but that's just me.
Got to agree with Cameron.... using a knife for a bearing block is a BAD idea. How many times, when trying to get an ember with Bow drill has the drill pinged away from hearth and bearing block? All to often. Having a sharp edge not under control in such away is a recipe for bad damage to yourself.
+1 what Cameron and Mark said. Really, in a survival situation that's surely a beyond stupid move.
It's hardly rocket science to cut and scrape out a bow drill socket
We teach kids to use a couple of shells with some leaves in the top for lubrication, but a bit of broken stick is easily scraped out to form a recess........especially if you have a knife handy
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It's hardly rocket science to cut and scrape out a bow drill socket
We teach kids to use a couple of shells with some leaves in the top for lubrication, but a bit of broken stick is easily scraped out to form a recess........especially if you have a knife handy
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+1 what Cameron and Mark said. Really, in a survival situation that's surely a beyond stupid move.
It's hardly rocket science to cut and scrape out a bow drill socket
We teach kids to use a couple of shells with some leaves in the top for lubrication, but a bit of broken stick is easily scraped out to form a recess........especially if you have a knife handy
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I have a bunch of sockets on my knives. I love using them because it saves time. If you hold the blade away from yourself in an ice pick position I don't see an issue. But I can see how some could be concerned. I'm glad to know why people don't do it that way though.
This is a slightly larger Bison Bushcraft knife with a spear point blade at 10cm in O1....it just fits my hand perfectly with ideal balance for my hand size. I'm sure that for most people, when you discover that perfect fit your use of the blade and application of various cutting strokes becomes almost automatic. I've had it about six years now and although I use other blades this one always feels just that little bit better...
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This is a slightly larger Bison Bushcraft knife with a spear point blade at 10cm in O1....it just fits my hand perfectly with ideal balance for my hand size. I'm sure that for most people, when you discover that perfect fit your use of the blade and application of various cutting strokes becomes almost automatic. I've had it about six years now and although I use other blades this one always feels just that little bit better...
That's a beauty- lovely blade mate!
There are some really, really, beautiful knives being shown
I need to take photos of my other ones too. Thing is though, I'm inclined to keep one hanging near to hand, and that one gets used for everything for a while, and I don't think to photograph them in use very often.
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I need to take photos of my other ones too. Thing is though, I'm inclined to keep one hanging near to hand, and that one gets used for everything for a while, and I don't think to photograph them in use very often.
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I disagree! My radius master has been introduced to a few donkeys....... they got on remarkably well. 
Truthfully, and mind I use my knives in mud and in every kind of plantage out there, none of mine are in that state BR....right enough you should see the state of the muckle great screwdriver that lives in the shed, and the tack lifter that I use for everything from paint pot lids to howking out dandelions 
I suppose we all have tools that are meant for grafting and 'scrafting and not so much for looking pretty though
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I suppose we all have tools that are meant for grafting and 'scrafting and not so much for looking pretty though
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Some truly beautiful knives in this thread. My only knives are a Svord Peasant Mini and an old Mora frost knife (somewhere in the depths of my desk). I feel most inadequate.
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