any tips for 10" knice use in bush appreciated

Not really sure what you are asking? are you looking for a recs on a knife with a 0 inch blade? or are you looking for tips on how to use a knife with a 10 inch blade?
 
tips/techniques on how to use a knife with a 10 inch blade ty for pointing out my poor wording, wrote the up last night after getting a boomslang and i was very tired
 
Nobody understands what your asking you can use a knife for a thousand different uses in bush use
 
Chopping with a long blade is easy. Doing smaller tasks (like making a fish spear) is easy enough if you choke up (carefully) on the blade.

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I don't think many people actually carry such large knives any more due to urbanization and sheeple. I still do because as a kid I had a romantic notion that a mountain man was supposed to have a Bowie knife and got used to large blades at an early age. I still carry one in the winter months just because it makes life easier for me and my work takes me off the trail into areas where fewer people roam. Not sure just how many tips I feel comfortable with writing out in text...seems like a lot of writing there. The biggest tip I can offer in detail work is to learn how to just hold and adjust the angle with your strong hand and manipulate the blade and tip with the thumb of your weak hand. That keeps unnecessary momentum down, and keeps all appendages behind the edge :)
 
Use the blade side to cut. But keep your hand off the blade, because it will cut you, even in the woods.
 
I'm not boasting when I say I spend a lot of time with big knives in the bush-much more than most here and have advice that will serve you well

I have tested well over 100 different choppers-factory and custom and have learned a lot.

My advice---

When you get a new to you big knife start your testing slow.(that is good advice for any sized knife but especially big knives)

When chopping make sure you have a clear path to and after you pass the target as well

Make sure if you miss the target or chop through it that the blade will not strike you or something that could damage the blade as well

Do NOT start chopping at 100% power right away--this is not the time to rush things.

Start off with 20-40% power with your chops noticing handle comfort and control of blade

Are you hitting with the accuracy you want??

Is the handle secure in your hand??

Any hot spots???

This will take 1-2 Minutes--not 1-2 chops

Do NOT hurry this step.

If all is OK--slowly start chopping harder and see how accuracy fairs with increased power.(as a general rule increased power decreases accuracy)

Then after you have determined how well it chops start testing it for things you would use a smaller knife for

Whittleing,Spoon Making,etc(If you are so inclined)

and remember the rule to start slow and remember to have fun but keep in mind the knife does not care if you forget about knife safety.

Dr.Bill
 
What Dr. Bill said was right on:thumbup:. Follow his advise and you will do just fine.

Bryan
 
WILLIAM.M said:
I'm not boasting when I say I spend a lot of time with big knives in the bush-much more than most here and have advice that will serve you well

I have tested well over 100 different choppers-factory and custom and have learned a lot.

My advice---

When you get a new to you big knife start your testing slow.(that is good advice for any sized knife but especially big knives)

When chopping make sure you have a clear path to and after you pass the target as well

Make sure if you miss the target or chop through it that the blade will not strike you or something that could damage the blade as well

Do NOT start chopping at 100% power right away--this is not the time to rush things.

Start off with 20-40% power with your chops noticing handle comfort and control of blade

Are you hitting with the accuracy you want??

Is the handle secure in your hand??

Any hot spots???

This will take 1-2 Minutes--not 1-2 chops

Do NOT hurry this step.

If all is OK--slowly start chopping harder and see how accuracy fairs with increased power.(as a general rule increased power decreases accuracy)

Then after you have determined how well it chops start testing it for things you would use a smaller knife for

Whittleing,Spoon Making,etc(If you are so inclined)

and remember the rule to start slow and remember to have fun but keep in mind the knife does not care if you forget about knife safety.

Dr.Bill
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thank-you much seems like sound advice that i will follow
 
Just want to chime in with a possible mod for you with the condor. The tinkerer in me loves modding most of my low/mid range blades if there's any possibility I can make it look cooler or perform better.
The finger choil on that knife could be deepened and brought a bit closer to the working edge, allowing you to choke up a lot closer and safer as a deeper choil will help prevent your hand from slipping forward. Make sure you still leave a bit of transition zone, my old RAT 5 was sharp right to the choil, got a nasty cut first time I used it, had to grab a file after the bleeding stopped and actually file some of the sharp edge away. That's a weird feeling I tell you, filing down a knife edge, didn't seem right. :)
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I was able to handle one of those and loved it. I cant really justify it because I have a large, bomb proof, knife already but wow its a nice one and the price is awsome too. Perhaps a review complete with pics would be in order?
Josh
 
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