Bush Craft Knife Shootout Video (Fallkniven vs BRKT vs Fiddleback vs cKc)

painful to watch. About the most boring, and inconclusive 'survival' video I have ever seen.
 
Even with a glove on he makes me wince. What's with the cutting towards yourself thing.

Quite apart from safety his technique is awful. Far better in every way would have been to work down from over the piece – lock the wrist and use body weight rather than effort. Turn the work round and cut the other way. He was not in control of those knives at all times with many a random jerk as he tried to prize out a section. In sum, I could get through those little bits of wood quicker and with constant control using a Stanley knife.

His test tells me what he can achieve with those knives using that technique on what looks like Homebase pine. Completely irrelevant to me.
 
I like seeing them laying side by each.
His test didn't really mean much to me. Seems any knife that's sharp would be fine but I have to admit I like his conclusion.:D
 
As for safety, he did have a glove on and he wasn't putting pressure on the upstroke, just clearing the flakes. Not something I would prefer to do, but I have to say that he looked like he was in control. Also, he had a tendency to spiral upwards on the initial cuts which increased time. Agreed - it did look like softwood. Still, it was a very cool video and watching the initial dig in of the different knives was telling. Probably each of the lesser performers could be tweeked a bit more to increase their result.

I liked the last minutes, when he's grunting and moaning when he gets to the TK2 and Canadian. I think he might have had a little orgasm there!

"Gunny - not so good", "TK-2 ahhmmm, oooohh.....Have need cigarette now"
 
Check out his other videos, they're pretty good:thumbup:
He has a bunch of videos out in the field, that are better.
He usually doesn't do the whole, "mandatory chop a 2x4" or whittle a 2x2 armchair survivalist test"
Everyone seems to be on that crap lately:thumbdn:

I liked the last minutes, when he's grunting and moaning when he gets to the TK2 and Canadian. I think he might have had a little orgasm there!

"Gunny - not so good", "TK-2 ahhmmm, oooohh.....Have need cigarette now"
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I was literally laughing out loud at that point. His reactions were priceless!!
 
He did a good job overall. I didn't like him cutting toward himself either. I've got a pretty bad scar on my left hand from my Boy Scout days. Perhaps a piece of plywood as a working surface would be an area of opportunity.
 
I wonder if the blade thickness and edge geometry had something to do with the results. It would seem that a thinner blade might dig deeper than one with a more stout profile.

That or the final two were sharper than the rest.

I agree that this vid wasn't his best. The other real-use videos seem to give me a better idea about the performance of some of the knives in his collection.
 
Mannlicher said:
painful to watch. About the most boring, and inconclusive 'survival' video I have ever seen.
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This has nothing to do with survival. All he was doing was comparing the knives ability to push cut through wood, something all bushcraft knives should well even though he found major differences between them.
 
HandofCod said:
This has nothing to do with survival. All he was doing was comparing the knives ability to push cut through wood, something all bushcraft knives should well even though he found major differences between them.
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This was kinda the way I took it.

With regards to his spoken English, I really take my hat off to anyone who is trying to communicate in a second language. :thumbup::thumbup:

I like the fact that I can watch how the cut is made (including both technique & edge performance ) :D

As others have already pointed out, the designed differences in edge profile will have a say in the results of this type of cutting.

Besides, I own 1/2 of the knives he tested and can only agree with what I heard and saw :thumbup:



Kind regards
Mick
 
The guy seems really knowledgeable. Really like the job he did on convexing the RC-5. I have one and don't have much time for it, but after seeing his video and how it improved the RC-5's slicing ability and overall sharpness, I would like to do that with mine.
 
I love his vids. He is one of my favourite youtubers.

He is primary a hunter not a bush-crafter.
 
He speaks Engrish way better than I can speak his native language!

I don't mind these kinds of amateur video at all. Basic comparison, knives are side by side, he says he stropped them all, and used basically the same wood. The picked one piece and used them all on it at the same time.
No it isn't all inclusive, yes edge geometry plays a role, no I don't really feel I can rule out any of the knives he used.
But what's the down side of his conclusion? I think a Bark River Canadian would be a fine choice to have on you when leaving the truck with just one knife & not many on this board would dream of being out with just one.

I don't even have an inclination to try make a video, in Spanish, using knives that no matter what they were I'd receive criticism.
 
SouthernCross said:
With regards to his spoken English, I really take my hat off to anyone who is trying to communicate in a second language. :thumbup::thumbup:
Kind regards
Mick
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He claims he learnt how to speak English by watching and making videos on youtube!! Which is amazing, he's from Japan!!

I also, do not condemn inexperience, their are many levels of knowledge. If anything, I try constructive criticism.
 
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