Bushcraft community hate towards non-bushcraft knives? What's up with this bushcraft craze? 😂

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I wonder since when is bushcraft performance a measure of a good knife? I personally got some shit from bushcraft community and so did my friend, it ranges from steel snobism to just "I know the best" rage. Luckily this forum has people who know to appreciate all kinds of steel and all shapes of blades, which is why I like this place 😊

I also apologize in advance for long post.

First I just entered few groups on Facebook, and there you have it, if you have anything else except a scandi grind puukko style knife or a Mora - they'll just go ape on you. Just post a tanto on there and watch them lose their minds 😂
Or you'll face barrage of insults for owning Bear Grylls knife 🤔
I bet there are better ways to educate someone but OK...

Comments on youtube videos of knife reviews - majority about bushcraft.

The guy I know entering DBK chat on discord, and crew starting to bully him for owning CS AK47 field knife and liking 52100 steel on drop forged knives? (Just to mention, it wasn't youtubers who talked shit to him, it was just guys on there, including a moderator). He said actual youtubers are always cool to everyone on there, but rest of the guys seems to be easily triggered and not very stable (majority of them that is).

To make it better, the guy who gave him shit about knife having name AK-47 also bragged about his TRC Apocalypse while doing it 😂
AK-47 is a no-go name... but Apocalypse is perfect 🤣
Long story short - they hated on 52100 for being old, and outclassed by new super steels... and compared him to some dude who liked D2. Because everyone has 400€ for a knife, right? 😆

Then guys on facebook giving you shit about tanto or double edge knife being unsafe will also reccomending you a slick handle knife without hand guard 😂
And they will go full aggressive on you with suggestions what you need to buy because it's good for bushcraft, while ignoring you telling them you don't do bushcraft 😂

These things just make no sense to me, just let me enjoy my 3V Warcraft Tanto and my plain carbon steels in peace.
Not everyone can or wants to spend hundreds of $ or € on a knife, and not everyone does bushcraft. If someone wants combat or tactical style blade - let them enjoy it. Same goes for steel, if someone likes their D2, 1095, 52100 or 5160, just let them enioy it. That steel does what they want it do for them and that's all that matters. And insulting someone for liking something different is just childish.

So I'd like to hear your non-bushcraft knives and their use 😊
 
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These are a good example of what I enjoy. Old school Buck knives and small sportsman axe. These 4 will do everything you could possibly need. If you don’t believe me I don’t care. I have no desire to try to convince you.

In my experience people who adamantly say their way is right are wrestling with and internal seed of doubt.
 
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Solution: Avoid those groups. :D

On a more serious note, my philosophy is roll with what works for you, ignore the snide comments, but keep an open mind. If an experienced bushcrafter gave me some advice on my kit or techniques respectfully (even if I didn’t ask for feedback), I’d appreciate that. Rude condescending comments, even if technically sound, are less likely to get through to people. Thankfully, as you noted, those seem to be rare on Bladeforums. Manners maketh man indeed.

Some tools may be more optimal at specific tasks than other implements (it wouldn’t be very fun feathersticking with my Chaos Bowie knife). But if it works for you and you’re relatively safe and responsible, carry on man.
 
I don't have anything to do with FFB. And rarely look at any other knife forum. But even on this forum there are those that do little-girl crap like send you porn-spam because they aren't man enough to act like a man. Some so-called men are just punks - better to ignore them, unless you want to have a little fun.
 
DangerZone98 said:
Solution: Avoid those groups. :D

On a more serious note, my philosophy is roll with what works for you, ignore the snide comments, but keep an open mind. If an experienced bushcrafter gave me some advice on my kit or techniques respectfully (even if I didn’t ask for feedback), I’d appreciate that. Rude condescending comments, even if technically sound, are less likely to get through to people. Thankfully, as you noted, those seem to be rare on Bladeforums. Manners maketh man indeed.

Some tools may be more optimal at specific tasks than other implements (it wouldn’t be very fun feathersticking with my Chaos Bowie knife). But if it works for you and you’re relatively safe and responsible, carry on man.
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Man, I just wanna troll those guys now. I want to get a dagger and send it there as my bushcraft knife 😂
 
WTF is a bushcraft knife???

ANY knife I have with me in the woods is a bushcraft knife.

I despise the term "bushcraft" with every ounce of my body. "Bushcraft" is becoming what "tactical" was in the '90's - meaningless and overused.
 
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The sucks, sorry you went through that. You should enjoy what you like, to hell with others who pass judgment. This forum has so many different people with different tastes and I for one think it is great.

The only major drawback on here is that you start to learn everyone’s tastes and end up getting hooked on a lot of knives that end up emptying your bank account.
 
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WTF is a bushcraft knife?

ANY knife I have with me in in the woods is a bushcraft knife.

I despise the term "bushcraft" with every ounce of my body. "Bushcraft" is becoming what "tactical" was in the '90's - meaningless and overused.
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100% with you on this. "Bushcraft" means nothing, trend for a target market. "Tactical" means "Black"(pun intended).
 
I believe a lot of people are on Facebook, Reddit, IG, etc all the time because they dont socialize much in real life. If you talk shit about a mans knife across a campfire, you will likely be called on it. Not so much on social media.


For the record, a bushcraft knife has certain characteristics but they are pretty broad. Buck,Marbkes and Kabar were bushcraft knifes for many decades in the US/Canada where there is real wilderness and we recently had a frontier. I am not sure why we think scandinavians would better understand camp knives than North Americans.
 
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