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

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I’ve only really read through the last few pages of this thread. I may be way off on this based on what had previously been stated but the gyst I’m getting is that many of the people in here are intentionally creating an artificial notion of bushcraft to intentionally crap on. Most bushcraft forums I read, and enthusiasts I know are far less pretentious than the average knife collector. Bushcraft is an outdoor hobby just like any other. The average enthusiast isn’t buying overbuilt tank knives and $500 customs. They’re buying esee’s, Moras, and splurging on LT Wrights. You know, the exact same recommendations you hear on here whenever someone asks about an outdoors knife.

The marketing for “bushcraft” knives is no different than any other brand knowing their target audience that is easily influenced by that type of marketing because they’re in the business of, you know, selling knives. Their are posers buying massive thick fixed blades because they think it’s a bushcraft knife, just like there are people buying Striders and Medfords because they think they’ll be able to single handedly take down an entire battalion of enemy combatants with it. The outcome is the same though because both users won’t ever use the knife for much more than cutting open Amazon boxes and taking photos of their knives outdoors on a log. Also, both knives are terrible choices for the supposed purpose they’re marketed for. Those who do use their knives extensively for similar purposes know that, and aren’t really influenced by such marketing. So long story short, if you find yourself laughing at the supposed claims of a knifes attributes, you’re probably not the easy target they’re trying to convince.
 
RousingRabbles said:
I’ve only really read through the last few pages of this thread. I may be way off on this based on what had previously been stated but the gyst I’m getting is that many of the people in here are intentionally creating an artificial notion of bushcraft to intentionally crap on. Most bushcraft forums I read, and enthusiasts I know are far less pretentious than the average knife collector. Bushcraft is an outdoor hobby just like any other. The average enthusiast isn’t buying overbuilt tank knives and $500 customs. They’re buying esee’s, Moras, and splurging on LT Wrights. You know, the exact same recommendations you hear on here whenever someone asks about an outdoors knife.

The marketing for “bushcraft” knives is no different than any other brand knowing their target audience that is easily influenced by that type of marketing because they’re in the business of, you know, selling knives. Their are posers buying massive thick fixed blades because they think it’s a bushcraft knife, just like there are people buying Striders and Medfords because they think they’ll be able to single handedly take down an entire battalion of enemy combatants with it. The outcome is the same though because both users won’t ever use the knife for much more than cutting open Amazon boxes and taking photos of their knives outdoors on a log. Also, both knives are terrible choices for the supposed purpose they’re marketed for. Those who do use their knives extensively for similar purposes know that, and aren’t really influenced by such marketing. So long story short, if you find yourself laughing at the supposed claims of a knifes attributes, you’re probably not the easy target they’re trying to convince.
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I don't think anyone here misunderstand that, but rather making fun of those who bought to the marketing believing it to be true.

The most used camping knives are just general purpose knives, no one here said otherwise yet. The try hard over the top though, well, just the wilderness alternative of mall warriors.
 
It isn’t the tools so much as the skill.

A survival expert will make better use of $20 knives from Walmart than a weekend hiker can with a $5,000 puukko made with elder burl from the weirwood tree from game of thrones, with a mirror polish blade and a leather sheath made from free-range cattle raised by a remote village of farmers in the mountains of Japan.
 
RousingRabbles said:
I’ve only really read through the last few pages of this thread. I may be way off on this based on what had previously been stated but the gyst I’m getting is that many of the people in here are intentionally creating an artificial notion of bushcraft to intentionally crap on. Most bushcraft forums I read, and enthusiasts I know are far less pretentious than the average knife collector. Bushcraft is an outdoor hobby just like any other. The average enthusiast isn’t buying overbuilt tank knives and $500 customs. They’re buying esee’s, Moras, and splurging on LT Wrights. You know, the exact same recommendations you hear on here whenever someone asks about an outdoors knife.

The marketing for “bushcraft” knives is no different than any other brand knowing their target audience that is easily influenced by that type of marketing because they’re in the business of, you know, selling knives. Their are posers buying massive thick fixed blades because they think it’s a bushcraft knife, just like there are people buying Striders and Medfords because they think they’ll be able to single handedly take down an entire battalion of enemy combatants with it. The outcome is the same though because both users won’t ever use the knife for much more than cutting open Amazon boxes and taking photos of their knives outdoors on a log. Also, both knives are terrible choices for the supposed purpose they’re marketed for. Those who do use their knives extensively for similar purposes know that, and aren’t really influenced by such marketing. So long story short, if you find yourself laughing at the supposed claims of a knifes attributes, you’re probably not the easy target they’re trying to convince.
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I don't think anyone has anything negative to say about people who just want to get into the outdoors and have some fun with wood around a campfire. It's just the "techniques" some of these guys show on their Youtube channels that I personally find amusing (and not in a malicious way, just amusing). One "bushcraft" channel I watched a few videos of, dude was showing all these silly techniques for the most economical way to shave a stick for whatever purpose*, at the same time as having videos where he whittles all these implements to use at camp. It's just silly. If you come up with a silly way to sit while holding a stick that you're carving on, in order to "save caloric expenditure", seems to me that the caloric expenditure of making anything that's not 100% necessary is similarly a waste. Just be like "Let's get out into the woods at the edge of my neighborhood where today I'll be showing you how to make your own tent stake hammer. Now darn it, where'd I put my Scotch Eye?" LOL



* Yes, yes I know there are many. Walking stick, lodge-pole, A-frame tent pole, tripod leg, lean-to roof spar, and so on. I've done them all.
 
Paratrooper06 said:
Why do they call it “Bushcraft” if you don’t craft bushes?
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Hmm.....
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Paratrooper06 said:
The most critical item you can take on any Bushcrafting adventure, so you can numb yourself from the extreme boredom that comes from being in the middle of the woods whittling sticks.

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Whole hearted agree. A strong whiskey is the one piece of gear I won’t go into the woods without. My personal favorite in that price range though is:

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During my ongoing but brief time learning about bushcraft skills and practices, I have arrived at the conclusion that:

Bushcraft = going into the woods to intentionally make every task more difficult and complicated than it needs to be, but still enjoying it.
 
Quiet said:
This is so succinctly put. Well done.
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Learning to make a one-stick fire is challenging and sometimes frustrating, but really fun over time. Knowing that I cant get a fire going with minimal tools and less than perfect resources is a good feeling. Splitting a stick into increasingly smaller chunks and then shavings is a relaxing way to spend an afternoon.

Using my Bic is way more efficient, but doing so lacks the sense of accomplishment (I would not hesitate to use a Bic or other open flame source in an emergency, though). But I still like to light the charcoal in my grill with feather sticks and a ferro rod.
 
But has anyone caught a squirrel with a slanted rock and sticks using only their knife? Then made a fire with a bowstick and ate said squirrel? That would be deserving of title “King/Queen of Bushcraftland”.

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