Photos My knives and things as at the end of 2019

[Nathanael C]

I assume video is ok too?

Just a run through my collection as at the end of 2019, shot with single overhead LIFX bulb and IPEVO VZ-R document camera.

The list:

1. Bark River Bravo EDC in Elmax steel with Desert Ironwood handle and thumb ramp
2. Bark River Mini-Bush Seax in A2 steel with a Koa handle
3. Bark River Mini Canadian in A2 steel with red linen micarta handle
4. Spyderco Dragonfly 2 in orange
5. Spyderco Para 3 with black G10 scales
6. Spyderco Kapara with carbon fibre scales
7. Spyderco Assist with orange FRN scales
8. Benchmade 555-1 Mini Griptillian with G10 scales, blue accents
9. Millit-made Perpetua (first gen) with aftermarket titanium clip
10. Zero Tolerance 0450 titanium frame lock with modified detent
11. Boker Plus Urban Trapper Petite Carbon Fibre
12. Leatherman Skeletool CX
13. Ferrum Forge titanium body box cutter
14. Zoe Crist Scout with A2 steel and black micarta handle
15. Mike Jones Bushfucker OG with high-carbon steel blade and toasted oak handle
16. Gransfors Bruk Carpenter's Axe
17. Gransfors Bruk Wildlife Hatchet
18. Gransfors Bruk Froe
19. Full-size KA-BAR in Foliage Green, black coated blade
20. Lon Humphrey Bridge in 52100 steel, orange and gold Buckeye Burl handle with lime green liners
21. Fallkniven S1Pro with hidden tang laminated cobalt steel blade and Thermorun handle
22. Ontario SP8 survival machete
23. McCullen Knives Coharie Creek in AEB-L steel, TeroTuf handle
24. Chriss Reeves Nyala - Insingo blade profile in S35VN steel
25. J.A. Voss Urban Hunter II in SAE 5160 spring steel with jigged Pau Ferro handle
26. L.T. Wright Genesis, flat grind, A2 steel with Desert Ironwood handle
27. L.T. Wright Sospes in O1 steel, scandi grind, green micarta handle
28. L.T. Wright JX2 Jessmuk in O1 steel, scandi grind, green micarta handle
29. Bark River Aurora in CruWear steel, American Walnut handle
30. Zoe Crist Fire Creek, 1095 steel, maroon micarta handle
31. Helle Gaupe with laminated steel, curly birch handle
32. Richard Osborne HPO Series 5, 80CRV2 maple burl and green resin handle
33. 116 Blades integral bolster recurve in SAE 5160
34. DB Blades Infernum in D2?
35. Circle A Blades 4" drop-point hunter with Ringed Gidgee handle
36. Mike Jones Badger with reclaimed high-carbon steel blade, Flame Yellow Cedar Burl handle
37. Hatcher Falki in AEB-L steel, vintage Westinghouse micarta and copper
38. Barbershop Customs Rascal in D2 steel, recurve profile, bog oak handle
39. Fiddleback Forge Emperor with Merlot Maple Burl handle, pink liners, probably A2 steel
40. Olamic Cutlery Wayfarer 247 titanium frame lock, Damasteel sheepscliffe blade, rock sculpting with seabed finish
41. Hinderer Full Track with red G10 scales, running Phosphor Bronze washers
42. ML Knives Petty with N690 steel, Curly Maple and Tamboti handle
43. Rentetsu Nakiri with vintage wrought iron blade reclaimed from ship anchor chain
44. Kasumi 24cm chef's knife with VG-10 core laminated outer
45. JCK Kagayaki KG-30 Chinese cleaver, single bevel

 

[d762nato]

Dang that's quite the collection how do you like and have you used #21 at all. Thanks,

 

[Dusty One]

Great collection !!

 

[Nathanael C]

Dang that's quite the collection how do you like and have you used #21 at all. Thanks,

The S1Pro? It's a chunky knife, but the S1 is a good size. Without having handled them I feel the F1 would be a little small for such a chunky knife, while the A1 is too long and unwieldy ... but that's just off the specs. It is a survival knife so is intended to be up for whatever you need so it's going to be better at splitting wood, coarse bushcrafts, and as an ice axe than skinning. The Thermorun handle is a little uncomfortable, but in a survival situation a little discomfort is ok if it means you can get a good grip on your knife regardless of weather or your physical state.

So if I'm going bush it won't be the knife I have on my belt, but it'll be in my backpack. I do use it though, as I use all my knives, but I'm unlikely to ever need to put it through its paces as a survival knife because I don't plan to get myself into a survival situation, although if I do it wouldn't be the first time ...

 

[Marcel Benalcazar]

Hey! Beautiful collection! I contacted Mike Jones to get a custom Bushfucker OG. Can i have your honest take on the it? Would you recommend it? How has it held up? How easy/difficult is it to sharpen? Thank you!

 

[Nathanael C]

I contacted Mike Jones to get a custom Bushfucker OG. Can i have your honest take on the it? Would you recommend it? How has it held up? How easy/difficult is it to sharpen? Thank you!

I love sharpening high-carbon steel but being a concave blade it's not straightforward and I have yet to master it so I know I haven't got the Bushfucker as sharp as I can. Even so, it's an amazing unique design that's more like an axe than a machete and devastates woody weeds and small branches. I guess if you've got big biceps you could wield it one-handed? I definitely recommend adding an OG Bushfucker to your collection.

 

[Marcel Benalcazar]

Thats amazing to hear! I am going to place an order sometime this week! Sharpening most definitely seems like it will be a headache, but having something that is completely unique is worth it! Thank you!