What was a Buscraft knife before Bushcraft

jimh0220

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So, there are a million versions of so called 'buscraft' knives out there, of various styles, grinds, etc. So here is the question, before the whole 'bushcraft' thing, what would you call a bushcraft knife?
 
The Sámi of northern Sweden has allways used a combination of 2 knives, a puukko type knife
and a very short bladed, around 1-2", scandi ground knife for smaller work.
 
A knife by any other name is still just a knife.
Before the time when there was the odd need to have a specialty knife for everything you used whatever was available.
Russell Green River knives were very popular and widely used many years ago, and many thousands of these were sent to the Western frontier in the 19th century.
For a good part of the 20th century Marbles knives such as the Woodcraft and Expert were the go-to blades for many of the outdoors types.
 
jimh0220 said:
So, there are a million versions of so called 'buscraft' knives out there, of various styles, grinds, etc. So here is the question, before the whole 'bushcraft' thing, what would you call a bushcraft knife?
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"Woodcraft" - what it used to be referred to in places where the outdoors evinced a plethora of wood and trees over bushes. "Bushcraft" is a British term - notice anything about Britain's forests? ;)

People just call the knife after what they use it most for: kitchen, box, camp, woods, tactics, carving, whittling, hunting, skinning, etc. Different blade designs may excel at one or another of these tasks, so you simply select a knife that suits your use of it and call it your (-insert use descriptor-) knife...
 
When I was a kid, they were just sheath knives. Big ones were Bowie knives.
Bushcraft back then was usually called campcraft or woodcraft. I hear the bush thing was a Australian variant.
 
You mean "Bush" craft knives have nothing to do with getting ladies?
Shoot!


On a side note, I have a whole bunch of "Bushcraft" knives for sale......talk about false advertising.
 
IMHO, this "bushcraft thing is a bunch of......Ahhh.....nonsense. There seems to be a need to put labels on things.
Maybe is originated in the UK. They seem to like nick names like Remmy for Remington and Mossy for Mossberg.

As long as I'm on a roll, what's with Scandi. Nessie, Warnie, etc?:rolleyes:
 
norrpan42 said:
The Sámi of northern Sweden has allways used a combination of 2 knives, a puukko type knife
and a very short bladed, around 1-2", scandi ground knife for smaller work.
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Actually, from Norway, Sweden and Finland. ;)
 
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