Wildertools - Bushtool Review.

I'll wait for the Bushtool Necker. Everyone knows that inverted carry allows the fastest access to your Bushtool in an emergency situation. ;)

Sweet new website, Rick. It's mighty polished. :cool:
 
TF,
I sure wish you had included the instructions when you loaned me the Bushtool. Or, barring that, I wish I had seen this review like, yesterday. I spent almost the whole day today trying to get the thing lashed to a pole, and once I did I found it to be totally ineffective on my wild pig analog. First I tried throwing it like a javelin, and had no luck at all. Then I tried jumping from a tree branch using both the considerable inertia my body gained in the twenty seven foot drop, combined with a savage downward thrust upon impact. Both times, the Bushtool failed to even pierce the blue denim "pig's hide" let alone damage the Honey Baked ham wrapped inside. I would have tried it from horseback next, but the pain of a busted leg and a torn scrotum made it impossible. Hell of it is, if I had understood how the Bushtool was supposed to be used, I can see now that I would be telling you that it makes a pretty damn good mace instead of a really lousy spear.

Oh well.
 
Techna,

I should have warned you not to do the 'Cold Steel' and 'Rambo' training methods. I know your thoughts on this subject. If a knife cannot cut through a pair of jeans stuffed with meat - it is not sharp enough and if it cannot be lashed to a pole and kill a pig whilst jumping from a tree it is not a 'survival knife'.

Sorry about your torn scrotum.

TF
 
A dump truck recently delivered a huge load of pocket-size bushtools and poured them all over my driveway. I intend to leave them there to test their weather resistance and durability (by driving the car over them).
 
Couldn't tell from the photos, but did Rick convex the edge? And WTF? Nothing about the heat treat? Half-arsed review, if you ask me.....
 
Misanthrope. I mentioned later in the thread that this Bushtool was formed with millions of years of pressure and heat. I figured this would take care of the heat treat questions.

Do you know how to read? ;)

TF
 
As you can see the "bushtool" has been used since the dawn of man and has
obviously withstood the test of time. This is a must have for all you "primitive" types.

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No, I'm a lawyer.....

My apologies, Sir... I apparently mistook your description of the natural state of the raw materials as Rick's process..

I erroneously assumed that Rick would have at least resorted to using technologically advanced means to heat treat the tool to assure a consistent hardness..





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...funny...I always thought a Bushtool was one of two things:
A.) a razor
B.) the nickname of the last president.

Rick has proven me wrong once again.

He's such a clever little monkey, this one I call "Bright Eyes."

Funniest damned thing I've read in a long time.

Next thing you know, Frost Cutlery will be ripping it off, making it out of some crappy material and calling it the "Delta Ranger Woods Stalker of Darkness Doom Death Winged Falcon Destruction of the Vampire's Flaming Fire Stone, now with 100% real authentic faux deerstag (whatever the eff that is) handle."
 
That's great!

Kind of a smaller version of the BFR (Big F'n rock)

I used to have a SAB (Swiss Army Bushtool) but the scissors sucked and I never saw the use of the corkscrew. I set it down in some gravel and never found it again.
 
Now that the laughter has subsided and I am once again able to type....Thanks that was hilarious!!
 
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