Wilson Ultralight B.U.S.H. Hunter

Sam Wilson

Sam Wilson

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Here is one of my Ultralight B.U.S.H. Hunters (Bushcraft Utility Survival Hollow Handle). This one features a 4.5" long blade of 1095 carbon steel @ 60 HRC, 1/8" thick. It has an overall length of 9 and 1/4 in. This one weighs in at just 5.1 oz for the knife itself. Ground to SLICE!

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It also has a fully sculpted aluminum guard, and Tanker Grey GunKote finish. There is a compass in the buttcap, and camo pattern kydex sheath with leather belt loop.



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Thanks for looking!👍⚔
Sam😎😎👊
 
Sweet! Very nice work! How is this thing constructed? Like is it milled out of round stock kind of like a CRK one piece knife, or made differently? I let my CRK one piece go and always regretted it. This thing looks to be of a similar style but looks like it slices better.
 
LimpCroissant said:
Sweet! Very nice work! How is this thing constructed? Like is it milled out of round stock kind of like a CRK one piece knife, or made differently? I let my CRK one piece go and always regretted it. This thing looks to be of a similar style but looks like it slices better.
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Thank you! These are separate pieces for the blade, guard, and handle. The way it is constructed, it will not come apart, the blade will break like a conventional knife somewhere in front of the guard. You could leave this in your campfire overnight, and the blade will not come out, not without power tools of some sort.

I have always liked the Reeve knives and own one, but never been a big fan of the one piece construction. Extremely wasteful of material, limits the design, and very difficult to balance the smaller ones. That being said, it was a great solution to the problem Reeve stated, which was wooden handles failing in the African climate.

Sam😎😎
 
Sam Wilson said:
Thank you! These are separate pieces for the blade, guard, and handle. The way it is constructed, it will not come apart, the blade will break like a conventional knife somewhere in front of the guard. You could leave this in your campfire overnight, and the blade will not come out, not without power tools of some sort.

I have always liked the Reeve knives and own one, but never been a big fan of the one piece construction. Extremely wasteful of material, limits the design, and very difficult to balance the smaller ones. That being said, it was a great solution to the problem Reeve stated, which was wooden handles failing in the African climate.

Sam😎😎
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Sweet man, very cool! I agree that there is an incredible amount of waste to make a one piece knife, it's crazy really. Very interesting, I'm definitely going to keep you in mind for when I'm ready to get another one!
 
mitch13 said:
More fine work my friend, the 1095 Should make for a good user😎
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Thank you very much! That thing was so sharp, I hand sanded in a convex edge justfor kicks before GunKoting. It will SLICE!😳🤩🤣🤣⚔
Thank you again.

Sam😎
 
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