Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?

[Zed]

Ive wanted one of these for ages as fancy wrapping the handle and filling the handle with survival gear and sticking a crutch rubber cap on the end,has anyone tried one of these knives and what do you thing  thanks for any help,HH have them for £23.98 i think,seems fair, 

[pfrsantos]

I don't have one but all the reviews I've seen and the testimonials are all positive. The use of the hollow handle for stoirage purposes is a common thing. The price you mention is also very reasonable. Does it come with a sheath? If not, it's easy to make one.

I'd say go for it!

 

[Zed]

Cheers mate ill go and see about the sheath  i also want to wrap the wandle,possibly with paracord 

[kirk13]

Ask 50ft-trad...he wasn't over impressed. Of course,I only heard this after I bought one

[ducttapetech]

how do you like it.

that's us mobile, eh.

[kirk13]

I'd bought it of offer from Bear Arms. I like it,I like the idea of using it as a spear/assegai head,but I've never used it for anything yet.

[ducttapetech]

Maybe you should do a test at work with it.)

that's us mobile, eh.

[kirk13]

Er,yeh....NO!

[ducttapetech]

Lol

that's us mobile, eh.

[Zed]

John would you sell or trade it 

[kirk13]

John would you sell or trade it 

Yeh,I'm open to the idea!

[Zed]

John would you sell or trade it 

Yeh,I'm open to the idea!

  ill pm you john 

[Sparky415]

Ask 50ft-trad...he wasn't over impressed. Of course,I only heard this after I bought one

I thought Al had good things to say about these at the meet?
I might be getting confused again tho 

[enki_ck]

Here's Kirky's old thread on it.

Show me your Bushmen

[jzmtl]

Very soft steel, slippery handle which is open on both end and tapers down TOWARDS the edge, storage looks neat on paper but pointless in real use, very thin blade.

If you want it as a spear head or throw in the trunk and might use it one day, it's okay. But if you are looking for a frequent user I'd take even a Mora over it.

[Zed]

Cheers mate,i was hoping the blade was thicker  plus i really wanted to store kit in the handle and wrap it,possibly all these things not so easy to do 

[Taxi Dad]

worth the money IMO.
you'll have trouble breaking one ! not quite sure why you need to put survival kits in knife handles there is a bloody great pocket on the sheath that will hold quite a lot, and if you drop/lose the knife you'd still have the 'kit'. also if the handle is 'full' you can't turn the thing into a 'spear' (which is REALLY good fun ! very dangerous  and totally pointless against any wildlife in the UK ! good for zombies I would imagine)
I put a bit of bicycle innertube over the handle for grip, and it works well. I'm sure there are other options  tape perhaps ? para cord wrapping never works well for me. makes the handle a lot thicker. never seems to be tight enough and holds water and dirt.
GET ONE and beat the smurf out of it and smile lots  (I haven't regretted spending the money on mine, not once )
looking on HH site there seems to be a 'survival' variant, with a plastic sheath that looks kinda cool. with firesteel. mine is the cheeper one with old style sheath but the knife looks the same. now I'm tempted to buy another one  thanks ZED ! 

[Zed]

Thanks michael  i keep saying to my self that i dont need this 

[kirk13]

Thanks michael  i keep saying to my self that i dont need this 

I kinda blame TD for me getting one

[Taxi Dad]

it's like a 'Mora' knife, every one should have at least one. too cheap not to 
oh and a wire saw 
or better still http://shop.tacticalthings.com/images/Webtex-Warrior-Hand-Saw.jpg

[Zed]

Lol yeah your not wrong michael  i just got 3 mini svord peasants  through the post so hopefully ill be distracted for a while