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Title: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 29, 2014, 10:50:48 AM
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  :salute: thanks for any help,HH have them for £23.98 i think,seems fair,  :tu:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: pfrsantos on January 29, 2014, 11:49:24 AM
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!

 :tu:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 29, 2014, 01:03:48 PM
Cheers mate ill go and see about the sheath  :salute: i also want to wrap the wandle,possibly with paracord  :tu:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: kirk13 on January 29, 2014, 02:14:42 PM
Ask 50ft-trad...he wasn't over impressed. Of course,I only heard this after I bought one :whistle:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: ducttapetech on January 29, 2014, 02:16:29 PM
how do you like it.

that's us mobile, eh.

Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: kirk13 on January 29, 2014, 02:19:33 PM
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.
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: ducttapetech on January 29, 2014, 02:21:37 PM
Maybe you should do a test at work with it.:))

that's us mobile, eh.

Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: kirk13 on January 29, 2014, 02:23:36 PM
Er,yeh....NO! :rofl:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: ducttapetech on January 29, 2014, 02:28:03 PM
Lol

that's us mobile, eh.

Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 29, 2014, 04:14:06 PM
John would you sell or trade it  :think:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: kirk13 on January 29, 2014, 05:36:31 PM
John would you sell or trade it  :think:

Yeh,I'm open to the idea!
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 29, 2014, 05:45:40 PM
John would you sell or trade it  :think:

Yeh,I'm open to the idea!

 :salute: ill pm you john  :tu:

Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Sparky415 on January 29, 2014, 11:28:04 PM
Ask 50ft-trad...he wasn't over impressed. Of course,I only heard this after I bought one :whistle:


I thought Al had good things to say about these at the meet?
I might be getting confused again tho  :think:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: enki_ck on January 29, 2014, 11:46:54 PM

Here's Kirky's old thread on it.

Show me your Bushmen (http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?topic=45706.0)
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: jzmtl on January 30, 2014, 08:37:25 AM
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.
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 30, 2014, 08:55:56 AM
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  :-\
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Taxi Dad on January 30, 2014, 12:09:19 PM
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  >:D 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  :think: 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  :D (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  :rant: thanks ZED !  :rant:
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 30, 2014, 01:36:30 PM
Thanks michael  :salute: i keep saying to my self that i dont need this  :ahhh
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: kirk13 on January 30, 2014, 02:17:24 PM
Thanks michael  :salute: i keep saying to my self that i dont need this  :ahhh

I kinda blame TD for me getting one
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Taxi Dad on January 30, 2014, 02:34:44 PM
it's like a 'Mora' knife, every one should have at least one. too cheap not to  :whistle:
oh and a wire saw  ;)
or better still http://shop.tacticalthings.com/images/Webtex-Warrior-Hand-Saw.jpg
Title: Re: Cold steel bushman survival knife,any good ?
Post by: Zed on January 30, 2014, 03:07:59 PM
Lol yeah your not wrong michael  :D i just got 3 mini svord peasants  through the post so hopefully ill be distracted for a while  :whistle: