There are many definitions of bushcraft - some people take it to mean splitting logs and building fires, and not much else.

I take it to mean a bit more than that. Go on the wilderness and survival skills forum on bladeforums, for example, and ask the same question, and you will get a full range of answers. People will be more likely to suggest you carry a $10 Mora than a $200 Busse.


Bushcraft to me encompasses a wide range of tasks, best accomplished by a small, thin slicer coupled with a larger blade capable of chopping and hard use.

A bushcraft belt knife, in my eyes, should be thin enough for fine detail work - intricate trap and snare making, stripping bark for weaving rope or other projects, fuzz stick creation, carving, and so on. A thick blade like the dumpster mutt definitely does NOT fit that bill.


If you want to pry open car doors and open tin cans, sure a thick knife is what you want - but don't call it bushcraft.