Ahhhhh, sometimes I’m so tired to be wise. I try in fact to be wise any hour of my life, but being wise is just…well, you know.
I know, I know…doing bushcraft and using a knife in the bush is matter of being precise, humble, prepared, silent…just like Ray Mears i.e.. And I agree, completely, believe me. But how funny is to use a knife in the bush being arrogant, beating like a jackhammer (especially if is not my own knife) on the blade and doing a lot of noise…just like Bear Grylls <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

And that’s was I done, at least for two days, testing this Bushtool II by R. Evans




The knife is the 2nd generation of the very first Bushtool (that I own): it’s very similar, just a bit shorter on the blade and whit a third hole in the handle (done to adjust a screw, I didn't used it)




Ok, weather is good enough today


That’s a war area, on the WWI that was a fighting zone, still today it’s possible to see hundreds of bomb’s craters


My first test is carving woods, nothing special


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well done, I just would like the blade 2mm thick instead 3 mm for carving, it will be perfect for this kind of jobs.

Next, we’ll move on a small lake’s area
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Lots of woodpecker here
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I want to cut a wood just batoning, again a la Bear Grylls, using another piece of woods as a hammer
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No problem at all, the cutting ability of this knife is great.

to be continued...