you will grt a great knife, will it fill the need you think it will, that is for you decide. but it'll be a great knife and congrats on the busse, now the waiting games begins, and that's half the fun

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.

Also know the difference between a "bushcraft knife" and a survival knife.

If you are only going to carry a single blade, you are more likely to want something beefy like the BOSS Street because you're staking everything on that one blade.


On the other hand, "traditional" bushcraft generally goes under the assumption of carrying three blades - an ax, a belt knife, and a pocket knife. I personally prefer to replace that ax with a chopper knife, which I find to be more versatile, but I've almost always got all three on my person when I venture into the woods.


If you're going into the woods with just one bladed tool on your person, you need to ask yourself what tasks you will be hoping to accomplish with that blade, and choose accordingly. If only carrying one knife, I'd be far more likely to choose something larger than the BOSS Street, so it could carry out bigger jobs than the BOSS Street is suited for.

And if carrying two, a BOSS Street still probably wouldn't be in the running, because I would want something with a better balance of weight to slicing ability for my smaller knife.




But all of that is tempered by the way *I* personally use knives. No one can answer that question for you, because your skill set and your needs from a knife are likely to be different from mine. Mine is also based on a decade or two of using knives a lot, so I've had plenty of time to develop my own preferences.

I think it's safe to assume when someone asks if a knife is good for "bushcraft" they most likely have little bushcraft experience. I'm not saying that as an insult to anyone, it's just that wouldn't someone who practices bushcraft (in the traditional way that James pointed out) know a good knife when they see one?

My point was that when someone asks about bushcraft it's nice to know what they interpret the definition to be. I like the word, but I don't use it to describe what I do in the woods because I define bushcraft in the same manner as James does. And like everyone else here, what works for me has been tried and tested by me (even thought I seem to always be improving my personal outdoor activity system) and the tools I use help me to have an enjoyable experience while in the woods.

It all comes down to getting out there and trying it out. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

ooh, ok. Yeah Im not gonna cancel the order <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Man, I have almost ZERO bushcraft experience. I mean I havent even built a fire by friction yet. But a big part of that is that I didnt have a good knife. And thats why I asked whether it would be good or not for bushcraft, because I dont get out that much. And what III mean by bushcraft is just one knife, a sharpener, firesteel, and a pot and some paracord, and basically just making a shelter and cooking any game I may have caught, and making some carvings and a fire etc...

I was thinking that as a survival knife it would do a good job because the blade length is the same as both Ray Mears knife and the Bear Grylls knife.

ANd I like to think that they know what they are talking about.

Yeah man, and youre the one to thank, really it was your comments that made it.

(The one about if shtf youd grab a boss street instead of s5le or something like that)

Ray Mears, yes.... Bear, not so much....


Or, rather, if he DOES know what he's doing, it isn't apparent from his idiotic show.


You can certainly build a fire and skin game and so forth with a BOSS Street. I'd just prefer a thinner and better balanced knife to accomplish those tasks.



And there's a lot more to the suitability of a knife to a given task than its length. Trying to compare based on that one little detail isn't going to do you much good. Balance, ergonomics, edge geometry, versatility of grips, placement of choils and guards, and many other factors will contribute. Since you have little experience in these things, it's tough to figure out what your preferences are.



The good news is, even after you use your BOSS Street, you will likely be able to sell it for at least what you paid for it. So use it, beat on it, try it out, and then you'll have a better understanding of what you prefer.


And while you are at it, buy a $10 Mora, to compare against the BOSS Street. They are two extremes in terms of style and design, and should give you a good feel for your preferences, without spending much extra money.

Man VS Wild is hilarious <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

YEah thanks for the tip, Ill try to do buy a mora.

Also, Do you think boss streets are going to be offered in different handle materials??