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Boker Plus Los Banos Xs knife
A couple of months ago, law66 showed a picture of a Boker Plus Los Banos Xs knife. I commented on the knife, and said that I liked it. Just a little while later, one of my followers sent me one of those knives. I have used it for a couple of weeks now, and I’m very happy with it.
At first, I didn’t think I would like a non locking knife, but, it has worked really well. The finger choil on it keeps the blade from closing accidentally, which works in conjunction with a stiff back spring. You could make it close in your fingers, if you tried hard enough. You could also cause any lock to fail if you banged on it long enough.
As always, I used it for food prep, which is a great test of cutting ability. It sliced meat with no problem, which I assumed would be the case. Next, I sliced baby bok choy, which gives a bit more resistance. Slicing was no problem and the cuts were clean. I also cut plastic cling film to cover the left overs. For me, it passed the kitchen test. It also cut a bit of paracord while making blue line bracelets. Clean cuts the entire time.
It is a flat folder, so I won’t be using the pocket clip. I think it will eventually find its way into one of my bug out bags. It would also make a great knife for camping. The only thing I would like is a lanyard hole. Other than that, it is a great knife.
Fallkniven F1 Open Top Leather Sheath
Heinnie’s are now stocking the Leather Open Top Sheath for the Fallkniven F1.
This is a sheath some people prefer for bushcraft in the North part of Sweden, as it does not have flaps or straps to get in the way, especially handy if you are using the Fallkniven F1 a lot and constantly re-sheathing and unsheathing the knife.
The Leather Open top sheath has a permanent fixed “Dangler” for riding low on the belt which means you can wear a rucksack belt over the top and still have access to your knife if you need it. It also helps prevent the knife/sheath from digging in to you if you bend or sit and brushes out-of-the-way when moving through heavy vegetation , preventing snagging and noise which is handy if you are hunting. It can also be worn as a tip down neck carry Mors Kohanski style with the addition of some cord placed through the loop directly above the knife, which attaches to the dangler.
Fallkniven F1 Open Top Leather Sheath. There is room on top to get your first finger above the rivet, to aid drawing the F1 knife out of the sheath one handed
The Fallkniven F1 is held in place by friction alone and a vigorous shaking of the sheathed knife hasn’t worked its way loose as yet on mine. That said, pulling the knife from the sheath is not easy one-handed either and the sheath and knife get pulled up together when trying to draw the knife out. However, there is enough room on the top edge of the sheath to use your first finger to hold the sheath and apply leverage to separate the two, not dissimilar to the thumb ramp on the Zytel F1 sheath and just needs a change of technique. The bonus of this method is that as the F1 leaves the open top sheath you already have your fingers wrapped around the handle!
The sheath is sold as an addition only and not sold as a package with the Fallkniven F1 knife, meaning you either have to buy a Fallkniven F1 knife with the closed top sheath a prefered style of David Canterbury) or the Zytel sheath (the latter some people either love or hate) that in many ways is far better sheath for survival/compactness and would be my preference for using the F1 as dual purpose knife. As a survival knife I mount the F1 in the Zytel sheath and the F1 as a Bushcraft knife with the open top leather sheath. Simples!
The Fallkniven leather open top sheath is very good quality leather and construction, that I would have expected to cost more on that point alone. You do have to be careful though, coming from my point of use with the zytel sheath means I have nicked the leather sheath a few times putting the knife back in the sheath, with the four inch razor blade of the F1 and putting it into the sheath at an angle will cut the inside of the sheath up when you are not used to it. This is just user error of course!
This is a great addition to the Fallkniven F1 owner who wants to use the F1 for bushcraft with a traditional looking sheath
Fallkniven F1 Open Top Leather Sheath available in the UK From Heinnie Haynes and at the time of this post is under £19.00 plus P&P
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Prototype Parang and Golok Machete by Perry McGee
Paul from Perry McGee’s National Tracking School discuss some prototype parang and golok machete designs during the 2014 Bushcraft Show, Derbyshire UK
The machete and parang will be available from the Tracking Shop
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Chris Caine Talks About His Survival Knife at the Bushcraft Show 2014
Chris Caine and I talk about the Chris Caine Survival Knife during the Bushcraft Show 2014, Derbyshire UK
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Perry McGee Pro Tracker Mk1
Perry McGee from the National Tracking School talks about some tracking and survival books he has coming out and looks at his Pro Tracking Tool/knife during the Bushcraft Show 2014, Derbyshire UK.
This is my Pro Tracker Mk1
Specs for the Perry McGee Pro Tracker Mk1
- Blade Length – 6.5″ (16cm)
- Total Length – 270mm x 70 mm
- Blade Thickness – 5mm
- Handle Material – Linen Micarta
- Weight – 500g
- Blade Material – EN56
- Hardness – 54 Rockwell
- Coating – DuPont Teflon (Mk2)
- Sheath – Cordura with liner
Each MK 1 Pro-Tracker tool is supplied with the following:
- An instruction document
- A certificate of authenticity
- Tracking cord
- A pace counter
- Cordura protective sheath
- 2 x Measurement probes
- Fire striker and pin
Needless to say this has become my primary knife
Visit The Tracking Shop to purchase the Perry McGee Pro Tracker Mk1 or Mk2
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A great video from Veidemann Bushcraft who shows by adding a Horsetail Lanyard to a typical 4 inch bushcraft knife that you can chop with it.
For stealth camping I typically don’t carry a big knife like a Khukuri, parang or machete, as they are designed for chopping, yet in survival applications where speed is needed, such as making a quick tent-peg to stop a tarp blowing away; then there may be an advantage of chopping over whittling.
It is a simple addition to your knife providing you have a lanyard hole, and it may be possible to use other lanyard set ups too. The amount of cord (parachute cord used in the video) is Two meters so you have a decent and useful length for a bow drill or similar lashings
I love my little Fallkniven F1, but there have been times I wish it could chop, or even slash for collecting grasses
Do you have any similar tips to – How To Chop With A Small Bushcraft Knife that you would like to share if so add them to the comments bellow…
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How to sharpen a Parang
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So simple when you know how.
This will also work for convex edge blades like the Fallkniven F1
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I was woken up early this morning with a package from Nepal. In it the current issue kukri for the Gurkhas serving in Afghanistan.
I used to use a similar knife while I was in the marines and carried a Multitool to go with it and between the there wasn’t a cutting job you could not do. This Afghan model in particular attracted me for its handle as it looks more like a bushcraft knife, but I was also concerned that the traditional style horn handle might be easier to hold than the square western version.
I will obviously do a review of it soon but early cutting tests are more than just good and at the moment I am just getting to know the knife.
The blade is 11 inches long and nearly 1/2 inch thick along its spine. I have already cut a rock that was hidden in the undergrowth and expected to see a ding in the blade but there wasn’t even that, nothing!
My Afghan kukri is here
Quick Update – Khukri on its way
I have been busy behind the scenes, and have some kit to review, and I am also about to purchase a Gurkha’s Khukri a tool that I haven’t used in quite a few years and actually miss I prefer big knives over the smaller 4 inch bladed bushcraft knife. It goes back to being in the forces and having to work quickly, and the need to be able to make shelters, clear woodland, and a mammoth evasion tool etc. I have been looking at quite a few videos about the khukri and I am amazed at how much information is wrong so ill correct a few points on that in a video review
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