Right after I left Anchorage back in the '80s, my Dad relayed the story of a young couple confronted by a polar bear! Armed only with a knife, the man attracted the bear's attention away from his pregnant girlfriend so she could escape. After they recovered his skeletal remains with his knife they found the bear about 50yds away, slumped over dead... Al Burnett was a bear guide and family friend back then.

@JohnnyDanger36963

2 ай бұрын

why skeletal remains? did the bear eat him?

@scatman8963

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyDanger36963 poor choice of words maybe

@theredflannelchannel7820

2 ай бұрын

He must have been one tough and brave guy! Sorry he ultimately lost his life but that’s what a real man is made of! Someone who isn’t afraid to take on the world’s largest land predator with only a knife!

Now THAT's a hunting story worth telling!

A 400gr projectile traveling at 2700fps has 6473½ ft-lbs of mizzle energy 😳

@peanut3050

3 ай бұрын

ITS A PUSSY GUN THE LOWLY 458WM BEATS IT WITH 500GR NO ONE CARES ITS JUST A SALESMANS STORY--CAUSE YOU SHOUD BUY HIS OVERPRICED KNIFE.

@fruitfarmfords8243

3 ай бұрын

It's no mack, but damn..

@peanut3050

3 ай бұрын

458 HAS 500GR BULLET MORE ENERGY BUT WHO CARES?

@charlessmith4242

3 ай бұрын

@@peanut3050 * Not by a long shot can a .458 Win. Mag. come close to 6473.5 ft. lbs. of M.E. You'll have to up grade to a .460 Weatherby Mag., or a .450 Watts to beat that amount of M.E. The .458 Lott does however come real close.

@user-eg8hb8xt3j

2 ай бұрын

An adrenalized bear is unworldly as to what it can take before it dies

Holy smokes I remember seeing this video when I was a kid and thinking, “wow he handled that like a pro and tried everything to get her to stop”. Haven’t seen that video in ages. Great to actually hear the full story!!!! Thanks guys!!!

Even though this story turned into an advertisement for his knife business, it still was entertaining!

@RonSpomerOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

That's the spirit, Rory. So many are complaining because this wasn't a story about someone stabbing a bear. For my money, coming to hear a story like this is easily worth the $ everyone has paid to watch it. And we get to learn about the latest metallurgy used to make what has proven to be the longest lasting knife edge yet tested.

Dude is an absolute unit

@RonSpomerOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

He is the real deal

@peanut3050

3 ай бұрын

NO-----HE NEVER USED A KNIFE ON A BEAR IN HIS LIFE---JUST A WASTE OF TIME COMMERCIAL.---BAD MOVE FOR RON.@@RonSpomerOutdoors

@FloridaCaptains

3 ай бұрын

Awesome fkin story!!!

@FloridaCaptains

3 ай бұрын

@@RonSpomerOutdoorsdamn sure is buddy

@YasilTorvanna

3 ай бұрын

@@peanut3050this guy gets it

I'm actually shaking after listening to you. It took me back to the jungle in Vietnam on patrol. I might be too old to bear hunt... Thank you my friend.

@wildcat8598

2 ай бұрын

I doubt it’s so much your age. It’s more so the story of your life and what you had to go through already. While my opinion doesn’t mean squat I think you earned your rest brother 👍

i love that. he is a good guy, great ethics. dont kill a bear for nothing, it is a huge animal, it is a hunter just as we are. what a great inspiration of a true outdoorsman 😊👍

@SamuraiAkechi

2 ай бұрын

Right now, in my country, the bear season was expanded, because of more reports on bears coming out to the settlements, killing cattle, dogs, breaking into trash cans and being a threat to people. The amount of hunters is decreasing, and bear license got quite expensive overtime, because nobody shoots bears for anything but trophy value - they're barely edible and infested with parasites. So the bear numbers are growing. Personally I expect the government to place bounty on bears like regional governments place bounty on wolves.

… just call it a knife review with a bear hunt story

@paulvandenberg5341

3 ай бұрын

I think the knife to take to a bear fight should have at least a 30” blade😂

@paulvandenberg5341

3 ай бұрын

Or maybe an 18” double edged blade with an 8’ handle, aka spear.

@Ds07777

2 ай бұрын

Or quit being a baby

@TAR3N

2 ай бұрын

@@Ds07777 tough guy huh….

@a.joegevara3519

2 ай бұрын

I know right? All the talk about the whole event being caught on video...

I’m retired, 81 years old, was a Tool Maker, served an apprenticeship with “Packmayr Gun Works” (L A, CA. 1962/66) Also worked in many Shops & a University, (WSU, Pullman, WA. 4 decades, Mech. Engineering) Was also a dedicated hunter & part time Knife Maker for 5+ decades! Loved making knives!!! Enjoyed the Video very much! All of it! From the Bear Hunt to the knife manufacturing. Thank You Mr Spomer. I’ve read your articles for many years, now enjoy you on KZread. Everything written by you made sense!

@JohnnyDanger36963

2 ай бұрын

what knife do you recommend for bear defense?

@Stigwuzere

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyDanger36963The knife you have on you !!!!

@RonSpomerOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Renef. I lived near Pullman back in the mid 1980s. Did you know G. Hoenig at Packmayr? Gun making genius.

@JohnnyDanger36963

2 ай бұрын

how about alsheimers?

Ask Gene Moe about bringing a knife to a bear fight. He managed to kill a bear with a buck knife. Total badass. He got mangled pretty bad, but lived to tell about it.

@jacobmccandles1767

2 ай бұрын

Ask Chase Dellwo what to do if you don't have a knife.

@davenickname

2 ай бұрын

@@jacobmccandles1767my grandad told me if you're attacked by a tiger you put your hand down its throat, grab its tail from inside and then whip it inside out.

@BeetleBuns

Ай бұрын

​@@davenickname xD

The stories were worth the price of admission but the blade info is priceless. I like this kind of content and would be interested in more like it. Thanks Ron.

I think, I have 5 Knives of Alaska. They are great knives. I have bought a few and gave them away as gifts. Always hear how great they are from the people I gave them to. Take care.

I was watching the video about the bear hunts. When you all started talking knives. I had to stop and think, Knives of Alaska. Heck I own one. Got it from a young guy oh better part of 25 years ago. I keep in the gun case paired up with my best deer gun. Now I know more of it's history. Thanks for making a great knife.

Marvelous storytelling.

Fantastic video. Charles is def the guy you want on a brown bear hunt. Cool, calm and collected. The knife portion was excellent as well. My biggest fear, however, is losing a knife in the field. Accordingly, I bought a Benchmade in bright orange. Haven't lost it yet.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Excellent point, Scott. the only thing sillier than a camo knife handle is a camo flashlight! Except a brilliant idea for manufacturers because wanna be rugged outdoorsmen fell for it. This is USA where looks trump performance too often. But hey, it's a free country and if buying things for their "look" makes one happy...

I have a little Knives of Alaska knife. It was given to me by a taxidermist from Anchorage in 2000. It was one he used here in South Africa on a hunt. This was a great episode.

Ok the knife nerd in me is loving this stuff

I was in a small gun shop when an old German who worked in the oilfield came in and commenced this story: "I vuss checking on a gas well undt I saw a black bear cub yust before I heard a grunt undt saw a black bear sow charging. It vuss a goodt sized bear, about three hundredt fifty poundce. My rifle vuss in ze truck but I had a goodt big knife on my belt undt I used it to defendt myzelf mit slashing. I don't know how I climbed ze fence because normally I couldn't clamb zat fence forwardt but zummhow I climbed it bakwards mit a knife in one hand undt I got my rifle undt shot ze bear. Undt now I smell zummthing like shit, undt I looked in my pantss, undt there vuss shit!"

I love this show, and appreciate this story! Great interview Ron and Charles, cheers from South Carolina.

This is the caliber of information that I have come to cherish from Ron. They're getting into material grain structure!

Just wanted to say …I really enjoyed this vid, great story. Thanks for the info on the knives, very interesting. Charles is such a character.

60 miles an hour is 88 feet per second - that's what they teach you when you are getting ready for your driver's test. A brown bear can run faster than 30 miles an hour - that's over 44 feet per second. 44 feet is near 15 yards - most of a house length. In 1 second. Not enough time to pray; barely enough time to aim and pull. I'd rather make the choice at, say, 150 yards. From inside a Humvee . . . It's said they can run down a horse - horses can run faster, but not for as long. Not only that, but they can also outrun a horse initially, because they accelerate like a bullet. While a quarter horse can run the 100 meters in 6.8 seconds (the record), bears are faster off the line than that - although they can't catch a quarter horse once it gets going (top speed of a quarter horse is 55 mph). But that's not the whole story. The utterly insane thing about bears is their endurance. Bears can maintain their speed - 25 to 35 mph - for 2 miles. 2 consecutive 2 minute miles. By then, a typical horse has run out of steam. Bears are absolutely phenomenal animals.

I feel like the bear hunt stories and the video of the close call was worth it to sit through the knife advertisement this video turned into but I also learned some things about knives I didn’t know so that was cool too. Think I may be buying a new knife soon as I already took a break from the video to go to both websites and already have my eye on one of his auto folders😂

Thanks for the interview, Charles Allen and Ron, both the stories and the info of the Alaska/Diamond knife brands.

What a great bear story. When I was a youngster I did a backpack trip in interior Alaska. Saw bears and paw prints. Those bears are huge. I was nervous for the whole time, but had no problems. I did a lot of singing as I walked.

Both these gentleman look as rugged as the Rockies and tough as steel.

I carry a stag gripped Cold Steel Trailmaster on my off side, and a big bore revolver on my strong side. When I'm in bear country. Both of these are a back up to my rifle. I hope I never have to go to it; but its there if I need it.

Absolutely one of your most informative and powerful videos yet. Charles was a great guest to have. I am a former Alaska native here and I miss it dearly. I was a Scout up there and you don't screw around. You earn your patches and you earned everything, no substitutes back in the mid 70's. A Scout's motto is to always be prepared. I couldn't remember half the knots that I learned to tie, fish traps, safe houses from sow moose during calving season, etc. I had at least a half a dozen knives around for different purposes. I'm still purchasing knives today! Exciting and a memorable video Ron. Thank you. 👍

Thank you both.

Thanks!

Man oh man! This was a GREAT episode, Ron! 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯

Impressive Ron! Thank you for sharing! I wouldn't want to be in that situation.

I've been patiently waiting for a knife video from you, definitely would love to see more!

He tells everyone to run... And the camera man simply sets up for the perfect take!

This was a great show! A fantastic storyteller!

I've encountered two of these big brown 's fully mounted. Looking them over is impressive, the teeth, claws, and massiveness is humbling. Each time I listen to the encounter it takes back the Black Death Cape Buffalo shot Alen Duckworth accomplished on film. Good work!

This man s a living legend

Fantastic story I enjoyed listening in on this conversation very much I’ll be having a look around at diamond blade knives

Great show and great information on his knives. I need some 🤠

Is the footage y’all showed the same footage he’s talking about? In the video the bear charges and then turns around and runs away, then collapses a bit later. They way he made it sound was that he shot it and it dropped instantly, as it was charging him.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

Maug, I suspect the bear fell at the shot, unseen under that roll of hill, bounced up and dashed her death run as shown. But even if not, I"m not going to second guess the recollection of a man who lived through that experience.

I spent 85 bucks on a caping knife.way to hard.the edge would actually flake off.i gave it to some kid.went back to my 12 dollar old timer fixed blade.never looked back

I can't even imagine how scary that was. I do think Mr. Allen needs to watch his own video again to refresh his memory on how the bear reacted to the shot lol. No hate from me, I have no doubt some of my hunting stories have morphed a bit over the years. My personal "bear knife" is a Kabar Becker BK7 because its the biggest, longest and strongest blade I can manipulate quickly. I have a BK9 but it's to heavy for me to manipulate fast enough to fight with.

Awesome

I like the clever idea on Alaskan knife round top good skinner

Another great video Ron !

I bought my buddy a KoA muskrat a few years back and he is always bragging on how great a skinning knife it is

Great show and awesome knives!

R.S.O. --- Very good guest, and good hunting/shooting account. Good looking and functional knives. I lived in Alaska for five years, and bears are unpredictable. There were Blackies and Brown (Grizzly) bears in the area. Make noise and they often will go away. Surprise them, and they often will charge. One night I heard grunting and small growl sounds. Turned off the lights and went to my closet and loaded my Sako AV , .300 Win Mag., and loaded my 12-gauge pump shotgun with slugs and my wheel gun just in case it came into the place...(( Mobile homes are not very thick or strong )) ... Bear left my place, but I kept the guns loaded all night. In the morning, I went outside, and my trash can was smashed flat. My neighbor said: "We had a bear here last night"... it was on my porch grunting, so I turned on the porch light and started banging two pans together and yelling "Go Away Bear!" and it trotted off into the bushes." Be prepared because you never know. {The Alaska State Troopers carry 12-gauge slide-action (pump-action) shotguns loaded with 12-gauge rifled slugs for Bear control.}

Great story!

Wow incredible stories and invaluable lessons! And I thought I had a good bear story with the tomahawk I brought on a bear hunt!

What an experience! Thanks for sharing!

Great story. I understand the memory frame by frame...I was chased by a bull moose and each time I looked over my shoulder at it I could see that damned beard thing on its neck flopping from side to side. I got away but not until after a long run...

I've heard a few situations like this in my land and I am from Bosnia and Herzegownia, a lot of hunters had some situation with the bear, because you are almost every weekend somewhere in the wild, so it must happens sometimes... Nice Video, I couldn't see the bear, never, I saw just the tracks in the snow, so I knew that he was there around me somewhere, I was kid maybe 10,11 years old without gun of course. In our land we do have brown bears, lynxes and wolves, so there is a lot of animals to see..

Choosing the G10 knife insert handle raises the price of the "Surge" knife from $299 to $425. Are G10 inserts that expensive? If so, why? What's so special about them? I had confidence in the $299 until I saw the markup on the G10 inserts. If I am wrong, please someone tell me why.

@theKashConnoisseur

3 ай бұрын

Injection molding is cheap, and the materials are inexpensive. G10 is more expensive, and it either needs to be machined or needs to be hand finished on some abrasives. In either case, that's paying those skilled workers a US market wage, which drives up the cost to produce, and thus the cost for you to buy. But G10 is also a more "premium" material, less suited to messy field work and more for looking good. And so you might be paying a luxury tax as well. By choosing options less suited for a hard use knife that should be easy to grip when wet and easy to clean, you're telling the company that you might be a "knife aficionado" and not just a discerning outdoorsman looking for a well built tool.

great story, nice guy, amazing knives. 😀

This guy has become a Legend.

The sheer power of the Bear being stopped that suddenly was completely arrested by the force of the perfect power of the rifle you used with the 411 round. What an incredible story.

*Question* I am setting up my 7 prc rifle to use Leupold custom dials. I want to use either a 160 gr copper bullet such as the Barnes lrx or the new hornady cx . Or would you go with the 160 nosler partition or accubond bullet. The rifle will only be used to hunt moose or black bear. I will be hunting in Maine or New Hampshire. So the longest distance would be out to 300 yards.

I was born and raised in Fairbanks Ak and truly enjoyed your guest speaker. Wow! What a tough guide. I wonder if he ever met a guide in Alaska named Hal Waugh?

Great interview.

Remarkably cool under pressure and I like his choice of rifle and calibre

I see that you use D2 steel. I wonder what you could do with CPM Magnacut?

@litsci4690

2 ай бұрын

Make a more expensive knife, lol.

Great video and appreciate it. Also good information.

@peanut3050

3 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO IF YOU LIKE THE OLD MANS COMMERCIAL

@gusloader123

2 ай бұрын

@@peanut3050 Jealous because he makes good knives, and you buy the cheap trash from communist China?

It's amazing how fast and how clear you can think and judge the time that you have remaining. Ask me how I know

@robertbarnum7541

2 ай бұрын

If you retell to some one, even an "expert", everything that went through your head in even 1 second, they won't believe it. Unless they have gone through a life-or-death situation themselves.

@JohnnyDanger36963

2 ай бұрын

are you talking about that time you snuck up on a cheeseburger?

@jamesflake6601

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnnyDanger36963 I'm talking about the time I was over at your mom's house

Loved this episode

Very cool, its the first time I've seen using a dedicated knife for the initial incision. Good info! I would love to see the bear attack video too!

Good, Thx

Great story

@peanut3050

3 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO IF YOU LIKE THE OLD MANS COMMERCIAL

@Music-lx1tf

3 ай бұрын

@@peanut3050 Given what the old man had done? I think he deserves a commercial and what would you have done in the same situation?

@charlessmith4242

3 ай бұрын

@@Music-lx1tf * He would feed the best a peanut. Lol.

@gusloader123

2 ай бұрын

@@peanut3050 Peanut is a good name for you yaa jealous pea brain.

Great story, thanks Allen and Ron!!! On May 20, 2022 my wife and I had an unfortunate encounter with a black bear that came into our home after we tried yelling out our window to scare it off. I ended up fighting with the bear while my wife was able to grab a kitchen knife. She stabbed the bear, which got it off of me, and I was able to retrieve my 9mm handgun to shoot and kill the bear. Our DNR was very helpful with the while incident and I was able to get the bear back to do a skull mount and tan the hide. Story of a lifetime!!!

PS . The way things are going,it might not be a bad idea for anybody & everybody to know how to harvest an animal and be able to clean it & eat it. You might not be somewhere like Alaska & have all the big animals available but there is some game to eat about everywhere I can think of. Someone correct me if I’m wrong. For instance,my brother and sister inlaw got involved with animal rescue at some point,not exactly sure of when or how but right after they graduated from school,got married and were starting their carrier,buying 1st house ext…they got a call about 2 little yorkies or silkies or whatever the breed is called. They were brothers. The dogs were pretty healthy for their age(over 10 years old)& circumstances.they were living in Charleston SC,the dogs had been living in a city,I want to say Atlanta GA.?..a city,I know that much… the dogs had belonged to a older homeless gentleman..he almost made it through a particularly rough winter,staying warm under bridges and wherever he could..he had a massive heart attack and died.when they found him the dogs were still on leashes attached to his wrists.According to the other rescue ppl who met my brother and sister 1/2 way with the dogs,he had a cast net in his back pack and was known to,on a regular basis,spread out crackers,bread,popcorn or whatever he had,waited for some pigeons to come to the bait and then put the net on them. In France and other places,they call that squab and charge good $ for it in restaurants. I have had pigeon and it is very good. Like a big dove. Maybe even a little better ..the point is,where there’s a will,there’s a way..take care of yourself ,family,friends and your neighbors . Over& out..

Great video and great story

@peanut3050

3 ай бұрын

GREAT VIDEO IF YOU LIKE THE OLD MANS COMMERCIAL

@gusloader123

2 ай бұрын

@@peanut3050 Do you think that using all capital letters makes your stupid posts more important?

That was an amazing scary story😮

Rockwell 65-70??? Good luck sharpening that knife ...holy hell

Ron, I enjoyed reading the articles of Jon R. Sundra, whose ... Complete Rifleman series was wonderful. I haven't seen any work from him for years. Do you know what happened to him? Thanks.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

John is still kicking and, I'm pretty sure, penning the occasional piece.

In Romania hunters have a saying that the bear knife is made of wood. It's supposed to screpe the sh*t off your underware after the bear has left.

Great story, great advertisement. Enjoyed the chat.

Good bear story,like the metallurgy & design ,but I really like the idea of all that healthy meat in the freezer.

What's his opinion on D2 ?? I have several D2 custom knives, and I find D2 is my favorite, Byron Falkner built it for me and it bad ass knife. Have a Randall #3 - 5 inch I love as well but it's not D2 , just carbon blade

@litsci4690

2 ай бұрын

D2 is a very old steel, which has been greatly outclassed by more modern ones. It will still cut, however.

He keeps talking about the video , but for some reason they didn't show it.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

Rycallter, that bear attack video begins playing at 6:15 on my screen.

What a wonderful gentleman Charles Allen is and what an amazing true story! I remember seeing this video of the take down, and agreeing that it was most certainly a justified takedown! So sorry for the cub, to lose it's mother. As for the mother, she was doing what instinct told her! If only she had realized that this gentleman had no intention of harming her!

@RonSpomerOutdoors

2 ай бұрын

It's always sad to have to kill in self defense, but biologists have learned that more bear cubs are killed annually by boar bears (and often wolves) than bullets. The larger issue is that Alaska maintains/protects wild habitats so that bears and all other native species can continue to thrive.

In some german castles/museums you can see spears , similar to boarspear, called Bäreneisen.

Amazing story. Gene Moe used a Buck 110 and a stout left hook to kill an Alaskan brown bear back in the 90s. Can’t argue with the 110 after that!

I made a knife once with some kind of spring steal.bar stock . WS good enough for sombody to steal.was lots of fun.

I'm imagining a full 80's action sequence. They are circling each other with dramatic music. The guy tossing the knife between his hands just waiting for attack.

Beautiful knives and absolute legends. Enjoy your content but title on this one is a bit misleading.

@RonSpomerOutdoors

3 ай бұрын

Perhaps, Jace, but we didn't say Using a Knife in a Bear Fight. The knife was at the fight, and then did the skinning after the fight. I felt the story and information made the interview worth the cost of admission. Would you agree?

@Jacemang_Outdoors

3 ай бұрын

@@RonSpomerOutdoors I agree, great stories from experienced outdoorsmen. Your audience appreciates you, we will continue to watch your content and show support without clickbait titles.

But what a skilled stud, thank god he had the right tool for the job

It beats a spoon! 😂

On your cleaver knife, it would be great to add a point on the very end of the Tang, that would stick out past the handle, so since the blade section is missing a point, you now still have a point that can be used with that knife, so that knife now has more capabilities of a normal knife, with every feature of every knife. 🤠👍

8.5 ft bear how much did it weigh?

As someone who lived in Alaska for over 20 years I promise this was not intentional but sometimes things happen. Definitely not a Cheechako

Only a K-Bar.

(18:06) Brown Bear Cleaver Discussion

Fix bayonet. You know the pointy knife attached to the barrel usually. I think I've seen shotguns also with the bayonet. Might be something to really think about..

I have several KOA knives. They are very nice.

One of the last of the real men.

Bringing a grizzly bear to a knight fight! Claws and Teeth against Bowie Knife! Bet on the Grizzly any time!🇨🇦😄

Where did the knife come in?

I’m looking at his webpage now . Very reasonably priced

I think we are in the golden age of edged tools and weapons

@robertbarnum7541

2 ай бұрын

I find that there is some undefinable beauty in the spectrum of high hrc low dps blades that have unfolded, and are unfolding, before us.