In my opinion you've identified very useful choices. I also find your attention to detail very informative i.e. ergonomics, blade steels, sharpening tips, & sheath systems. [I would have appreciated the addition of either links or directions to some of the sheath aftermarket accessories as well.] I have 4 out of five of your choices and have also replaced or modified each original sheath to make it fit my personal needs. Strong video! 👏

I like the video. You can tell that you really use your knives and they're not just show pieces. I've been in the jungles in Panama and I've been in the temperate rainforest up in the Pacific Northwest. My main tool up there was the good old Ontario machete but I did carry a mora garberg as a utility knife

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks! Some are more used than others! And yes, my Parang is my main big knife, supplemented by one of these belt knives and a folder or SAK. Thanks for your comment!

a big knife can mostly do what a small knife does, but not the other way around. big knives for me, nice collection, great vid thanks for sharing.

@urbanknifeguy

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for Sharing

@urbanknifeguy

18 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Good line up, Those would really come in handy in the bush.

Me, i like the combination of big(Parang) and small Blades (and maybe a pocket Knife) In old German words we call it“ Waidbesteck“ Very well proven 👍🏻 But kinda bulky and heavy.😉

@urbanknifeguy

23 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Hi, I have a mora campanion and a mora 2000, i found that the working knives have a rounder grip, just like my favourite opinel, the handle is round and very comfortable for long projects.

Nice video I like the number of TOPS knives you have here. The Brakimo is my edc knife. It was made for use in the jungle (I’m sure you already know that). I want to get a Yacare eventually. But until then, my Armageddon will do. In fact, it’s my absolute favorite knife of all time. I had a Recon Scout almost 20 years ago and gave it to a friend as a wedding present. Really wish I still had it. It’s a fantastic knife.

All good blades that would have advantages in a jungle environment due to the materials ,as a part of your "3 knife system" for jungle tools I have heard of in other vids and it is nice to see a couple of my favourite Mora's in there .All in all good practical choices .Thank you .

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and your comment!

I stand in your side Mr.Giraldo.Agree for your opinion👍

Nice presentation. In the process of making a knife cut better, first thing we need to address is blade geometry. After this we move to honing and then we end up with stropping. This is done basically in order to remove the wire edge. I suggest you start using Spyderco Sharpmaker. With this, I have reprofiled really large chopping knives. Even made a Fox Ryu made out of Niolox, really razor sharp in a pinch.

i love the fact that folks are removing the top guard. looks like a good mod. nice video, thanks man.

Very good bush crafting knives. Don’t know about jungle knives.

they all look ready for adventure

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I like all your rigs and I am sure they all have their uses. I am enjoying my Joker Nomad XL in the Canadian forests. Cheers.

@urbanknifeguy

20 күн бұрын

Nice! Thanks for watching!

I own quite a few fixed blades, but in the end I like my Kabar Becker BK16

nice picks. i live in a jungle town in northern Thailand in the mountains. the Moras do a good job because they are very corrosion resistant and can be sharpened on the go. do you know the Eafengrow fixed blade series EF121 to EF145 ? it's own designs with real steels and many videos on youtube. i checked some of them out and they do the job.

I too run a three blade system. I always have a Leatherman and a fixed blade on me; Tops HOG 4.5, Bradford Guardian 5.5, or White River Ursus 45. I live in forests in the Rocky Mountains, so a tomahawk is more practical third option for me. CRKT Kangee actually does surprisingly good, and it is always strapped to my A-to-B Bag. It looks like you have a system that works for you. I enjoy seeing other enthusiasts talk about their tools. I try to explain why I have so many knives to my wife, but she doesn't care.

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing! I am not familiar with the Bradford Guardian. But yes, everyone's environment and activities will necessitate different tools.

@MTMILITIAMAN7.62

Ай бұрын

@urbanknifeguy O, you definitely have to check out Bradford. They are a semi-custom knife maker out of WA. Different sizes, steels, handle scales; 3V, Magnacut, 390, G10, Micarta, or carbon fiber, etc. I work for Proof Research, so I have grown fond of the look and feel of carbon fiber. I got the 5.5 with the full flat grind in DLC'd 3V with carbon fiber handle scales and the kydex sheath. I am very happy with it. Only my DLT exclusive Ursus 45 in 3V sees more use, because I have a slight preference for the size and the contour of the White River's fuller grip as I am 6'6" and 270, with the bear-sized paws to match. You mentioned one of your grips being a little too big for your hands, so the 3D printed scales on the Guardians would probably be perfect for you as they are just a small for me.

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

@@MTMILITIAMAN7.62 thanks. I will check them out! Appreciate it!

I always carry a real nice folding saw when I'm deer hunting. Helps to clear small trees out of the way.

@Swearengen1980

Ай бұрын

The Silky Outback also goes through bone pretty easily, perfect folding saw for a hunter. It stays in my pack.

Ahahaha jungle knives ahahaha Sir, with all due respect to you and with the due knowledge that I have from having been born and raised in the Amazon jungle, without being Tarzan or an expert in survival, I assure you that your knives are useful but not enough, there are only two tools made for jungle, the ax and the machete, thank you for your videos

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment! You are right. Which is why the fixed blade is only 1/3 of my 3-knife system for the jungle that I've spoken out before many times. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lnihrs2hnae2l6w.htmlsi=RDHTSf_U6ci-kzbf

@beentheredonethat5908

Ай бұрын

Facts! As a mountain man , I can tell you a knife is a great tool, but alone , it's going to very little. An axe I'd absolutely needed, and a machete is best, I large strong knife may work if you really knkw what your doing , but it will be difficult, so I'm sire a jungle would be even worse!

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

@beentheredonethat5908 Absolutely, which is why I subscribe to the 3 knife system for the jungle. 4.5" to 6" for a belt knife and my parang as my main large knife. I don't use a hatchet as we don't need firewood in this climate.

@mikeburrill779

Ай бұрын

That has to be the best comment I have ever seen. I have been to Brazil not the Amazon. But yeah they had machete and that's it. In the country

@Swearengen1980

Ай бұрын

@@urbanknifeguy A parang is not a "main large knife"

Good video 👍

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

Nice blEiiiids👍.

@urbanknifeguy

21 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I also use the 3 knife system where my SAK is more the tool knife and last resort but I sometimes also bring a Leatherman. My small camp knife has to be compact, lightweight, stainless steel, good slicer and easy to clean and also the sheath must be easy to clean. Most of it's use is gonna be food prep, uncluding gutting fish and butchering small game, or delicate work like in making traps. I don't live in the jungle but visited several times in Colombia and Thailand. Of course in the jungle you will want a machete but I don't bring one. I just go to the local hardware store and buy a local one. The Mora Garberg is not a good slicer, the blade on the Lionsteel is to broad, the Tops BOB has to aggresive jimping, The Brakimo has the wrong steel for the jungle and the Cold Steel Rekon is just to big and heavy so I would go with the Mora Companion in stainless steel. If I would live there and didn't have to worry about customs confiscating my knife I would probably use my Fallkniven R2 Scout in Elmax steel. They now also have the Fallkniven F1 in Elmax steel but I don't have that one yet. Every time I visited the jungle I brought a cheap Hultafors RFR or Mora 546 Basic and combined with the local machete did everything I needed to do very well.

I Really love the Tops Bob Setup. I only Miss the (leather)Dangler Loop for More flexibility 😉

@urbanknifeguy

23 күн бұрын

Thanks!

It would be interesting if you tested out an australian SAS recommendation of using secateurs for jungle use.

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

I have not. I am wondering if that is more got to do with being stealth than a utility need.

@alimfuzzy

Ай бұрын

@@urbanknifeguy not sure. he just did a gear review and said it works well... makes sense to me snip and it's done, it's what i use when gardening. I was thinking it might work better with vines that would just swing when hit with a machete, but I don't know. I've never been in the jungle.

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

@alimfuzzy They definitely can cut. But if one were to clear a trail or "bash" through a Jungle, the parang or machete would be the choice. The shears would just take too long which is why I think it is more for being sheath. I can see it working on really thick vines or roots but I don't have such thick vines here, at least the areas I were in. And if so, I would probably just go around them, rather than through them.

Nice knives I personally would choose an axe and a machete ✌️🇺🇸

@urbanknifeguy

17 күн бұрын

Great choices! For me, one of the these knives are always paired with a parang and folding saw as part of a 3-knife system. Thanks!

@jrbarilla

17 күн бұрын

@@urbanknifeguythose will work One of my largest gripes is the person with the one knife solution to all environments and tasks and enters those scenarios knowingly As a fully disabled veteran with SERE qualification I will always advise against it Right tools for the job ✌️🇺🇸

Just subbed brotha! I just started trying to make videos myself

@urbanknifeguy

24 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thanks and I wish you all the best!

@SteinzVsKnives

24 күн бұрын

@@urbanknifeguy thank you so much!

Let's custom victorinox spartan titanium scales.🤤

Who makes the custon Sheaths?

@urbanknifeguy

27 күн бұрын

Meran Knives out of Kuala Lumpur.

The Knife in the center, what is it? Kydex factory or custom? I like the sheath. Yeah, jungle knives are huge lol

@urbanknifeguy

22 күн бұрын

The main sheath is the Tops original sheath. But the SAK and ferro rod holders are custom by sheath maker in Malaysia.

@christianrink1891

22 күн бұрын

@urbanknifeguy KNAFS Lulu MagnaCut Scandi is a little bushcraft knife designed in a South American jungle. I have the black one. Look in to it, the back story too. Got a name for Malaysian guy?

@urbanknifeguy

22 күн бұрын

@christianrink1891 OK thanks! Google Meran Knives. He has a Facebook page.

Ever tried "Terävä" knives? From Finland.

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

I've heard of them but never handled one.

@Pterodactylus548

Ай бұрын

@@urbanknifeguy Steel (80CrV2, 59 HRC) needs regular maintenance. It's well balanced allaround tool. Lot like mora, but tougher, sturdier - well basically made for use.

Did you build the SAK camper sheath? If you bought it can you let me know where? Thanks!

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for asking. Unfortunatelt, the Camper sheath is custom made by a Kydex sheath maker in Malaysia but not available off the shelf, so to speak.

Those look like they are all brand new. Do you even use them in the jungle?

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thank you for the compliment!

Need a cutting system for the jungle. One of your knives and a machete…like your parang.

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

💯 I adopt the 3 Knife System. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lnihrs2hnae2l6w.html Thanks for watching!

Personally, i would never purchase or own any scandi grind knife. Ever. Nor any knife with holes in the blade. If i was given them, i would immediately get rid of them. Also, Edge retention is of utmost importance. To handle sharpening issues, I use diamond hones, then high end stones. Also, i wouldn't carry or own a fixed blade under 5in. Additionally, i appreciate thicker blade stock as a rule. 1/8 in is too thin for a fixed blade in my opinion. 5-6mm or greater thickness is what i look for, especially for the larger blades where tremendous leverage/force can be generated. For sheaths, my personal preference is kydex, especially in hot wet environments. All that to say, Of your 5 choices, the Cold Steel Recon scout would be my favorite. Personally, i carry the Cold Steel Trailmaster.

@urbanknifeguy

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Do you Life in de Jungle ? Realy

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

I am not sure where you got that information so it is strange to answer that question. 🤣

go in rain forest you need a parang

@urbanknifeguy

21 күн бұрын

Yes, as stated in the video! Thanks!

The one thing I don't like about top knives is their jumping is made for nephilims😢

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

That's why I had them ground down to be less aggressive 🤣

@Puffinstuff316

Ай бұрын

I think you’re right!!

Jungle knife😂😂😂😂

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Not as funny as Bushcraft Knives.

I don't see a jungle knife in the whole mess

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Everyone has the right to their opinion. Thanks for watching!

I have Ka-Bar knives that put those knives to shame those are Bushcraft knives and I also have buck knives as far as I'm concerned buck and Ka-Bar knives are two of the best ones out there for as long as they've been out there on the market your video is not that good show me some real survival knives the knife Guru

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your opinion!

@The_RC_Guru

Ай бұрын

Haaaaahaha those buck and ka-bar knives are junk, soft steel, partial tang, overpriced crap if they get actually used for much beyond buttering bread.

@jamessmlth1266

Ай бұрын

What would you know about knives I've been around a long time I'm a Navy veteran and I know my knives you think you're funny huh I'd pay for quality not junk

@The_RC_Guru

Ай бұрын

@@jamessmlth1266 you think you’re the only older guy w experience on here ?! Haha. Your mind is so closed my bet is on you don’t have an honorable discharge or any experience at all based off just your first comment to this KZreadr. There’s so much better quality stuff out there than what you said. Sure it’ll help you stay alive out in the wilderness but so will everything this fella had here and most is better quality than a Chinese buck or a kabar. “Military Grade” is just the cheapest barely working stuff. You ought to know that. Hell the HARBOR FREIGHT $25 knockoff buck 119 literally has been hardness tested and brutality tested to be better and more durable than the buck. Many of today’s offerings are worlds better than the old when it comes to putting them to hard use. I have some classic stuff but wouldn’t ever go be hard on it. Besides 99.5% of people buying all this survival stuff will never see a day of their life depending on it. You came in on this polite fairly knowledgeable fellas video full of hate, dissention, and vitriol claiming worse knives were better than what he’s showing out of nowhere. You coulda just kept on moving. I absolutely love the high road reply he had for you.

@jamessmlth1266

Ай бұрын

I won't even respond to that you're a smartass and a jerk @@The_RC_Guru you just ramble on you very funny

hablas mucho y no dices nada,te lo inventas todo

@urbanknifeguy

8 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

FAKE

@urbanknifeguy

8 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 Even funnier.

I went to the military jungle survival school many years ago. And these knives are mostly useless. You have no clue what you’re talking about and the material stuff means jack squat. A machete, small wide blade axe, and a survival knife in that order.

@urbanknifeguy

21 күн бұрын

I think you need to watch the video in its entirety...

THIS IS HOW YOU LET EVERYOME LMOW JOW STUPOD YOU ACTUALLY ARE!! FJBnU2

@urbanknifeguy

Ай бұрын

At least I can spell.