Very good review, thanks for that!

Mine serves me well. That scandi is perfect. The knife and scabbard is perfect.

@westcoastbushcrafters

6 ай бұрын

Thats great!😁👍 How do you sharpen the knife?

Hey Guys, I have not seen many of your videos, but I decided to subscribe today. I have had my eye on this knife (on Lamnia) for some time, and following your video, I have decided not to buy it due to its poor performance. So, thanks for the video. You have saved me some money! Puccini (UK)

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for subscribing, we’re happy that you saved some money. Now we hope you will watch all our episodes and hope you find the right knife to buy. ( maybe it will not be easy) Please let us know 👍🏻

I have used a KS 8 Old fashion for about 3-4 years now and I have used it a lot for camping and wood chopping I have had no issues at all feather sticks or splitting wood for camp fires. It is a big knife so I think you just have to use it as much as possible. For us knife freaks we jump from this knife to that one, If you stick with one knife for a long time you get real good at that knife. I do have a KS 5 because people look at you like you are crazy thinking what in the world is that big knife doing here. Check your knife laws in your city. The KS-5 is my fishing knife. Great knifes Strömeng you can't go wrong here in the U.S Rageweed forge has the best deals and customer service all my Pukko knifes. Just my 2 cents for having used the knife also I would keep the Scandi grind. Cheers from Colorado.

@westcoastbushcrafters

7 ай бұрын

Nice to hear that the Strömeng knives work well for you! haha yeah being a knife freak we jump a lot between knives. Althoug we have our absolut faovourites that are being used intensivly. Next Strömeng knife I will keep the original grind. Cheers and thanks for your comment!

Hello, bushcraft guys! Nice video and I'm glad to see another knife in your show! You loaded him nicely! Good health and i send greetings! 👍🍀🌲🙋‍♀

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for supporting us, fun to see that you are engaged in our channel, that makes us wanna work harder💪🏻

@afprojektcz

9 ай бұрын

​@@westcoastbushcrafters I also thank you for your work, I like it! You're great ! Fingers crossed for success!😉👍🙋‍♀

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

@afprojektcz so nice!🙏 Thanks you so much! Today it is Wednesday which means we are back in the woods for another creation 🥳😁👍

@afprojektcz

9 ай бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters 🙌👍🍀

another great video! been sharing on Facebook repeatedly for you guys!

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

That is very kind of you! Thanks a lot 😁👍!!!

:D great episode!! I really enjoyed it. I love thos traditional knives, our grandfathers knew, what is good ;)

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊. Yeah, they know what they were doing.

You guys videos are really fun. You have a good presentation style. I have three Norwegian knives. Two Helle and one Brusletto double set. So actually four. Thanks 🎸🔪

@westcoastbushcrafters

3 ай бұрын

That is very nice to hear! Thanks a lot!! Which Helle Knives doe you have? Are you happy with those? We really like the Scandinavian style. Cheers!

This was a lot of fun to watch. My next knife purchase will be the Helle Nord. I told a work friend about your channel he’s into bushcraft also. Please have fun in the woods and looking forward to more videos.

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

Writing you straight from the woods😉.. great to hear you enjoyed this episode! Helle Nord is a very nice knife. Cool big dimensions but no overkill. Hope you will like it. Thanks for spreading the word 🥳😁👍 cheers!

The Stromeng 9 is not made for heavy chopping, let alone batoning large chunks of hardwood. It's more for lightweight tasks. Far superior to it is the Terava Skrama. I know it because it so happens, and I have both. Nice video, by the way.

@westcoastbushcrafters

2 ай бұрын

Hi! thanks you so much! Sounds like we have a new knife to test in future. Like you say the Strömeng is great for lite chopping. Would be nice to do a comparison video one day between the 2. Thanks for pointing out the Terava Skrama

Just saw your video popped up in my recommendation. I have the Stromeng 9 too and I totally agree with your findings. It is a decent chopper for clearing trails where I am in tropical Asia where there are a lot of thick undergrowth, but batoning on thicker pieces of wood does hurt the palm quite a bit. Overall, still a nice leuku for clearing thin branches.

@westcoastbushcrafters

6 ай бұрын

Hi! Nice to hear you, as a person with experience with this knife, agree with our findings! 😁 It really is a nice leuku for light chopping tasks👍 Thanks for leaving a comment!

I'm not a big fan of huge knives, they're sometimes impractical and hard to carry deep in the bush. My Helle Nord (recommended by you guys) is as big a knife as I'll take into the bush! Thanks for another great video!

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the episode! We have the problem that we carry always too many knives with us😉. Hope you will enjoy using the Helle Nord😁👍 Cheers!

@runerennemo6614

8 ай бұрын

I think the Helle Nord is too big as well. I rather bring a small handy knife and a small axe/hatchet. I got the Gränsfors mini hatchet, which weighs the same as Nord, but is much more useful.

I have learned that Leuku means chopper in Finnish and Huggare in Swedish but not sure what the Norwegians call it. The Same people presumably also had a saw and an axe with them. Batoning and producing feather sticks are modern stuff. You guys need yo test the Brisa Bigmuk. It outperforms any old Leuku.

@westcoastbushcrafters

9 ай бұрын

Hi As a Norwegian I think we say høgger 😃. Thanks for the advice, we will definitely check out the Brisa Bigmuk. We have it on our wish list.

Its a traditional knife that was not meant for batoning as there was no such thing as batoning when this style of knife was made. It has a only a small thin tang thats pinned into the end handle so the shock you get will be alot if you baton with it.

@westcoastbushcrafters

5 ай бұрын

haha yeah that we noticed:) For chopping it is a great knife!

Have you considered the Mora Wit knife? It is expensive, but I have never experienced a bushcraft knife so versatile before. Really excels at whittling, and is also pretty good at food prep. Better than Mora Lok. It’s lightweight. It is not the best steel, but it is really easy to sharpen. It has become my favorite knife.

@westcoastbushcrafters

8 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for your suggestion 👍 nice to hear that this knife works so well for you. Gets us curious and interested. Cheers!

Beautiful knife but needs a lot of maintenance as it rusts quite quickly ,by the looks of it .Lee

@westcoastbushcrafters

4 күн бұрын

Thats right! But when you love a knife you take good care of it. Cheers!

Guys, even us lunatic American know these knives are originally intended for butchering animals, not splitting wood. I give you points for trying. Thank you

@westcoastbushcrafters

2 ай бұрын

hahaha😂 Thank you! great comment 👍

Jungs ich hab noch nie einen Sami ,einen nenzen Menschen des hohen nordes gesehen der mit seinem wichtigsten Werkzeug so einen dicken holzscheit sehr legen wollte ,Leute ich lernte von den samis wie von den nenzen auf meiner Reise durch die Finnmark das dein Messer dir ,gibt was du zum Leben brauchst.eine Unterkunft wärme Nahrung also sollte man es auch als ein Teil von sich behandeln.

@westcoastbushcrafters

8 ай бұрын

Well written lessons learned. Can read the cohesion between tool and respect regarding its environments. Nice one! We put this knife to a quite hard test. In this case too hard. We respect the knife for its design, history and its function in its habitat and hopefully that was pointed out in this video. Appreciate you sharing your thoughts with us👍!

Nice video lads, I have a Strömeng. Not my favourite leuku to be honest. Seen you guys on Instagram, going to follow you on here too.

@westcoastbushcrafters

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! We understand, we prefer a bit more full tang stability on our knives. But chopping with this knife works so well. What is your favorite Leuku?

Jeg mistenker at det var en kjempefeil å gi den Konveks egg i stedet for Scandi egg som er det originalt. Bedre å teste den orginal i stedet for (er en grunn til at Strømeng gir den den eggen den har.)

@westcoastbushcrafters

8 ай бұрын

Hej! Du har såklart en punkt. Vi hade gärna testat den kniven i orginal egg men grejen är att jag var inte så nöjd med den eggen för några år sen och har slippat om den till convex. Det var före vi startade med kniv testning på youtube. Jag ångrar mig dock inte. Funkar hur bra som helst för chopping som jag använder den kniv mest för. KZread mesigt hade det var roligt att visa denna kniv i original form.

@Xirque666

8 ай бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters Ser den 🙂. Den finnes også som "combat"-knife utgave, i en størrelse mindre: KS8F, laget på oppdrag for de norske spesialstyrkene, da med fungerguard og oljebrent/upolert (svart) blad, litt annen slire pga guarden, men sikrere for militært formål.

@westcoastbushcrafters

8 ай бұрын

@Xirque666 coolt! Kollat upp den och den ser väldigt fint ut. Fin stil liksom. 😁👍

Never understand why you took the scandi grind off it, scandi is the best for woodwork, it would have performed much better, should have tested it before you made the changes

@westcoastbushcrafters

6 ай бұрын

Scandi is the best for woodwork, completely agree on that one👍. With today’s knowledge and experience I would not have modified the blade. Some years before we started this KZread channel I was not that happy with the scandi grind on this knife and wanted to test a convex grind. So unfortunate for this review it was not possible to test it in the original state. It chops really great though even with convex. Really nice swing you have with this knife.

@chriskp

6 ай бұрын

What’s wrong with the convex?

Ask yourself why 99% of machetes are full tang? I would not trust the rat tail tang of this 3 mm industrial leuku blade for hard work.

@westcoastbushcrafters

8 ай бұрын

yeah for hard work like batoning big pieces of wood.. choose a full tang👍