Bear Gryills

[bill harrell]

Do you use them for anything else. Like a machete or cutting trees or do you pretty well keep them in reserve.. I always liked the feel of that weight forward design and it doesnt deflect the energy aside on impact. They just seem to.... lack the grace of other weight distributions on the classics. But n real circumstances do you ever try to change your strike in midstream? You seam to have some training here sir. Maybe an interesting thread also

 

[Roninsensei]

The machete is light enough to do the fake or half swing. I use them plenty in the woods here on my property. They work better than the standard Latin ones.

 

[bill harrell]

How large is the handle

 

[Roninsensei]

Between 6 to 8 inches.

 

[bill harrell]

If thats the inside..... thats nice. Some have the handles that are made for chinese hands and i can fit three fingers on the grip.having something made for normal people would be nice.

 

[bubbadreier]

haha I have the same problem Bill. I was blessed/cursed with huge hands.

 

[bill harrell]

I ll say and not to be rude but.....kinda hairy. By the way your avatar looks like he throws poo

 

[bubbadreier]

I am very hairy bill and I take offense to the poo throwing comment... I got over that years ago.

 

[bill harrell]

As he lets a cluster bomb fly

 

[Roninsensei]

lol!!! The owner of coldsteel is a big handed hairy guy as well..

 

[bubbadreier]

The more you talk about them Ronin the more I want to check them out.

 

[Roninsensei]

I've got 30+ years of serious martial arts training and instructing including tactical firearms, knife, machete and tomahawk seminars that I've taught as well. I've been a professional bodyguard for 20 years and have been in executive protection including escorts to Chad, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. I've had to survive nearly unsurvivable situations and I'm willing to bet my life on a coldsteel product. I hope that seals the deal!! lol

 

[bill harrell]

Ro have you ever used any of those bear grilles knives

 

[Roninsensei]

I gave up on Gerber knife products long ago. Several good friends have done reviews of both the pocket knifes and the survival knifes and found them lacking. Main complaints were handles fell apart with heavy use and the blades failed to keep an edge for long. Outside of that haven't had any problems personally I got one from a friend and found the edge retention lacking. The bear grylles knife is a cheaper copy of the LMF 2 Gerber survival knife which I found worked a little better.

 

[bill harrell]

Thanks ro

 

[jayjay1]

Look on e.bay. The prices seem ok ( my opinion fwiw ), but the postage down under is ridiculous.

 

[simoncarriere]

I bought his ultimate knife with the flint, sharpener, whistle, hammer for 45$ at mec and I'm very happy with it

 

[tworoadsonetraveler]

This group got off topic pretty quickly. To be honest, i've checked out the bear grylls stuff. It's not going to be on my list of survival tools. Especially not the knife w/ hollowed out grip/compass. You need a full tang on every blade you carry. That does not have one. Plain and simple, you lost me on that fact alone. As was mentioned above, you're buying a name and not the better quality in that case.