I absolutely love my Schrade 37! It was my first bushcraft knife that my wifey bought me for my birthday 5 years ago and can't say a bad thing about it! Absolutely awesome knife! I have processed tons of fire wood with mine and love it! Thanks a bunch for sharing your knife with us! Watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada! Cheers, Kimmers and Jerbs #22ADAY I'll never quit 👍🏼🇺🇸🔥🔪🔥🇨🇦👍🏼
I have a 37... took a beating. Still is good. I also bought a 52 and like the ergonomics a bit more. The 52 is the same blade, different handle, less jimping. Both are fun and the price is right.
I'v got the 36 and i use a Mora companion as my go to but, i like many others have a wide selection of knives the more they cost the less i want to use them .
I have the SCHF9 and SCHF3N and they are beast mode knives. I don't do bushcraft. I'm an ultralight leave-no-trace minimal effort kinda guy so I'm not out in the woods batonning limbs. I do carry a large pocket knife - the SOG Spec Elite II, sadly no longer in production. Its claim to fame is a scary fast opening folder that's the size and almost the strength of a full tang fixed blade fighting knife. I use it for opening boxes but that muscle memory could be very handy if I needed to use it for defense.
4:00 - The "serrations" are called jimping, and the "cutout for the forefinger" is called a finger choil. There is a lot of knife jargon. I tend not to like finger choils because I want all of the cutting edge I can get and I don't like things I'm slicing getting caught in the choil. I don't even like a sharpening choil for that reason. I have a fero rod and sharpening stone that I carry in the nylon sheath on one of these big knives, but honestly, the Lansky BladeMedic is an easier way to quickly put a decent edge on a blade. For a hard use chopping blade such as these big Schrade knives, get the Lansky QuadSharp and use the 25 or 30 degree notches for a less sharp but more durable edge.
I had 2 of those. They both broke. One was mostly my fault, I batoned through a piece of wood and it hit a tiny rock on the bottom and a massive piece of steel broke. The other one was just through normal use. The conclusion is that their heat treatment is very bad. Not a terrible knife for the price but it’s better to add a bit of money and get a knife with a proper heat treatment.
Yeah, I guess it kind of depends on how you’re gonna use it, but for $35 I think it’s a pretty good deal, yes I’m sure there are better knives out there but for something Moto camping I think it’s fine,. If you were relying on it for survival or something like that I could see getting a better knife.
For 35 dollars they are fine, but they are around 50 euros in Europe. One of the two I broke lasted for a bit more than a year with heavy use so in that context it’s not a bad deal. But I owned a lot of knives ( still have about 40 at the moment) and I must say that they have a bad heat treatment. If they would fix it would be great value. Edit: I would recommend it to train for bushcraft/survival and make mistakes, since if you break it, it’s not a big deal considering the price.
I absolutely love my Schrade 37! It was my first bushcraft knife that my wifey bought me for my birthday 5 years ago and can't say a bad thing about it! Absolutely awesome knife! I have processed tons of fire wood with mine and love it! Thanks a bunch for sharing your knife with us! Watching from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island in Canada! Cheers, Kimmers and Jerbs #22ADAY I'll never quit 👍🏼🇺🇸🔥🔪🔥🇨🇦👍🏼
wow, you're a long way away, up there you probably really need this kind of knife
@@the_original_bluegrassmoto axes are needed to keep warm for sure!
I have a 37... took a beating. Still is good.
I also bought a 52 and like the ergonomics a bit more. The 52 is the same blade, different handle, less jimping.
Both are fun and the price is right.
I'v got the 36 and i use a Mora companion as my go to but, i like many others have a wide selection of knives the more they cost the less i want to use them .
yeah I get that
I have the SCHF9 and SCHF3N and they are beast mode knives. I don't do bushcraft. I'm an ultralight leave-no-trace minimal effort kinda guy so I'm not out in the woods batonning limbs. I do carry a large pocket knife - the SOG Spec Elite II, sadly no longer in production. Its claim to fame is a scary fast opening folder that's the size and almost the strength of a full tang fixed blade fighting knife. I use it for opening boxes but that muscle memory could be very handy if I needed to use it for defense.
4:00 - The "serrations" are called jimping, and the "cutout for the forefinger" is called a finger choil. There is a lot of knife jargon. I tend not to like finger choils because I want all of the cutting edge I can get and I don't like things I'm slicing getting caught in the choil. I don't even like a sharpening choil for that reason. I have a fero rod and sharpening stone that I carry in the nylon sheath on one of these big knives, but honestly, the Lansky BladeMedic is an easier way to quickly put a decent edge on a blade. For a hard use chopping blade such as these big Schrade knives, get the Lansky QuadSharp and use the 25 or 30 degree notches for a less sharp but more durable edge.
You are awesome man bro
Thanks for watching
Yeah ya coulda gotten some harder wood, it can handle it! I love my SCHF37. It’s great for fire prep, and bigger camp tasks
Right on, i was lazy, just picked up what was close by. thanks for watching
It looks heavy, but I'm sure it's much lighter than a hatchet.
Lighter and slimmer than a hatchet, I think it fits better when packing
@@the_original_bluegrassmoto I bet it does. I always struggle with where to store a hatchet.
I had 2 of those. They both broke. One was mostly my fault, I batoned through a piece of wood and it hit a tiny rock on the bottom and a massive piece of steel broke. The other one was just through normal use. The conclusion is that their heat treatment is very bad. Not a terrible knife for the price but it’s better to add a bit of money and get a knife with a proper heat treatment.
Yeah, I guess it kind of depends on how you’re gonna use it, but for $35 I think it’s a pretty good deal, yes I’m sure there are better knives out there but for something Moto camping I think it’s fine,. If you were relying on it for survival or something like that I could see getting a better knife.
For 35 dollars they are fine, but they are around 50 euros in Europe. One of the two I broke lasted for a bit more than a year with heavy use so in that context it’s not a bad deal. But I owned a lot of knives ( still have about 40 at the moment) and I must say that they have a bad heat treatment. If they would fix it would be great value.
Edit: I would recommend it to train for bushcraft/survival and make mistakes, since if you break it, it’s not a big deal considering the price.
The jimping everyone complains about only hurts if you have lady hands. And lady hands don't belong in the wilderness
haha
You must of never had a cold steel knife lol
I've heard of lots of knives, not sure what you're getting at.
@@the_original_bluegrassmoto please try out a Cold Steel branded knife with a Tri-ad lock and you will not be disappointed!
With a what lock? Oh you mean a folder. Folders are for girls