My friends grandma (from Rankin inlet Nunavut) told me something about the ulu knife that even up until she was a kid in the 1940s that trade coming up that far North was very scarce and the chance that the traders brought steel was even more rare so the people had to make a knife that could do everything because it’s all they could get. Also because in the summer they would go inland to the rocky areas they would make knives out of stone. And when settlers/traders brought iron the Inuit were so used to using rock knives that they made their knife almost identical. Thought I’d let you in on some insider info.
Very interesting. Whenever I see an ulu knife I think of my grandfather using his dough knife he was quite a remarkable man. My grandfather was a baker he grew up helping his mother (who immigrated from Sicily) in her bakery and when I was a child I would sometimes help him at work I was always amazed at how deftly he used his dough knife, Ive never seen anyone as fast and precise as he was. It is something to behold how a lifetime of use makes difficult things seem so easy. I can only imagine how a skilled Inuit wields an ulu, making knives out of stone does not sound easy. My Grandpa Salvatore Victor Siracusano (we called him Poppy) studied engineering at technical high school and later during WW2 he was a supervisor for operation SilverPlate, he supervised a team at Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant Offutt Field, Nebraska that built the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. Captain Paul Tibbets toured the various bomber plants around the country to have his pick of any B-29 that he wanted because it would be used on the mission to deliver “Little Boy”, he really liked my grandfather, the women and men of his team, because he thought they were doing the best work in the country so he chose a plane from their factory line for his mission and Tibbets named that particular plane after his mother "Enola Gay". After the war, my grandfather went to culinary arts school and became a Master Pastry Chef then back to the baking profession using dough knives, and pastry knives to make loaves of bread, rolls, buns, and beautifully hand-decorated cakes. He loved being around people, his favorite dad joke was: Do you know where the first doughnut was made?... In grease.
Ah the ulu the knife of my people. Well in Yupik, we call it an uluaq (ou-luck.) we mostly use them for food process like splitting fish, cutting meat and vegetables. Originally we used a stone called slate and we grounded to a cutting edge. After contact with the Russians and then Americans we started using metal from broken saw blades, we again grounded/filed the saw blade to a ulu/uluaq like shape. My family still got my grandpa (uppa,) from the 40s/50s still going strong. Don’t need to worry about rust cause most of the animals we process usually provides the oil from it to prevent rust. (Edit: Ulu/Uluaq in both the Inupiaq [Inuit,]and the Yu’pik translate to women’s knife.)
I know you have knives to sell but I am always, ways appreciative of the time you devote to explaining the often obtuse nature of the knife world. No dumbing down, nothing patronising, always considered. I appreciate your knowledge, enthusiasm and willingness to share.
According to my research, the Spyderco Matriarch blade shape originated from the Spyderco Civilian, a fighting knife designed for under cover agents. Spyderco was contacted by some counter-drug department and was asked for a knife that can do maxium amount of damage with minimum amount of training. The Civilian model come with a user warning stating this knife is not for utility work and will not be covered by warrenty if it was damaged during abusive use. It is intended for cutting clothing and flesh, nothing more. I wish you guys can cover more knife histories and context of the design like this.
Right but the blade can easily be *used for* utility work without breaking the blade, just takes having an IQ over 87 and not trying to use it in situations that warrant stepping up to a utility knife/hatchet.
That was one of the most interesting half hours of entertainment I've seen in a long time... The whole episode was blade geometry. My inner knife nerd is satisfied, now. You guys managed to touch on every variation of curvature, with plenty of straight in between. But you took the time to explain Why something is designed to work a specific way. And how that shape, fit for the task, is ideal. And I love how the common thread for almost all, had its origin in some form of tool. One is for sawing rope, one is for chopping angles through anything, one is for splitting bamboo, one is for skinning seals, and one self orients in your hand no matter how you hold it, just by tactile feel alone... Great episode, well thought out explanations, but the best part was the Ulu, if only because the conversation turned to what the knife design can teach you. _______ Question: Speaking of odd blade geometry,, have you guys ever heard of a Pesh-Kabz? The serpentine recurve fixed blades with a reinforced tip, and T-shaped cross section, designed to pierce chain mail a long time ago? Just a crazy looking thing, usually highly decorated, often of Damascus, but one hundred percent ideally shaped for its purpose. Any feedback would be great. Because given the way you guys approach blades, I think you might appreciate the balance struck on a Pesh-Kabz between elegance and strength. Very light, extremely fast, yet exceptionally strong. I think it's a pretty neat compromise of design elements. This channel keeps getting better all the time. Thanks...
@@mjolnirswrath23 the Matriarch, specifically the original Civilian, was specifically designed as an anti-kidnapping self defense weapon for non-combatants with no combat training. Made purely with the goal of giving the user a chance to get away from kidnappers grabbing the user. But just looking at the thing, you can tell it'll be the best box cutter you ever tried. And you just know that 99+% of these knives sold are used for exactly that
Besides Sundays, new knifecenter videos make my week couldn’t put y’all ahead of Christ. Thanks for the super informative vids! Y’all stay safe and sharp God bless!
Tracker is the ultimate knife! Can you guys do an outdoors video showing the uses of the tracker? Specifically DCA showing Seth how to’s like father & son
having lived in Asia since the 90s,I have seen way more job specific blades than you would ever have time to do a show about. from chopping, harvesting, pruning - the list is endless
I’d like for you guys to cover “The Woodsmans Pal” knife. It’s design is unusual yet very usefulI and with a lot of history. For years I’ve used one every time I go camping. I see very little information on them and think it may be a fun knife to cover. Thanks guys for everything you do!
The Tracker all ready has the ULU blade shape incorporated in it by choking up on the blade and putting your palm in the conclave spine, and if you use a lanyard around your forearm it will take the weight away.
The Matriarch cuts just as badass as it looks. The combination of the reverse S-shaped blade and the SpyderEdge works phenomenally. Kept biting me in the beginning until I learned how to treat it with respect. Probably one of the best knives for self-defence around. Either it, or a quality karambit.
I love my tracker. I use it a lot in the woods. It comes with a manual that tells you everything it does. Great knife if you want something between a hatchet and a big knife.
If this knife is to small for you, clearly you have surpassed the skills of Tom Brown himself and you should be designing knives and teaching survival classes, as your level of skill cannot be stained by normal men.
Man, there are so many TOPs knives like the bush wolf, the ATAX, backbite, black bite, CUMA, and Devils elbow and there are others. You should do a whol show on them.
I love the ulu, that one especially, it came shave sharp and even with the hardcore rubber cutting on plexiglass cutting board I do at work it showed only a small amount dulling after a large amount of cutting quickly stropped away
A couple of crazy knives with both nessmuk and Ulu inspired shapes popped into my mind while watching this. What does everyone think of the TOPS KNIVES Quick Skin, and Backwoods Skinner? both very dramatic skinning knives with tons of character and capability. Im surprised David has never talked about the Quick Skin especially. I don't even hunt, but its one I just had to have in my collection. Gonna get a new Camp Creek as soon as I can afford it! another great episode guys. Another killer series!! KnifeCenter is hands down, the best distributor channel, and up there for the very best period.
A lot of people don’t know or didn’t realise that the kukri is actually just a daily use tool in Nepal where there from , the Nepalese people carry and use them on a daily basis for most heavy cutting jobs and due to the fact it is carried and used on a daily basis it’s a natural progression that the Gurkhas carry one .
The Spyderco Matriach has all the things I don´t want on my knife XD The backlock, the serrated blade, the s-shape, the wave and thumbhole combination... Oh, and also the price 😂
With that Tracker blade right that portion at 17:40 is excellent at making feather sticks. You can even put the tip of the blade into a log or something and then pull the piece of wood you’re feathering into that part of the blade and it makes effortless feather sticks. It’s an absolutely weird blade but does a lot of things pretty well.
Dutch Bushcraft Knives channel shows that Tom Brown feather sticking method in their review, it was pretty wild. Might have their highest score ever for it.
@@The4cp They're hilarious. No idea how they keep coming up with these video ideas. I like them and Cedric and Ada Outdoors way more than the other channels that just show the knife on the table and their hands while they narrate.
I would have loved to hear your explanation about Tops A-Klub and Bestia. I am also curious about Seth reaction to the Extrema Ratio handle. That is a fun video for sure, we just want another one. 👍
Fyi the tracker knife was an idea designed by Robb Russon (which even Tom Brown acknowledged) but he yoinked the design for profit. Inspired by the JJJacksfilms sentiment, lets credit the creators!
Rob Russon is the original designer of the tracker knife around 1981 he got with tom brown and got wit him over the knife design and well history was made.shout out to rob russon
I need a cardboard champion. That might sound easy, but these cardboard boxes have protective beams along the cutting lines. The idea is you cut up each corner of the big box and pull the 4 sides away, as well as the long guards. Revealing the machine. Protected from cuts by the guards behind the cardboard. I've seen blades that would easily shred your body glide along the cardboard barely leaving a dent because of the protective lengths behind the cardboard. Once a blade can penetrate through cardboard the job is easy. But the guards prevent that exact thing to protect the machines. So, what might work best? Maybe you would have to see it? I don't know.
Dewalt’s Side Strike chisel has a full tang and a metal striking plate and serrations now that is wild. I think if you are looking for a EDC knife with "pre-broken" tip, then a look at dive-knives might be worth it, plenty of them have a pry-tip.
Great Video! I picked up my first ulu while in Ketchikan Alaska. It is a stainless blade with a wooden cutting board/bowl shaped to the blade curvature. I use that ulu more than any other kitchen cutting blade I own! I've most recently used it to filet jumbo shrimp for the best Shrimp & grits recipe. The blade shape & sharpness of the ulu bevel made short work of the hand fileting of the shrimp. Thanks for including the Knives of Alaska Ulu, looks like an outstanding edc knife. Off to place my order!
the Kukri is useful for soooo many things. from Military to in the yard, to camping, to cooking even it is still one of my favourite blades of all time,
I really enjoyed this video. I have a tracker style knife by buck 'n bear. I use it primarily for making kindling from split wood. That trick with the hook part works great for shaving curls off of wood but I recommend pulling the wood over the knife rather than cutting towards yourself ( ask me how I know). I also have a Syrian dagger that looks like it was the inspiration for that giant mouse , especially the handle. Thanks!
I love my Tracker 1. I just hate the abomination of a sheath it comes with. You should have shown the spyderco civilian. I had no idea how BIG the damn things are until I bought one. The blades with this design are for one reason alone. Just one, and it sure isn’t “work” as most people think of as work.
I really love that GMF-3. I know the N690 version is much more affordable, and Im glad for the option, but I gotta go all the way with the supersteel. So unique. So practical, So quality. LOVE!
Thank you, Mr. Andersen, Seth, and Thomas. Very interesting and thought-provoking subject. For the first time, I'm looking at the tracker as a functional design.
Greetings DCA & Seth I have seen a great deal of your "blade shaped videos " & I feel like I'm actually getting more out of each one & the more you do the more excited I become & I'm at risk of actually knowing stuff ? I have been loosing sleep over the question that someone asked David on the weekend regarding "how many knives is to many? " And the answer is obvious ? It's an oxymoron as there is no such thing ! Thanks again for all the excellent content and I enjoy seeing the man with "slightly larger than average hands with the man with the slightly average sized hands " it gives me an excellent reference. Peace James
Just got my Tracker 1 about 2 weeks ago and can't stop using it. I understand some of the points people talk about like the weight and the handle being a little short but the negative stuff like it's a gimmick and it doesn't work I don't understand. There is some learning that goes along with it but I've built a paiute deadfall, and some bow drill sets only using the tracker. I love it. But to each his own. There are enough knives out there for everyone to be happy.
This video hits on my primary interest in knives. There are so many hundreds of different kinds of cutting tasks in the world that are so unique from one another that they all require unique tools tailor made for that task (or set of tasks). The finest chef’s knife in the world would stumble awkwardly through bushcraft. A cockpit-escape hatchet couldn’t come within a mile of carving intricate details on miniature plaster figurines. No titanium frame lock flipper could give you an attractive haircut. Every tool can either be general-purpose, or specialized. Y’all are showcasing here the ultra-specialized, which also have a place in this world. Any time I look to buy a new knife, I always ask myself, “What kinds of tasks will I use this for?” If it doesn’t fit a particular need, I pass on it, even if it is very pretty.
Well, I'm totally on board with Seth on the nata. I think it's more accurate because it's straight. You guys were talking the cuts at the top of the blade. To me it seems intuitive that it helps with aiming, regardless which direction you are swinging from. There will almost always be a facet there to reflect light, as a point of aim. Simple cuts are also easier on time and tools. This could be coincidental from filing the sharp edge down, but it seems logical. I'm sold on one of these. What a cool blade! Reminds me of Okinawan style karate and weapons. Simple farmers that wanted their tools and implements to double as concealable (often in plain sight) personal protection weapons.
A few years ago, I purchased a Cold Steel Spartan, strictly on a whim before a week long stay at a fairly remote cabin in WV. we later found out there was no axe to split wood for the wood stove. I ended up putting my spartan (with the Falcata, Kukri style blade shape) through the absolute business that week. after that I became a huge fan of the versatility and surprising durability of the Kukri blade shape.
I brought an example of the Japanese woodsmans knife home with me after buying it in a hardware store in Hokkaido. I've found that it's able to "mostly" do the jobs of hatchet, machete (particularly in thick, woody-stemmed brush) froe, and drawknife. Most of them have a chisel or single bevel edge rather than a double bevel, which makes for more precise shaving. All-in-all a good jack of all trades tool if you need something to turn logs and branches in to peeled beams and poles.
The Morakniv Chisel has a permanent home in my tool bag in the back of my truck. It is a great beater that can be used as chisel, a wood splitter or a great pry bar. I could not live without it.
I used to carry a Spyderco Rescue, fully serrated Sheeps foot back in 2000 when i worked on Tow Boats as a kid. Cutting rope and salty boat work it was amazing for the job.
Not seen an ulu before, but I get it. For survival / everything, I'd happily take a kukri or the Tracker, but from choice I'd take Lofty Wiseman's advice and pick a parang - he trained the SAS and has shared his survival knowledge in a great book. I have a chisel-knife in my tool kit - it really is a great wrecker!
The Tracker is designed to process wood. Just to point it out, you don't baton on the serrated end of the blade. You baton on the batoning saddle, just ahead of the handle, on top of the strait portion of the cutting edge.
I've always loved the Tom Brown tracker and have been wanting one ever since I saw the movie The Hunted but for some reason I've never bought one. hopefully one day soon I'll be able to add it to collection.
Seth V is turning into Frank Zappa right before our eyes.
was gonna comment: did Seth get a haircut?
Yes, Seth V has a smashing head of hair!
@@NS-yb1tu At this rate I'm convinced he has to cut 4" off every week or so
@@14ederan Facts
I dunno; how's his cover of 'Stinkfoot'?
My friends grandma (from Rankin inlet Nunavut) told me something about the ulu knife that even up until she was a kid in the 1940s that trade coming up that far North was very scarce and the chance that the traders brought steel was even more rare so the people had to make a knife that could do everything because it’s all they could get. Also because in the summer they would go inland to the rocky areas they would make knives out of stone. And when settlers/traders brought iron the Inuit were so used to using rock knives that they made their knife almost identical. Thought I’d let you in on some insider info.
Early ulu's especially in the Northwest territories were also made from copper at times just a very versatile design that could be made with anything
Very interesting.
Whenever I see an ulu knife I think of my grandfather using his dough knife he was quite a remarkable man. My grandfather was a baker he grew up helping his mother (who immigrated from Sicily) in her bakery and when I was a child I would sometimes help him at work I was always amazed at how deftly he used his dough knife, Ive never seen anyone as fast and precise as he was.
It is something to behold how a lifetime of use makes difficult things seem so easy. I can only imagine how a skilled Inuit wields an ulu, making knives out of stone does not sound easy.
My Grandpa Salvatore Victor Siracusano (we called him Poppy) studied engineering at technical high school and later during WW2 he was a supervisor for operation SilverPlate, he supervised a team at Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant Offutt Field, Nebraska that built the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. Captain Paul Tibbets toured the various bomber plants around the country to have his pick of any B-29 that he wanted because it would be used on the mission to deliver “Little Boy”, he really liked my grandfather, the women and men of his team, because he thought they were doing the best work in the country so he chose a plane from their factory line for his mission and Tibbets named that particular plane after his mother "Enola Gay". After the war, my grandfather went to culinary arts school and became a Master Pastry Chef then back to the baking profession using dough knives, and pastry knives to make loaves of bread, rolls, buns, and beautifully hand-decorated cakes. He loved being around people, his favorite dad joke was:
Do you know where the first doughnut was made?...
In grease.
Ah the ulu the knife of my people. Well in Yupik, we call it an uluaq (ou-luck.) we mostly use them for food process like splitting fish, cutting meat and vegetables. Originally we used a stone called slate and we grounded to a cutting edge. After contact with the Russians and then Americans we started using metal from broken saw blades, we again grounded/filed the saw blade to a ulu/uluaq like shape. My family still got my grandpa (uppa,) from the 40s/50s still going strong. Don’t need to worry about rust cause most of the animals we process usually provides the oil from it to prevent rust.
(Edit: Ulu/Uluaq in both the Inupiaq [Inuit,]and the Yu’pik translate to women’s knife.)
Very interesting, thanks for sharing!
Wow, that history with the saw blades is super interesting. Use what you've got!
We all need to learn from some of the best survivors of the world. Thank you for sharing. ❤️
I know you have knives to sell but I am always, ways appreciative of the time you devote to explaining the often obtuse nature of the knife world. No dumbing down, nothing patronising, always considered. I appreciate your knowledge, enthusiasm and willingness to share.
According to my research, the Spyderco Matriarch blade shape originated from the Spyderco Civilian, a fighting knife designed for under cover agents. Spyderco was contacted by some counter-drug department and was asked for a knife that can do maxium amount of damage with minimum amount of training. The Civilian model come with a user warning stating this knife is not for utility work and will not be covered by warrenty if it was damaged during abusive use. It is intended for cutting clothing and flesh, nothing more.
I wish you guys can cover more knife histories and context of the design like this.
Right but the blade can easily be *used for* utility work without breaking the blade, just takes having an IQ over 87 and not trying to use it in situations that warrant stepping up to a utility knife/hatchet.
That was one of the most interesting half hours of entertainment I've seen in a long time...
The whole episode was blade geometry.
My inner knife nerd is satisfied, now. You guys managed to touch on every variation of curvature, with plenty of straight in between. But you took the time to explain Why something is designed to work a specific way. And how that shape, fit for the task, is ideal.
And I love how the common thread for almost all, had its origin in some form of tool.
One is for sawing rope, one is for chopping angles through anything, one is for splitting bamboo, one is for skinning seals, and one self orients in your hand no matter how you hold it, just by tactile feel alone...
Great episode, well thought out explanations, but the best part was the Ulu, if only because the conversation turned to what the knife design can teach you.
_______
Question:
Speaking of odd blade geometry,, have you guys ever heard of a Pesh-Kabz? The serpentine recurve fixed blades with a reinforced tip, and T-shaped cross section, designed to pierce chain mail a long time ago? Just a crazy looking thing, usually highly decorated, often of Damascus, but one hundred percent ideally shaped for its purpose.
Any feedback would be great. Because given the way you guys approach blades, I think you might appreciate the balance struck on a Pesh-Kabz between elegance and strength. Very light, extremely fast, yet exceptionally strong. I think it's a pretty neat compromise of design elements.
This channel keeps getting better all the time. Thanks...
It's like a keris with lesser curve and straighter handle..
An Episode about ulu knives and the different techniques using it would be very interesting
I love hearing you guys talk about the matriarch and basically explaining how it's made just to hurt people
Also excellent for cutting rope/line
Seat belts, rope and such fibrous material.
A Pencil can do that in the right hands...knife is a TOOL
The batona looks like a cane machete
@@mjolnirswrath23 the Matriarch, specifically the original Civilian, was specifically designed as an anti-kidnapping self defense weapon for non-combatants with no combat training. Made purely with the goal of giving the user a chance to get away from kidnappers grabbing the user. But just looking at the thing, you can tell it'll be the best box cutter you ever tried. And you just know that 99+% of these knives sold are used for exactly that
Besides Sundays, new knifecenter videos make my week couldn’t put y’all ahead of Christ. Thanks for the super informative vids! Y’all stay safe and sharp God bless!
Tracker is the ultimate knife! Can you guys do an outdoors video showing the uses of the tracker? Specifically DCA showing Seth how to’s like father & son
having lived in Asia since the 90s,I have seen way more job specific blades than you would ever have time to do a show about. from chopping, harvesting, pruning - the list is endless
I’d like for you guys to cover “The Woodsmans Pal” knife. It’s design is unusual yet very usefulI and with a lot of history. For years I’ve used one every time I go camping. I see very little information on them and think it may be a fun knife to cover. Thanks guys for everything you do!
They just started making the military style model again! I would like to see this as well.
They don't sell it, so don't hold your breath.
It looks similar to a Yorkshire pattern billhook
A tracker with an ulu seems like an absolute perfect pairing.
The Tracker all ready has the ULU blade shape incorporated in it by choking up on the blade and putting your palm in the conclave spine, and if you use a lanyard around your forearm it will take the weight away.
I dig the 70's throwback dude, awesome theme, the hair, the tash, and specs
The Matriarch cuts just as badass as it looks. The combination of the reverse S-shaped blade and the SpyderEdge works phenomenally. Kept biting me in the beginning until I learned how to treat it with respect. Probably one of the best knives for self-defence around. Either it, or a quality karambit.
CS black talon 2 is better
@@tunturikuningas5393 ⅓ heavier for sure.
I love my tracker. I use it a lot in the woods. It comes with a manual that tells you everything it does. Great knife if you want something between a hatchet and a big knife.
Use it for what in the woods? Damn things are too small
love the shape, but i dont think it could ever replace my BK2/9 + old hickory hunter knife.
Truthfully, it's bigger/heftier than my bk2. It's more a tool than a knife.
If this knife is to small for you, clearly you have surpassed the skills of Tom Brown himself and you should be designing knives and teaching survival classes, as your level of skill cannot be stained by normal men.
I have a tracker I have had since the 80s . I didnt know what a tracker knife was until about 6 months ago .
It is one of my favorite knifes .
As a former F16 maintenance technician I appreciate the reference DCA lol those jets are something else
Thank you for your service!
I've seen the ulu being used very effectively on the show, Life Below Zero. The native people are masters with it.
Strange blades and even borderline unusable blades are much more fun than another tedious spear point.
So true. Fully serrated reverse tanto with a convex edge? Yes please
@@gabrielbaker2667 it’s got 17 cutting edges and 13 points…SOLD
@@gabrielbaker2667 Good taste!!
You should do a video on reverse edge (pikal) knives if you want weird blade shapes/orientations
Thanks, guys, for the closer look at these unique, specialty blades.
Man, there are so many TOPs knives like the bush wolf, the ATAX, backbite, black bite, CUMA, and Devils elbow and there are others. You should do a whol show on them.
We need these two in a movie, maybe a sitcom type trip to Blade Show or something like that.
One of my fav strange blades was the Cold Steel Desperado. I loved mine and regret ever selling it.
I own two Tom Brown Trackers and three Black Talon IIs, love unique blades
I love the ulu, that one especially, it came shave sharp and even with the hardcore rubber cutting on plexiglass cutting board I do at work it showed only a small amount dulling after a large amount of cutting quickly stropped away
This should be categorized under unintentional ASMR. You guys soothe my PTSD
A couple of crazy knives with both nessmuk and Ulu inspired shapes popped into my mind while watching this. What does everyone think of the TOPS KNIVES Quick Skin, and Backwoods Skinner? both very dramatic skinning knives with tons of character and capability. Im surprised David has never talked about the Quick Skin especially. I don't even hunt, but its one I just had to have in my collection. Gonna get a new Camp Creek as soon as I can afford it! another great episode guys. Another killer series!! KnifeCenter is hands down, the best distributor channel, and up there for the very best period.
Hey Robert Russon deserves credit for the design of the Tracker or WSK.
one of the great points of the ulu , in ice cold or wet and cold , you only need gross motor skills to hold and cut
Love weird blade shapes I've been asking for an ugly duckling knife video forever.
A lot of people don’t know or didn’t realise that the kukri is actually just a daily use tool in Nepal where there from , the Nepalese people carry and use them on a daily basis for most heavy cutting jobs and due to the fact it is carried and used on a daily basis it’s a natural progression that the Gurkhas carry one .
The Spyderco Matriach has all the things I don´t want on my knife XD The backlock, the serrated blade, the s-shape, the wave and thumbhole combination... Oh, and also the price 😂
Good luck sharpening that spyderco hawkbill
Good job guys, you wouldn’t see this on any other mainstream knife channel.
DCA! This would have been a perfect one to include the Tops black rhino…
and cold steel voyager Vaquero and Kris blade
A DCA , Seth and a blade historian is something I think we all NEED! this video was awesome!
With that Tracker blade right that portion at 17:40 is excellent at making feather sticks. You can even put the tip of the blade into a log or something and then pull the piece of wood you’re feathering into that part of the blade and it makes effortless feather sticks. It’s an absolutely weird blade but does a lot of things pretty well.
Seth sporting the 80's hair. You rock.
The Ulu is why I love the tomahawk.
Really enjoyed that. Nowhere else can I spend such a pleasant time in the knife weeds!
Dutch Bushcraft Knives channel shows that Tom Brown feather sticking method in their review, it was pretty wild. Might have their highest score ever for it.
Those boys are awesome!
@@The4cp They're hilarious. No idea how they keep coming up with these video ideas. I like them and Cedric and Ada Outdoors way more than the other channels that just show the knife on the table and their hands while they narrate.
Love my Tom Brown Tracker and Kukri machete
It is crazy what the indigenous folks can do w/an Ulu. That is all they use in the villages. It's great for cooking...
Hope this gets a part 2. Great video 👍
I find the Tracker knife interesting- but that ulu is a must have!!
Can we just get a video on the best chopping devices on the site?? That would be immaculate
I have a tracker style, hand made folded steel in a raindrop patter( damascus as some would call it ) and love it. Great multipurpose blade.
Well done gentlemen, very instructive and entertaining!
The Ulu looks so interesting, i want one.
I’ve got the Matriarch. WEIRDEST knife I own. Bought it used and the old owner didn’t take care of it. Chipped tip and some rust. Poor thing.
Surprised that there is no billhook. Would have beetween fit in well between the hawkbill and the kukri :D
I would have loved to hear your explanation about Tops A-Klub and Bestia. I am also curious about Seth reaction to the Extrema Ratio handle. That is a fun video for sure, we just want another one. 👍
I would like to have a Ulu as part of my collection.Great video..
The tracker is so well balanced and a great throwing knife.
Fyi the tracker knife was an idea designed by Robb Russon (which even Tom Brown acknowledged) but he yoinked the design for profit.
Inspired by the JJJacksfilms sentiment, lets credit the creators!
Uklu with the matching cutting dished board is great in the kitchen
Robb Russon is the first man to come up with the tracker knife
Ahh.. the ulu..the tool of the paleo-genius....!!!
I love my mora chisel and use it a lot for small wood working projects. Chisel and knife are great combo
Rob Russon is the original designer of the tracker knife around 1981 he got with tom brown and got wit him over the knife design and well history was made.shout out to rob russon
I need a cardboard champion. That might sound easy, but these cardboard boxes have protective beams along the cutting lines.
The idea is you cut up each corner of the big box and pull the 4 sides away, as well as the long guards. Revealing the machine. Protected from cuts by the guards behind the cardboard.
I've seen blades that would easily shred your body glide along the cardboard barely leaving a dent because of the protective lengths behind the cardboard.
Once a blade can penetrate through cardboard the job is easy. But the guards prevent that exact thing to protect the machines. So, what might work best? Maybe you would have to see it? I don't know.
Dewalt’s Side Strike chisel has a full tang and a metal striking plate and serrations now that is wild. I think if you are looking for a EDC knife with "pre-broken" tip, then a look at dive-knives might be worth it, plenty of them have a pry-tip.
Great Video! I picked up my first ulu while in Ketchikan Alaska. It is a stainless blade with a wooden cutting board/bowl shaped to the blade curvature. I use that ulu more than any other kitchen cutting blade I own! I've most recently used it to filet jumbo shrimp for the best Shrimp & grits recipe. The blade shape & sharpness of the ulu bevel made short work of the hand fileting of the shrimp. Thanks for including the Knives of Alaska Ulu, looks like an outstanding edc knife. Off to place my order!
the Kukri is useful for soooo many things. from Military to in the yard, to camping, to cooking even it is still one of my favourite blades of all time,
I really enjoyed this video. I have a tracker style knife by buck 'n bear. I use it primarily for making kindling from split wood. That trick with the hook part works great for shaving curls off of wood but I recommend pulling the wood over the knife rather than cutting towards yourself ( ask me how I know). I also have a Syrian dagger that looks like it was the inspiration for that giant mouse , especially the handle. Thanks!
I love my Tracker 1. I just hate the abomination of a sheath it comes with. You should have shown the spyderco civilian. I had no idea how BIG the damn things are until I bought one. The blades with this design are for one reason alone. Just one, and it sure isn’t “work” as most people think of as work.
I really love that GMF-3. I know the N690 version is much more affordable, and Im glad for the option, but I gotta go all the way with the supersteel. So unique. So practical, So quality. LOVE!
To many people make garbage copies of the Tracker. They have no idea why the knife is designed the way it is.
100% agree, it’s frustrating sometimes explaining to people
Thank you, Mr. Andersen, Seth, and Thomas. Very interesting and thought-provoking subject. For the first time, I'm looking at the tracker as a functional design.
Greetings DCA & Seth
I have seen a great deal of your "blade shaped videos " & I feel like I'm actually getting more out of each one & the more you do the more excited I become & I'm at risk of actually knowing stuff ? I have been loosing sleep over the question that someone asked David on the weekend regarding "how many knives is to many? " And the answer is obvious ? It's an oxymoron as there is no such thing ! Thanks again for all the excellent content and I enjoy seeing the man with "slightly larger than average hands with the man with the slightly average sized hands " it gives me an excellent reference.
Peace James
Great conversation!
Excellent presentation and knowledge. Thx again
Just got my Tracker 1 about 2 weeks ago and can't stop using it. I understand some of the points people talk about like the weight and the handle being a little short but the negative stuff like it's a gimmick and it doesn't work I don't understand. There is some learning that goes along with it but I've built a paiute deadfall, and some bow drill sets only using the tracker. I love it. But to each his own. There are enough knives out there for everyone to be happy.
This video hits on my primary interest in knives. There are so many hundreds of different kinds of cutting tasks in the world that are so unique from one another that they all require unique tools tailor made for that task (or set of tasks). The finest chef’s knife in the world would stumble awkwardly through bushcraft. A cockpit-escape hatchet couldn’t come within a mile of carving intricate details on miniature plaster figurines. No titanium frame lock flipper could give you an attractive haircut.
Every tool can either be general-purpose, or specialized. Y’all are showcasing here the ultra-specialized, which also have a place in this world.
Any time I look to buy a new knife, I always ask myself, “What kinds of tasks will I use this for?” If it doesn’t fit a particular need, I pass on it, even if it is very pretty.
Thanks guys for covering this - really loved the vid!!! Stay safe - stay sharp.
Well, I'm totally on board with Seth on the nata. I think it's more accurate because it's straight.
You guys were talking the cuts at the top of the blade. To me it seems intuitive that it helps with aiming, regardless which direction you are swinging from. There will almost always be a facet there to reflect light, as a point of aim. Simple cuts are also easier on time and tools. This could be coincidental from filing the sharp edge down, but it seems logical. I'm sold on one of these. What a cool blade!
Reminds me of Okinawan style karate and weapons. Simple farmers that wanted their tools and implements to double as concealable (often in plain sight) personal protection weapons.
A few years ago, I purchased a Cold Steel Spartan, strictly on a whim before a week long stay at a fairly remote cabin in WV. we later found out there was no axe to split wood for the wood stove. I ended up putting my spartan (with the Falcata, Kukri style blade shape) through the absolute business that week. after that I became a huge fan of the versatility and surprising durability of the Kukri blade shape.
I have a nata and it works great for splitting wood. The split pieces always fall away to the right because of the chisel grind.
Thank you for the enlightenment education. There were some things that I truly needed to know and you helped me with those things.
I brought an example of the Japanese woodsmans knife home with me after buying it in a hardware store in Hokkaido. I've found that it's able to "mostly" do the jobs of hatchet, machete (particularly in thick, woody-stemmed brush) froe, and drawknife. Most of them have a chisel or single bevel edge rather than a double bevel, which makes for more precise shaving. All-in-all a good jack of all trades tool if you need something to turn logs and branches in to peeled beams and poles.
The Morakniv Chisel has a permanent home in my tool bag in the back of my truck. It is a great beater that can be used as chisel, a wood splitter or a great pry bar. I could not live without it.
I am getting an ulu now. Nice vid. Loved it!
Huh that mora looks good for laminating, I work in a cabinet shot. That top knives is featured on naked and afraid.
That Mora? The sheath prevents it from cutting through my (nail) bag.
Extremely useful carpenter tool...
Love this video! Make a weird folding knives that work video ! Love the out of ordinary stuff! Keep up the great work!
The Kukri looks more like a Bolo to me. The sweet spot is really the center of precision.
I used to carry a Spyderco Rescue, fully serrated Sheeps foot back in 2000 when i worked on Tow Boats as a kid. Cutting rope and salty boat work it was amazing for the job.
That ulu is what I'd call a "fixed pizza cutter."
Not seen an ulu before, but I get it. For survival / everything, I'd happily take a kukri or the Tracker, but from choice I'd take Lofty Wiseman's advice and pick a parang - he trained the SAS and has shared his survival knowledge in a great book. I have a chisel-knife in my tool kit - it really is a great wrecker!
I think the strength of Parang lies not just in blade geometry but the balance & curved handle 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
The tracker looked tiny in Dave’s hands, and a big blade in Seth’s.
The Tracker is designed to process wood. Just to point it out, you don't baton on the serrated end of the blade. You baton on the batoning saddle, just ahead of the handle, on top of the strait portion of the cutting edge.
Ron Hood's ATAX s
would be a good one for this.
That giant mouse is super cool but the lack of any sharpening choil is a killer
I've had Ulus for years and I love them. Use them for food prep and serving. Great knives
I've always loved the Tom Brown tracker and have been wanting one ever since I saw the movie The Hunted but for some reason I've never bought one. hopefully one day soon I'll be able to add it to collection.
Tops SXB would have also been a good choice. Does have a resemblance to and similar features as the Tracker however is definitely its own beast.
Splitting wood is my own form of therapy
I dig Seth's hair. Let it grow buddy. That tops knife is so cool looking.
I've used the same ulu in my kitchen for 20 years. It's the only knife I need, aside from a small utility knife for peeling.