Warning: Your Chilhood Rambo Knife Could end your life
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A likely knife for a teenager to buy as his or her first survival knife as it looks to be ready for everything... best thing is.... they start at $10! But.... can it save your life? Find out in today's episode.
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IT KILLS ME TO SAY THIS BOYS...TO MY VERY CORE
THE SURVIVAL LILLY KNIFE WOULD BEAT THIS 10$ CHINESE SPECIAL KNIFE IN A FIGHT TO THE DEATH
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@@BOOSTEDLASER hahahahhaa true
I can't believe there was a time when I would have thought this knife was cool. I loved cheap, crummy, flea market rambo knives as a kid.
Had several when I was a kid
As long as it has a compass and a bottle opener, it *is* cool
Becuz nostalgia...
I can’t agree more! When I got my first Rambo knife that was mail order, yes that old! I was the coolest kid on the street! Until it broke 13 hours later!
Most people who like knives as a kid probably like the cheap "cool" looking rambo knives
Without this knife so many would not have been inspired. This knife has earned its place among boys who grew into knife loving men.
I completely agree.
defintely true
This is an absolutely true statement! I'm a testament to that!
Its crazy that you can get a Mora for the same price and actually have a quality knife
We have quite a few Moras, they have never let us down.
@@jfilm7466 yeah same, every now and then I'll use a bag I haven't used for 6 months and find another one in there.
_yes! I'm a huge Mora fan, if you are a member of any Morakniv knives groups on Facebook you will know how much I endorse them. Scandinavian steel is worth more than silver in a survival situation!_
@@jfilm7466 I personally have always preferred high carbon butchers blades with full tangs, but they also were really abundant and cheap 2nd hand, even cheaper than a Mora, my current one is an old unmarked one, with some good carbon steel and I paid 5-6 dollars for it...
New the old hickory is about on par for mora pricing
Love mora
Martin is a mouth breather. Look at any time his face is on camera his mouth is open. He can't use regular matches. Keeps blowing them out with his breath
its true hahahahahaha. I have a nose problem. big nose little oxygen
The Rambo knife got a lot of us into knives for the first time. I like your new format, it seems much more natural.
Me and my mates all had these in the late 80's we thought they were the greatest knives in the world. They were more innocent times. :)
Now you two should review a really high end rambo knife, like a Wilson Customs. It would be cool to see if the high end hollow handled knife can keep up with something like a Fallkniven F1 or Bark River Bushcrafter
it probably cant keep up with 5 mm or 6mm of full tang, there is no steel with such high strength to be better than a flat bar of good steel, the difference in shape crossection of hllow handle vs flat bar is too much to overcome
i mean probably it would be better in torsion loads, and sideways loads, but vertical it cant be better than full tang (flat bar)
yeah both of them are wayyy above what a normal use would need, but that is not the point
@@darthtrump4428 yeah maybe not something THAT thick, but I’m still interested in the threshold to what it can go toe to toe with performance wise. Maybe something like a Mora Companion HD or a thinner full tang to compete against.
@@n-signia1087 i would also like to see that kind of comparrison 👍
How about the Schrade SCHF1 OR THE SCHF2?
Knowing I have exactly the same knife in my house make me feel dirty.
Lol
You take the non functional compass out of yours too or leave it in?
20 years ago my older cousin had the same knife and it was a dream to me own that knife. Actually I bought, 5,6 ago ,definitely not for use, crappie steel, even worse handle, but it's good memory from childhood, when I take it in my hand, I have the same filing like I was on 12-13 years
Emily Hristov :- I have one of these "Rambo" survival knives in my garage. I found it in an old kit from 40+ years ago. I know it is a POS but can't throw it out because it reminds me of my innocent youth.
survival lilly would have done a better job at firemaking
marc.... Fk you you are right
Survival Lilly would do a better job all round. Thats why I have an unhealthy obsession for her and have her videos on constant loop 24/7, not to mention being the white knight in you tube comments protecting her virtues. She is my bush crafting survivalist Queen. Long live Queen Lilly.
@@christanner3770 hahahahahahahhaa!
That's totally something I would have bought as a kid. Partly because Rambo, but mostly that would have been all I could afford lol.
Oh, I see a knife breaking next week.
Felix Immler showed how to baton with a knife like a Victorinox. A bloody bushcraft legend.
Thanks for still filming under the circumstances. Thats dedication
Growing up one of my friends had a knife like that. I wanted one so bad not realizing what a pile of dung it was.
Hahaha you can’t do nothing but love you twos enthusiasm even when you know your better off hitting each other around the head till you start to imagine you see fire😂 much love you two beautiful lunatics stay safe and healthy lads till the next one 😘👍🏼
I'm diggin' the piano music you guys used today as your soundtrack!!
Thank you for filming in adverse conditions. True and real content. Well done, DBK boys.
I bought a $30 version with 440b steel long ago. It took a decent edge and I used it for years. I lopped off the head of a rattlesnake that scared my little sister (I would leave it alone now) and I thought I had great knife. Unfortunately someone broke into my car snd thought it was nice too. I always wanted the Jimmy Lile version but couldn’t afford then. Miss that knife but now I use way better. Dreams of a teenager back then.
OMG! This was my first Survival Knife 35 years ago!!! 😍🤣
My Grandfather gifted me a camp set as a kid. From military style backpack to that knife. It seeded my love for the outdoors. Was a great kid’s toy. Sadly most of the gear didn’t survive but it did teach me to better care for my equipment as a teen...
At 12yo he gave me my hunting set which was mostly military surplus gear including the Kabar Combat and US Scout knife which I still have today...
Thanks for your commitment, I picked up a fallkniven r2 for about 160ish new as an edc get you out of jam / dependable blade.
I love mine too!
When I was a kid, my dad had one of those, and I used to borrow it sometimes and take it into the woods. I'm trying to figure out whether his version is crappier or if that version is crappier. Pros: That one was sharper out of the box and has a metal handle [Edit, looks like that was a plastic handle after all). Cons, his version had a thicker blade, but also a hollow plastic handle. It's amazing that piece of junk survived long enough to be thrown in the trash.
Also, if I was forced to use that piece of junk, (even when I was a dumb kid), I'd put in a bunch of my own matches, painted with clear nail polish (an easy trick to make regular matches waterproof).
Would have been awesome to have Scambo in here too with General Mikki as his superior kind of like Rambo where the Colonel just brags about how badass Rambo is in all 3 movies trying to hype him up.
That's the knife Charlie Sheen used when he did a parody of Rambo. Keep up the good work and get more of your knife in stock so I can finally buy one! Cheers from Oregon!!!
Had one of tose as a child, it wasn't stainless, and i spend evenenings using the sharpening stone in it while watching TV. It got pretty sharp. The wire wood saw didn't work really, the matches didn't really work, but it was a knife that cut and if it got dull, there was the little sharpening stone already with it. And most importantly, it was mine.
Years later i got a great use out of it's construction: In engineering school we needed things to galvanize. So i unsrewed the blade, calculated the right time and currents, and nickel plated it. Never used it since, but it's pretty shiny and won't rust since 😎.
but concering your judgement of the knife: even with normal matches or your firesteel you weren't able to get a fire going in this rain, so blaming the knife is a bit of an overreaction. It only broke when you tried to break it. I was kinf of surprised that it did hold up so long.
What is it like to be a forest? Breathe in millions of leaves. Watch with millions of eyes. Feel with millions of hands. And sing. To sing an infinitely beautiful and lingering song, in the melody of which both the death rattle and the furious scream fit equally harmoniously. And the rustle of grass, and crying. And silence.
Back in the 80s I did indeed fall for the "Your $12.99 Survival Knife!!!" ad in a magazine as an 11-12 year old. Sh*t blade with a ONE inch threaded tang that was held on by one nut to a hollow handle packed with fishline, hooks, cable saw, etc and a compass capping the whole thing. Pleather/ vinyl sheath. Edit: Yeah, the cable is supposed to be used with the split rings under the cap as a cable saw. Edit#2: Hiking and backpacking in the (almost) always damp Pacific Northwest the emergency firestarter I carry is a 15 min road flare cut down to five minutes with the cut end sealed in wax. I carry three. I have found that when I find myself in the sh*t and need to get warm or get hypothermic I've no time to eff around with a firesteel.
Hey guys. You should make a video where you compete against each other. But not in bushcraft skills but on knife making. Each of you grab your favorite knife characteristics and see whos knife is the best bushcraft knife. Keep up the great videos
That knife and that while experience in the rain looked like it sucked and wasn't the least bit fun. Made my wife watch with me so she knows crap knives are crap 🤣
Might save you from a misunderstood Christmas present lol
But my question is, would have you been able to start a fire in that rain using your favorite knife?
A very good question!
I have one from 1985. Bought it new. Is it worthy of survival? It lasted this long but. I never used it to chop . Just feather stick and basic camp prep. Minimal wood processing. It was a neat knife when I was 15
When feathersticking, it matters what direction the grain is going obviously its north an south but it does make a difference if your going with the growth of the tree or down the growth of the tree. Many a test could be void do to not following the growth direction of the wood
I had the exact same knife when I was kid. It brings a lot of memory.
One of your best videos in a long time. Well done, boys.
The problem with wooden matches is they draw in moisture. As a professional fire maker I can tell you that the reason why those matches won't stay lit is because they can't reach 430 degrees F for 30 seconds.
@@CajunReaper95 Even better off getting into the antique shops and flea markets and spending half that on a old carbon steel butcher knife of good quality and a fire steel, though I've had good luck with magnesium bars from harbor freight
"As a professional fire maker"...is that a woke term for Arsonist?
@@christanner3770 Fire making is science. I am not an arsonist I am a survival school instructor....visit my website if you want to learn how to make fire especially in wet conditions.
@@SurvivaLust Fuel, Oxygen, Heat...not much to really consider it a "science"? Early man worked it out with minimal brain power or education. I doubt "survival" in the outdoor sense would even be relevant. You're just Larping.
@@christanner3770 You by your own post did not visit my website so your LARPING comment is nothing more than talking out of your butt. Have a nice day. Now go find something constructive to do.
*Laughs in Pacific Northwest Wet Side*
I remember when I got into boyscouts one of my step dads bought me one of those flea market rambo knives and I did not have the heart to tell him it broke when I lightly pushed it into wood and the tip broke off at like 1 inch. My dad worked at a hunting retail store so I grew up with having access to decent knives but my step dad thought he found the perfect gift.
I wish it rained here... I live in Arizona in the US... It almost never rains here. Be happy it does for you guys.
When you boys become rich and famous...I can see Micky as a Hollywood producer and Martin as the next “Bear Grylls” doing survival videos all over the world.
im so glad somebody finally made a vid about this junk!.... i had this piece of junk in the early nineties as a teen. of course influenced by rambo movies, i took it out to the woods and naturally started throwing it at trees... the blade broke off from the hilt after a third throw....
This week in Dutch Bushcraft Knives: The fellows try to learn how to start a fire in the rain with matches 😂
We all had one wherei lived. Blast from the past.
As a knive collector i still wished id kept mine, hunk of junk as a blade but reminds me as a kid in the 80s.
I don’t have the budget for crazy knives yet.. but I chose a BK2 as my survival knife, because I watch DBK… the only gents who will hammer a knife into a tree and stand on it pol
Mayor fuglycool does it as well?
This is the best knife channel by far
Wow that's so crazy. My dad had one of these when I was a kid. I would always play with it. Which I think started my knife addiction.
well at least the knife was good for one thing then....
Omg that intro 😆😆😆 great vid as always guys keep on being you and thanks for the laughs
Got one of these from the back of a Boy's Life magazine! Actually ordered 2 1 for me and 1 for my friend....and guess what I'm still here! I survived!
Cold steel makes one like this make a vid on that one
Shaves leg hair: “5 years ago this wouldn’t have been possible!”
Some guys are just late bloomers. Congrats on leg hairs!
hahahhahaahah actually made me laugh out loud
Gold fellas absolute Gold!!
I recently purchased a US 5th SF nam veterans grouping collection. It had a survival knife NEARLY identical with a alloy handle and extremely high quality. It was given to him while in Vietnam by the US Army 5th SF group and has his name and dates 1967 etched. Even has the high end items in handle. I wonder if the $10 knife was copied offthe one I have. Came with a original CISO SOG knife sheath.
This knife inspired me to carry a scaled up kit with my actual knife
I have one of those. It's the coolest bottle opener I have
Less than 4 mins in and Martyn has had his pants down twice. 😲 What else lurks? Onwards...
One of my favorite cheap knives is the Glock fixed blade. Indestructible Austrian made combat knife. They can be found for like 25$
Even cheaper are old carbon steel butcher blades, they're kings for the survivalist in my region
I'm glad y'all did this. Some knives from certain countries look better than they did even 10 years ago. But some will break off and end up in your face. Be careful all steel addicted brotherhood.
Weather can actually be the worst enemy maybe under a shelter or in a cave or something.
Yall need a silicone cutting board for your test
Am I the only one who never thought Rambo knives were ever practical? I always preferred KA-BARs, Moras, bowies and bayonets. Moras are the most underrated of the bunch and I have a big appreciation for em
The only thing I like about hollow handle knives is how easily you can make spears with em
A knife should never be converted to a spear in a survival situation. Les Stroud has a good bought about it. A simple sharpened stick will do enough damage to most any game on the planet in a self defense situation: No need to attach a knife to the end. Unless your need it to reach and cut fruit or something of the such.
But, if it works for you, then screw it. Might as well do it. 😊
I wouldn't exactly say Moras are underrated, they're probably the most highly rated knife in existence
@@DL-ij7tf Not even full tang. Rubbish
@@christanner3770 Firstly some are like the Garberg. Secondly even the ones which aren't like a £12 Companion are extremely robust and will easily withstand hard batonning. There's an upload here on yt of torture testing one until it's destroyed. The guy had to make several attempts to clamp the blade in a vice and smash the handle with a sledgehammer to get it to break. So no not rubbish and far far better than any hollow handled rambo knife.
@@simonh6371 Anyone who thinks you should baton with a knife is a muppet.
I had one of those shit knives back in '86. Look, I had no idea what a good knife was when I was 10.
I still have a similar knife to this one from when I was a kid. But mine is in camo. A really ugly garish camo.
Who makes those parkas you guys are wearing all the time? Those are awesome!
Your match fire making was really hilarious. You clearly have no experience in using matches in adverse conditions. Such experience comes if you lived in a time before cheap lighters became abundant and you smoked cigarettes. Clearly you are not matching these two requirements.
As an old ex-smoker I can assure I will be able to light a fire with at most two match trials in such conditions. You just need to take the wind into account a bit better and use your hands to make a shape preserving from the wind.
But I agree about the general evaluation of the knife.
Great job you two, best buddies. Makes me face palm because there was a time I thought this knife was so cool, I’ve come far indeed.
Can't go wrong with a Condor Terrasaur for just a bit more $
Terava jakarripukko
Lovely video. Beautiful scenery
I’m sure y’all have been asked a million times, but what about Helle knives!? They look pretty and I’ve thought of getting one but wanted to see if they are good!!! Thanks.
This was the first knife I got when I was about 14, it was the best example of what you don't want in a knife. Everything about it was shit. If you want a really cheap knife, buy the hultafors of 6 bucks, it is cheaper and good.
3:42 Martens candy bag! 😍
Man that knife was awesome when i was probably around 8 running around the house with it! Just like Rambo!!! Lol
LOL guys in those conditions you need storm matches. Some dry tinder would be great too. 🤣🤣🤣
Someone sponsor these guys with a top notch shell to go over those coats ! they look soaked !
Yeah that reminds me I had to start a fire in a hurricane 🌀
Would you do a comparison video on the pros & cons of various metals used in your favorite knife blades?
Thanks for this video I still have this bad boy
My childhood Rambo knife is an IT guy. And that Chinese kabar replica is with a dear friend of mine. I sincerely hope he doesn't try something like that. He has little ones that depend on him.
Please Look into a Randall model 18 they are similar in design too that knife but far far better quality but not sure if it’s up too par with other designs. I think it would be interesting too see a hard use destruction test on one.
Sometimes you can do everything right to make a fire but conditions say NOPE! 🦉
Matches are varying quality. When you find good ones, with a good strike surface on the box, coat the matches with candle wax. This will make them waterproof and all you have to do is remove the wax from the head before striking it. The wax makes it burn longer, also. Put the matches and the removed strike surface in a small waterproof box (like a vitamin C tube). You've made yourself a fire kit that will last forever.
That's not the best way to make a fire, just the best way to have great matches. Nothing beats the reliability of a good knife and a ferrocerium rod coupled with a magnesium block (with the knowledge on how to use it, of course).
Hello guys, I very like your channel. You are perfekt, how you present knifes, with fun, with enthusiasm and with lot of information about the quality of presented knifes. Thank you. I have a question. Where can I buy your DBK Knife? Is it still possible to order one? Thanks and greetings from Slovakia. 😉😊
god damn im finally first in something
Congrats! Drink to that! lol
Taking into account the storm,
Thank God for wind mics
well, you did try to use that 10 euro kit in very hard conditions. maybe it would do a lot better when its dry and a lot less windy
You have to get the cast metal handle one . Way better than the plastic handle . I have no problem with the older ones. God bless. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts. U S A. You should have prep the fire way better. But I guess you wanted to make something crapper than it is. But the plastic handle sucks. But the knife will save a life. If used right.
The perfect cut at 6:16 made me laugh
Broke mine the day i got it and waited months for it. Great early lesson at 11 yrs old. Since then ive realized weve had 1095 or so for 100+ yrs and still works great. Anything else is just a gimmick of OP steel. Stronger and less maintenance sure but for outdoors and hunting you dont need all that. Never batonned anything the first 30 yrs of my life because it was never a thing. Its all a fad. You'll see it fading im sure.
Wrong
I have actually batonned and it saved my bacon, I was stuck wild camping in the pouring rain, and had run out of meths (alcohol) for my Trangia but I was able to saw off some posts from a delapidated old fence under some trees (with my SAK saw no less) and baton the pieces with a Mora Companion, and process enough wood to make a small fire.
@@simonh6371 Didnt say I never batonned I said in my 1st 30 yrs of my 50 I never batonned because it wasnt a thing then. We used our hatchets or axes.
@@BeMoreGooderPeople Okay understood. My point is that although maybe it's a fad amongst some, it is a useful workable technique if you are without an axe.
@@simonh6371 Oh yes. Agreed.
The “sand paper” is the striker paper for the matches
Have you guys had a look at the budget friendly civivi elementum fixed blade
I'm ancient enough to remember when these were new in the mid 80s (at the same time as Rambo II was released) and one of the cool kids in our scout troop had one. However at the same time here in the UK the utter legend John Lofty Wiseman, former SAS survival instructor, made a tv series which was extremely popular and the SAS survival handbook hit the shops, and it was made common knowledge that you should avoid these and that a full tang knife was the way to go, so I never took any interest in these.
I've been given one for free, it's unbranded. It has the hard plastic double cavity sheath, the catapult and the compass in the handle along with a little plastic container with Morse code along it.
It didn't have any catty rubber in the sheath any longer, it's just an interesting old 80s thing. I've cleaned it up and sharpened it👍🇬🇧😁
@@CdEmm50 Not bad if it's for free. Just bear in mind that these knives are generally not up to heavy work, the hollow handle is a weak point. Unless it's the Austrian Army bayonet/field knife, the Glock M78.
@@simonh6371 Yes, it was given to me about 3 years ago Simon. It's just something to keep along with some old catapults and vintage British tools I collect, clean up and use. 👍
@@CdEmm50 Cool as long as you don't try some hardcore bushcraft with it mate. I started buying vintage tools recently, mostly West German and Swedish, not for a hobby but actually for my own use as I have realised they are getting fewer and far between and they are way better than modern disposable tools.
@@simonh6371 Sounds good, I buy old British Record tools, I used to work in pump rooms so some of my tools are quite big, down to small stuff like an old watchmaker lathe I found 👍.
the ones they made in the early 80s were pretty good actually , they were tool steel, compass is inside the handle cap not outside, it came with a cable saw, not bailing wire, had a teardrop point not the fake bowie thing yours does and no bottle opener at back of blade. Still have the 1 my Dad gave me 39 years ago lol in 1981( i remember cause my parents made a big deal of giving me the survival knife when I was 8)
A buddy of mine has one of those, he tends to carry that and a Hatchet or machete in the woods, and I tend to carry a W49 and a Schrade-Walden 111
It'll outpace my schrade walden without much trouble
His hatchet tends to do well also, but it can't outpace my W49, but I've also reprofiled the edge for very deep cutting into material, 22° per side and convexed slightly, same as most of my machetes, it's a very shallow, yet strong edge with a good steel
In America we carry a $ .50 lighter. Here's another thing I camped for years in boyscouts. Many times didn't even bring a knife. Usually I brought one but lost it.
I have Rambo knife first generation blade is real good but the handle sucks I fixed that replace it with a water pipe works great, your knife looks like second generation I have one of those too stainless steel blade cuts like a butter knife 😆
Time for you to get some serious raincoats!😃😃😃
7:56 should have used the pre lit matches as dry tinder..
Also, my dad has just bought a petrified fish beluga and thinks it is really well made was wondering if u guys could see what u think
man i remember how in last week there was red code and almost everyone working in Europoort evacuated. Yeah almost because i've worked to the end. But hey atleast i had empty road back home and I could watch how empty containers fall xD
They say a poor tradesman always blames his tools! However, whoever said this didn't know about the rambo survival knife. I don't think I've seen a knife before that goes dull just by feathersticking soft wood. I don't think that there's a word in either english or dutch that describes just how bad this knife is. 💩 Thanks for the vid.
_Mors Kochanski said "the more you know the less you carry" he would leave this behind because he would know it's rubbish_
@@jinxjones5497 Mors Kochanski playing the great Whimmy Diddle in the sky. RIP
review a Randall Made
What would a really fool proof kit with cheap but reliable stuf in it look like in your opinion. So compact, cheap, 100% sure fire kit.
a very cheap fire starting kit could be just cotton fluff with wax in it. It'll give you a flame for a few minutes which would be enough to dry and light small twigs. Combine it with a fire steel and maybe even a regular garbage bag to create a fast waterproof roof to get it started.
- Garbage bag (preferably orange to make it more multi purpose)
- Cotton fluff (first aid)
- Wax (leather care or medical)
- Fire steel with good scraper
- BIC lighter
- Waterproof container big enough to also store some found tinder like birch bark etc
- Put in a few meters of paracord it would make it able to make a friction fire if you really need to as well as help you create a roofing with the garbage bag
a lot of these items carry multiple purposes (medical, tool care, storage etc.)
If you want to make it even more compact there is paracord available with fire starting material inside (wax pre aplied) I have no experience with it though.
This kit you could make for below $30,- depending on which brands of what you pick
@@DutchBushcraftKnives Thanks for the detailed answer. Will try that. 👍
knife is good i would trust my life on it, personal me i could survive only with a tramontina the thin one that use in the kitchen not the mashete