My favorite knife company. I own about 10 and every one came flawless from the factory. My GNS is hands down my favorite knife for woodcraft. Once my finances improve I’d really like to get the Illuminus. That one has been on my radar for quite a while.
Mama told me not to play with knives…. I didn’t listen and now look at me! Spending hours watching knife videos, always looking for the next purchase. Yea Mama tried to warn me…
Really want a Genesis and have for awhile. Just cant decide between a scandi, saber or flat grind have seen pros and cons to all three. Looking for the best grind as an all around knife that will be used as a primary belt knife to do alot of multiple tasks. Any suggestions and great video Craig
Man that is always a tough question to answer. I am sure the LTWK will have a really good answer for that beyond what I can offer. I am a big fan of Sabre for the work that I do, which includes both woodcraft and game processing. I just used a flat grind Shemanese this weekend to field dress and then process a niced sized buck that I got here in Kentucky. It worked better than I thought it would, did extremely well at that task. I think if you are doing larger woodcraft projects I would go with the Scandi. If you like to do a lot of fine detail work like feather sticks, carving traps then flat. However, you could take any of these grinds on a LTWK and make them work...as you well know. I look forward to what the LTWK says too. Although my experience covers decades it is just that mainly my experience, I love hearing how various people with varied backgrounds and varied geographies handle this. Thanks for asking a great question, I apologize I what even I know sounds like a riding-the-fence answer :)
Thanks Craig I am a fan of the shemenees as well and will have one soon I am in south west virginia so I have alot of the same type of woodlands. Yes either knife will be used the same as you described. Suggestions on the shemenees?
We generally recommend Scandi's for primarily woods tasks, flats for mostly cutting tasks, and saber for a mix of the two. Flat grinds are the best to learn on.
@@LRRP69 my original design was the saber. I love it and I dont see that changing for the tasks that I do. However I do see alot of people prefer the Flat, that is why we came out with the second version. I flilet fish, process squirrels/deer/turkey., woodcraft, bushcraft and lots more with the original saber on the Shemanese, it works well for me. I hope that helps. To be clear though, I am ok with you getting whatever knife works for you. I am not one that likes to think that my way is the only way. Another reason to dig LTWK blades, sooo many options there.
Great video. Love my scandi Genesis.
The best!
Nice...!! Love the Genesis....
Thanks for the love!
Fantastic knife company and school collaboration. I have a few knives from LT including the Shemanese.
Craig is an amazing resource!
You are my kind of people! THanks for the encouragement.
Great video.
Thanks!
My favorite knife company. I own about 10 and every one came flawless from the factory. My GNS is hands down my favorite knife for woodcraft. Once my finances improve I’d really like to get the Illuminus. That one has been on my radar for quite a while.
We are ready when you are for that ILLUMINOUS!
love it
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Enjoyed seeing this demonstation and info Craig. I agree, fantastic knife.
Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Mama told me not to play with knives…. I didn’t listen and now look at me! Spending hours watching knife videos, always looking for the next purchase. Yea Mama tried to warn me…
You have the start of a country song!
Really want a Genesis and have for awhile. Just cant decide between a scandi, saber or flat grind have seen pros and cons to all three. Looking for the best grind as an all around knife that will be used as a primary belt knife to do alot of multiple tasks. Any suggestions and great video Craig
Man that is always a tough question to answer. I am sure the LTWK will have a really good answer for that beyond what I can offer. I am a big fan of Sabre for the work that I do, which includes both woodcraft and game processing. I just used a flat grind Shemanese this weekend to field dress and then process a niced sized buck that I got here in Kentucky. It worked better than I thought it would, did extremely well at that task. I think if you are doing larger woodcraft projects I would go with the Scandi. If you like to do a lot of fine detail work like feather sticks, carving traps then flat. However, you could take any of these grinds on a LTWK and make them work...as you well know. I look forward to what the LTWK says too. Although my experience covers decades it is just that mainly my experience, I love hearing how various people with varied backgrounds and varied geographies handle this. Thanks for asking a great question, I apologize I what even I know sounds like a riding-the-fence answer :)
Thanks Craig I am a fan of the shemenees as well and will have one soon I am in south west virginia so I have alot of the same type of woodlands. Yes either knife will be used the same as you described. Suggestions on the shemenees?
We generally recommend Scandi's for primarily woods tasks, flats for mostly cutting tasks, and saber for a mix of the two. Flat grinds are the best to learn on.
@@LRRP69 my original design was the saber. I love it and I dont see that changing for the tasks that I do. However I do see alot of people prefer the Flat, that is why we came out with the second version. I flilet fish, process squirrels/deer/turkey., woodcraft, bushcraft and lots more with the original saber on the Shemanese, it works well for me. I hope that helps. To be clear though, I am ok with you getting whatever knife works for you. I am not one that likes to think that my way is the only way. Another reason to dig LTWK blades, sooo many options there.
Thanks for the tips.
Happy to help!