Hi I was reviewing Cudeman and Muela. I basically decided not to review any more Cudeman after I had one model catastrophically fail on me in the field, whereby the blade broke at the hilt, without almost any force applied to it. I was remote and it almost caused a serious accident. I asked the manufacturer for a reason as I never published this video footage. Any knife can fail from a manufacturing fault and to be fair I wanted to give them a chance to hear their side of the story. I was given a very poor answer which simply tried to blame a faceless and nameless worker for sending me a defective knife. This answer made no sense In my opinion, as it was impossible for anyone to tell simply by looking at the knife that it was defective. This was not an acceptable answer and this contravened my policy regarding reviewing knives which have been sent to me or knives which i personally buy and review. I have taught basic metallurgy (for a short time) at university level examining both brittle and ductile fracture surfaces using scanning electron microscopes, so I have a good idea of what is a true fault and what is a failure as a result of user abuse. As regards to Muela Knives, of which i think make excellent knives, both my models I have personally bought whilst in Spain, I have simply not reviewed any more of their products for no other reason than this. But I will be doing so hopefully again. Nieto knives I knew about for some years but I only saw knives which i didn't really like in shops (again whilst in Spain) but of recent travels, I saw some nice models and decided to give them a go and review them for a bit. Like Muela and I guess all other brands you see me review, I don't like every model manufacturers make. basically the models you see here from any one manufacturer are ones that i think will serve me well (in most cases, as some I no longer use with any frequency as I simply no longer like them-just for personal reasons). I hope that answers your question.
Bush Camping Tools Thank you very much for so long response. Cudeman is very good, i really think it was a problem with the heat threatment. I know for other people than cudeman send a new knife even if it was not broken, if it has a defect. The service is good, you have found a bad lazy guy in my opinion. Thanks!. Best regards!.
Hi, yes I have many other knives from them and all good. I know it was a bad heat treatment but their response was only trying to deny this. There is no shame in saying so. It wasn't like i published some derogatory video about their products, quite the opposite. Anyway we will see in the future whether I choose to buy any more knives from them.
Hi there, that is like the eternal question and as the character in the Equalizer movie said: "Everyone wants to know:! I don't think there is one. I think it simply comes down to the product which someone likes using and has a good command over the design in order to make it work for them for what they like doing. It's also got to be easily maintained so one will use it and not just look at it.
Why baton with any knife ? , I never used any of my knives to baton with , I have a LT Wright GNS and other knives I never baton with never had the need to . I doubt frontiersmen of the 16th-19th century used batoning because all frontier knives had thinner blades made for cutting skinning and fighting not baton use , small branches feather sticks to start a fire and hatchet for small wood is all I ever needed. This baton thing is only a marketing gimmick to sell this new fad for thick knife blades and a super knife that can be a all tool option which makes no sense. Knives are for cutting , skinning , filet a fish , food prep, the ax and saw are for wood splitting .
Exactly, and if you have watched many of my videos you will hear me say this countless times and also knives are for cutting etc etc.. It is included here for those very same people who unlike you and me want to see this sort of test. I let my viewers make up their own minds as to what uses that they want to use a said knife for. As for the frontiersmen of the that period did, I do not know but like it or not people do use batons on their knives these days. I for one in Australia and probably many other Aussies never use a baton on a knife blade as there everything burns. I can say however, that under some circumstances it certainly does help to split wood in order for it to dry out successfully in a timely manner in wet climates. Whether one uses an axe to do this of the plethora of thick bladed knives available today is up to the individual.
Yes I watch all your videos great , yes it is up to the person on baton use I just do not do that. I like the Nieto Mustang knife you reviewed nice knife I think I will buy one of those.
One question: why do you review a lot of Nieto knives and not Cudeman or Muela?. It's only curiosity.
Regards!
Hi I was reviewing Cudeman and Muela. I basically decided not to review any more Cudeman after I had one model catastrophically fail on me in the field, whereby the blade broke at the hilt, without almost any force applied to it. I was remote and it almost caused a serious accident. I asked the manufacturer for a reason as I never published this video footage. Any knife can fail from a manufacturing fault and to be fair I wanted to give them a chance to hear their side of the story. I was given a very poor answer which simply tried to blame a faceless and nameless worker for sending me a defective knife. This answer made no sense In my opinion, as it was impossible for anyone to tell simply by looking at the knife that it was defective. This was not an acceptable answer and this contravened my policy regarding reviewing knives which have been sent to me or knives which i personally buy and review. I have taught basic metallurgy (for a short time) at university level examining both brittle and ductile fracture surfaces using scanning electron microscopes, so I have a good idea of what is a true fault and what is a failure as a result of user abuse.
As regards to Muela Knives, of which i think make excellent knives, both my models I have personally bought whilst in Spain, I have simply not reviewed any more of their products for no other reason than this. But I will be doing so hopefully again. Nieto knives I knew about for some years but I only saw knives which i didn't really like in shops (again whilst in Spain) but of recent travels, I saw some nice models and decided to give them a go and review them for a bit. Like Muela and I guess all other brands you see me review, I don't like every model manufacturers make. basically the models you see here from any one manufacturer are ones that i think will serve me well (in most cases, as some I no longer use with any frequency as I simply no longer like them-just for personal reasons). I hope that answers your question.
Bush Camping Tools Thank you very much for so long response. Cudeman is very good, i really think it was a problem with the heat threatment. I know for other people than cudeman send a new knife even if it was not broken, if it has a defect. The service is good, you have found a bad lazy guy in my opinion.
Thanks!. Best regards!.
Hi, yes I have many other knives from them and all good. I know it was a bad heat treatment but their response was only trying to deny this. There is no shame in saying so. It wasn't like i published some derogatory video about their products, quite the opposite. Anyway we will see in the future whether I choose to buy any more knives from them.
i also have had great results from cudeman i have a big bowie and it has performed awsome!!!;-)
Yes, it's a good brand from Spain.
What is for you the best Bushcraftknive?
Hi there, that is like the eternal question and as the character in the Equalizer movie said: "Everyone wants to know:! I don't think there is one. I think it simply comes down to the product which someone likes using and has a good command over the design in order to make it work for them for what they like doing. It's also got to be easily maintained so one will use it and not just look at it.
Cool blade
Yes it is kinda nice.
Why baton with any knife ? , I never used any of my knives to baton with , I have a LT Wright GNS and other knives I never baton with never had the need to . I doubt frontiersmen of the 16th-19th century used batoning because all frontier knives had thinner blades made for cutting skinning and fighting not baton use , small branches feather sticks to start a fire and hatchet for small wood is all I ever needed. This baton thing is only a marketing gimmick to sell this new fad for thick knife blades and a super knife that can be a all tool option which makes no sense. Knives are for cutting , skinning , filet a fish , food prep, the ax and saw are for wood splitting .
Exactly, and if you have watched many of my videos you will hear me say this countless times and also knives are for cutting etc etc.. It is included here for those very same people who unlike you and me want to see this sort of test. I let my viewers make up their own minds as to what uses that they want to use a said knife for. As for the frontiersmen of the that period did, I do not know but like it or not people do use batons on their knives these days. I for one in Australia and probably many other Aussies never use a baton on a knife blade as there everything burns. I can say however, that under some circumstances it certainly does help to split wood in order for it to dry out successfully in a timely manner in wet climates. Whether one uses an axe to do this of the plethora of thick bladed knives available today is up to the individual.
Yes I watch all your videos great , yes it is up to the person on baton use I just do not do that. I like the Nieto Mustang knife you reviewed nice knife I think I will buy one of those.
Hi, yes, they are good knives indeed and good value I believe. Appreciate your comments!