Nutnfancy is Talking to Us.

I saw it more as his dislike of small survival blades, he prefers medium choppers. I live in snow country and don't have a problem w/ a 4" carbon blade, but to each his own.

Personally, the A1 is too expensive for what you get, would rather save my bones and get a Junglas ;)
 
All I really picked out was: (summary) Large blade > Small blade. I agree with that. He discusses weight vs capability down the line also and makes adjustments accordingly. His reasoning seems fairly sound. He's not putting down anything ESEE, he's just stating size preference for woods use. I'm not with him entirely on the stainless issue though. Knives have been high carbon for a Millennium.... I like em that way.
 
eh. A knife is a knife. In a real survival situation, ie, when you're lost/traped in by a storm, You really don't sit around thinking "crap, I wish I had X, or a longer Y" You just take stock of what you have, and what you need to get done. Anything with a sharp side and a pointy end is going to work. Within a week's timespan, we had photos posted of KGD making a bowdrill with an RC3, then me doing it with a Lite Machete. The size of the knife doesn't really matter so much as having one. You can always baton a small knife, or use a large blade for detail work.

Different knives may have different approaches to tasks, and some are surely better at one task than another. But looking for the perfect blade for an unpredictable situation is time that could be used better with learning technique or method. I like my RC5/6 and RTAK II.... but I wouldn't be sad if I was lost with my RC3 or HEST
 
Dizwolf said:
eh. A knife is a knife. In a real survival situation, ie, when you're lost/traped in by a storm, You really don't sit around thinking "crap, I wish I had X, or a longer Y" You just take stock of what you have, and what you need to get done. Anything with a sharp side and a pointy end is going to work. Within a week's timespan, we had photos posted of KGD making a bowdrill with an RC3, then me doing it with a Lite Machete. The size of the knife doesn't really matter so much as having one. You can always baton a small knife, or use a large blade for detail work.

Different knives may have different approaches to tasks, and some are surely better at one task than another. But looking for the perfect blade for an unpredictable situation is time that could be used better with learning technique or method. I like my RC5/6 and RTAK II.... but I wouldn't be sad if I was lost with my RC3 or HEST
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He's discussing blades to take with you during frequent woods excursions. Not the philosophy that "A survival knife is the one you have with you". His classification of survival knives may not meet the same criteria as yours, but for all intents and purposes he's just discussing 5 inch to 8 inch blades.
 
Iboschi said:
He's discussing blades to take with you during frequent woods excursions. Not the philosophy that "A survival knife is the one you have with you". His classification of survival knives may not meet the same criteria as yours, but for all intents and purposes he's just discussing 5 inch to 8 inch blades.
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I can only listen to so much of him, so I may have missed that. :)
 
For batoning with a small knife you can always use wooden wedges and still split very large materials. I prefer a big blade as well, but there's NO reason why you can't use a small knife for survival. :)
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
For batoning with a small knife you can always use wooden wedges and still split very large materials. I prefer a big blade as well, but there's NO reason why you can't use a small knife for survival. :)
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He also goes over that. He basically discusses how much more work it is if you're doing a large amount of wood processing. It can be done, but it is much more work.
 
Kripes, as far as I can tell Jeff Randall has no head about him on a survival knife. Everytime he posts about what he's taking along on his trips its something different :D

Focusing on the tool is fruitless. The tool won't save you, just your head and ability to act. We too often confuse our aesthetic sense, ergo preferences and slight performance enhancement attributes for specific tasks as somehow being meaningful to survival. Use what works best for you, choose your tools to suit your needs, otherwise improvise when you are left wanting. That's the game.

Nobody here probably needs to buy another knife to be any more prepared than they already are. However, I won't dispute that it is always fun buy more survival stuff.

I do get tired of Nunt'n'fancy always whining about the amount of work something is, often using poor technique in the things he whines about. I think the guy needs a little bit of self esteem and a little less cockyness.
 
kgd said:
Kripes, as far as I can tell Jeff Randall has no head about him on a survival knife. Everytime he posts about what he's taking along on his trips its something different :D

Focusing n the tool is fruitless. The tool won't save you, just your head and ability to act. We too often confuse our aesthetic sense, ergo preferences and slight performance enhancement attributes for specific tasks as somehow being meaningful to survival. Use what works best for you, choose your tools to suit your needs, otherwise
improvise when you are left wanting. That's the game.

Nobody here probably needs to buy another knife to be any more prepared than they already are. However, I won't dispute that it is always fun buy more survival stuff.
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He's not really discussing a "survival tool" in the video. He's discussing a bushcraft blade or one that you would take backpacking or out into the woods for frequent trips and extended stays. He's discussing a path of least resistance. What weighs in less than HUGE choppers and will process wood faster than a 3 inch blade? A 5-8 inch blade which are commonly classified as "Survival" knives. He even acknowleges that VG-10 chips out. It isn't my first choice of knives and I don't own one (Fallenkniven A1), but he's not knocking ESEE designs at all, he's just making a case for the size and purpose of a larger outdoor "survival" knife.
 
berandom said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWR_u7fHhD8&playnext_from=TL&videos=oX_PBuk7L2U&feature=sub

Here he goes again, this time more indirectly calling us out(i.e. survival circles/groups referring to forums).
This starts at 3:00.
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That's not what he's doing and that's not who he's talking to. He's addressing people who have strong opinions on subjects but don't have the actual experience to base them on.

High carbon knives rust (when wet), unless well taken care of, and that often gets neglected under strenuous conditions. That's the kind of point he makes.
Short knives don't baton well. Another point. I personally find that hard to disagree with.
 
In the past in his videos he has talked bad about the forums and I believe he is hinting at that point again.
 
philwar said:
That's not what he's doing and that's not who he's talking to. He's addressing people who have strong opinions on subjects but don't have the actual experience to base them on.

High carbon knives rust (when wet), unless well taken care of, and that often gets neglected under strenuous conditions. That's the kind of point he makes.
Short knives don't baton well. Another point. I personally find that hard to disagree with.
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+1

That about covers it. It would seem people are too willing to be defensive about this. He's discussing his knife preferences based on experience. We are all different and have different needs and tastes.
 
berandom said:
In the past in his videos he has talked bad about the forums and I believe he is hinting at that point again.
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I think he's suggesting that people on whatever forums he's discussing, perhaps all knife and blade forums, purport their likes and dislikes based on something other than experience. Pure aesthetics maybe? He says that people buy into hype and like knives based on something other than function. I believe that to be true. Whatever the forums or location, people have different tastes for different rational. He's saying what he likes and why. No personal attacks, nothing malicious there.
 
Sorry for assuming so much about his comments in this video, but his review of the Tom Brown Tracker threw me off. He doesn't even own the knife and he gave it a 1/10 just for the price. For this reason I can not trust his opinion of his tests/expeditions.
 
berandom said:
Sorry for assuming so much about his comments in this video, but his review of the Tom Brown Tracker threw me off. He doesn't even own the knife and he gave it a 1/10 just for the price. For this reason I can not trust his opinion of his tests/expeditions.
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Well, just because we don't agree with 100% of something someone says doesn't mean they don't have great points or valuable info. I don't really watch any of Nutnfancy's videos anymore since he's gotten so LONG winded but he generally makes some good points. Sometimes he's off base though, as are we all. My Mother, best friend, and even my wife to be, are wrong sometimes, but I trust them all implicitly. I think it's a very good thing to think for ourselves but we can also look to others for valuable info even if they're wrong sometimes :D. I try to judge each instance rather than the individual. Just food for thought.
 
berandom said:
Yes, I understand. I was probably wrong in making this thread :thumbdn::D
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We're all guilty of jumping the gun. It's when trust is unequivocally lost over a number of instances then we begin to make reasonable judgments about a persons disposition. I think we all picked up something here of value. No harm in that :D
 
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