I’ve got a lot to say about this knife, and very little of it is positive. Not a knife maker, nor do I play one on UA-cam. I’ve personally seen at least 4 of them to be returned to my store alone. They’ve all been brought back due to the blade snapping just inside the handle. I took one apart and found that for some reason, they put a large hole in the blade tang. All of them snapped at that same place with moderate to heavy usage. Three guys said they were chopping down standing dead trees and the fourth was prying something, (wasn’t there, didn’t get the whole story) that I’m guessing he probably shouldn’t have been. These were all returned within a two week period. I remember that because I had planned on picking one up the next payday. Not trying to scare anyone, or crap on the manufacturer, just want to raise this concern. BTW, just found your channel (and subscribed), via your homemade MRE series. I’m enjoying working my way through them.
Thanks for bringing this up. Noting helps people make a proper decision like hearing experiences of people who have something to contribute. I really appreciate the support!
Commenting to help the channel. 😁 Camillus knives have been around for a long time. I've not had one of the modern, imported knives, but they seem to be a solid value. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one.
I just bought one on clearance at Wallyworld for twenty bucks and it has a hard plastic or nylon(?) (not kydex) sheath. Also they call the small knife a “trim knife” and the handle on mine is a dark green/gray color. The notch on the spine of the blade is identified as a “wire cutter” on the clam packaging of my knife. I attached my mora 2000 knife to the sheath with Ranger bands so I’d have a smaller blade for more intricate cutting tasks. In my opinion it’s not an SP8 but it’s certainly worth what I paid for it. * The Camillus Cutlery Company is one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States. The Company was founded in 1876 and produced millions of knives until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007. Its brand name and intellectual property rights were purchased by Acme United Corporation, which re-launched the Camillus brand in May 2009 using modern materials.*
Yep, much like the real Schrade which closed its doors some years back with the name and designs getting sold off the real Camillus was a respected knife brand. The real Camillus was the original maker of Ethan Becker's BK2 which is now made by KaBar.
I've had one of these a long time and I use it to chop grapevines off otherwise good trees. Never have had a problem with this knife. I use the trim knife to cut open boxes and such. Well worth the investment. Don't care for the saw.
I would highly recommend condor makes a machete called the "terrachete". It cost $60-70 depending on the site. I can't recommend it enough. It is a once in your lifetime purchase. One of those type you hand down. It is designed as a one tool type deal. Im not a fan of a hollow grind on a machete. That is bad no matter how you look at it. I prefer carbon steel. A good machete is one of the best most useful tools i can think of.
I own this Carnivore. I would not buy another. The saw-back is why I dont like it. Instead of this tool, try a 12" Tramontina machete-work knife. The Tramontina is full tang, carbon steel, and it works for those people who LIVE in a jungle. Thats a heck of an endorsement.
I personally wouldn't buy one but I don't care for budget blades although I have a few lower to middle price range ones and I don't like stainless steel in any capacity. True about tips there, I've a Muela knife that I dropped and the tip snapped off and I had to re-profile the tip. A good knife for all but hard bushcraft for a cheap price that keeps a wicked edge, go for the Opinel Carbone range. They're not for hard tasks but to cut stuff or even double as a kitchen blade, they're fantastic. If I want a bushcraft blade, I'll pay the money for something bigger and stronger.
@@dadbudgetadventures I like that you reply to comments. Funny thing, I had one of your four year old videos come up this morning and I was looking at the thumbnail like "who's this fella?" and then realised it was you. Good job on the weight loss and the beard looks way better than the 'stache.
The tool looks interesting. My favorite Camillus knife belonged to a relative who was in the navy back in the 1960's. It was a stainless steal folding knife that had a cutting blade, marlin spike, can opener and bottle opener. The bottle opening blade could also function like a flat head screw driver. Camillus no longer makes this knife and can only find them used. Smokey Mountain Knife Company carries a replica but I'm not sure of the quality. I also have a fear of losing my high dollar Becker knife and usually pack a Mora companion for most of my day hikes. I stopped buying Spyderco knifes as I kept losing them. I the folder I carry at work was a freebe from a conference I went to years ago and has cut everything from seatbelts to birthday cake.
Nice knife. Camillus makes good knives. Last year I purchased a camillus MK2 fighting knife (Vietnam era ) in very good shape with a leather sheath for $2 . I couldn't pay for it fast enough.
Hey DBA! I have the Camillus "Inject" which uses the same mulititool philosophy - it has two little tools that slide into the knife's scales and can be popped out to provide some extra functionality. Only twenty dollars on Amazon, might be worth a look as a companion for your Carnivore.
If the handle is cofrotably sized and shaped, i sighest mason line rather than pcord for wrapping. Its much thinner and therfore wont changenthe handle shape as much.
I recall my brand new Camillus hunting knife...beautiful knife and scalpel sharp......but....it came with a plastic sheath.....an expensive knife with crap sheath....which meant that the very first hunting trip I took with it..on the very first day after working through dense brush going after a moose...I got no moose but returned later to camp to find that the knife was gone...thanks to the crap sheath. Never get a sheath made of anything but leather with a secure way of restraining it.
Well I don’t think that tip is gonna help prying things open, if I remember correctly it’s a stainless steel blade, and for 25 bucks is either one of those cheap Chinese cr13 stainless or like 420 or if lucky 440 blade. Those steels are pretty weak and will break when trying to pry, also that cord cutter is a big weak point along of all those sawblade sections. But for normal camp use or as a backup I think this should be fine, this is one blade I would lend out to a person that don’t know much about knives or is not careful with stuff, we all have that friend. Once I actually left my elmax knife on the camp sight and my of my buddies needed a knife, he borrowed my knife without me knowing and wacked it on a stick problem was the stone under the stick and when he got thought the stick he wacked the stone, I almost started crying but the blade didn’t take damage
That model is like 6yrs old they have kydex sheaths now and a knife point in the carnivore inject model the 1 u have is camillus. 2nd version in the carnivore x series
I got reviews on my channel i do a side by side comparison👊 they all solid blades excluding the original Carnivore which has a super thin tang. Which doomed it. I must say they have recovered nicely with the x series
Ive got one of the newer ones that i keep on one of my backpacks. It works fine. This is a tool that doesn't get much appreciation on UA-cam i think because of it's steel, manufacture and Walmart. It's good for what it is though.
Live near the old factory , back in the day a Camillus knife was preferred over any other . Sadly , it was bought out and the name means nothing now ... unless it's an original .
It looks a bit over designed, performed marginally as expected and I strongly suspect the whole titanium thing is nothing but a marketing ploy. BUT…the main thing always is that if you like the looks and enjoy using it - that’s the only justification one really needs for purchasing any blade, especially in this kind of price bracket.
Word of advice {take it with a grain of salt} "Stick to budget M.R.E.s". Just off the top of my head I know of 5 better blades for $25. Just saying....
I’ve got a lot to say about this knife, and very little of it is positive. Not a knife maker, nor do I play one on UA-cam. I’ve personally seen at least 4 of them to be returned to my store alone. They’ve all been brought back due to the blade snapping just inside the handle. I took one apart and found that for some reason, they put a large hole in the blade tang. All of them snapped at that same place with moderate to heavy usage. Three guys said they were chopping down standing dead trees and the fourth was prying something, (wasn’t there, didn’t get the whole story) that I’m guessing he probably shouldn’t have been. These were all returned within a two week period. I remember that because I had planned on picking one up the next payday.
Not trying to scare anyone, or crap on the manufacturer, just want to raise this concern.
BTW, just found your channel (and subscribed), via your homemade MRE series. I’m enjoying working my way through them.
Thanks for bringing this up. Noting helps people make a proper decision like hearing experiences of people who have something to contribute. I really appreciate the support!
I have used one to help me clean up some overgrown bushes. I like it. Need to sharpen it now though, thanks for reminding me.
I like it so far. Let’s see how that fares a couple years down the line.
Commenting to help the channel. 😁
Camillus knives have been around for a long time. I've not had one of the modern, imported knives, but they seem to be a solid value. I wouldn't hesitate to buy one.
I’ll take it! This one is interesting to me because of the design but I’m hoping it holds up to some abuse.
I am confident you will find it to be a good investment. 👍👍👍
I just bought one on clearance at Wallyworld for twenty bucks and it has a hard plastic or nylon(?) (not kydex) sheath. Also they call the small knife a “trim knife” and the handle on mine is a dark green/gray color. The notch on the spine of the blade is identified as a “wire cutter” on the clam packaging of my knife.
I attached my mora 2000 knife to the sheath with Ranger bands so I’d have a smaller blade for more intricate cutting tasks.
In my opinion it’s not an SP8 but it’s certainly worth what I paid for it.
* The Camillus Cutlery Company is one of the oldest knife manufacturers in the United States. The Company was founded in 1876 and produced millions of knives until it filed for bankruptcy in 2007. Its brand name and intellectual property rights were purchased by Acme United Corporation, which re-launched the Camillus brand in May 2009 using modern materials.*
I’ve been happy with it so far. It’s taken what I’ve thrown at it pretty well.
Yep, much like the real Schrade which closed its doors some years back with the name and designs getting sold off the real Camillus was a respected knife brand. The real Camillus was the original maker of Ethan Becker's BK2 which is now made by KaBar.
I've had one of these a long time and I use it to chop grapevines off otherwise good trees. Never have had a problem with this knife. I use the trim knife to cut open boxes and such. Well worth the investment. Don't care for the saw.
It’s really a good overall knife but probably not one to abuse too much.
I would highly recommend condor makes a machete called the "terrachete". It cost $60-70 depending on the site.
I can't recommend it enough.
It is a once in your lifetime purchase.
One of those type you hand down. It is designed as a one tool type deal.
Im not a fan of a hollow grind on a machete. That is bad no matter how you look at it.
I prefer carbon steel.
A good machete is one of the best most useful tools i can think of.
I will look into that!
I love your tagline. The world you live in.... so very true.
Thank you
I own this Carnivore.
I would not buy another.
The saw-back is why I dont like it.
Instead of this tool, try a 12" Tramontina machete-work knife.
The Tramontina is full tang, carbon steel, and it works for those people who LIVE in a jungle. Thats a heck of an endorsement.
Cool. I’ll look into it
APRIL 2024
1. great video ty.
2. The upgraded version of this and the hatchet/saw are amazing 🤘⚔️🇺🇲
Thanks! I kinda like it
GREAT REVIEW, TY
You’re welcome!
I personally wouldn't buy one but I don't care for budget blades although I have a few lower to middle price range ones and I don't like stainless steel in any capacity. True about tips there, I've a Muela knife that I dropped and the tip snapped off and I had to re-profile the tip.
A good knife for all but hard bushcraft for a cheap price that keeps a wicked edge, go for the Opinel Carbone range. They're not for hard tasks but to cut stuff or even double as a kitchen blade, they're fantastic.
If I want a bushcraft blade, I'll pay the money for something bigger and stronger.
That’s valid
@@dadbudgetadventures I like that you reply to comments.
Funny thing, I had one of your four year old videos come up this morning and I was looking at the thumbnail like "who's this fella?" and then realised it was you. Good job on the weight loss and the beard looks way better than the 'stache.
The tool looks interesting. My favorite Camillus knife belonged to a relative who was in the navy back in the 1960's. It was a stainless steal folding knife that had a cutting blade, marlin spike, can opener and bottle opener. The bottle opening blade could also function like a flat head screw driver. Camillus no longer makes this knife and can only find them used. Smokey Mountain Knife Company carries a replica but I'm not sure of the quality.
I also have a fear of losing my high dollar Becker knife and usually pack a Mora companion for most of my day hikes. I stopped buying Spyderco knifes as I kept losing them. I the folder I carry at work was a freebe from a conference I went to years ago and has cut everything from seatbelts to birthday cake.
I had one of the Navy issued knives like that. I need to find it and see what brand it was. Loved that knife.
I love my Camillus products
This one has been a great addition.
Nice knife. Camillus makes good knives. Last year I purchased a camillus MK2 fighting knife (Vietnam era ) in very good shape with a leather sheath for $2 . I couldn't pay for it fast enough.
I bet! That’s a shut up and take my money moment for sure.
Hey DBA! I have the Camillus "Inject" which uses the same mulititool philosophy - it has two little tools that slide into the knife's scales and can be popped out to provide some extra functionality. Only twenty dollars on Amazon, might be worth a look as a companion for your Carnivore.
Might have to look into that!
Generally, cheap stuff and mid range stuff go for carbon steel and expensive stuff go for stainless preferably one of those super steels
Definitely. But for the price I’ll give it a go.
If the handle is cofrotably sized and shaped, i sighest mason line rather than pcord for wrapping. Its much thinner and therfore wont changenthe handle shape as much.
That’s a great idea!
You should check out the Ontario SP-8. It’s shorter but an excellent chopper.
I will check it out!
I recall my brand new Camillus hunting knife...beautiful knife and scalpel sharp......but....it came with a plastic sheath.....an expensive knife with crap sheath....which meant that the very first hunting trip I took with it..on the very first day after working through dense brush going after a moose...I got no moose but returned later to camp to find that the knife was gone...thanks to the crap sheath. Never get a sheath made of anything but leather with a secure way of restraining it.
I’m definitely going to build a custom leather sheath with some accessories
Well I don’t think that tip is gonna help prying things open, if I remember correctly it’s a stainless steel blade, and for 25 bucks is either one of those cheap Chinese cr13 stainless or like 420 or if lucky 440 blade. Those steels are pretty weak and will break when trying to pry, also that cord cutter is a big weak point along of all those sawblade sections. But for normal camp use or as a backup I think this should be fine, this is one blade I would lend out to a person that don’t know much about knives or is not careful with stuff, we all have that friend. Once I actually left my elmax knife on the camp sight and my of my buddies needed a knife, he borrowed my knife without me knowing and wacked it on a stick problem was the stone under the stick and when he got thought the stick he wacked the stone, I almost started crying but the blade didn’t take damage
I’d really like to have this style custom made with good steel and a better handle. I love the overall profile and function.
That model is like 6yrs old they have kydex sheaths now and a knife point in the carnivore inject model the 1 u have is camillus. 2nd version in the carnivore x series
Yeah, I saw something about the Inject the other day and was curious about the difference
I got reviews on my channel i do a side by side comparison👊 they all solid blades excluding the original Carnivore which has a super thin tang. Which doomed it. I must say they have recovered nicely with the x series
@@modernpreppingandsurvival very cool. I’ll go check out your reviews!
Ive got one of the newer ones that i keep on one of my backpacks. It works fine. This is a tool that doesn't get much appreciation on UA-cam i think because of it's steel, manufacture and Walmart. It's good for what it is though.
There’s a lot of stigma to get past, I think. But I like it a lot.
The Camillus Cutlery brand pre-dates Walmart by almost 100 years (1876 vs 1962).
True, but that’s what they have become known for now, unfortunately.
Live near the old factory , back in the day a Camillus knife was preferred over any other .
Sadly , it was bought out and the name means nothing now ... unless it's an original .
@@bloodyfinger5 I’ve still got a couple from my Granddad - to this day they are great knives. My first issue K-Bar was a Camillus.
@@justjonoutdoors Still have my K-Bar as well , tucked away with my old uniforms .
Nice!
Definitely
Looks like a pretty decent deal. Haven't heard of that brand before. Will just have too try it . Thank you for review !
I really like it so I’ll keep you updated if that changes!
Dad Budget tested... Dad Budget approved. (= I think they saw your video, it went up $5 LOL
Uh oh, I’m influencing the market!
It looks a bit over designed, performed marginally as expected and I strongly suspect the whole titanium thing is nothing but a marketing ploy. BUT…the main thing always is that if you like the looks and enjoy using it - that’s the only justification one really needs for purchasing any blade, especially in this kind of price bracket.
Knives are a relative thing for sure. This one works for what I need but isn’t designed for everyone. Gotta find what works for your particular uses.
i like there camping knifes but not there pocket knifes .
That’s a fair point
Titanium bonded for 25 dollars??????
Yep. That’s what it says!
@@dadbudgetadventures 😉sounds too good to be true for 25 bucks.
@@nikolajc7617 to be fair, it’s usually a $50 knife 😀
@@dadbudgetadventures 👍👍
Word of advice {take it with a grain of salt} "Stick to budget M.R.E.s". Just off the top of my head I know of 5 better blades for $25. Just saying....
Just showing the one I found that I liked.