I agree on the sharp and thin aspect. Knives have gotten so thick and chunky. The definition of jack of all trades master of none, carry the right tool for the job. Nice thin knife and then have along either a saw or a hatchet/tomahawk.
I'm so pleased to see you repping your own brand after a year of diligent testing. And combining the functionality of your two favorite knives in order to create what works best for your environment and needs is simply inspired! I'm sure that the likes of Dave Canterbury and others are waiting to get their hands on one to review! Hopefully, I'll one day own one! Great job James!
Such a great looking design and blade grind. Really love just how well your knife is put together. And absolutely love how you've kept it Abit old-school too. Would love to have one of these in my fixed blade collection. Thanks for sharing and keep well Sir
Ohhhhhhh, i really like what im seeing! A Compound Scandi grind like the Kansbol has been one of the most intreaguing blade grinds for a long time, but i have not seen it in a Bigger "Better" knife. This is a very nice concept! From a Visual Perspective a version with a more distinct line/drop between the full flat and the Scandi Protion would be cute! The beauty of a scandi is that you have full thickness down to the edge like a double sided Chisel, This is difficult to do cleanly by hand though.
Really motivating me to get out there and start designs on my own knife! I've used several "multi grind" knives but havering the same angle on the cutting edge with differing bevels really does seem to be the way to go. Huge fan of a two knife system as well like the traditional kukris or a leuku and puukko combo. Great design though! Thanks for the review and stay safe friend!
Must tell you i use my knife for the same purposes as you. Man, that knife is amazing. I am bewitched by it. Believe it is the best knife design I have ever encountered. Must obtain one! I'm in the Blue Ridge Mountains or Southern Appalachians if you prefer. Would be perfect for here. Currently use a Kepheart knife.
I ordered your knife with woody, since your interview with Woody ,can’t wait for it to come in and put it to its paces. I like that handle to your new knife what type of Material is that to your knife handle?
Really appreciate the video and your knife design has lots of great merits. Lots of thought and functionality built into the design and it looks good IMHO.
Rhinestones? Wh th... Did u see that comment? Anyway... cool knife James!! I skipped thru the snake scenes... I'm Navajo, not supposed to watch that kinda stuff... But, the rest of the video was top notch, as always. Love Quervo's guitar pickin!!
The design reminds of what William Collins WC Knives has been doing, except his knives tend to have a more recurve shape and an aggressive transition from scandi to flat grind.
So great to finally see this review! Can’t wait to get a snake eater. 🐍 👅 I also loved the mix of old school Cuervo music and new Cuervo music. Excellent video in every regard.
Beautiful knife. At first look to be honest. I was a bit concerned with how short the Scandi grind was. But that performed awesomely, and you were using quite a bit of the blade. Great technique by the way. Excellent video!
yeah its a short segment but enough for the wood id be processing. i see some folks batoning some giant logs that take up majority of their blade lenght and theyre just asking to damage their blade
Never owned the green river but the Kansbol is one of my favorites as you know. The snake Eaters outstanding! By far one of my favorite fixed blade knives of all time! Been using it solely since I got it! Love the thickness or should I say thinness. Great design! Well made knife! Hats off to both you and Woody! Atb Sean
Nice knife and as you said mostly for field cooking including making a fire since you need a fire for cooking. I at least don't bring a microwave and extension cord. The honing rod is actually for honing and not sharpening and what it does is center the edge so it does feel sharper. Anyway. I will see if I can pick one up when I visit the US because ordering from the US with the p&p and import tax is making it too expensive for me.
I really like your knife design, it's kinda like the best of both worlds. You're taking a classic Morakniv design and improving it as well as making it stronger with a full tang...
James, that snake is so tiny compared to the rattlers we have in Northeast Georgia. Most here are thicker than your arm and the head is as big as your fist . And those are the medium ones. All are deadly to be sure but I've eaten many of them . Thinking of the movie Jaws ,in reference to the sharks size Quint's remark of the taxidermy man having a heart attack when he seen what Quint was to bring him . 😆 just one rattler can feed several people with leftovers . Usually we bury the heads more than a foot deep just to be safe . Then cover the hole back up. With the rite seasoning I dont mind eating them . And if you cut them in chunks and batter them like fried chicken and make gravy and biscuits along with some scrambled cheese eggs they make a great breakfast. Trick is to soak the chunks in buttermilk in the cooler overnight with some salt and red pepper. Makes the meat extra tender. Looks like the snake eater lives up to its name and is a fine knife. Congratulations 🎉 hope you sell a bunch of um. It looked great skinning that hog .
Got the old mora & old hickory butcher blade design in my opinion. Looks fantastic ,Congrats James.👍👍👍👍👍 I'm actually happy to see a blade NOT being all "tactical" love old skool style.
Love the "Catch and Cook" videos. Can you eat all the bones in that snake? Great looking knife. I think I'll go with the five Cs of bush craft and carry a container to boil water. Thanks for a fun video.
I would recommend ALWAYS remove the head before even handling a dead rattlesnake. Or pick them up with a multi-tool right behind the head before processing. I've had dead snakes turn and strike at me while holding them. It's reflex.
I sold my Mora Garberg some times ago because i prefer the Kansbol. My 4 favorites "belt knives" are: -Mora Kansbol -Green River Hunting Knife (4215) -Benchmade Puukko 200 -LT Wright Gen 5 (saber grind) I have a custom Mini Hudson bay 3/16" 80crv2 - 5" FFG that i really like i've been eyeing your knife from the start, it's a great design! my next probably gonna be a LT Wright Genesis in Aeb-l FFG or a Next Gen Did you ever try a full flat grind Nessmuk design like the LTWK Camp Muk? looks like it could be a nice addition for your lifestyle
Honestly I love the design of your knife I just wish the blade was a little smaller like 3.5 or 4inch I would definitely buy one maybe you can make a snake eater mini
Just found you by mistake and I got interested and subed , last thing I need is another Firearm or Blade , I have a Tops Norsmen as a fighter/ field blade and 3 Jeff Crowner blades that can chop a tree down.. I do like them sparse carrying them with all the other gear I have , it's heavy, I want 1 blade that can play a defensive roll as well , I do really like this knife so I dropped an email for an order
Hey James, now that the Snake Eater is your knife of choice when out in the wild, what did you do with your Green River Hunter, the one with the nice custom scales? keeping it or did you sell it?
Cool knife. Fun video, James. Really enjoy your video about identifying and using the flora and fauna of the SW. Also appreciate your reverence for those things when you harvest them. Do you identify with any Native American tribe? Also enjoy Cuervo’s guitar BTW.
I like those old world knives in the modern era. It would be great content if you had other bushcrafters do a knife gauntlet with the SnakeEater for 2022 and every video must contain a Cuervo song fer good measure Haha.
@@redneckedge1479 maybe if the design becomes popular, a big company might make a production version. Hand crafted knife isn’t in the budget for me either.
Sadly don’t bother messaging the manufacturer if you’re interested in a knife. He doesn’t bother even responded to your medage. It’s been three week now and no response.
It’s not as easy to design a better knife than they used in the past. They had things pretty good back then because they needed to. Not just designed in a whim.
The flex that these blades have is incredible. I couldn't ever imagine mine breaking. Takes a wicked edge and is easy to keep honed. Worth evey penny
I agree on the sharp and thin aspect. Knives have gotten so thick and chunky. The definition of jack of all trades master of none, carry the right tool for the job. Nice thin knife and then have along either a saw or a hatchet/tomahawk.
Mora Kansbol is one of my favorites and your design takes it the next level.Good job to you and Woody.👍
A guy I work with bought me one for Christmas last year , I carry it in my bag every day
I'm so pleased to see you repping your own brand after a year of diligent testing. And combining the functionality of your two favorite knives in order to create what works best for your environment and needs is simply inspired! I'm sure that the likes of Dave Canterbury and others are waiting to get their hands on one to review! Hopefully, I'll one day own one! Great job James!
Love them cowboy style knives
Love it! I think it's a great design for a woodsman. Very nice my friend 🤠
Pretty sweet looking knife!
Looks like the perfect design for it's intended purpose. Well done, Fox!
Such a great looking design and blade grind. Really love just how well your knife is put together. And absolutely love how you've kept it Abit old-school too. Would love to have one of these in my fixed blade collection. Thanks for sharing and keep well Sir
Ohhhhhhh, i really like what im seeing!
A Compound Scandi grind like the Kansbol has been one of the most intreaguing blade grinds for a long time, but i have not seen it in a Bigger "Better" knife.
This is a very nice concept!
From a Visual Perspective a version with a more distinct line/drop between the full flat and the Scandi Protion would be cute! The beauty of a scandi is that you have full thickness down to the edge like a double sided Chisel, This is difficult to do cleanly by hand though.
Good to see you guys back in the bush. Nice blade.
Really motivating me to get out there and start designs on my own knife! I've used several "multi grind" knives but havering the same angle on the cutting edge with differing bevels really does seem to be the way to go. Huge fan of a two knife system as well like the traditional kukris or a leuku and puukko combo. Great design though! Thanks for the review and stay safe friend!
Must tell you i use my knife for the same purposes as you. Man, that knife is amazing. I am bewitched by it. Believe it is the best knife design I have ever encountered. Must obtain one! I'm in the Blue Ridge Mountains or Southern Appalachians if you prefer. Would be perfect for here. Currently use a Kepheart knife.
Thanks for the upload as always, James. Always love a catch and cook, you make great looking meals
Knife does look neat, I hope to own one - one day
Thanks for watching
Beautiful and simple!!! If you ever make another type you shoukd call it Fox Tooth!!
🤣🤣 Love your reaction after the second sip of water, cutting to the next scene! Lol
Lol yeah its grosss
The Snake Eater living up to its name. Great blade James.
thank you!
I ordered your knife with woody, since your interview with Woody ,can’t wait for it to come in and put it to its paces.
I like that handle to your new knife what type of Material is that to your knife handle?
Really appreciate the video and your knife design has lots of great merits. Lots of thought and functionality built into the design and it looks good IMHO.
i appreciate that, thank you for watching
Cool looking knife
Buddy you Guys Rock😎👊👊👊!! That was an amazing video great job!!
Hey I think your knife is awesome.
Very nice blade! Great vid!
Rhinestones?
Wh th...
Did u see that comment?
Anyway... cool knife James!!
I skipped thru the snake scenes... I'm Navajo, not supposed to watch that kinda stuff...
But, the rest of the video was top notch, as always.
Love Quervo's guitar pickin!!
I know right I was like what the hell
Nice knife and I love the mora kansbol. However your knife is a nice product and good luck to you.
Really enjoyed this and the last vid James. Keep em coming brother.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love mine; highly recommended!
Bro Beautiful blades!!!!
thank you!
The design reminds of what William Collins WC Knives has been doing, except his knives tend to have a more recurve shape and an aggressive transition from scandi to flat grind.
Badass blade, brotha!
Killer design, love it
My Knife is #024 and Woody is shipping mine out by the weekend and I cant wait for it.
nice!
So great to finally see this review! Can’t wait to get a snake eater. 🐍 👅 I also loved the mix of old school Cuervo music and new Cuervo music. Excellent video in every regard.
good ear!
@@JunkyardFox let’s just say I listen to a lot of Cuervo!
Beautiful knife. At first look to be honest. I was a bit concerned with how short the Scandi grind was. But that performed awesomely, and you were using quite a bit of the blade. Great technique by the way. Excellent video!
yeah its a short segment but enough for the wood id be processing. i see some folks batoning some giant logs that take up majority of their blade lenght and theyre just asking to damage their blade
@@JunkyardFox Agreed wholeheartedly.
Never owned the green river but the Kansbol is one of my favorites as you know. The snake Eaters outstanding! By far one of my favorite fixed blade knives of all time! Been using it solely since I got it! Love the thickness or should I say thinness. Great design! Well made knife! Hats off to both you and Woody! Atb Sean
awesome! id love to see your take on a review of your snake eater, Sean
@@JunkyardFox it's been a while. I'll see what I can do.
@Junkyard Fox Does it come in Gun Blue Finish? also the Cactus Rock Boiling, is pretty cool. is that a method you devised?
I really like what the overall shape of this knife
Nice knife and as you said mostly for field cooking including making a fire since you need a fire for cooking. I at least don't bring a microwave and extension cord. The honing rod is actually for honing and not sharpening and what it does is center the edge so it does feel sharper. Anyway. I will see if I can pick one up when I visit the US because ordering from the US with the p&p and import tax is making it too expensive for me.
I really like your knife design, it's kinda like the best of both worlds. You're taking a classic Morakniv design and improving it as well as making it stronger with a full tang...
Could you strop a blade with that combo grind?
yes
James, that snake is so tiny compared to the rattlers we have in Northeast Georgia. Most here are thicker than your arm and the head is as big as your fist . And those are the medium ones. All are deadly to be sure but I've eaten many of them .
Thinking of the movie Jaws ,in reference to the sharks size Quint's remark of the taxidermy man having a heart attack when he seen what Quint was to bring him . 😆 just one rattler can feed several people with leftovers .
Usually we bury the heads more than a foot deep just to be safe . Then cover the hole back up. With the rite seasoning I dont mind eating them . And if you cut them in chunks and batter them like fried chicken and make gravy and biscuits along with some scrambled cheese eggs they make a great breakfast. Trick is to soak the chunks in buttermilk in the cooler overnight with some salt and red pepper. Makes the meat extra tender.
Looks like the snake eater lives up to its name and is a fine knife. Congratulations 🎉 hope you sell a bunch of um. It looked great skinning that hog .
theres some big ones out here too though none that large
Got the old mora & old hickory butcher blade design in my opinion. Looks fantastic ,Congrats James.👍👍👍👍👍 I'm actually happy to see a blade NOT being all "tactical" love old skool style.
we gotta make old world looking knives cool again lol
Dude, the guitar during the cactus part was great. 👍
Glad you liked it!
I own #007. Great design and am looking forward to putting it to the test.
Right on! waht colors is yours?
Green scales w/orange liners
Cuervo's MGS theme rendition still kicks ass
Buen Trajabo!🍻👤
I've never eaten snake or 🦎 lizard but I have eaten frog legs. Gorgeous Knives I wonder if you design anything with rhinestones crystal handles.
Love the "Catch and Cook" videos. Can you eat all the bones in that snake? Great looking knife. I think I'll go with the five Cs of bush craft and carry a container to boil water. Thanks for a fun video.
the vertebra isnt worth trying to chew on, jsut eat the ribs
I hope you saved that snake skin for tanning. It would make a wicked hat band!
Where can I buy one. My name is Joel hello from BigSpring Texas
Cooking like Jeremiah Johnson. 👍👍🍻
I would recommend ALWAYS remove the head before even handling a dead rattlesnake. Or pick them up with a multi-tool right behind the head before processing. I've had dead snakes turn and strike at me while holding them. It's reflex.
I sold my Mora Garberg some times ago because i prefer the Kansbol. My 4 favorites "belt knives" are:
-Mora Kansbol
-Green River Hunting Knife (4215)
-Benchmade Puukko 200
-LT Wright Gen 5 (saber grind)
I have a custom Mini Hudson bay 3/16" 80crv2 - 5" FFG that i really like
i've been eyeing your knife from the start, it's a great design!
my next probably gonna be a LT Wright Genesis in Aeb-l FFG or a Next Gen
Did you ever try a full flat grind Nessmuk design like the LTWK Camp Muk? looks like it could be a nice addition for your lifestyle
great blade choices! i havent bought any new knives lately so i may be getting myself somethign new soon
Fresh pads are great to cook up for nopales. Probably spelled it wrong. If they're tough, they're bitter.
Honestly I love the design of your knife I just wish the blade was a little smaller like 3.5 or 4inch I would definitely buy one maybe you can make a snake eater mini
He does! I have one on order! Should be done soon
I💓🦊es! 🤣🤣🤣...
Just found you by mistake and I got interested and subed , last thing I need is another Firearm or Blade , I have a Tops Norsmen as a fighter/ field blade and 3 Jeff Crowner blades that can chop a tree down.. I do like them sparse carrying them with all the other gear I have , it's heavy, I want 1 blade that can play a defensive roll as well , I do really like this knife so I dropped an email for an order
Awesome, youre gonna love it!
Hey James, now that the Snake Eater is your knife of choice when out in the wild, what did you do with your Green River Hunter, the one with the nice custom scales? keeping it or did you sell it?
i still have it. its mainly retiredthough sometimes it sees use in the kitchen
Cool knife. Fun video, James. Really enjoy your video about identifying and using the flora and fauna of the SW. Also appreciate your reverence for those things when you harvest them. Do you identify with any Native American tribe? Also enjoy Cuervo’s guitar BTW.
i dont personally identify with any one particular tribe. i used some of cuervos older stuff and some of his new ones for balance
NICE 🤠🤠🤠
I like those old world knives in the modern era. It would be great content if you had other bushcrafters do a knife gauntlet with the SnakeEater for 2022 and every video must contain a Cuervo song fer good measure Haha.
something like that is being planned
👍👍👍👍👍👍
I want this knife, and really I mean it from Thailand. How could i ?
Just noticed youtube turned the bell off on me for the past 3 weeks. Now to catch up.
Make one out of CPM MagnaCut.
That snake eater looks like a hell of a functioning work of art bro!!! What was the handle on the green river made of?
that was birch wood i believe
AND IT HAS A SMALL SERATED EDGE AT END OF BLADE BELOW HAND GUARD..
17:53 "burn the hate off"
Great knife to expensive
How much is it? Didn't see a base price on the website.
I’m going to assume it would be since each knife is hand crafted.
@@CytoplasmicGoo I'm not saying it's overpriced I'm saying a more budget friendly opinion would be great
@@redneckedge1479 maybe if the design becomes popular, a big company might make a production version. Hand crafted knife isn’t in the budget for me either.
@@redneckedge1479 Mora Kansbol is the budget version .
You reviewed your own knife? Why?
Probably because he wanted to? Ever thought of that?
Then you can eat the cactus pad
👍👍👍🦊
Didn't know that rattlesnakes are edible
No step on snake (eater)
Sadly don’t bother messaging the manufacturer if you’re interested in a knife. He doesn’t bother even responded to your medage. It’s been three week now and no response.
Why didn't you milk the snake? I like to keep a little venom for my blow darts. Nasty!
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HOG IS A LOT BETTER
It’s not as easy to design a better knife than they used in the past. They had things pretty good back then because they needed to. Not just designed in a whim.