Nice video Rob. John is a cracking guy... I ordered a Meister from in O1 with Oak scales. Regular contact and then he said "knifes ready, I'm going up to a friend in the Lakes... do you want me to drop it off?"... I live on the Coast of North Yorkshire! Fantastic knife and excellent customer service.
"It's always damp here" 😂 Of course it is Rob. We're Welsh. We are born with gills in God's country. Love the channel and admire your skills as a knifemaker. Where in Wales are you, from The Rhondda here 🤘🤘
@@RobEvansWoodsman beautiful part of Wales butty. In the Rhondda we struggle for suitable places to wildcamp, so we tend do a lot of stealth, leave no trace camps lol. Is it ok to email your site to check on the availability of Mrk 2 please.
Hey Rob, I've just watched this video again, i think i need help! Anyway, i heard the reason for the massive ricasso is for when you're wearing gloves in the winter. That way you can choke up the blade a bit. I don't really like handling knives with gloves, so it's not for me, but i can see the rest of the blade shape looks purposeful. Keep up the good work, diolch.
Nearly 600 bats for o1 ..the world has gone mad 🫣im with you on getting the edge as close to the handle as possible.. I do distal tapers on double edges but couldn't be arsed on the handle.. lovely feathers 🤙🤙 just the gentlest of pushes on the ferro 🤙😁
Great review rob! Unfortunately it ended up costing me as I couldn’t not have one! Very impressed with it so far. The sheath that came with mine was much improved to the one yours has. John was a thoroughly nice bloke and even hand delivered. Keep up the good work mate 👍
I was only looking at this knife the other night on their site. I sadly dismissed it because I thought it too thick at 5mm. Will be very interested to watch this review now!😁
Hello Rob, You're looking well mate. Raining? In Wales? Never?! Hahaha! Wales without water would be unthinkable, it's part of the glory of the land! I know you know that Rob ;). Ray Mears is a knob, a knob but he does at least know alot of woodcraft skills but he's too much of a big boy scout for my liking and allways has been, and he's been taking the piss for years with his daylight robbery prices and his staking claims to on knife designs that are pretty much as old as the hills! £590! An O1 knife! He's a greedy b*stard! Anyway, with all that out of the way, great video Rob, allways appreciate your no nonsense approach and I would've loved to have seen the Nomad fellas face when you called his knife a bullsh*t design! Hahaha! All taken in the good spirit it was meant in no doubt mate and that's good to know :). The knife has a bit too many bells and whistles for me but there's no doubt it's very well made just not my cup of tea though. I'll look forward to watching more of your videos soon mate :). Oh aye, that Joe X fella is going to do a destruction video on the TRC Apocalypse in Elmax, you and I discussed the knife once before and I really can't stand the damn thing, handles too flat and it's too narrow round the neck, but I knew all that and still paid £450 or thereabouts for it! I must've had a turn! Hahaha! I'm going to grind off the handle scales and replace them with thicker ones and probably going the spine flat aswell. The thing that annoys me most is that the older model in M390 was 5mm thick so not 6.3mm which as you know is OTT, and it had a convex grind, and it had holes drilled though the tang instead of chunks of steel being cut out. The handle was still just as flat and the same damn shape and the scales weren't removable either! At least there were more features that were right than were wrong on that model! Take care Rob and best wishes to you and all of your friends and family mate :), take care now :).
I tell ya, I’m very happy with my Rob Evans knife! I can’t imagine that blade being as good. But I will never know because I can’t spend $1000 for a knife. Thank you Rob!
Totally agree on the ricaso, I thought that as soon as you took it out the sheath, looks a fantastic carva though. I also find button fastners on a knife sheath annoying after a while, okay if your moving about, but pretty impossible in the uk you'd end up getting arrested. Fire maple pot is great use mine for everything, from cooking Squirrel to baking bread, and of course ideal for making a brew.👍🏻
Nice vid, European import duties are 38% total more or less 😱 I believe, insane yes, I do like this knife but I do like a Skookum bush tool or your bush tool still a lot more for sure, keep up the good work mate
Nice video. Did you consider Scandinavian puuko’s as feather stick knives. In my collection some of them at typically 100 - 200 euro beat every other knife (in my collection) at it.
@@RobEvansWoodsman the woodlore knife itself is a very uncomfortable hold for me , I looked at a few over a 15 year period, the handle is too straight I prefer a slightly curbed , also the Emberleaf boys are ex military always nice to support the boys .. I personally wouldn’t get a woodlore because it was a standard once upon a time, Now you got some serious bushcrafting knife Makers here in UK 🇬🇧.. Take care all the best my friend 🫡
How many Bushtool blades do you keep in stock at any given time Rob? And could someone still be punting them out 8yrs after you had kicked the bucket???
@@RobEvansWoodsman That’s a considerable capital investment for a knife maker. Would that be a factor in how much you have to charge for a hand built knife?
@@howardvarley8795 buying in bulk dose save you money in the long term, short is difficult unless you have plenty of capital behind you. I wouldn't buy hundreds of blades but I'm not churning them out for Ray Mears to sell at silly prices.
Good to see your stuff Mr Rob. UA-cam algorithms being a bit sh!te though, mind. This video just appeared on my feed but nine days old… Thumbs up given as always.
Bison bushcraft single layer ventile , based on the original SAS smock. They haven't made them for years. Sometimes one comes up on tradepost but hardly ever.
@@max_fjellstorm where in the world are you? Helikon tex do an SAS pattern smock , that'll be very similar, I really like their Woodsman Anorak, if you see a video with me wearing a black smock with a Kangaroo pocket that's it.
EXCELLENT VID AS USUAL AND A LOT OF GENTLE HUMOUR. THEY CHARGE SO MUCH MONEY FOR A KNIFE LIKE THIS AND THEY HAVE USED 01 CS. CHECK FOR THE J&V CDA WOODLORE COCOBOLO AND GRANADILLO FOR ABOUT 100€ AND 12C27 SS AND FOR THE JOKER BUSHLORD, FOR ABOUT 110€ AND SLEIPNER STEEL. BOTH OF THEM ARE EXCELLENT. GREETINGS FROM GREECE. IS THE LEATHER TRAY THAT YOU USE FROM HULTAFORS?
@@larrybadman9965 Casström knives are made in Spain, a little off topic but I found that out a few years back. I own the original release of the Casström Number 10 Forest knife in 14C28N with the full flat grind and it's a great knife but for a number of years I thought it had been made in Sweden, or Lapland, I never once thought that it had been made in Spain? Casström like to create the illusion of their knives having been made in Scandinavia because it's a shrewd marketing tactic but it's not honest, not it my book anyway. Joker knives get good reviews but the N695 models are not great, the N690 (N690co is exactly the same steel) are better as N690 is Böhler Udderholmes improved 440C and it's reported to be pretty good although the prices that Italian knife companies charge for knives made in that steel are totally unjustifiable as it is pretty much a budget steel although you wouldn't think it by the huge amount Extrema ratio charge for their knives that utilise it!
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Nice video Rob.
John is a cracking guy... I ordered a Meister from in O1 with Oak scales.
Regular contact and then he said "knifes ready, I'm going up to a friend in the Lakes... do you want me to drop it off?"... I live on the Coast of North Yorkshire!
Fantastic knife and excellent customer service.
Top bloke.
"It's always damp here" 😂 Of course it is Rob. We're Welsh. We are born with gills in God's country. Love the channel and admire your skills as a knifemaker. Where in Wales are you, from The Rhondda here 🤘🤘
Llanelli Carmarthenshire.
@@RobEvansWoodsman beautiful part of Wales butty. In the Rhondda we struggle for suitable places to wildcamp, so we tend do a lot of stealth, leave no trace camps lol. Is it ok to email your site to check on the availability of Mrk 2 please.
@@owainprior5767 I have a spare O1 blade available if you want one in the next few weeks, email me robevs73@googlemail.com
Aeb-l would be Octoberish.
Hey Rob, I've just watched this video again, i think i need help!
Anyway, i heard the reason for the massive ricasso is for when you're wearing gloves in the winter. That way you can choke up the blade a bit. I don't really like handling knives with gloves, so it's not for me, but i can see the rest of the blade shape looks purposeful.
Keep up the good work, diolch.
I wish you'd quit making me look bad with your feathers. Nice Vid Rob.
Don't feel too bad mate , I make most people's feather sticks look bad 😜🤣🤣
Nearly 600 bats for o1 ..the world has gone mad 🫣im with you on getting the edge as close to the handle as possible.. I do distal tapers on double edges but couldn't be arsed on the handle.. lovely feathers 🤙🤙 just the gentlest of pushes on the ferro 🤙😁
Very thorough and honest review. That is so rare these days. Thank you.
Great review rob! Unfortunately it ended up costing me as I couldn’t not have one! Very impressed with it so far. The sheath that came with mine was much improved to the one yours has. John was a thoroughly nice bloke and even hand delivered. Keep up the good work mate 👍
Yes John's regular sheaths are lovely, he did tell me that mine was a tester knife with a prototype sheath.
Always nice to see an honest review, really nice looking knife and your feathers are spot on.
I was only looking at this knife the other night on their site. I sadly dismissed it because I thought it too thick at 5mm. Will be very interested to watch this review now!😁
Gorgeous knife high end stuff and only you give it justice, those feathers are wild. Love your videos
Hello Rob, You're looking well mate.
Raining? In Wales? Never?! Hahaha! Wales without water would be unthinkable, it's part of the glory of the land! I know you know that Rob ;).
Ray Mears is a knob, a knob but he does at least know alot of woodcraft skills but he's too much of a big boy scout for my liking and allways has been, and he's been taking the piss for years with his daylight robbery prices and his staking claims to on knife designs that are pretty much as old as the hills! £590! An O1 knife! He's a greedy b*stard!
Anyway, with all that out of the way, great video Rob, allways appreciate your no nonsense approach and I would've loved to have seen the Nomad fellas face when you called his knife a bullsh*t design! Hahaha! All taken in the good spirit it was meant in no doubt mate and that's good to know :).
The knife has a bit too many bells and whistles for me but there's no doubt it's very well made just not my cup of tea though.
I'll look forward to watching more of your videos soon mate :).
Oh aye, that Joe X fella is going to do a destruction video on the TRC Apocalypse in Elmax, you and I discussed the knife once before and I really can't stand the damn thing, handles too flat and it's too narrow round the neck, but I knew all that and still paid £450 or thereabouts for it! I must've had a turn! Hahaha! I'm going to grind off the handle scales and replace them with thicker ones and probably going the spine flat aswell.
The thing that annoys me most is that the older model in M390 was 5mm thick so not 6.3mm which as you know is OTT, and it had a convex grind, and it had holes drilled though the tang instead of chunks of steel being cut out. The handle was still just as flat and the same damn shape and the scales weren't removable either!
At least there were more features that were right than were wrong on that model!
Take care Rob and best wishes to you and all of your friends and family mate :), take care now :).
Joe X is nonsense for stupid people, Ray is more business man than woodsman these days, I'm not sure how much Steven W Cox is in the design than Ray.
I tell ya,
I’m very happy with my Rob Evans knife!
I can’t imagine that blade being as good.
But I will never know because I can’t spend $1000 for a knife.
Thank you Rob!
This particular knife would work out around 500 USD, thanks for the kind words on my tools👍
Interesting, you worked very well with it. There's no way I would pay that kind of high price for a Woodlaw knife.
I totally agree about the ricasso. Thx for the video
Totally agree on the ricaso, I thought that as soon as you took it out the sheath, looks a fantastic carva though. I also find button fastners on a knife sheath annoying after a while, okay if your moving about, but pretty impossible in the uk you'd end up getting arrested. Fire maple pot is great use mine for everything, from cooking Squirrel to baking bread, and of course ideal for making a brew.👍🏻
Nice vid, European import duties are 38% total more or less 😱 I believe, insane yes, I do like this knife but I do like a Skookum bush tool or your bush tool still a lot more for sure, keep up the good work mate
Great looking knife, but to me im a great fan of a good mora, they do a nice job for 1/3 the price.
Good review, sir. Decent knife it seems at a more sensible price.
Cheers mate
Nice video. Did you consider Scandinavian puuko’s as feather stick knives. In my collection some of them at typically 100 - 200 euro beat every other knife (in my collection) at it.
I find the grinds on most pukkos too shallow, they slice into the wood.
Thankx Rob
Great review, and always an honest one from Burt Evans.
Cheers Dave
@@RobEvansWoodsman Just telling it like it is Burt.
Emberleaf make the best woodlore
If I was going to buy I’ll definitely buy the emberleaf version.
Sorry but I disagree, I've handled an Emberleaf Woodlore pro and the grinds were awful, not good on a £600 knife.
@@RobEvansWoodsman the woodlore knife itself is a very uncomfortable hold for me , I looked at a few over a 15 year period, the handle is too straight I prefer a slightly curbed , also the Emberleaf boys are ex military always nice to support the boys ..
I personally wouldn’t get a woodlore because it was a standard once upon a time, Now you got some serious bushcrafting knife Makers here in UK 🇬🇧..
Take care all the best my friend 🫡
That ricasso is a bit weird but otherwise it seems like a really nice knife. Great review.
How many Bushtool blades do you keep in stock at any given time Rob? And could someone still be punting them out 8yrs after you had kicked the bucket???
I have about 40 blanks, I see where you are going with this , he could have had hundreds of 01 blanks laser cut , it works out far cheaper
@@RobEvansWoodsman That’s a considerable capital investment for a knife maker. Would that be a factor in how much you have to charge for a hand built knife?
@@howardvarley8795 buying in bulk dose save you money in the long term, short is difficult unless you have plenty of capital behind you. I wouldn't buy hundreds of blades but I'm not churning them out for Ray Mears to sell at silly prices.
Good to see your stuff Mr Rob. UA-cam algorithms being a bit sh!te though, mind. This video just appeared on my feed but nine days old… Thumbs up given as always.
Better late than never my friend.
Great review and great video! Its a nice knife but a bit out of my price range. I would love to know your take on the new BPS bush hatchet.
That's a new one on me
Nice video
Hey Rob , !!
thxs For sharing, better buy your knive ... thats more wath i wont !!
grtz. Janneman from Holland
very nice I do like the design of your knives better I have 2 of them
Agreed
What smock are you using there?
Bison bushcraft single layer ventile , based on the original SAS smock.
They haven't made them for years.
Sometimes one comes up on tradepost but hardly ever.
👍Nice review Rob👌. Not sure I like that knife, certainly not a fan of the over large recasso 😊.
🙏🙏👍👍✌✌brilliant Rob
What kind of fantastic smock is that sir??
It's an old one , Bison Bushcraft SAS pattern single layer Ventile smock, it's about 20 years old, they stopped making them about 18 years ago.
@@RobEvansWoodsman oh man is there any alternative? Probably not I assume
@@RobEvansWoodsman thanks for awnsering
@@max_fjellstorm where in the world are you?
Helikon tex do an SAS pattern smock , that'll be very similar, I really like their Woodsman Anorak, if you see a video with me wearing a black smock with a Kangaroo pocket that's it.
@@RobEvansWoodsman I have an old Ventile jacket and a single layered lightweight would be great for the rainforest…
A welch man
Welsh not Welch .
How do Rob?
Pretty good thanks mate
Import duties to Australia. Sorry I ment we have import duties to Australia, like another $100 Australian added on.
I wouldn't know, sorry
EXCELLENT VID AS USUAL AND A LOT OF GENTLE HUMOUR. THEY CHARGE SO MUCH MONEY FOR A KNIFE LIKE THIS AND THEY HAVE USED 01 CS. CHECK FOR THE J&V CDA WOODLORE COCOBOLO AND GRANADILLO FOR ABOUT 100€ AND 12C27 SS AND FOR THE JOKER BUSHLORD, FOR ABOUT 110€ AND SLEIPNER STEEL. BOTH OF THEM ARE EXCELLENT. GREETINGS FROM GREECE. IS THE LEATHER TRAY THAT YOU USE FROM HULTAFORS?
Yes it is , I was given it by a long term viewer.
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE SPANISH KNIVES THAT I INFORMED YOU?
@@larrybadman9965 Casström knives are made in Spain, a little off topic but I found that out a few years back.
I own the original release of the Casström Number 10 Forest knife in 14C28N with the full flat grind and it's a great knife but for a number of years I thought it had been made in Sweden, or Lapland, I never once thought that it had been made in Spain?
Casström like to create the illusion of their knives having been made in Scandinavia because it's a shrewd marketing tactic but it's not honest, not it my book anyway.
Joker knives get good reviews but the N695 models are not great, the N690 (N690co is exactly the same steel) are better as N690 is Böhler Udderholmes improved 440C and it's reported to be pretty good although the prices that Italian knife companies charge for knives made in that steel are totally unjustifiable as it is pretty much a budget steel although you wouldn't think it by the huge amount Extrema ratio charge for their knives that utilise it!
Yes, they look like excellent value for money.