Knives Brothers of Bushcraft Fieldcraft Knife | Full Tang 1095 High Carbon Steel • Tumble Finish • Tan Micarta Handle • Camping & Hunting

I have a handful of bush crafting knives, and a couple survival knives. This knife has the features and design of a really well thought out bush crafting knife, but the stout blade and full tang of a survival knife. And this is a stout blade. The pictures do not do it justice. I think of survival knives as being meant to do most of the work as a bushcraft knife, but sacrificing some of the ability to do fine work and fine slicing in order to have a beefier, more durable blade, and a little more chopping power. This knife is a compromise between bushcraft and survival, I would say, but has such good blade profile and edge, that you are really not giving up much in the way of performance to get the stronger blade. The size of the blade is perhaps the perfect compromise between carving/making tools and batoning. It is clear that an enormous amount of thought went into this knife. It is as close to a "one tool solution" as I have ever encountered. I only wish that I had not spent the money on the assorted other bushcraft knives over the years. This is the one. If I had bought this one first, I would not have needed another one. This is an terrific tool, flawlessly made from high quality materials. It is probably the perfect size and weight for someone who uses a knife a lot, and uses it strenuously. I love the kydex sheath. It fits exactly right, and holds the blade with precisely the right amount of purchase. Unlike most bush crafting knives, this knife could be used as a reasonable defensive option. In a tight spot, I would rather have my ESEE CM6 in my hands, but the BOB would get the job done too. I think that we learn to bushcraft to avoid some of the less desirable aspects of humanity, but there is always the possibility that trouble finds you out in some remote location. I paid $126 for this knife and sheath. It is a terrific, substantial knife for the money. That is money well spent. This knife will almost certainly be handed down to the next generation at some point. And, best of all for me, it fits my large hands well in several grips. I find the size, shape, and weight of the knife to be outstanding for me, but I am a big, active guy, who will put this knife to heavy use. The BOB may be more knife than a small to medium sized person really needs. My daughter uses a Helle Odel, for example, and the Helle Temegami is a fantastic (but pricey) knife for small to mid sized hands. So far the BOB knife has excelled at everything I have used it for. What a great knife this is! It really exceeded my expectations, and I was expecting a lot.

This is a lot of knife for the dollar spent. Not a hand made; hand forged blade if that's what you're looking for, but this blade will help you survive your time in the woods! First of all, I must admit I am biased to the authentic hand-forged blades of the few individuals in that business today who have excelled; Matt Lesniewski of ML Knives, Lucas Bullington of LucasForge, and an new up comer in the field, Steve Kowaleski of Steven K Custom Knives; but we're not here to compare this to the hand forged classics by individual Bladesmiths, they cost two to three times more. If saving $$$ is in your sight; you must try this. It does the work of the more expensive blades; even though it may not share the bragging rights as will the legendary custom mades. That said; this knife is one tough blade. Out of the box is passes the paper test; easily cutting slivers from the single thin sheet; and it gets better from there. A very well-built 'production' knife that surpasses most of those I've experienced costing much more. It possesses a nicely fine finish both on the blade and the scales. No rough spots found anywhere on my purchased product. I've put it through its paces in the woods too, battoning, skinning, notching stakes, and even for use as a fine cooking utensil. If you're looking for a tough, long lasting, but kind to your pocketbook blade; this is well worth the purchase. A word of advice; keep it oiled and it will last long enough to pass it to your next generation! Thanks for reading!

Great blade, especially for the money. Craftsmanship is excellent. And it comes with the sharpest factory edge I've ever seen! Love or hate the Scandi grind (with micro-bevel), they are super sharp and cut and slice very smoothly. This particular grind gives you the slicing capability of a much thinner blade, along with the utility and robustness of a thick blade. The handle is very big and comfortable. You can choke up and do the precise woodwork this blade was meant for, or if this is your only knife, along with a lanyard, you can hold the knife much lower on the large handle and you can do the kind of chopping you'd do with a bigger knife. For its size, its medium weight, or maybe on the low end of heavy, but it has such good balance, the weight is not a factor at all. It gives you the feeling of holding a tool. And the low-profile Kydex sheath holds it close to your belt, so you don't really notice the weight while its sheathed. With the coyote brown micarta scales, and the tumble finish, it has the aesthetic appeal of a classic bush crafter, but it has more utility than those old style knifes that don't have finger guards, pommels, or big handles. Its such a nice looking and well-designed knife, you'll be hesitant to put mileage on it, and it will get rust specks very easily if you don't keep it lubed, but otherwise its a fantastic knife!

Edit sept 2019. I gave this knife away as a present and I wish I wouldn’t have done that The bomb. I contemplated for 2 years before I bought this knife, the whole time buying other knives in its place while I scratched my head about this one. Sound familiar? I've had it for about a year and a half. (08-16) It's still my go to belt knife hands down. Replaced an esee 4 for a camping type of blade, not to hate on esee one bit tho, awesome blades. The extra length on the handle is nice, gives u some different options and whatnot. The thickness of the scales is what I was looking for and what sold me was the ergonomic handle, and I was definitely impressed with what I got. (Medium size gloves for size comparison) The fire notch is useful on mine especially if the knife is stationary, there's a good example on preparedmind101 on YouTube. I cannot speak to usefulness on the notch on the coated blades tho. The spine is not 90 degrees and u cannot get a spark from it, although i have seen videos is ppl using the ground section of the spine near the tip to produce sparks. Mine cannot and I could care less to be honest, although i do wish the spine was 90 degrees but I knew it wasn't when I bought it. The thickness is borderline on a blade this size for my taste, but then again I haven't even come close to breaking it, I do use it like a friggin pry bar on occasion on pine stumps too so there's that. I like bigger blades as well and usually bring a chopper type blade with me but the BOB is always on my belt. The metal clip tho oh man, that everyone loves. Lemme tell you about this clip. I do not know what the hype is all about. Yeah you can take it off ur belt without taking your belt off I get that. Although, I find it fairly pointless in a wilderness type knife. I take mine off when I crash for the night and that's it. Anyways, the clip failed on me (came undone somehow) a few different times and I suspect the rotating action helped it out a little. I had tied some string from my belt to the sheath because I didn't trust said clip in the first place, thank god. I found it dangling by the string each time. Could u imagine loosing your brand new knife first time out? It also slid off my belt sometimes while taking a leak and that was annoying. Maybe it was my leather belt that fit the clip perfectly, I'm not sure. You can rig the clip up so that doesn't happen, sure thing. The belly of the knife also made contact with the sheath on both sides and scratched/dulled the edge with dirt, also very annoying. Some would go as far as to say that is unacceptable. I hope mine was a fluke because I was not impressed like others were. I also have not heard of this elsewhere, on Amazon or YouTube reviews. I opted for the leather bushcrafter sheath off the TOPS website and I recommend it highly. Piggy-backed a real small neck knife to it for convenience last time out with some zip ties and despite it looking rigged it worked great so it's gonna stay for now. If I somehow lost this current set-up I would replace the knife and leather sheath as fast as I could afford it.

Wow what a great bush knife. I live and work extensively in the Alaska bush Villages and this knife will come in so handy. I did a lot of research and did not have the opportunity to hold or use one so I bought this based on all the great reviews. They were spot on. Just the perfect size and weight. When you first hold it you know you have a good quality knife. I am so glad I chose this one over so many others, which I am sure are great knives to but this one seemed to fit my needs to a tee. The sheath is excellent but I am very traditional and will be making a nice leather one. I also carry a Hultafors Hunting Ax and these two quality tools for the bush I am good to go!. I will be buying one now for each of my three boys. I will also now look for a good TOPS neck knife. I have many Moraknives which are great but want a TOPs neck knife after getting this BOB knife. Excellent knife.

This is a well balance knife. Feels good in hand and feels quality. Two star knock down for these reasons: I would have like to use the top of the knife to spark the flint with. Instead I have to use the butt of the knife which at times is annoying. Secondly, after purchasing, within a 2 month the price went down $40, arrggghhh!!!!

Great knife. Heavy expensive but it does what it's supposed to do. Well forged and with minimal care will last a lifetime. A ambidextrous sheath would be a great addition

I've owned and collected knives sonce I was a young teen. Most of the knives I've owend have been nice quality, some have been mediocre, but this kinfe is in a class of it's own in every way the best quality knife I've ever owned. The blade is nice and thick, and I'm sure I could use it to chop down a small sapling a couple inches thick, with hard enough force with this thing. The handle feel great in your hand in a way that the other cheaper ones don't. There is no other knife I would rather have if an emergency broke out or was to be stranded in the wilderness with. In a zombie apocypalypse there's no other survival tool that would prove more useful. Next year I'm going to be buying another two knives from TOPS, a Tom Brown Tracker and a firemans backup axe, can't wait to own all of them. This is the only knife I own I feel is worthy of a 5/5 rating. Other CRKT titanium m16 knife is good quality but still tops out at around 4.5/5. If you want this, buy it!

This is a good solid blade. Keeps an edge. The clip on sheath is very convenient and well made.

Veramente fantastico, un coltello che taglia come un rasoio e in piu' talmente robusto da fare del batoning in gran quantita'. Siccome era finito la versione inox il venditore mi ha spedito la versione in lama al carbonio, che a mio avviso e'ancora piu'bella . consiglio l'acquisto.

Gotta say, I've wanted this knife for a little while and now that I finally have it, I can say that it's everything I hoped it'd be. Shaving sharp outta the box, too. TOPS rawks! However... the courier company's customer service leaves a lot to be desired. Not impressed with their attitude at all.