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Affordable Bushcraft Survival Knife Under $50 | BPS Knives Savage Review
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Jul 13, 2025
In this video, I take a hands-on look at the BPS Savage Knife, an affordable fixed-blade knife option that's been gaining attention in the bushcraft and survival community. Priced under $50, this knife claims to deliver premium performance without breaking the bank — but does it live up to the hype? I’ll cover: - First impressions - Blade specs and materials - Performance in field tests: carving, feather sticks, batoning & more - Who this knife is best suited for Whether you're new to bushcraft or looking to add a solid backup blade to your kit, this review will help you decide if the BPS Budget Knife deserves a spot in your gear bag. 🔪 GEAR TESTED. FIELD PROVEN. ALWAYS PREPARED. 👉 Subscribe for more bushcraft gear reviews, survival tips, and wilderness adventures. 👍 Don’t forget to like and comment if you’ve tried this knife or want to see more budget-friendly gear! #bushcraft #survivalknife #budgetgear #BPSknives #PreparedWanderer #fieldtest #gearreview #bushcrafttools #everydaycarry BPS Savage on Amazon: https://bit.ly/3U9QJqx
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Did you guys miss me? Well, uh, I'm
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back. Kind of still recovering from
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surgery, but today we're going to be
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taking a look at some new gear and see
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what you think about it. So, stick
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around.
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[Music]
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So, welcome back to the channel. Um,
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it's been a very long 7 weeks. Um, if
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you don't know, if you're new to the
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channel, if you're just tuning in for
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the first time, I had a hip replacement
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about six, seven weeks ago, and I've
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been at home recovering and doing a
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majority of my videos from either in my
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house or very limited, um, hiking out to
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small areas. And today, um, it's the end
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of July and it's super hot and humid,
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but this is an old stomping ground of
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mine. This is a public hunting area and
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my stepson and I come out here quite a
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bit in the fall um do some deer hunting
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and I'm going to try some turkey this
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year and I come out here when it's not
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hunting season and film quite a bit. A
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lot of my videos have been shot out
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here. So, I thought I'd come out cuz I
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missed it and I wanted to scout it out a
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little bit and I wanted to share with
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you some new stuff um in particular a
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new knife that um I wanted to try out.
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And I know this little area back here, I
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can park and it's just a very short hike
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and not even a hike, just a short walk
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to the edge of the woods and I can I can
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get some sticks and some wood and do
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kind of a impromptu
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review of this new knife. So,
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what I wanted to show you guys today is
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is this new knife from BPS Knives. This
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is the Savage
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So, this is going to be a little bit of
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a tailgate review. I've got my my little
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ready pack that I've put together. I'm
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going to carry with me. Um, I did a
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video on this not too long ago and um,
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I'll have a link down uh, somewhere to
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this video if you're interested in this.
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I've kind of been refining it, but it
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kind of carries all the essential items.
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And
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Swiss Army knife, Forester with a saw.
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Now, this BPS Savage is
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a high-carbon steel blade. This is the
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flat grind. I believe you can get this
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also in a scandi grind. It has wood
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handles. I think this is like walnut.
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Um, it has a very pronounced sharpened
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spine. And you can see that deep belly
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and that drop point really lends itself
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to being a good all-purpose knife in my
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opinion because you can use this for
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bushcraft. You can also probably push
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this into cleaning game, uh doing chores
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around camp, cutting food, meat, things
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like that.
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And it also comes with a very nice
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heavyduty leather sheath with a dangler.
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And this, I think, price point is under
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$45, $48. But I've actually seen this on
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Amazon even cheaper, like sub $40 range.
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Um, so just it pays to shop. But this is
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the flat grind version.
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pretty comfortable in the hand. Has a
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very thin handle. You can see
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[Music]
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I would say the only thing with this so
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far, just with little I'm doing, I can
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tell that I would probably prefer just a
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little bit beefier of a handle. But I
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think wearing gloves or possibly
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wrapping that handle is going to
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address some of that issue.
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Give it a little bit more
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texture and beef. Feel my hand a little
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bit better. I don't have huge hands, but
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I think it's the thinness that I'm
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feeling.
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But I do like the grip angle on it
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[Music]
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and sharpness out of the box is very
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acceptable.
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She's curling very nicely. This would be
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a very good knife for someone
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who wants kind of an allpurpose
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survival bushcraft camp knife and
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doesn't want to spend a ton of money.
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Because that's the problem with a lot of
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knives. you can really spend a ton of
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cash and not get something that's that
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good.
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And that's why you watch reviews of guys
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out in the field doing this kind of
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stuff.
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So that made quick work of a very dry
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piece of wood.
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some maple and there's also oak out
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here. There's a little bit of
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everything.
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And here's the other thing that I was
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kind of blown away by is how sharp the
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spine on this thing is. Most knives are
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kind of sharp and you have to do you
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have to kind of touch them up yourself,
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but this has a very pronounced edge.
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This is
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it's an old fire steel I've had for
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quite a while. I I'm not really sure
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which brand it is. I've had it for such
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a long time. But let's see how it
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sparks.
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Holy cow. Look at that.
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Wow,
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that is really throwing sparks. That is
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nice. I love it. Love it.
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Good job, BPS. Now, if you're not
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familiar with BPS Knives, they make all
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sorts of really affordable bushcraft
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knives and um they are a company out of
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Ukraine. So, don't know if that matters
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to you or not, but they are still
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producing knives even with the current
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state of things in Ukraine.
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I will say that right here, the top part
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of the handle, it's a little proud. I
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can feel
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the spine coming through the woods a
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little bit
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offset from that. So, that's definitely
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going to either get sanded down or
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probably I'll probably just end up
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wrapping that handle with some hockey
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tape to make it a little bit more
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comfortable when I'm not wearing gloves
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in the summertime.
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But I think it looks I think it's a good
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looking knife. Certainly performs very
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well. I like the size. I think this is
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like 4 and 1/2 in blade. 4.3, something
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like that.
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But it also it is a very thin profile.
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See that?
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It's not overly thick. And I think for
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bushcraft knives, um, this is really
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what you want. You don't want something
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that's overly thick because it's going
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to make carving tasks a little bit
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harder. This is going to make it much
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more manageable to use.
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like a good dangler sheath. Makes life
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so much easier when you're sitting down,
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getting in and out of vehicles,
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things like that. It moves with you.
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And what's really surprising is that a
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price point of a knife like this with
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this kind of sheath is unbelievable
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because
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you know if it was I I mean I've had
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more expensive knives have had totally
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worse sheets than this. This thing is
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actually very well made.
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I got to say this is becoming my
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probably preferred profile for knives is
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this drop point with a deep belly. I
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just find them um so much more usable in
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the woods.
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really can't wait to get out and camp
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with this thing because I think it's
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going to do phenomenal for camp chores.
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It is hot.
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There has been no break from the heat.
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And I know you guys down south are like
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laughing at me because you think this is
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nothing, but I don't know. Ohio can get
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very, very humid very quick.
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And I'm just not used to being I'm just
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not used to being out since I've been
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cooped up at home recovering.
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So getting out in this kind of heat is
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a little challenging. So just some
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cordage. This is 550 cord. Nothing
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fancy.
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cuts pretty easily.
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So, it's carbon steel, but it's uh 10
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1086 or 1068. It's a little hard to
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read. I'll have a caption down below for
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you guys so you can know exactly what it
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is. but highcarbon steel, which of
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course is I I prefer it over pretty much
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anything. It's uh
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much easier to sharpen in the field. Um
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yes, there it will rust if you don't
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take care of it. So, you need to make
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sure you clean and dry your knives off
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when you're using them out in the field,
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but also it will take a nice patina. um
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as I use it more, especially when you
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start cutting up fruits and vegetables
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and things like that, it's going to get
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a nice deep color to it. So,
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this is definitely a keeper for me.
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I am really digging it. I think they did
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a nice job um of producing
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um you know, an affordable bushcraft
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knife that I think anybody could
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absolutely use.
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All right, guys. I'm going to get out of
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here. It is stinking hot and there's not
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much more I can do. So, this is just a
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quick video to show you this new BPS
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Savage. Uh, check out their website.
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Also, check out the affiliate links down
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below. There is an Amazon store. I'll
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have a link to BPS Savage down there as
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well as some other BPS knives. Um, me
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and my buddies, we've been using BPS
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knives for a while now. And a lot of
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guys that I know really like them and
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think they do a great job. and and I I
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have to agree that the Savage is just a
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it's a fantastic starting knife. Um or
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even an experienced bush crafter, it's
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just it's a really solid, slicy,
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well-built knife. Uh fairly comfortable
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hand in the hand. Needs a little work,
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but not too bad. And of course, that
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sheath is just phenomenal. So, if you
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like this content, do me a favor, hit
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subscribing. I try to release a video at
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least once a week, sometimes twice. And
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as always, thank you so much for
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watching and we will see you next time
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on the Prepared Wanderer.