$13 Budget Bushcraft Knife Review

$13 Budget Bushcraft Knife Review - SZCO Patch Knife

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A viewer suggested I check out the "Kephart Style" SZCO Patch Knife for just under $13 on Amazon. So, I bought one. Here's a video of our highly scientific testing process.
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@christopherpike8269 3 ай бұрын

Bought this for my 9 year old son. He wanted a “Bushcraft” knife to go with his Schofield BB revolver. Figured it was soo cheap that if he broke it or lost it, it didn’t really matter. Took it to the work sharp and got a decent edge on it. Does not hold an edge for any length of use. Still good little knife for the price and teaching him how to use it, sharpen it, and safely handling it is worth the $13. Fantastic beginner/trainer knife.

@redsorgum 3 ай бұрын

The imperfections make it the perfect thrasher knife. I have a Barlow from the same company, pretty solid. ✌️🇺🇸

@mmgoodwings3981 3 ай бұрын

Always enjoy sharp Saturday! Thanks Brian

@Johonavich49 3 ай бұрын

Is his name spelled Brian or bryan? I usually go with bryan.

@mmgoodwings3981 3 ай бұрын

@@Johonavich49 spell check is not always my friend!

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

My mother thought it needed to be spelled with a “y” ;-)

@tomconway8881 3 ай бұрын

Good video. Thanks. I always enjoy watching them.

@bobashmore6442 3 ай бұрын

$13 knife out performed some of the more, far more, expensive knives. Proving get again that it doesn't have to break the bank to do the job.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

It ain’t bad

@MonkeyMikeOutdoors 3 ай бұрын

I agree!

@everready19373 3 ай бұрын

I bought an Old Hickory knife and cut it down to a Kephart style. I made a sheath for it. It's darn sharp and holds an edge well. It's not a chopper though.

@ghostrider-813 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Always enjoy watching your videos. Nice hat. I tried that one but then went with their Bravo Midnight Rider. American Hat Makers has excellent customer service, and I'm always getting compliments whenever I wear mine.

@sturmgewehr70 3 ай бұрын

Just ordered one! Thanks for the info!

@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 3 ай бұрын

Good review. I have two knives like this, one I bought,one was a gift. They work very well and no defects 😊thanks and take care.

@daveh4914 2 ай бұрын

Had one. It was pretty dull out of the box. As you said, It is full tang, reasonably thick blade of some grade of stainless steel. It is usable once you get it sharpened. I still have it somewhere, probably stowed away in a box full of my old knives.

@MichaelR58 3 ай бұрын

Happy Sharp Saturday Brian, thanks for sharing YAH bless !

@paulkopacz5051 3 ай бұрын

I bought one of these a few weeks ago from Amazon. It is a fairly good, solid knife. It takes a sharp edge with a little work on a stone and I also sharpened the spine with a file. I have no idea what steel it is but it seems pretty good. The sheath is very basic and quite thin leather. For the money you can't go wrong.

@jeremybryant5778 3 ай бұрын

God's glorious fatwood.... I couldn't agree more with that statement. I'm also forever loving the Balance Orientation And Rotation Device lol and the Chuck Norris jokes

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoy them.

@randybradley7427 3 ай бұрын

Great little first knife for someone. It would be a good extra just in case knife. Great job.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

I thought so too.

@Maryland_Kulak 3 ай бұрын

That was a quick turnaround on that video!

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

Every now and then. ;-)

@terrysanders2817 3 ай бұрын

Good review - just bought one and got a one day delivery date promise! Patch Knife. Patch Knife. A rifleman used this knife to cut cloth or leather patches that were wrapped around the rifle's lead shot. T

@Chris-sm6xu 3 ай бұрын

Sharp Saturday is my favorite thing to watch on KZfaq. What happened to the emails? I miss those. Keep up the good work.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

The emails were getting to be very time consuming (even though you couldn’t tell that from reading them ). Maybe I’ll figure out how to re-start them one day.

@jeremynedrow7003 3 ай бұрын

I bought this for my daughter 4 years ago and she uses it regularly. It will hold an edge after sharpening it up.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

Good to know

@alphaomegasurvivalsupply6548 3 ай бұрын

I like how you pointed out your testing device name lol with a clue 🤣🤣

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

;-)

@terrysanders2817 3 ай бұрын

Good review - just bought one and got a one day delivery date promise!

@beerdrinker6452 3 ай бұрын

Nice video. Fair review. For the price, a nice nephew/niece first knife. I would be happy to have one or two in my truck/trunk for the zombie days.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

I agree

@keithw1966 3 ай бұрын

Forgot about the zombies. Thanks for the heads up 😊

@jskinner8350 3 ай бұрын

I get that everybody’s budget is different, but for a couple bucks more you can get a Mora which is a much better knife. Or for even a few dollars more you can get an American made knife and support an American company. I use to buy cheep knives made in foreign countries, but I stopped. Saved my money and try to buy USA made products. Just my thoughts and preferences, but everyone is free to make their own choices

@mitchalgreen7244 3 ай бұрын

I bought the szco carbon steel "Bushcraft looking" knife from SMKW like 16. bucks, redone the belt loop and sharpened the heck out of it and its actually a decent blade.

@Bayan1905 3 ай бұрын

I buy knives like this to keep in my go bags, stuff like that where if I need a knife that will work and not worried about losing an expensive knife. I get why people buy expensive knives, but I could never see it myself. I've gotten good use out of a Cold Steel Finn Bear, my Mora 511 and probably my most expensive and well used knife, my Buck 110. I think I will have to add one of these to the collection.

@greyscout01 3 ай бұрын

I actually have that knife. Bought some for give away packs. It has minor cosmetic flaws, but they sharpened up well. I couldn't believe the quality of it for $13. Honestly, I was surprised and impressed by it, especially for the price.

@jefftoler9017 3 ай бұрын

Been looking at this knife for a while now

@gregchandler900 3 ай бұрын

I Love throwing knives! I picked it up as a dumb teenager before my mother made me stop. Great knife for throwing

@WidowsSon1981 3 ай бұрын

the "little hole" was used to make cat gut leather lacing. you would make a small cut on a piece of leather and then force it through the hole and pull to cut the lacing.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@terrancecoard388 3 ай бұрын

I am ashamed to say after all these years...BOARD did not come to me naturally. Looks like a nice project knife to learn how to sharpen and make a sheath.

@thatfrakkingcat9171 3 ай бұрын

Me too! I literally laughed out loud, mostly at myself, for never picking up on that after all these years of watching. That was awesome.

@MI_Prepper 3 ай бұрын

Less than the Old Hickory Butcher knife was years ago with a thicker blade and a thick leather sheath and better handle than the Old Hickory. Cheap enough to outfit your group! I do love the Mora robust as my favorite sub $20 fixed blade though...

@jeffjackson5331 3 ай бұрын

Neat knife

@TheBennie102103 3 ай бұрын

7:57 beautiful dog ❤

@stefcat5331 3 ай бұрын

Please check out the Flissa 9" Bushcraft knife in D2 when you've the time. Thanks!

@wvbonbonqueen 3 ай бұрын

Some folks don't understand that money is tight for a lot of us. Some folks only think the adage of "Buy once cry once" is the only way to live. I think for the price it would be a decent knife. No, not perfect, not a Bark River knife but I have a few of those, BR and they too have some flaws. So, if a person wants a decent knife this one seems to fit the bill. Great review.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

Thanks.

@savageater57 3 ай бұрын

Think I'd go with a Old Hickory paring knife for a patch knife .

@andrewmcgibbon9785 3 ай бұрын

I thought I offer you a content suggestion. You seem like a guy pretty handy with tools. There is a company called Ragweed forge that sells Scandinavian style knife blades from Scandinavian companies like Helle, Mora, Martini, Laurin and others. Laurin's carbon steel blades are made in Finland out of 80crV2 carbon steel. It a good steel and is comparable to 1075/1080 steel Their stainless blades are an OK stainless with 0.50% carbon. But the price of their carbon blades is great. They start around $7 for their small blades most of their 5"-7" blades are between $10-$17. You don't need a lot of tools to make a nice knife and you could get a couple videos out of it.

@elton35 3 ай бұрын

I love sharp saturday

@kevinschmith9379 3 ай бұрын

Pretty dog😊

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

He is that.

@lenward474 3 ай бұрын

Just arrived...yep pretty rough, crappy but given time it just might be cool....thanks for challenge

@JAB671 3 ай бұрын

Someone else may have posted this but I looked through several comments and didn't see it so... I believe that company sells a lot of what are intended to be replicas of traditional knives from around what would have been Colonial times in America. A lot of those were trade knives and a lot of trade knives had a little cutout or cutouts in the blade, near the handle, like that one has. It is my understanding (and I could be wrong) that there were sometimes more than one cutout, sometimes arranged in different patterns, and that the number/shape/size of the cutouts and the way they were arranged sometimes acted like a 'maker's mark'.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

I will defer to your knowledge of history.

@onesky8647 3 ай бұрын

I always thought SZCO was pronounced Cisco, like the nickname of the famous city.

@SurvivalOnPurpose 3 ай бұрын

It could be. I have no idea

@tomritter493 3 ай бұрын

Its fudn to find them littel gems under 13 bucks is a great deal even if you do have to sharpen it a bit more

@bigGeo5460 17 күн бұрын

.Spelling is not your strong point.

@JohnSmith-gs4lw 3 ай бұрын

You’ll see that odd keyhole notch behind the cutting edge on almost every knife made in Pakistan or India. Even see something similar on a lot of traditional kukri.

@unfi6798 3 ай бұрын

be prepared.

@MutsPub 3 ай бұрын

Mora 510 Carbon

@andrewmcgibbon9785 3 ай бұрын

The tang and pins may be, (probably), is slightly proud of the wood handle scales because the wood has shrunk back because of humidity. The wood had too much moisture when the knife was assembled. If the knife was assembled during the humid seasons, (spring, summer). If the knife was assembled during the dry seasons, (fall winter), the opposite problem would exist. When humidity rises the wood would be proud of the tang and pins. It's the inherent problem with using natural unstablized wood. I fear the sharpness issues will not be resolved with sharpening. That's the other problem with Pakistani stainless knives. Poor quality steel. They tend to have very low carbon content, (like 0.35%) and then tend not to be hardened enough. 52-53 Rockwell C. I doubt they are sub zero treated which is required of high chromium stainless steels. For me personally, I'm not going to buy a knife if the manufacturer doesn't identify the steel. But from the price perspective, you aren't even risking $13. You might luck out and get a really good one. I wouldn't try wet molding the sheath. It's probably chrome tanned leather. It won't absorb much water and it won't mold to the knife like Vegetable tanned leather and soaking it with water is going to release the chromium salts used to tan the leather. Those salts can rust even the most rust resistant stainless steel.