The mossy oak did not suffer any looseness of the handle. The other two did. All blades did well, so to me, the mossy oak won.

Mossy Oak to me is the clear winner. I collect knives. And I was a butcher 30 years. And to me its the only one of them I'd be happy to put on my belt.

Mossy OAK.....wins overall performance, especially being the smallest and lightest of the three.....excellent testing process!!!...THANKS!

You convinced me……I bought the Mossy Oak. Thanks!

If I ever delve into making custom handles, I'd be inclined to practice on one of these low budget models. Nice to know that those edges can survive the test. Every truck should have one.

Entertaining video for the regular knives us regular guys use on regular stuff. While all three are cheap, the classic Western style Bowie such as the SZCO is a gotta have in any Americans collection. Several manufacturers make a copy but a cheap one sharpens as well as a more expensive one. Your one in particular needs to be sharpened.

Thanks for the tough testing of these budget bowies. I own a number of these types of bodies. They have held up well only needing some sharpening. Of course the more expensive bowie blades hold their edges longer.

Great video, great knife testing. Those budget knives really stand their $-worth. Thanks!

Nice review. I give it to the Mossy Oak. The pommel damage was from another knife hitting it during the throwing test. I have other Mossy Oak knives that perform well too. The brand appears to provide great value and performance. I have the SZCO bowie. It sharpens up very well. A good beater blade.

Looks like that Mossy Oak overall is a pretty solid knife. Hmmm that SZCO actually after seeing the knife throwing part.

Well, it looks like if they'd used screws in the handles those knives could have lasted decades of normal use, if not a lifetime.

10/10 video, this is the in-depth journalism I need when I'm looking for my next Bowie knife.

Good video and fair assessment 💪💪

I have procured about 4 of the szco Bowie's. A buddy and I did some test cutting w a year or so ago. While targeting a bottle of water it flew out my hand and hit a cinder block wall next to me on the tip...it didn't break (?) They are 1090 carbon steel. Amazing. * They lend themselves to custom modding nicely as well.

Not sure what to say, but felt the need to comment anyway. What a marvelous way to spend an afternoon. 😎 It was fun to watch too. 👍🏼👍🏼

I ordered the Mossy Oak- seems built like a tank! The other two- maybe later

Nice! Just got a mossy oak in today before I watched this! 💯👍

The Ridge Runner, I already have It's a decent knife and can be fixed up for durability. The Mossy Oak Knife was surprising . The carbon steel Bowie holds a good edge , When modified is a good piece of steel for the money.

Hey John thank you for sharing this video good to see you buddy have a great weekend love your videos just love them I'm glad you're making them

Greetings Sir From East Coast Canada & Several Years Ago I Had The Mossy Oak Bowie & It Served Me Well With The Very Minor Camping Chores I Used It For & I Beat It On Purpose & Other Than Getting Dull As Hell,,,,,,,It Never Broke On Me !! It Got Stolen From Me When I Left It In My Camp So Someone Else Must've Knew How Good It Was !! Lol 🤣😆

I've had a sizco bowie for a couple years and after I made a better sheath, it's become a main hiking bushcraft knife. That has split kindling for fires and crafted several bows. It holds a fair edge and comes back to razor sharp with just a touch up on a stone

Why didn't you try "batoning" and feather-stick after all the punishment tests? Would seem appropriate real world/everyday uses for a camp Bowie...

John that ridge runner knife is terrible I was cutting a 2-in branch in that damn knife blade rolled up on me it even went into an s shape I had to take a hammer and a rag so I don't want to mess it up and bang it into place it's pretty looking but it sucks for cutting or chopping the company needs to make a decent and better blade they're actually ripping off people and that's wrong thank you for this great video a real education 👍🏆👍

Nothing better than a Big-Bloke-Budget-Bowie Blowout!! 😅

impressed those blades didn’t chipped or rolled, now I have the mossy oak knife with a hollow brass piece on the handle, thanks for showing me that

Some people may find these tests ridiculously overkill, but in all honesty: Have you ever been out in the bush clearing trails and keep them clear year after year after year? My grand dad has bowie knives he bought in the 70's... never sharpened, pretty much always in use for hacking, chopping, carving, skinning, food prep, you name it, and they still hold up to this day. Sounds unrealistic right? But go out there and try to find some well made knife from the 70's and earlier and you will be enlightened. I don't see ANY Becker BK7 or Gerber, Esee, CKRT, Cold Steel, SOG or what ever they all are called, doing or withstandng that when we look at these "hard core tests" done to them on KZfaq. When you put them all to the test in these "hardcore tests" they maybe simulate really just a couple of weeks or months of usage the way my grandpa does in real life and are not the unrealistic overkill tests you may think they are. Basically saying, a lot of bushcraft enthousiasts out there are pretty much FOS when they claim they really do some tough work with them botaning for their little camp fires once a month, but they mostly are just in the usual gear tuber realm and try to sell you sh t without acutually having any clue about what a knife needs to be able to withstand in real life. There, I said it.

Great rundown, thank You! Subscribed

Nice review and follow up vid on fixing the handle and the guard. I ordered the Szco Bowie after watch Donnie B All Day put it through it's paces and recommending it. And I also ordered the 1917 Frontier Bowie by CS... hopefully I'll get them both this week! Thanks for your efforts!

I would've throw each knife on it's own. Remove knife and throw the 2nd etc. I believe the handle damage was caused by the knives hitting each other on the board. All in all a great test. I was pleasantly surprised how the inexpensive knives took the punishment !

Wow Great testing Definitely going to run my slightly smaller Bowie thru some of these

Great test, great knives!

BTW, this is a fact many knife reviewers either don't know, or they don't disclose (I'm definitely not making accusations). The SZCO company, either manufactures or distributes every inexpensive large outdoor/self defense knife on the market. For those who like knives, I'm 100% positive you've come across identical knives, that are marketed under a different name and manufacturer. Those knives are exactly the same, and they all come from SZCO in some manner. If you see an identical-looking knife to the popular Timber Ratttler Outlaw Bowie Knife you want, buy the one that costs less, because they're identical!

Man what a great torture test video. Even though the renegade sound like it was coming apart I still like it the most.

I knew the mossy oak Bowie was good when I was able to slowly stab it thru a sheet of college rule paper that I held by the top corner. No tares just a clean slit only big enough for the blade to slide thru.

I have the Szco and the ridge runner and they both are pretty strong blades but same issue with the handles though! I turned the Szco into a throwing knife so I took the handles off and used tennis tape for a handle and the Ridge runner! I did what you did and glued the handle back on. Fun budget blades though lol

Nice video. Knife throwing is tough testing. I'd like to see a quick " re-sharpen" segment added to the testing. Something like 10 passes each side with a diamond rod followed by your paper and rope cut test. But again, a thoroughly enjoyable video.....I'm glad I subscribed.

the knife that doesn't fall apart is the clear winner.

I have a Western model W40 that is pretty old and I think the Cisco is a coppy of it. It os a real beast and razor sharp. The leather sheath is a two piece drop leg style so it has a tie down on the bottom. Great wood cutter.

That Mossy Oak surprise me too! I bought a Mossy Oak a while back (different model) and I couldn't sharpen it for the life of me! Great video J!!!

The mossy oak actually isn't full tang the blade goes into the handle very little and is spot welded to more steel to give the appearance of full tang

Think I'm gonna pick up a SZCO bowie and save myself about 80 bucks over the Cold Steel Wild West made in India bowie. They are both W49 pattern with large brass S-guards. I slightly prefer the 1090 carbon steel of the Wild West over the SZCO 420HC, but not 80 dollars more! I am not seeing that same sheath though. The ones I see have a similar black leather sheath, and the brass handle scale pins are beefier on the ones I am seeing for sale today. Thanks for the review, and I wish I had your winter temp problem!

Love the way You test knives . Your tests are a great way to test a Bowie knife. You and Donnie B All Day really put knives through serious testing . Don't knock cheap or budget knives they can do as much as a high dollar Bowie will. Can you depend on them for survival the answer is yes . I carry a Timber Rattler Bowie with a 10.5 inch blade and have used it in the woods and lots of other things . It holds up to a high dollar knife and I think I paid around $ 25.00 dollars for it . John you say your in Texas . What part ? I'm from a small town in N.E.Texas called Timpson

I would say that the mossy oak is the winner

This video was informative. Reinforced what information I previously was able to gather.

Great video John I have the renegade and I like to see what you do with it thanks for sharing I love the stainless steel on it

I've had two Ridge Runners and enjoyed them after putting a better edge on it. I will have to try the Mossy Oak, but I have not been impressed with their small blades. Thanks for the video!

Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed.

Keep making these videos John you're awesome thank you for sharing 👍👍👍👍

Handles and sheaths can be upgraded. Got a Mossy Oak Bowie recently($15) and made a sheath with a heavy leather one(mine came w/a Polyester one). When the handle goes, I will replace that with a more durable one.

I use my SZCO for wood prep all the time.

As a leatherworker, i could do sheaths for all of those and have them look good.

Awesome review my brother, outstanding

the szco wpuld have done better in the throwing part if you did not bounce it off the others. a fun video, love content like this.

Those dark glasses ain't fooling me. Y'all are James Hetfield! 🤘😎

Awesome video brother 👍, I can't believe this one got buy me,

Seems like Moss Oak was the overall winner.

My mossy oak sheath wasn't bad they might of saw this video and made there sheaths better mine only came with one strap it has a plastic liner it's made of leather so I'm happy with that

I wish you did the Timbler Rattler as well

I would like to see a knife test of any of these knives going through kevlar.

Carbon blade for me everytime, normally will give you a really good sharp blade.

The new szco sheath that comes with that model of knife is now made out of some cheap foam

I think id buy the szco for the sheath and durability and just re sharpen it myself, I like the classic look too

If you want a cool ridge runner get the Denali bowie, for the price it's awesome 👌

How dare you abuse those cheap knives!..Shame on you good sir! 😂

I've always said Mossy Oak is a sleeper cell when it comes to cheap(inexpensive) quality.

I hope your videos attract a Randall Bowie, because some really good budget bowie knives compete! Great review, but really time tells.

The SZCO high carbon Bowie will perform better than the other 2, if you're willing to put in some work. You'll probably have to remove some rust, sharpen the blade, modify or replace the handle scales, and JB-Weld the guard to the knife. I know, I have 2. But, when it comes to taking a beating, the other 2 Bowies don't compare to the SZCO. The sheath is okay. It'll do the job, but having a Kydex sheath would make sense. You might ask "why make an expensive Kydex sheath for a cheap Bowie knife?". The answer is: no inexpensive Bowie knife can compare to the performance of the SZCO high carbon Bowie. If the handle scales break, buy another one, sharpen it, and put it in the same Kydex sheath! They're so cheap and functional, who cares?

Mossy Oak was best over all To be the lite weight of the three.

the mossy oak is funny. every tester video at the start are like meh ..then by the end it surprises them everytime and its 5 stars . i bought one too as my first bowie and im very pleased for the dollars.

Would of liked to see if they bent or snapped if you put them in a vice. But that would of ended them

I have been buying the same names and am shocked every time at what you actually get for the money. Realistically I never expect anything from them but wow! $25 bucks you get a decent entry way knife that can be maintained. Still I say let’s compare a $25 to $125 and see if there is a difference.

Mossy Oak bowie ftw

Good meeting yesterday John! 🤘🏽 hint my name🤘🏽

Test is OK at best.not saying your partial to any one knife,but you could stab harder on a certain knife,you could chop harder on a certain knife,you could cutting harder on a certain knife,etc,etc,etc.not saying youde do that but only way to be far is some kind of mechanical test so your hands don't touch the knife.all in all,was entertaining. Ide give the timber rattler bowie a try.except for it delivered very dull,this is the best 24 dollar bowie knife I've ever had.

Ha ha, if I needed a truck knife, it would be the Mossy Oak, but I need to lose or have someone steal my Harbor Freight $8 Survival knife first! HaHa.

no edge chipping is crazy ive had blades with similar price get chips from little wood chopping...

The Cisco is the one I like. Remove the guard, and sharpen it and you have a viable knife and a nice sheath. Where do you get the Cisco?

The brass pummel IS brass. Brass is very forgiving and malleable. It likely got the dent when you struck it with the other blade when throwing them. No knife handle is invincible when being struck by another solid hard object at speed. Come on, they're all cheap by design, and worthy of punishment, but something is going to break when they're mistreated.

@ Fit 4 Knives - Are you 100% positive that Ridge Runner Bowie has a plastic liner in the nylon sheath? I'm asking because I bought one about 2 years ago (maybe longer), and it was just a cheap, thin nylon sheath with rivets. I returned it for that reason. I actually quite liked the knife. It was a good size blade, and had a large grip for guys with big hands.

Try out the old ram recurve bushcraft knife that's a small beast from eBay

They used to test also at about 7 or 8 ft on a direct drop tip in to plank balance & gravity to the front, agents side throws dropping I will self balance and go tip in first especially your large bone handle knife,

In general, _Schrade_ is _”budget friendly”._ _”Cheap”_ would be _M-Tech._ 😀

… but for this price … perfect 🍀🍀🍀✌️🤩✌️🔥🔥🔥

Any way i could ask you to toughness test a Bear and Sons Goldrush,Ontario Raider,and Condor Undertaker?

mossey oak ftw imo

It would have been nice to know the countries of origin of these knives

nice job man

The thing is, steel is steel, what breaks or bends can be disposed of after your done with them. Lose one and heck you lost $20.00 lose a very expensive knife and you lost MONEY as well as a knife.

I like your tattoos, very cool👍

這個人一次買3 長的，一個人買3，也許是他需要！但是,如果要買的話,一長一短,長的來去那個樹林砍樹,短的就拿來砍柴,生 set fire places,對嗎?有兩把就對了!!!

leather is NOT flimsy if it fits fine in the sheathe its better than having a ridiculous thick and huge scabbard its a knife not a claymore you are not going to larp with it

Do you know the "Archer Blade" knifes ? He is from Pakistan and he make a pretty nice knifes.

Lol get on it big daddy lol lol good job bud

Rehandle them with an oak or hickory handle. Wouldn't take alot

Ain't nothin wrong a cheap Bowie knife. Good for abuse and still keeps on cutting.

25 bucks for what a normal person would do not bad

how does one fix a loose handle?

Don't look kids ! 😂

What exactly are you testing them against?

you were bias against the Cisco