My brother has made a hike from eastern turkey to switzerland. The biggest problem was in Romania, Bulgaria and on the Balkan wild dog pack. In this case, the bushman-knife is a blessing.

I like the eye bolt idea. Great idea. and you can add feathers too.

i loved the idea of the steel guard you used in the mini bushman

i got the bowie version of the cold steel bushman as a gift last month. love it. thanks for the eye-screw idea. i've just added a few of them to my kit.

I've hat a Bushman for almost 20 years now. I haven't broken it yet, its been a good tool at any price. I enjoyed your video.

Really nice country. Makes you just want to walk and walk some more. The maned wolf is a beautiful animal. I think you be very lucky to see one. Thanks.

Good Video on a good low cost tool brother-

Agreed on all points. Thank You

thanks mate for taking us along and telling us your opinion on the bushman. Really want to have one for a long time, but never ordered one. Your vid reminds me on this knife again and now I´m thinking again on getting one :-) thanks for that vid bro. Take care and ATB from Austria Mike

great job on the finger guard Mac, both as safety and to index the edge!! papa Mac rules...

Great idea with the screw eye. I bring a CS shovel at times. It's okay as a chopper, but I would not look to it as my main go to for wood processing. I bought it for its versatility for woods and as a less lethal self defense tool while deployed in its sheath in certain areas.. IA Woodsman sold me on it. I've been rockin a CS Kukri machete in the mountains of Virginia. My hatchet stays home most of the year. The reviews on the CS Kukri machete's chopping capability was no lie. Watching your machete mods helped me customize mine. I did do two things different: I wrapped the handle for some cushion and put a back of the hand lanyard loop on it for grasp security and for easy wrist flicking on light brush or grass. I have thought about a bushman. I have sub'd long time ago. Love your vids and system of doing things. Glad to see you win Alone. Thanks a lot brother. Maranatha.

Really enjoy your videos. It's good to see that there are still areas on the earth you can explore / enjoy / practice primitive skills. Might have to add a Bushman knife to my collection.

Good video with good points. Regards, Lars

Excellent ideas for the Bushman knives...

love the finger guard

This was shoot very well. Enjoyed it.

great vid man. love the screw with a hole idea

So cool that you can take your son out in the bush and have a blast.

Last time I went camping I shot a water moccasin to death. I also have a bushman. My preferred knife setup is a cold steel kukri and a mora. I like how lightweight the mora is. I keep it in my hammock when I sleep. ... just in case. And you just never know when you will run into a phyco crazed animal. So I always carry a weapon when adventuring into the middle of nowhere. I enjoy hunting squirll with my Ruger 10/22. But with a 25 round magazine it's a versitile survival tool.

good field review of the knives..i really enjoy your videos...safe journeys

Good idea with the screw part :) thanks

Excelent review on the mini bushman and the mods. The palce is awesome!

thanks man great job

That is a brilliant review of the Cold Steel Bushman. ❤ Good mods.

That looks beautiful

I would certainly carry a large sidearm... the weight is negligible, when you consider the alternative. Animal behavior is like the weather, flood insurance = money, cougar insurance = BANG!

Thank You for Your Time.

So glad I found this video! I have one I took as part of a trade a few months back and had no idea what it actually was...other than a nice blade.

what a beautiful place!

Great tips on the mods! Thank you and God bless you Sir!

Great video. Love the bushman. The cs spears themselves are great tools too...

Hey your video came up in my feed again and I had to watch it, again. 👍🏻👍🏻 I had forgotten that CS made a Mini Bushman. I’ve had a Bushman for over 20 years. Got the Bushman Bowie too. I also have the Condor Matagi and the Mini Matagi. The mini is on a canteen/scout kit and may be the sharpest knife I own 😉 The full size Matagi is in my main go-to pack, and the Bushman is in Mumma Bear’s pack. All outstanding pieces of kit!

Great review, scenery, mission.

Great video thanks. I agree on the points you made in this video good stuff. I will use this gaurd idea when my new bushman blade arrives. Was going to rap the handle and try to shape it so it is not to round and was trying to figure out a finger guard and like you method. Was definitely going to make a good walking stick that can be used for the spear shaft and will now make it little longer than plan as the length suggestions are good. Having a low priced knife that you do not have to worry about being stolen from your vehicle and will be usable and on hand for emergencies is awesome. Love cold steel for the designs, quality for the price and durability.

É uma pena que eles não fabriquem mais a bushman mini, eu tenho uma bowie, mas acho a mini uma faca mais prática para carregar junto do facão.

Thanks Mack. I am in the process of setting up multiple kits and just trying to figure which way I want to go. I really like the scout, but I don't like swapping things back and fourth, anyway be blessed brother.

excellent video. Very true. The spear is an instinctual weapon for man. It is how we carved our place out of the wild. I don't know if you've ever seen that movie The Grey. But if you have, don't you think that the knife if you would've liked to have had most was the cold stone Bushman? Outside of a gun, the spear is probably the most effective defensive weapon man can use against a Predator

Good point. Not as much as you might think. In Brazil I do all my batoning with a machete anyway.

Excelente vídeo Dave McIntyre,😎😎👍👍 a minha bushman chegou ontem!!!!

Great video. That section of Brazil looks like it could be in California with grass covered hills.

The finger guard is brilliant but in batoning, does it get in the way ?

Cold Steel Bushman destruction test, pt. 1: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mKmfldJk2-Dej3k.html I was always surprised to the the Chris Reeves' knives fail early. The inexpensive Bushman just kept going and going.

I buy mine locally but yes, that is a Brazilian tarp hat. I love my hat.

I did from Dec to Apr, we do that every few years.

I got both in the US and brought them here. I have seen the Bushman for sale here in Belo, very over-priced. The Bushman is NOT an expensive knife.

I try not to get hung up on "which knife". I carry the Bushman when I want a spear around. As for kits as long as Rule #9 (Always have a knife) is being followed you can make it work. The Recon Scout is a good knife from what I hear but I don't have any experience with it personally.

wow, beautiful country, I wish I was there.

I had said "maned wolves", called here lobo-guará. They are not near extinction, at least not here. They are just very shy and nocturnal, so rarely seen.

Condor Tool and Knife will release a Mini Matagi in 2014. 4 3/4 inch blade, 9 1/16 inch total length. 2.5mm thick, 0.64 lbs.

Made mine into a spear using an Ash wood rake handle with metal ferrule. Leather wrapped three sections of the shaft using rawhide strips then drilled the factory hole in the knife's handle through to the other side and put in an Allen bolt and Nyloc nut. Just added a 50% double edge last night to the back of the blade for better penetration. I've taken out a few opossums in the back yard; spear them to the ground and remove their heads with a Cold Steel San Mai Kukri.

That's how I've carried my condor mini matagi in hog country in Oklahoma, bear country in the Sierra Nevadas and in jaguar country in the Guyanese Amazon. Always feel a bit safer with it as a spear.

hi good hikking, minibushman is one of my missed survival collection, a pity they don´t make any more :-(

I've had a bushman for years. I haven't carried it in quite some time. I replaced it with a recon scout. I'm thinking about about adding it to one of my kits to cut down on swapping items back and fourth. I have me edc that goes in my truck and doubles as a get home bag. Then I have my lite duty wilderness kit (maxpedition sabercat) just wondering which knife you would use in which kit

Good video. I liked it very much. I think the Bushman is a fine survival knife. Enjoy Brazil. It sounds like the Zika virus is the bigger danger down there right now.

good video thanks

Hello mr. Colhane, nice videos as always! Just want to know if the bushman and the woodman's pal from your other video can be sent to brazil, or did you bought them here? (in brazil)

We are in Minas Gerais, central Brazil.

good plan

Would be more interesting if you showed how the blade performs and how you use it compared to a knife or other tool. Previous to your participation in the TV show, your videos seemed to focus on machete modifications and the techniques you learned in your time, working as a missionary abroad and often outdoors.

where is this located?

Excelente, parabens !!

Wher are you guys???

this is brazil?

where is this place?

This knife ever break on you?

Checked baggage when I fly. There are no laws against flying with cutlery in checked bags. I'm sure my bags terrify the x-ray people but it isn't against the law.

Hi Colhane, when you said "wolves", were you referring to Aguará Guazú? There are no wolves in South America, so you probably meant Aguará. They are nearly extinct and as far as I know there are no records of them attacking people. On the other hand pumas do attack people, specially children, so a spear is a great idea. Great video BTW.

Central Brazil.

Central Brazil, Minas Gerais state.

It is actually aluminum.

Where are you

which country is that?

O seu xarope, tu não tem mais visto o outro xarope do teu namorado, o loki aquele do Toniolo?

Mack coloca legenda :D

yer handles not long nuff.... maybe the handle off a pool skimmer net or maybe a roof shovel handle.... lol

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In this vid

the suicide motif is falling on your sword, not on your spear.

Central Brazil, Minas Gerais state.