Condor Hudson Bay: Big Heavy-Duty Camp Knife Worth the Price!

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West Coast Bushcrafters - Bushcraft Knives & Tools

Жыл бұрын

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West Coast Bushcrafters
Condor Hudson Bay
The Condor Hudson Bay. A true heavy-duty camp knife. It was a lot of fun to test this knife out! With its big dimensions it looks quite brutal and at the same time a bit old school.
Bought for its expected chopping and batoning qualities it delivered above expectation. Pure joy to baton with this knife.
Unfortunately there is no hole to tie up a lanyard at the back of this knife. That is something we will modify in future.
Overall a great big camp knife to take along instead of an axe. Good for the big work, not so handy for the precision jobs.
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Technical specifications
Blade height: 5,3 cm
Blade length: 21,3 cm
Blade thickness: 5 mm
Handle length: 12,2 cm
Total length: 33,9cm
Weight total: 580 gram
Steel: 1075 carbon steel
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Пікірлер: 62

@frakismaximus3052 9 ай бұрын

This type of knife was very common to where i live 150+ years ago... the Red River Valley of Manitoba, Canada. A favourite with indigenous, frontiersmen and settlers alike. Cheers

@westcoastbushcrafters 9 ай бұрын

Interesting fact to hear! Thanks for sharing 😁👍 cheers!

@tacticaltarzan7278 Жыл бұрын

yeah i firmly believe that the Hudson bay is a seriously epic budget option for even serious bushcraft, as well as just casual camping. i've found it carves REALLY well for its size, as well as it also makes for a pretty damn good skinning knife in a pinch, though as a chopper/carver its pretty hard to beat given the price and size. its a lot of knife for not a lot of money! great review as well!

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks a lot for your comment! We fully agree with you! Really nice to find such a sturdy knife for that price. Not afraid to use and abuse it:). Thanks!

@ronmartin3755 9 ай бұрын

I carry a small hatchet made in the early 1900s. The maker is Plumb. It has the Boyscout Logo on it. I use it for chopping wood for fire, and shelter. My sheath knife is a Cattraugus 225Q. I also carry a two bladed Bare head Jack made by Cattaraugus in my pocket. If I am camping with my sons or friends I have a special camping box that has my lantern, stove, coffee pot, and pots and pans plus extra items I use in a large multiple person camp. Included in this box is a WWI Bolo, and a very thick and heavy Meat Chopper. The thickness of the Bolo is 1/4 inch and the Meat Chopper is 5/8 this inch. I use these for cutting up game. For fish I have a regular fillet knife made by Case. I have thought about getting a Hudson Bay Knife but do not like the modern version from Condor! I like the original look of the 18800s knife with just two pins holding the handle on.

@westcoastbushcrafters 7 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks for sharing details about your equipment. Sounds like you are well prepped and intresting to hear you use knives and hatchets with an historical value. Makes it easy to understand why you prefer the original 1800 look instead of this version. Take care

@lloydjacobson1812 Жыл бұрын

Another excellent video guys !!!

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated for your thumbs up 😁🙏!! Thanks!!

@grayman7208 3 ай бұрын

good review

@westcoastbushcrafters 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! Nice to hear!

@danieltporter959 4 күн бұрын

You should check out the Hudson Bay Mini. Great review!

@xxfaction6xx Жыл бұрын

Great job

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear! Thank you!😁👍

@amedeoperri3571 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, I appreciate more this more affordable knives than expensive Bark River

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

That is really nice to hear! Your comment helps to decide and focus what to do during next episodes. Thanks for that!

@amedeoperri3571 Жыл бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters Great! Thank you for your nice videos!!

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

And thank you for appreciating them!😁👏

@richardhenry1969 Жыл бұрын

I also appreciate the more affordable knives. I don't ever see myself paying barkriver prices. I like to stay around $150US and below. I believe most knives above that are just marketing and branding. But lately everything has went up in prices. Yet quality and materials hasn't changed.

@gyllingenmedvik2557 Жыл бұрын

Nice episode!!

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!! :)

@lonewandererbushcraftwildc6822 Жыл бұрын

I modded mine re shaped the handle & cut out the ricasso area to make handle longer. & also modded the edge & now its an absolute awesome knife that csn do heavy work & more refined work

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a fantastic upgrade! Awesome! Makes us curious how it looks like. Would you share a picture of the upgrade with us?

@afprojektcz Жыл бұрын

It's a real piece of steel, nice job guys🔪👌👍

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Pure joy to work with that piece of metal! It will be in the backpack this weekend 😁👍. Thanks a lot!🙏

@afprojektcz Жыл бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters Great, really enjoy it!😊👍

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Very nice

@janjarolim294 Жыл бұрын

Well... Thank you for this video. I was thinking about this knife for a month but after this video I just said myself... Yeah Johny, spend your money for that knife 😁😉

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Haha that is really funny to hear!🤣 Not a bad choice at all! Took it with me last Wednesday. Really fun to use👌😎. Hope you are going to enjoy it! Cheers

@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 11 ай бұрын

Seems like a nice knife😊

@westcoastbushcrafters 11 ай бұрын

It really is. Really like that price / quality ratio. Not holding back during bushcraft tasks with that knife😁👍

@supernova1976 Жыл бұрын

If you like this type of knife, it is hard to beat the Terävä Skrama 240, it chops way better than the Hudson bay .

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Thanks for bringing the terävä as a knife to compare with the hudson bay. It is in more or less the same price range isn’t it? Would be interesting to test that one out one day😁👍

@supernova1976 Жыл бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters yes similar price range and similar historic design taken from and old Scramasax or Seax. Like the Hudson bay based on an old frontier America knife style . Would be a nice comparison indeed 👍

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Cool that both knives have a similar way of history behind them! Sounds like we got a new idea for a future episode 😁👍. Putting it beside the A2 and tundra 3 camp🔥

@lonewandererbushcraftwildc6822 Жыл бұрын

The handle was coming off my skrama 240 after only a month which is not a problem as I just hammered it back down after I epoxy it.

@julienbertrand7672 Жыл бұрын

Le skrama est une vraie merde

@8626John Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your review. I bought one of these several years ago and I found the handle too small for the size of the blade, so I popped off the factory scales and replaced them with curly maple scales sized to better fit my hand and balance that big blade.

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Great stuff that you modified the knife. Makes this knife much better. Hope condor overthink a redesign of the handle👍

@Jussydergraf 2 ай бұрын

Very nice Video. You should try out the Condor Moonshiner. I bought it für 55€ and it can keep up with my Cold Steel Trailmaster for 400€ 😅.

@westcoastbushcrafters 2 ай бұрын

haha that pretty cool!!! One they you will see the Moonshiner on this channel! Thanks for the info! Impressive! Cheers!

@alexandrechagasmoreira3780 10 ай бұрын

👍

@westcoastbushcrafters 10 ай бұрын

😁👍

@User39. 5 ай бұрын

Handle is a little small and needs a lanyard hole....I've had one for 5 years....almost perfect

@westcoastbushcrafters 5 ай бұрын

We absolutely agree with you 100 %!

@lonewandererbushcraftwildc6822 Жыл бұрын

Good over all knife but master of none i love my hudson bay knife.

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Nice! Great price/ quality 👏

@matsalm2943 10 ай бұрын

I think you should try out the real bad Scandinavian boy. The Brisa Bigmuk. I have used one for some 6 months. I often use it with really difficult knotty and twisted wood like elmwood and beachwood. Wood where I often fail using an axe.

@westcoastbushcrafters 10 ай бұрын

Haha yeah that is a Scandinavian bad boy😂😁👍. Looked into that one and it is a very special and interesting knife! Great that you let us know that it copes well with the real hard jobs🤘! Would be fun to test that knife out! Thanks!😁👍

@gsteixner Жыл бұрын

Please try to review either a White River or an Adventure Sworn. Thanks!

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

We would love to! Not sure if this is going to happen in the near future. We buy all our knives ourselves and some are quite expensive nowadays 😅. 25% import expenses from USA is not helping either. But they look great and heard a lot about adventure sworn for example. Hope we can soon obey your wishes 😃👍

@bwetdude Жыл бұрын

I have an original Hudson Bay camp (or Chief) knife. It's marked "FOX" and the logo is the top of the HBC's coat of arms : a fox sitting on a cap.... (it's not a NON XXL JUKES COULSON & CO) My best guess is it was a local Lower Canada blacksmith shop's work. Blade thickness: 7,3 mm Blade height: 4.4 cm It has lost about 1/4 of the blade height due to use and sharpening. Total length: 33,3cm Weight total: 505 gram... the handle is mostly likely oak, with brass plates on the top. I'd say it was made in some sort of "layering" steel work, the knife has a big chip that reveals what I believe is 2 types of steel. Did they make "San mai" in Lower Canada back in the days? Anyhow, I wanted to state that the "right side" of the blade is pretty much flat... the sharpening looks more like an axe than a knife to be frank. Big bevel. I never tried to make those fire starter feathers... but being flat must have helped doing so. The top side must have been hit by a baton a thousand times!!! Too bad I can't post a picture here. Maybe on a sunny day I'll go out and make a video...

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Wow cool stuff! Sounds like a really old knife!! Quite heavy with a 7.3 mm spine 😎. Thanks for sharing! Would have been great to see a picture of that knife. Please let us know when you post a video about it😁👍. Cheers!

@bwetdude Жыл бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters I'll try and make something... although I'm not much of a social butterfly. :/

@bwetdude Жыл бұрын

drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KOo64cyeBWaNmZzYiA83VrhddgdTqvQ0?usp=sharing

@ed5042 Жыл бұрын

would you prefer this beast or a Leuku? Or a bowie?

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

Hi! That would be in many cases this beast😁. It is not that expensive for so much knife you get for it, easy to sharp and it has a nice weight. Maybe not the best handle but just a workhorse deluxe 👍. Our leuku have thinner blades which makes it less attractive for batoning. Other fun options we have are the A2 and tundra 3 camp but those are at least twice as expensive.

@ed5042 Жыл бұрын

@@westcoastbushcrafters thanks! I forgot to mention just found your channel , already subscribed, Great channel!

@westcoastbushcrafters Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome to hear😁! Thanks for your subscription!🙏