That’s the trade off because high carbon steel is durable and tough compared to stainless steel.

That's exactly what you should do as soon as you receive the knife. I have like 12 high carbon steel knives. None have even a little rust. I just use standard drug store mineral oil. I should probably get something that will last a bit longer. However, it's surprising how well cheap mineral oil does the job. A waxy coating would be better for long term storage.

@@DDDYLN ,… exactly. Recently I’ve been running the blade edge thru hard “Gulf Wax” then using a thin coat of Vaseline on the rest of the blade for longer storage,… like 3-12 months and it’s been working great.

Yep, gotta keep it oiled. My display knives have renaissance wax and it works beautifully.

Yeah, its made from 1080, or 1085 high carbon steel. I love mine.

Except for the fact that it has some kind of coating or blueing which should PREVENT rust

@@donjuanmckenzie4897 coatings and bluing helps steel prevent rust, but it is not a guarantee against rust, it only helps prevent rust if you take care of the knife properly. the same goes for stainless steel, it resists rust, but it is not rust proof, if you store it wet, especially if it's wet from salt water, it will rust, you have to do your part and keep the knife clean and dry, minimum.

Would you mind doing an update video? I'd love to see that

@@buckwild6587 ,... I just posted two of my older update videos of the 1917 FRONTIER BOWIE after cleaning it up.

I was about to say the exact same thing!

I think it rusted because of the leather sheath, leather absorbs & holds onto moisture.

it is not paint it is gun bluing. A controled rust prosess. WD-40 eats upp leather and is nt good for wood. He's knife have rusted because the lack of oil and he has probably been using the choil without remowing the fingerprints,the salts and acid from hands make everything rust.

@@bushcraft_in_the_north Well about 20 years ago, when I got my first sword. I hosed down the inside of the scabbard, a leather one, with WD-40, and guess what. It did not eat the leather. Or damage the wood of the handle of the sword. Can you tell me where you got this information? I'm 60 years old and I've been using WD-40 for along time, for all sorts of things.

That's a Barlow style knife. I couldn't tell you the specific brand, but Boker makes some good Barlow knives if you're interested. Klein does as well.

@@eltipobigotudo2162 ok thank you 😀

@@dimitrivos7088 Happy to help!

in my opinion the lack of a lanyard hole is a bonus, it's not necessary and it's harder to find a knife without one, than it is to find one with it. you are spoiled for choice if you like lanyard holes

@@Murtagh653 the point is with a lanyard hole you simply don't have to add a lanyard if that's your preference, if a hole isn't there you don't have the option. I wonder why EVERY competition knife (comp chopper) requires a lanyard?

@@waveman0 it spoils the looks for me. wonder no more, we are in the age of the nanny state, you cannot tie your shoes without tripping over regulations these days. no more common sense, or awareness of your own limits.

@@Murtagh653 we most certainly live in the age of the nanny state, and the powers-to-be trying to save us from ourselves.

@@waveman0 one rather ridiculous example, is that i can go for a swim in a river, no lifejacket, and i am not breaking the law, but if i take a kayak in that same river, i am breaking the law if i don't wear a lifejacket and can (will) be fined if i am caught without one.

I know, these Bowie reviews drive me crazy, the knife if for killing people, this blade here will chop your head off or if a man has his fists up you can chop his hand clean off. Bowie knife is wicked

@@nobodysreview6137 why do they always do Bushcraft stuff to test Bowie knives on KZfaq? If they disembowed people and lopped off the limbs of screaming victims their next video would be about making toilet bowl prison booze.

@@deniskozlowski9370Bowie is a fighting knife, Jim Bowie made it so he could carry it, and it be like a short sword but with choping power and the bowie tip for stabing, it was specificly designed to kill people. People were geting attacked and robbed while walking down trails or traveling so he came up with it to fight them. Bowie will chop a mans head clean off, chop an arm clean off and short for close quarters combat. Everything about the knife is for fighting a human being, not wood carving or hunting or skinning an animal, it wasnt a working knife that could be used for fighting. Its only purpose was for fighting a man trying to take everything you own or kill you. When you see Bowie knives with a brass guard or brass on the back of the blade, that was to absorb impact from a sword or knife so your blade wouldnt crack or break or be jared from your hand by the impact. These videos of guys cuting wood for camping or talking like they gonna carve and skin an animal or something shows they dont know anything about the knife and makes them look stupid. Its also disrespectfull to Jim Bowie. If you asked Jim Bowie to design a skinning knife i. sure he could and it wouldnt look like a Bowie knife.

Bowie's aren't weapons they're camping tools they're not primarily designed to be weapons

@@nobodysreview6137 I can assure you that Bowie is not a good design for a fighting knife. It's designed to be a jack of all trades master of none multi-tool. You can thrust with it but it's not as good as a rapier. You can sword fight with it but it doesn't have much reach and if someone has a longer weapon you're done for. You can conceal carry it but it's not as good as a smaller dagger that you can conceal better and get out faster and more discreetly. You can use it as a machete to chop vegetation but it's not as good as an actual machete. You can use it as an axe to cut down trees but it's not as good as an actual axe. you can use it for carving or wood shaving or fire starting but it's not as good as more specialised tools. it does a little of everything but doesn't do anything that well compared to a specialised tool. it's a space saving device so that you don't have to carry around an axe and a machete and a skinning knife and a dagger etc. if you want a fighting knife get a specialised fighting knife that has only one purpose though. If you want an all rounder camping knife that can do a little of everything get a Bowie.