Any true knife guy knows there is never only one knife you will ever need. Every addict knows that!

This is the new bar for knife reviews. Love it. 👍

This is the best video on Spyderco knives I’ve watched to date. Spyderco should send you the serrated Shaman for test and review 😁. I have watched all your Spyderco reviews since you first got your PM3... all of your videos are both insightful and funny. Spyderco should be sending you more of their knives and gear for review.

We can say that’s your perfect knife but every knife enthusiast knows we are always looking for the next knife to add to the collection, it is a never ending rabbit hole

I bought the paramilitary 3 because of your video on it. I spoke to my attorney to see if I can press charges on you for my tendonitis. He said no. You got lucky this time

Your camera work is so great! I really appreciate when people take the time to make their videos a step above everyone else, and yours really do that. Keep it up man, it's awesome to see your channel growing.

all the camera angles you provide are insane! I love that!

This is the first video of yours that I’ve seen and it was excellent. Love the production quality. Instant subscription. Can’t wait to see your other videos!

What a great review! Especially love the farm theme to the video. Keep up the good work.

Iv had this knife for about 9 months now, just watching your review to make sure I still made the right choice .👍 Great content, your hilarious and very entertaining.

I love my Spyderco Shaman, but I also have a lot of other knives I love. Looks like you have a great life there in Norway. Great video. Thank you.

Hi E, new subscriber here from the Pacific North West, I truly enjoy your honesty and that you can laugh at yourself!! I think that your idea of a "mud room" is excellent! Also wearing different shoes in and out helps! I love your good attitude and dedication to your family and farm animals! Thank you for sharing your journey!!

My first spyderco was a plain edge shaman. I loved it so much I bought the fully serrated shaman for my EDC (trucker). Lansky sells a "spyder sharpener" for the serrations. Nice video skills.

Like your presentation style and camera work and the context in which video is filmed ( on a farm doing work) you have a new subscriber!

I like how you answered the question in your video title within the first 5 seconds. A rare feat on clickbait crazy KZfaq. I still watched your video all the way through, for the simple reason that it was well worth watching! Also awesome how you saw the rain spout halfway off, only to take a hammer and knock the whole thing down. I can personally relate to that way of working! Kudos, friend.

Great video. Always looking for yours. Buffaloes really appreciate you and you take care of things! 🍺

I realize this is a 10 month old video. It came up under my suggested and you won me over immediately. The second I saw you actually using your knife. Blew me away. I’ve seen many knife channels pop up over the years and nobody uses the bloody things anymore. Where’s the old school tool porn we used to watch? Cardboard torture, tire cutting, real tasks? Right here. Thank you.

A vid about the Shaman and a water buffalo? Instant classic! Just bought mine yesterday. I can’t wait!

Another great vid! You're vids are so much fun!

Love the Shaman! It's next on my list of knives to purchase.

That Shaman is a GREAT knife. I use a Spyderco Manix XL out on my land simply because I like the lock on it a little more and find it easier to work with thick gloves on.

I did that you don't get two craps to route your gutters diagonally across the front of your barn. You are a man who solves problems and you nailed it sir

Love your videos. You’re an entertaining individual but your animals always steal the spotlight!

Best folder Ive ever had in terms of size, and ability to take a beating. My Para2, which I loved for years, moved to the truck for quick access. I just replaced my standard Shaman with the new zwear sprint with the brown micarta. Grip feels perfect.

Great video, thank you. This is how I feel about my Kapara.

I was waiting for this update vid. Nice long-term update vid. 👍👍👍

I would love to visit your farm!!! These animals are fabulous!!! I love your videos and the way you edit them. Excellent job!

If you're getting a serrated edge, don't be overly worried about sharpening it. It's not particularly difficult, just time consuming. I use either the corner of the ceramic rods from the spyderco sharpmaker or a sanding film wrapped around an appropriately sized dowel.

That’s an amazing knife. I would love to check it out. Seems perfect size for your needs. Spyderco rules

One handing the most dangerous tool in the shop on a ladder standing on ice! Well done sir. Well done.

Good video! Excellent knife, specially with knife enthusiast. Great choice. It’s on my list of top knives to look at to buy. Thanks.

Glad u made another knife video

Ok, I was on the fence on this or Benchmade. You just convinced me to get this one today. I’ll relax for a bit since this was a large expense for me but I know it will be worth it. 😊

Your perfect knife is the one that does the job for you when you need it! Knife guys like us are always trying and testing them, and there is always one that stands out. Very hard to pick and choose 😬 I love Spyderco but, have other brands too.

As always great video. Got the Z- Wear Shaman about a month ago and love it.

Hey Farmer E! Stumbled upon your channel recently, absolutely love your videos and camera work. If you haven’t already stopped searching check out the spyderco manix 2. I love fidgeting 24/7 myself and with the cage lock on the manix 2 it’s buttery smooth to flick open without the problems of omega springs. The G10 model I have feels robust, with full stainless steel liners and solid lock up I can’t really do much to hurt the knife. Ps. I’ve had bugout springs break too it really sucks

I had a lot of problems with mine initially. It didn't want to drop and when I got it to drop there was a significant amount of blade play. I took it apart but same thing. I was thinking of selling it. Just last Saturday (04/09/2022), I decided to take it out again. I played with it and then yesterday (04/11/2022) I removed the pivot screws and loc-tited them. I screwed them in until they wouldn't turn anymore and I figured I would back them out little by little. Wonder of wonders! Without even backing them out, the knife was already drop-shut and there was no more blade play. I guess the action is perfect now. I'm not selling it anymore and I'm loving it a lot.

I have the exact same version of this knife and it’s a great EDC. The rounded scales make it easy to carry and it’s really not too big for EDC.

Love the curiousity of the calf... and flicking my Shaman while watching! great tool!

Love your videos . They make my day !!!

I bought a Para 3 because of your video and I absolutely love it. It has replaced my Benchmade 940

Hej Erik! Resten blir på engelska så alla förstår. Tack för alla roliga videos! I highly recommend a serrated blade, it is not only good for ropes but for all abrasive materials. There are two things that are essential to being happy with a serrated blade: owning a Spyderco Sharpmaker and keeping the knife sharp. I have used a serrated blade every day for about a year and there are few times I wish for a plain edged blade. Try it!

I've just bought the REX45 Model, and am really looking forward to putting some miles on it. Great video

Great video as always keep up the great video farmer e

As soon as I owned a Shaman I fell in love with it. So much so in fact that one of my Shamans (I have 4 now, since I just bought an S30V DLC like yours!) is in my pocket every day, along with my Hinderer XM-18. I even take it to bed with me (in the waistband of my PJs!). Call me crazy, I mean, I am American! But I love the size, big enough but not too big, and the handle just fits my hand so perfectly. The blade is heavy duty, but still cuts amazingly due to the high flat grind. Sal Glesser is a genius when it comes to knife design, and the Shaman is the pinnacle of everything he's done IMO. Some people say it's too expensive now (was $150 USD when it came out), but I don't think so honestly. I paid $224 for my DLC S30V yesterday, and it's worth every penny. It is as good as my Hinderer, which cost twice as much! If I had to choose one knife from my collection to keep forever, it would be one of my Shamans, but which one? Blade HQ DLC M4? Z Wear and Micarta? One of the S30V knives? I can't say, they are all amazing. And yes, I will be buying more if I can grab any other sprints or exclusives that come out. And they will all be carried and used...although the S30V models will be the only ones going to the jobsite with me because they can be replaced while the others can't. I would hate to lose my Z Wear or M4 in a ditch... Keep up the videos brother! Really enjoy seeing how life is like for a farmer in Norway! Those Buffalo...haha!

I have the Para 3 LW and I love it. I bought a second as a backup.

I think the Shaman, it’s little brother Native, and the budget steel version Efficient, are the best looking spydercos. They share the profile of a flat back and look more like a traditional drop point while still having the awesome function of the spyde hole. As much as I like the PM2 and Para 3 I’ve never really loved the look.

Never stop looking!

Excellent video. Thank you

Nice video. First time I see those buffaloes in Scandinavia 😁 But I agree with you, Shaman is a compact yet quite beefy, rugged knife which can handle almost everything you throw at it!

The shaman is a wonderful work knife and larger edc knife. It is not a pocket hog, but she ain’t skinny either. Great video! Love your work!

Haha! Those buffalo were moving in on your bubble! Awesome video!

Thanks for your video, I should mention Norway is great, people there are awesome, keep it up!

I love the shaman! My personal favorites are the micarta cruwear and micarta zwear ones! They’re out of this world for factory knives!! I hope you can keep the shaman! If you still have it, I’d love to buy and send you a lynch NW deep carry clip for it so you can try it out!

I love my Spyderco Manix 2 in all black to me its the perfect work and edc knife. It's always in my pocket.

If you are on a farm and that knife works for your actual tasks it gives me interest to buy it. Thanks for review

I like this farmer from France

Great looking knife and I’ve been looking at that model besides who cares if it fits and works keep caring it 😎🇺🇸🤙🏼

Given your size and the nature of your farm duties, the Cold Steel 4max is calling your name.

when you are a good dude with a cool channel who's not trying to be a badass.... but you really are a badass. lovin' your channel so far. may God Bless!

This is my first time seeing your videos. Love it, also your Buffalo are great 👍 keep it up man

Why do I keep coming back to this video ... the knife ... ? or maybe the shots of the young buffalo ... ? Merry Xmas / Happy New Year Farmer E.

Really enjoy your videos, also got a pair of Muck rubber boots - they are so comfy!! Keep up the great work, thank you

You don't need a serated version, you can just sharpen it on a courser stone for more aggressive adge, that's better for rope cutting.

You're awesome man, genuine, sorta funny, heart warming, and "manly" all rolled into one

They’re definitely an incredible knife for sure and built like a tank. I have the GORGEOUS M4 steel and micarta scales Version that was a blade hq exclusive model. I love carrying it every day (I’m a front pocket guy as well). I do still go back to my incredible Maxamet paramilitary 2 though. That’s another just incredible knife. That’s the only downfall of having multiple VERY nice knives is deciding which one to carry.

Thank's for your video. A good knife for a good farmer 🙏👍🏻😊

Great video.

Love your vids bro 😎 God bless you brother 🙏🏽🇺🇸

Great video E!!

Enjoyed your video from Farmersville Texas. I would keep the blade you have. My understanding serrated blades are just much harder to sharpen. Keep up the good work.

I have actually been carrying a leatherman surge lately. Really comes in handy at work.

Great knife but never stop looking great video stay safe from Ontario canada

Great review. You have found the perfect knife...until the next one 😉

Hey E I just got my benchmade bugout but now am looking to order the Shaman just to fidget all day with it lol 👍🏽

The Shaman is awesome! But I'd try the Hogue Ritter RSK. It's a more refined Benchmade Griptilan. And has stronger Springs for the Axis type Lock. Super fidgeting fun too!

Awesome video bro. 💯✊🏽

Norway is the dream trip for me.

I carry a Gerber Center drive . I cut, pull or screw really nice around the farm.

I also agree with others about benchmade and their axis lock, I own a bugout and it's one of my most carried knives. I'm not sure what you're knife laws are but I highly recommend a microtech ultratech. I find OTF knives and botton lock knives to be my favorite for fidget friendly. Microtech's are a work horse and guaranteed for life.

came for Shaman review, will stay for buffal cuddle.. amazing Sir!

A real working mans review that I can respect, thank you.

Spyderco Manix2 XL. Trust me you will love it

I just got a new pm3 in m390 today cause I lost my old s30v one a couple weeks back. Should not have clicked on this video. Massive urge to pull the trigger on a shaman right now. Thankfully nothing other than the s30v variants are in stock so I will probably wait a bit. Great video sir!

THE SHAMAN. Yeah bud. One of my favorite knives. Nothing but awesome.

Very different way to review a knife, congrats and keep it up

I was just going to say the shaman serrated is fire.

The Demko Ad-20 is the ultimate knife for what you do. Takes up the same amount of space but more blade, better steel, even easier to open and close, way more fun to fidget, better grip and it is a custom knife for about 80 dollars more. Everyone else realizes this at the moment so you have to watch and order fast when the drops happen but your audience is big enough someone would gladly watch for you anyway. If you are interested I can start looking for one for you

Shaman is a nice robust spidey. Im a lefty so I prefer the Manix 2 and XL models for the Ambi ball locks. Great ergo's and fidget factor is nice to.

Hello do you mind answering a few questions on the shaman? Hows it holding up almost a year later? What sharpening system do you use? Would you buy another if given a chance? Thank you for your time I'm a big fan love your videos

For a everyday work knife I suggest the Leatherman Skeletool CX, but most any Spyderco is great.

More Knife videos! 😁 my everyday is my R2D2. It’s a little bit small, but I like it a lot. It has, at least temporarily, replaced my Buck 112.

The Shaman is absolutely my favorite EDC, although I did get a Spyderco Smock yesterday.

Adorable buffalo!

The serrations can be sharpened with the spyderco sharpmaker system by using the corners.

You might want to look at Benchmade 940 it was developed by a rancher. My pick in the spyderco lineup is manix2 in 20cv steel. With red g10 it would show up if misplaced

Congrats, you found you‘re grinder 👍🏻 In case of sharpening a serrated knife, use a small diamond-rod, that works. God påske!

I lost my Shaman in January, until then it hadn't left my side for more then a few hours in total. In the best case scenario it's somewhere in the forest, in a 4km radios from my house. I'm heartbroken, it was the best knife l ever owned. I just had to buy a new one, in fact I bought two! Fidget forever.

I have had an Endura serrated stainless steel for 15 years

Serrated edges excel at cutting rope, twine, rad hoses and the like. They keep on cutting because of the serrations. Sal Glesser came up with the idea when he was using a serrated steak knife in a steakhouse. I see you've mastered the middle finger flick, aka the Spydie flick lol.