A couple of years ago one of my local Wal-Marts had a clearance sale as they were down sizing there knife department. I picked up quite a few items, one was a nice small Camilus skinning knife for $5 and a hatchet saw combo for$15. The knife was really good and the hatchet combo was good enough to keep in my trunk (and it has saved me a couple of times). I have nothing bad to say about the company. Cheers 🇨🇦

Your practical approach to gear earned you a new subscriber. This medically retired 11B salutes you sir.

Yeah for what it’s worth, these are great knives. I’ve had one for years. Also, it’s nice to see a blade bend rather than break. A broken blade can’t be repaired especially not in the field.

Camillus knife made over 15 million knives for the The military marine and survival knives and pilots.

I have only heard good stuff about Camillus, this looks like it would be a great camp knife or maybe to put as a backup blade in a bugout bag

I love affordable quality tools. I'll have to pick one up and out it through an abuse test.

Saying that I definitely want to check this knife out with my limited budget.

I have a machete and a knife by this company. They are both good general purpose tools that if they break or it lost you won’t cry over.

When I was first getting into camping and bushcraft, my budget was Walmart level. Sometimes, Dollar General. My Camillus knife is one of the few items from those days that I haven’t hat to upgrade.

For intended purposes the knife did quite well . I always cringe when I see people baton or pry with a general purpose knife that is not designed for that. And yes I know you were just trying to test its limits. Thanks for the great review, after watching this I’m going to purchase some for my vehicle emergency get home bags . 😊👍

After filming this, we did stop by Walmart and i bought one. I took it home and sharpend it. It took a razor edge. I put it in my PSK. Good blade for general camp duty.

Z's back!!! Great video on a budget knife.

I like the approach that you have taken, with your buddy helping you show the ups and downs of this blade. It's obviously stainless of a lower caliber. But I really like your channel, and the way you actually test things, instead of assuming they are good. As a US Marine Combat Veteran I never use my knives to split wood. That's me, I know people that do, and that's fine. I prefer a hatchet or camp axe. But I am a very crazy knife 🗡 guy. My wife, before she passed away about 8 months ago, used to freak out about the size of my knife 🗡 collection. But Camillus has great knives. I have 3 of their fixed blades. They are all cheap Walmart specials. But, I would trust my life with one of them. I have the Camillus Titanium...I only really like it because of the rubberized handle, it's just heaven to your hands. But enuff of my jabbering, great video my friends. Thank you. New Subscriber by the way, I would definitely appreciate the return. Thank you.

A strategically placed lanyard hole would trap the little tools and keep them from disappearing on you. The hole through the tang would be strong and the part that goes through the tools could have a slot between the hole and the butt of the handle so it would still pop free.

I have 2 of the Camilius $10 knifes from Walmart. Love them. They take the abuse an will hold an take a edge pretty easy.

I carry a Smith and Wesson M/P fixed blade as one of my edc. It has a full tang and decent feel in the hand. As well the sheath is solid and clips either on my pocket or belt. As an extra bonus it is fairly light. Not to bad for just under $50 Canadian.

The only bad thing is that tip bending. Other than that I think it would be a very good 1st time knife or just something to use around the camp for basic stuff like you guys pointed out...no pun intended. That is definitely something thatbi will keep in mind if I want something just to beat around the site. Great video my man. To your knifesmith friend, I thank you for your honesty. Most people wouldn't be as honest. So glad that I subbed to your channel!!!!!!!

Like what your showing have 3 Camillus Knife's Have been happy with them Did work on the edges not much And they hold the.edge well

For 20 Bucks, it seems like a pretty decent little camp knife. I have had a Camillus knife which I bought from Walmart and it worked well for a camp knife. It wasn't a high level bushcraft knife but for around 20 Bucks, it was ok. I will look into getting one of these as a backup. Thanks for the videos. It is great to see budget gear demonstrated.

I have the USA bushcraft one. Seen this at my Walmart thought about a video next payday. Good to know. Nice to have a friend in the business. I have a Facebook friend in town that was a Forged in Fire winner.

Very good review thanks for share. In the same range of price look for two very good knifes the Odenwolf Hunter and the Ozark trail 11 inch knife the budget copy of the Buck reaper. Saludos Amigos

Great video as always. I just wanted say that it was nice to hear some one in the industry say you don't need st spend alot for a nice that will what you need it for. Yep I am with all you budget guys. 150 is way out of my meager budget. Thanks again for a informative look

👍👍👍👍👍Great Video! For the price buy two. Have one for backup!

I have a knife by that mfg. I like it, it's bonded with titanium . It came in a combo pack with a hatchet and something else, I can't remember what . I've had it sharpened, it holds an edge . It has a kydex scabbard that seems to make it disappear in Mt front pocket.

I have. Bought a few of these brand of k Ives an I have and good luck with them

Great content guys. Glad I came across y'all!

Never heard a bad word about Camillus.

The Walmart description says 420 steel, not 420HC. So that's less carbon than 3CR13 at about .15% and a hardness of 54 HRC. That's probably as hard as that steel can get.

420 can be pretty good if heat treated properly. Look at buck... reprofile to 20 degrees all the way down to ceramic then strop. Probably be decent if you can sharpen. Wonder what the ceramic angle is on the sheath...oops tip bending makes me suspicious of the heat treat. In some ways better than breaking but that makes me think 55 or 56 hrc.

Camillus makes a good beater blade so, you can spear abusing the more costly blades.

review the new delta line from schrade if you can its aus 10 fixed blades for 20usd,its new for 2022.they look a bit to good to be true but would probably become super popular for budget blades,there is only a short flash of them from bladeshow and thats it.

I have nothing bad to say about camilius, in fact a couple years ago I compared their camp knife from Walmart to my bark river bravo 1.25 and it surprised me honestly. Im not scared to push that camilius as hard as I need, besides heavy prying I wouldn't have a concern. Although if they gave it a flat grind instead and went with 14c28n or something better than 420 they would really be on to something lol, but great video and nice find 👍 ill have to check that out when my Walmart gets them in lol.

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Best budget for that price you can't beat mora knives much better steel

I got one but when it gets cheaper I want to get a second and put a new handle on it

It is a contest .watch enough ppl to know that I go out on the weekends and .we dont have 150 dollar knife .100 dollar canteen .200 dollar hidden woodsman .the well you cant camp lol .me that's my type of knife

lesson learned. ..be careful with your tools...

I put a can opener in the handle

You can never have too many knives to try

You did well for $20 on their website their knife is listed at $29.99, wish I could get one here in Oz for $20

I like the Buck 119 at Wal Mart for around 40.

this video was made a year ago but as of today 11/20/23 walmart is selling gerber strongarms for $30.

Looks like a good tool box knife .

And now it’s unavailable everywhere, thanks to your review lol

I can't find this knife anywhere, I hope it eventually shows up at my local Walmart... I enjoyed the quality of the WWII Camillus knives, even if their Quality Control was not consistent when they were bought out by Acme the knives looked better but also thinner. (In 1989 I had a Camillus Pilots Survival Knife, a US Cattaraugus 225Q Knife and an Imperial M3 Knife locked in a Halliburton Aluminum Case in my trunk while travelling to Toronto which is like a 100 mile drive from Buffalo. And my car got the lucky number and the Canadians went through it for a routine safety check; used my car keys (without my permission) and they found my locked case in the trunk. I told them what was in there and they demanded the keys which I politely declined telling them I was a WWII Collector who was visiting a fellow WWII Collector in Toronto and there was no law prevented me from bringing them into Canada in such a fashion. (I was NOT selling or trading them.) They put me in 'cuffs searched my person for the keys and when they came up empty took to my Halliburton Case with a hammer and chisel destroying the case! They told me the knives were contraband and confiscated them, they also told me that I would probably be getting citations for attempting to bring them across the Canadian Border! And I was released later that night having spent more than 12 hours being detained. A lawyer back home said that we had little chance of getting them back but filed an appeal with the Consulate ( I never did receive any citations.) The receipt I was given was not a property receipt only an incident report with no charges listed (there were no serial numbers on the knives as that's how they came from the factory!) About two years later someone from the consulate told my lawyer that the knives had been destroyed and my Lawyer asked for that in writing as well as a copy of the laws or regulations that were violated, they agreed to his request but we NEVER got a single piece of correspondence from them. I see currently on-line the RIA auctioned off a much worse conditioned Imperial M3 for $1495 eBay had a horrid conditioned US Cattaraugus 225Q Knife for $199 and used forsa*e listed a similarly 'not so nice as mine' Camillus Pilots Survival Knife from my era at $290. Which makes me oh so much happier with our wonderful northern neighbors!)

If your knife budget is $100 for kniveS $40 or $50 is the best you can afford,just watch videos like this ,read reviews for your research to get the best bang for your buck. On the other hand don't settle for a $9.95 special just because of the price. Your knife is an essential Tool in the outdoors and could make a vital impact if something goes sideways out there one day.

omg that's one of the best videos i have seen yet. nice nife!

Looks good 😜✌️🍀🔥

I bought that brand name in a machete. Not impressed with the saw side, but I liked the knife side. Costs $29. Blade is pretty thick.

The only reason I bought one is to kill a Walmart gift card ! Cancelled the order still showed up with late Xmas gifts . Strapping it to my cold steel kukuri. Yes I have better knives but won't be heartbroken if it fails

For 20 buck you could get a great knife 1095 carbon steel okc old hickory or a russle sheep skinner way better knives both only 10 or 12 bucks 2 knife that will last a lifetime

Bought a camillus the other day 14 bucks. Nylon sheath strap didn't fit around the handle to retain it. I took it back. Saw they had the Gerber Prodigy for $62 and bought that instead.... And one of the snaps on that doesn't work. Just can't win

Good video...

seriously, the cheap knives of today are as good as and sometimes better than the "good" knives of the 80s and 90s. They used to be made of crappy pot metal, but now they're 420 (and as Buck uses, they don't use 440c anymore), 1050, sometimes 1095 and AUS-8 (close to 440c)

I've bought on Amazon a Camillus fixed full tang knife with camouflage handle, 4 inch blade or slightly shorter. No good for work on a wood, the shape of the blade is smoother than the one you're showing so the tip is weak. I do like your video because the any mistake any unsuccessful attempt gives you a lesson.

Im a first time watcher sir. Question? Have you done any testing with the Mora kniv? Just bought one for less than 20 bucks due to their reputation alone.

I want it

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Enjoyed the video. I really liked the ferro rod you guys were using. What type is it? How much was it? And where can I get one?

If you have 20 bucks for a Camillus blade,you can come up with just a few more dollars and get a Cold Steel knife. Cold Steel products are ,in general,damned near indestructible. With the exception of my twin model 119 Bucks,all my blades are Cold Steel. I've used them,hard,for years. When,not if,the sh!t REALLY hits the fan,your life may well depend on the blade you carry. I would bet my life on Cold Steel.

Try scraping feral rod with tools

I think it a good tool , it probably won’t take a lot of abuse ,

Definitely not made by Camillus,Camillus has been out of business since 2007.Acme United owns the Camillus name

Does that knive maker has a YT channel?

You just saved folks $20. Thanks for the review.

A Morakniv will outperform and outlast any knife on the shelf in WalMart.

Cheap knives almost always mean poor heat treat. 420 stainless is really soft too. It won’t hold an edge for more than a couple days. No matter how many gimmicks a knife has and how cool the blade shape is, without a good heat treat on a good steel, it won’t be a knife I’d ever carry. $20 bucks aside, poor blade quality is the deal breaker. I’d rather save $20 fifteen times and get a good knife.

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20 Dollars for a knife was not holding up much hope I think within a month this will be finished as they say you get what you pay for nice upload... 👍🇬🇧☕

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You would be much better served buying a Mora.

You should handle a real camillus.