I've owned and used the Knives of Alaska Bush Craft Knife for a long enough to offer this review. First the good: It is a versitle and reasonably priced, good quality American made knife with a full tang blade of D2 tool steel. The 6" drop point blade is a great shape and handles well for all the camp, scouting and hunting chores I have put its through so far. The not as good: The fit and finish of the scales and the material of the scales is average. The non glare blade finish easily stains. Additionally, there are no sheath options except the standard leather but that is easily modified with an after market sheath. The knife fits well in the standard sheath. My knife after a few scouting trips. The stains did not wash off, even though I washed my knife within a couple hours of use.
UPDATE: After emailing customer service they requested I ship the knife back to them with the pre-paid label they provided. I was emailed back that the string is to be expected when certain species of wood is encountered. Specifically Pecan was mentioned. However, I was chopping through a number of species of typical Florida swamp and hammock brush and one or more of those species must have caused the staining. Bottom line is they shipped me back the knife as is. They did offer to refurbish the blade for $10 plus $10 shipping and handling but I declined. Although the staining does not effect the functionality of the knife, the coating used on the blade is not the quality needed to hold up to typical scouting and hunting jobs without staining. However, I still like the knife and recommend it overall. One of my requirements was a durable sheath that would hold the knife securely, adjustable and equipped with a fire steel, emergency light and some paracord. After some homework it was an easy choice to select a kydex sheath from YELLOW HAWK CUSTOMS / OUTDOORS. Go to http://www.yellowhawkcustomkydex.com for more information and how to order.
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Jesse Andrew Schmidt
11/18/2018 12:48:22 pm
Your complaining about stains on d2?!!! Dude it's not a stainless steel. Any high carbon will stain and btw those stains are called a patina, and it's actually good for the knife.
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Greg
11/18/2018 06:45:04 pm
Jesse,
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Christian Elsing
12/23/2019 06:52:33 pm
How much was that sheath? Do you still have the order specs? Looks great!
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Gregory Lang
12/24/2019 05:03:38 am
Christian, the sheath pictured is the sheath that is sold with the knife. It’s a decent leather sheath and I’ve applied mink out to it.
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TPN
11/25/2020 01:37:13 pm
Thanks for the review! Sheath looks great!
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