BPS Knives Savage Bushcraft Full Tang Camping Knife with Leather Sheath, Outdoor Fixed Blade, Bush Survival Knife Gift for Men, Camp Gear

If you like a relatively thin, slicey flat-grind blade in a camping knife, read on. That's what you've got here, a big, broad blade with a distinctive bog-oak handle. As many have noticed, it should excel for food prep, but do fine with other tasks including bushcrafting things. I probably won't carve many spoons in my life but I sure do like to cook and eat. I knew this was a line of pretty good budget knives, but once I learned they were made in Ukraine I had to pick one out and buy it, and luckily this guy is perfect for me. The sheath is really nice, thick leather, well made, and very tight. I doubt it will ever loosen up to the point it's a problem. And yes, it's very, very sharp out of the box. All knives dull with use, so that's not a long-term plus, you have to be able to resharpen that knife, but it tells you the makers are meticulous and too proud to let a just-OK edge go out the door. Also it's made of a solid carbon steel, and and you know it'll resharpen up beautifully because of that excellent factory edge. If this knife doesn't meet your needs they have others, but if it does don't hesitate. Yes, it's high value, but more than that I think this guy will prove its worth in any campsite task you put it to. I'm just glad I got in on, if not the ground floor, early enough to benefit.

A solid choice for a bushcraft/outdoors knife. You can’t go wrong with this very sharp, lightweight knife in the forest or the kitchen. Since I got the BPS Beta this Savage has become my go to kitchen knife, somewhat small to be a chef’s knife but it’s excellent for slicing and dicing most meat and vegetables. The super thin, sharp blade is very slicy, be careful not to lay yourself open.

This is my second bps knife. The first was the Camp knife with the Ferro rod and Scandi grind. An excellent bushcraft knife. But the Scandi grind is not ideal for food prep.This is one reason I got the Savage. The full flat grind is similar to that of a heavy French chef's knife. Also, I fell in love with the look of it!It's a very fine, workmanlike knife-- fits the hand perfectly, arrived razor sharp and holds an edge well and sharpens easily. The fit and finish is imperfect. Bog oak (very nice handle) needs a little sanding and another coat of Danish oil. The full tang needs a look over and any overy crisp edges softened.Others have criticized the sheath, saying it did not fit. That was my first impression but I smeared a lot of beeswax leather conditioner on it and heated it over the stove to melt it into the leather. I inserted the knife (tight fit), added more conditioner and heat--and now the knife is a near perfect fit, and with use, it will become perfect.For the price--this is a stupendous knife!

Sure, there's places for improvement like the handle, but this is exactly what I've been looking for. A simple, no nonsense knife that's extremely customizable.Because the scales are bolted and not riveted it's extremely easy to remove for carving shaping and doing a full blade forced patina.Even if you don't customize any of it, just practice basic carbon steel wood handled knife maintenance (patina the blade, keep it wiped with oil, oiling the wood scales) and you still have a fantastic knife.The blade size is basically between a pairing knife and a full size kitchen knife. Making it ideal for the bulk of my needs: fish preparation, outdoor cooking prep and general outdoor tasks.The sheath leather isn't surface coated, it's dyed through the entire leather - so when I cut it down and restitched it for a smaller profile, I didn't need to re-dye the edges. Speaking of the sheath, the stitching side is wide enough to be used as an effective strop for the blade!Thoroughly impressed.

This was my fourth or fifth BPS Knife. The Savage is absolutely my favorite! The feel of this blade just screams "quality". Perfect for everything from cooking to chopping, bushcraft to self defense. This is just an amazing knife and a beautiful piece of work.

Not near as practical a camp knife as a scandi grind utility design but it makes a real nice compact chef knife. That's all we use it for. Carbon steel so you have to take care to store it clean, dry and veg oiled. Great for all your woodland culinary endeavors. Real nice leather sheath. Easy to sharpen and used exclusively for cooking it stays very sharp.

I own several full tang Carbon steel BPS knives. They are great knives! I will not purchase their partial tang or PRC poor quality stainless steel.This one I want to like.The Knife - Edge was sharp out of the box. I used a strop to clean it up. This was fine. Great shape and size, camp utility knife! 90 degree spine. Wide full flat ground blade.The knife has sharp and rough edges all over the handle!The steel protruding at the pommel with lanyard hole scratches your arm as you walk and stabs your hand as you force the knife into the sheath.I get it, just sand it down.The Sheath - Way to tight!!The knife would NOT go into the sheath!!! - Period.I had to literally pound the knife in! Very dangerous to force a knife into a leather sheath!!!I worked the leather and cycled the knife in and out more than 70 or 80 times. Slowly the sheath began to loosen up. Also, a bunch of material was scraped off the inside of sheath. Finally you could get the knife in. In the process the stitching broke in two places.This is one of the problems with buying online. You do not get to "handle" the knife before purchase.Other knives may be fine?I can only speak for the one I received.The BPS Adventurer is a better choice over this one.Again, I wanted to like this knife.It is a $40 dollar knife.Do I want to spend a couple hours "fixing" it?A Mora 2000 is a $40 knife. No fixing required! It is time and field tested!!Sad, every company that enters the budget knife market knows what they are up against and which company they are going to be compared to.This poor production quality simply cannot happen.