Yeah. See, if you go back to the first post and look at the post date then .... oh, never mind.
Yeah. See, if you go back to the first post and look at the post date then .... oh, never mind.
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I will be sending it on to Catsish101 this weekend. I used it hard and didn't sharpen it (neither did the last 3 Guys) I added a Chicago bolt to the sheath and ordered my own in Bowie style Bushman. I guess it met my expectations. Fun knife for a fair price.
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I recieved the knife today and started looking at everything. I like the one piece construction of the knife. It's simple but should be strong. No worries about breaking off the handle. I'm going to look into finding a way to attatch the pack to the sheath if I can. I also want to find a way to use the hollow handle for storage of a few things (probably fishing supplies). I was kinda concerned about that emergency ration (I think that's what it was) that is in the pack. Maybe it's a good idea if you know what it is and how long it stays good, but it looks questionable to me. LOL.
I added a homemade firesarter to the pack! Don't eat it!
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Maybe it should be labled. LOL. It's a good thing I aint that adventurous. LMAO!!!
BTW, what is it made of?
http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...t=firestarters
Here is what they are....
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Mac and I had a discussion several weeks back about a cap for the bushman. I went to Ace Hardware and looked through all of their "stuff" trying to find a cap that would fit it. The problem, as Mac pointed out, is the handle tapers. I found a couple of things that were close but no cigar.
If you do find something please post it. I'd like to do the same with mine. That hollow handle just begs to be stuffed with supplies.
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Rick, I will be looking for something as well for my new bowie bushman. Also looking for the best way to seal off the bottom end of the handle. I am having a blast making up a kit and modifying the sheath will post when I am done.
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I don't have a Busman to try this on, but just looking at the pictures - would some sort of tappered rubber stopper work with just a compression fit?
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....or maybe a drain plug for a boat.
http://www.boatersworld.com/product/MP80811436.htm
Ace didn't have anything like that. I sort of envisioned something similar with ridges on the side to hold it in place. The stuff Ace had was either a 1/16 too big or too small.
Using something like that with a bolt through it and a wing nut on top might work. If you crank the wing nut down you would spread the sides tighter against the knife. And who couldn't use a wing nut in the wild?
EDIT: We posted together. My response was to the rubber plug thingies above.
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if you used a rubber bung that fit smoothely inside, with a knurled bolt on the pommel end, and an insert nut on the inside, then tightening it by turning would still compress it, but it would have a round profile like the handle/plug and sit flush [not get caught or hang up on anything].
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if you used a barbed type insert nut it wouldn't fall out even if you took the bolt all the way out. you would just want one with a lip aswell, so it doesn't pull through.
something like this:
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and the knurled bolt could be anything that is comfortable, such as:
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or:
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Guy is a freakin' genius. Crash the hole is 1" in the bushman! Both of my boats utilize a 1" plug and i keep one in a kit as it was. Never would of thought of it! Way to go!Originally Posted by crashdive123
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Just ran out in the rain to grab an old one and sure enough! perfect fit! and dual purpose! makes for nice place to put a lanyard multi use I love it!
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He would probably have been just as happy with the "genius" part. He already knows about the "freakin'" part.
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That's udderly ridiculous.
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If your good with fabrication you can use the 1/4-20" threads to your advantage and thread a firesteel on to the plug....?
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Glad to see the knife is getting put through the ringer and still in circulation, we can do this again once the Bushman has made its rounds. I got real nice survival type knife with a great sheath so you guys can go crazy, I'll post the stats and all about the knife once we get done with this one.
Have fun, once it makes its rounds I'll send it to a soldier in Afghanistan or Iraq as a gift from the WOLF PACK of Wilderness Survival.NET
When I was in Afghanistan I had told several soldiers about this and they loved it, two of them started doing it over there passing a newly bought knife around to different units just to test it out.
I still gotta do a write up for the group that sends me knives to test, but I wanna thank everyone here that is helping out.
Beo,
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I will be sending the knife on to flandersander by the end of the week. I had the chance to try it out on a bit of work in the back yard and it did pretty well for whacking the small branches that were growing out of the trunk of my sycamore trees. I like the one piece construction of the knife and was impressed with the smooth seem where the metal met on the handle. I was not expecting that kind of quality from a cheap knife. I did not sharpen it either, but it could use it.
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