Cold Steel Bushman Black SK-5 Steel Cordura Survival Sheath

by Cold Steel

Product Features

• Overall Length: 12.25"
• Blade Length: 7.00"
• Blade Material: SK5, Black
• Blade Detail: Plain Edge
• This item is not for sale in some specific zip codes

Product Description

For the money, the Bushman knives might be the strongest survival/outdoor knives in the world! Unlike most hollow handled survival knives, there is no joint or seam between the blades and handles that requires a mechanical fastener. Instead, the Bushman’s blades and integral handles are each expertly cold forged out of a single piece of 2.5mm thick SK-5 high carbon steel. The resulting knives are expertly heat-treated and tempered to RC54 and, when subjected to our tests, have withstood over two tons of pressure on their blade/handle transition!

Product Details

• Item Weight: 10.1 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0015RQI7Q
• Item model number: 95BUSS
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,578 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #89 in Sports & Outdoors > Hunting & Fishing > Hunting > Hunting & Tactical Knives > Hunting Knives

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best all-around knife for the money, October 21, 2010

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Brace Negron "Brazilla" (New York, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cold Steel Bushman Black SK-5 Steel Cordura Survival Sheath (Sports)

Title says it all: this is the best all-around knife I've ever seen. I have 400 dollar custom knives, hand forged, etc so I speak from experience of using high performance knives. This is all the knife you'll ever need for 90% of your outdoor applications and it even fulfills some unusual ones too.

This knife was made to use and the balance of price, materials, durability, size shape etc make it an everything knife; it's even a very sweet thrower. It comes out of the box with an excellent edge that, if you are so inclined, can make razor sharp. I tend to keep field knives just under razor sharp as I don't want to roll the edge under heavy use. Bought two of these knives and have beat the hell out of them, from heavy amounts of throwing with occasionally missing and hitting cinder blocks, to chopping, whittling this knife keeps bouncing back. The steel is extremely tough and the temper making it springy so the knife doesn't break; at worst the edge will roll and even when the edge around the tip suffered serious damage getting slammed into a cinder block numerous times, it took ten minutes with a bastard file to re-shape and then re-sharpen it. 5 min more with my ceramic stone and it was razor sharp again. The fact that it is a one piece knife (thus very strong AND chef grade), can be mounted on a spear pole, has excellent belly, good weight for chopping, can store goodies in the handle as well as in the sheath, can take 100s of throws and is razor sharp, makes this knife the last word as a survival knife.

For those with such an inclination: it stabs well too. I tested it against wood and my hand didnt slip onto the blade, but you DO have to really grip it. One hint if u might have to stab with it: get some thick leather cord or paracord, thread it thru the hole and make a very short layard, just wide enough for your pinky and ring finger to slip thru and i guarantee u won't slip on the blade after a heavy thrust into a tough object. It isn't a combat knife so if that is what you are looking for head to Ka-bar land and find a knife there.

BTW: usue ballistol. Seems to lock in well with the finish on this knife and ballistol goes with the "do everything" attitude this knife has. Look ballistol up if you don't know what I am talking about: the stuff literally has dozens of uses as well as being an excellent oil for knives.

The sheath is good. Nice little pocket for mini flint and steel, a small Swiss army knife, mini flashlight, a mini lighter and small sharpening stone. I would say if Cold Steel came up with a bomb-proof rock-solid leather sheath WITH a small pouch like the nylon version of the sheath, this would be the perfect knife/sheath combo.

Get this knife: best deal in the knife world. trust me. The only other knives that rival it in price and quality for what you are paying are the Mora knives and that is saying something for those in the know.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant knife, a true heavy hitter, January 16, 2009

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M. T. Rice (Suburb of Nashville, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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I bought this model as well as the Bowie model, and I only have good things to say about this one. The sheath confused me a bit because when they said it came with a sheath, every knife I have ever bought or had, only the blade fit in the sheath(s). This knife is not that way. The knife is about 10-12 inches long and all but the last 2-3 inches of the handle need to be jammed in the sheath. Aside from the sheath confusion, the knife itself is excellent for the rough stuff. It appears to be made of a solid piece of steel, which is just a big plus in my book. The blade was so sharp out of the box, I cut 4 belts up with it and it hasn't really dulled the thing. I would recommend this knife for anyone who likes a multiple function knife. If properly sharpened (little real effort there), this knife could probably fillet a fish (the edge is more steep and angled than many knives I own, but retains the edge sharpness so much longer). The knife could also serve as a camp knife as it's very durable.

Edit: I had to buy this knife all over again! While I was away at college, my parents sold some of my knife collection (along with some other things to clear out some stuff) and so far, this is the first knife I just HAD to replace! This knife was so useful that once I was able to start collecting again, I just had to have it again. Other than a small couple of rust spots easily cleaned off the blade edge, the other Bushman had survived magnificently before it was sold. I'd taken it camping several times, even used it as a throwing knife in a small competition and it never got jacked up. I was the envy of our group because of this knife and I caused no less than 4 different friends to go buy this knife because of our trip together. Now I keep this Bushman in my car emergency kit because it's just so damn useful.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Thrower - Tough but Soft, May 3, 2009

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J. H. Morgan "KnifeMaker" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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Coldsteel generally hardens their blades to 59RC so that they'll hold and edge better than the 56RC-58RC in your average kitchen knife. This is one exception. In order to make the blade tough (able to withstand abuse) they've only gone for a low hardness (down in the 54-55RC range according to some posts on the net) which doesn't hold an edge well, but keeps the blade from breaking when used for throwing or as a spear head. It also makes the blade easy to put and edge back on.

I have used my bushman both as a thrower and a spear head. As a spear head on a wax wood staff, penetration is scary, and removing the spear from the target requires some leverage and effort. As a thrower, the bushman is second to none. It's long length makes it tumble very slowly, and the balance is excellent.

I finally managed to break the tip off of mine after years of extreme abuse. As a result, I've purchased two new ones. Both the standard bushman, and the bowie style. I may put and edge on the bowie where the false edge is, to make it a more versatile spear head.