hey everyone David C Anderson here coming at you from the KnifeCenter and
today we're taking a look at the L. T. Wright Bushcrafter HC one of the greatest
bargains out there going for a handmade camping an outdoors knife let's check it
out so you like spending time in the outdoors and you've got some good gear
but maybe you're looking to upgrade a little bit now there's nothing wrong
with a nice Mora or some of the other great inexpensive knives we carry but
you're looking to upgrade a bit and dip your toe into the handmade knife market
LT Wright is one of my favorite brands out there for camping bushcraft and
survival knives that are made by hand but they don't cost an arm and a leg and
the Bushcrafter HC is the perfect entry into their full size lineup it's not
often you can get a full sized fixed blade like this that's made in America
and made by hand as I said for such a great price
now this knife was originally designed by Tim Stetzer who's a very accomplished
writer in the knife and gun world and it's a simple design but it's effective
and it just plain works now the blade on this knife is a little bit thinner than
a lot of other LT right knives they've let this at only about a 3/32 of an inch
thick it's because they wanted this to be slice-y and efficient at more than
just bushcraft this is a great all-around design it has a nice spear
point shape which of course is a bushcraft classic it's gonna be great
for doing all kinds of wood carving and that centerline point makes it great for
drilling tasks but we've also got enough belly here that it works well for
skinning and hunting applications as well but on the flip side of that this
knife does come with a lifetime warranty so they want to build this to last and
to that end they've given this knife a convex grind
which is a great compromise between strength and cutting capability
they've also constructed it with 1075 carbon steel now when they first
released this knife I did hear some people asking why they didn't use a
material like 1095 but on a knife like this that's thin like this and is gonna
be subject to harder use the extra toughness of 1075 is a great trade off
in my opinion 1075 is of course a carbon steel so you're gonna have to take care
of it to make sure it doesn't rust but to help out a little bit they've
actually applied a forced patina to this knife and it comes like this right out
of the box it's got a nice base coat with a darker mottled texture on the top
of the blade looks cool pretty distinctive and it's gonna
look great out here when you're getting it dirty
moving back to the handle as you can see it's a fairly simple looking design but
it's actually as I said at the top very refined there's a few nice details going
on here that really put it over the top and you really shows that it's a
well-considered design the overall profile is nice and meaty it comes with
what LT calls a broomstick style handle and it also comes with a subtle finger
guard right here at the front for your index finger it does form a little bit
of protection from your finger sliding forward although it's not super
aggressive so it's still easy to choke up you don't have any kind of guards
sticking out that's gonna get in the way of your fingers and get in the way of
those finer grips the bigger advantage that that cutout gives you however is
that it indexes very well in the hand because of that it's very easy to pick
up even if you're not looking at the knife you'll easily be able to tell
you're holding it correctly just by feeling for that group
rounding out the shape you can see that there's a very slight taper here at the
front so although this doesn't have thumb scallops like some of LTS other
knives it still is very comfortable and very easy to pinch up on for finer tasks
especially when you want to use that tip now when they first launched this knife
it was only available in natural micarta but we got a couple of new colors here
at the KnifeCenter right now the first is this red linen micarta which i think
feels really good I may wind up buying one of these for myself and we've also
got a nice rustic Brown micarta it has a more classic look also like every other
LT right knife it comes with a nice leather sheath made right here in
America by JRE industries this is a pouch style sheath that comes with a
fire steel loop here on the side lets you carry your Ferro rod with you so you
can start fires anywhere and it also comes with their excellent dangler
system which can be used to carry the knife lower on the belt or folded
underneath for higher carry the nice thing about the bushcraft RHC is that
offers all the great features of a full size LT right knife and a much more
affordable package and it's great for all kinds of applications not just
bushcraft it's great for camping and all other kinds of outdoors pursuits got
enough belly for hunting works well on food prep thanks to the thinner blade
and if you're an ultralight hiker it's definitely worth spending a few ounces
on a sturdy tool like this now I'm saying all these things not just
on conjecture but I actually know it from experience here's my Bushcrafter HC
that I've used on a number of trips over the years and I've always enjoyed using
it it's interesting to see how they've evolved the shape just a little bit over
the years and that constant tweaking lets you know
that you're always going to be getting the best product that LT can produce and
I've used this knife on all of those tasks I just mentioned I've used it to
widdle to make tri sticks I've done some food prep with it either and yes it's
still tough enough to even do some light batana if you need to split some wood
with it the handle is hot spot free and I've found it very comfortable on long
wood carving sessions so it's great for all those reasons and it can be the
perfect companion for you on your next outing
it's the perfect entry to the LT Wright lineup and it's a perfect way to get
into handcrafted knives without breaking your budget you want to get your hands
on one click the link in the description below to head over to Knifecenter.com