BPS Knives Bushmate 2.0 Designed by DBK - Bushcraft Knife - Fixed-Blade Carbon Steel Knife with Leather Sheath & Firestarter - Outdoor Full Tang Camping Survival Knives

The stand-out feature for me is the spine. It's sharp and rough enough to strike fire steel rods better than a few of my dedicated fire steel strikers. I threw sparks over 6 feet with it. The rest of the blade is decent. It's my first 1066 steel knife, so I have no experience with its durability, edge retention, rust resistance or difficulty/ease of sharpening. It's a drop point with a smooth belly (perhaps good for skinning?) and a scandi grind, about the same thickness as a Buck 119, and sharp enough out of the box to make feather sticks. However my 119 is noticeably sharper and makes feather sticks more easily, so there is room for improvement. Fortunately that highlights one of the scandi grind's strengths: easy field sharpening. Can't wait to try it.Beyond the blade is an excellent handle and sheath.The wood handle is well contoured, smooth, and very comfortable. A little thin for my hand (XL), but the length is about perfect. No pommel; instead the butt of the knife smooth, allowing you to comfortably push hard with one hand and twist with the other. Great set-up for tasks like making bow drill divots. It's way more comfortable than my dedicated awl.The sheath is very thick leather that grips the handle tightly ... very tightly. I'm hoping it loosens its grip with use, because as-is I need both hands to draw the knife.Overall it's a great piece, but when you add the fire steel and consider the price, this is a home run.

The perfect woods and camp knife for a quarter the price of similar competitors who offer the same quality. My one tip is to unscrew the brass stud which pushes through the retaining strap and make a new hole for it around half to three quarters of an inch, or 1 to 2cm in, and screw the stud there for a much tighter fit.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s a very functional knife. There was no lanyard on the knife or the ferro rod and neither were inserted into the sheath. So it isn’t form fitted. That’s not a problem. Shove it in and wait over night. I wrapped the handle in paper and stuck it in the sheath so it can form a tad larger for ease of use. But the blade looks like it was not ground to completion and looks like someone tried to hand sharpen it, I don’t think that’s the case though. So it was sharp but not razor sharp and some parts of the edge were sharper than other parts. But I enjoy sharpening knives so I’ll tackle that tomorrow. Now I did hit it on a leather strop about 10 strops on each side and that did help a lot. It will shave hair with ease now. The handle is plain wood. No treatment but the fit is nice and tight. I can stain the wood or polish it, just depends on what you want. So for a scandi grind, high carbon steel blade, for the price, it’s a good deal. The backbone of the blade is a very nice 90° angle and sharp and it will strike a ferro rod nicely. I tried that and it’s great. The leather sheath is good leather but no drain hole. I can fix that with a small drill bit. Now I’m guessing had they fixed all this before shipping it out, the price could easily have been more than doubled. So I’m good with it as I can work on it and sort of customize it to my preference. Has a good feel in my hand too. I can’t give it 5 stars due to all I listed above, but it has the potential to become a 5 star knife with a little time and again, I enjoy these things. It’s not heavy but it’s also not light. Meaning it feels like quality material. Balance is around the front handle screw. Definitely a keeper.

We ordered this knife for my husband. He wanted it for an upcoming camping trip and it DID NOT disappoint. He was able to start a fire with it with no problem at all. He now wears it every day in replace of a custom made knife he previously ordered. Definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a good all around tool.

Excellent knife, superb sheath. Great price too. I can't imagine anyone having any kind of significant issue with this thing. If mine was somehow lost, I'd surely buy another.

As a follower of the DBK YouTube channel, I really wanted to like this knife. Unfortunately, I'm pretty underwhelmed so far.There aren't a whole lot of things that I expect when I order a knife, but having a decent edge is one of them. This knife did not have that. The edge was not evenly ground, and I ended up having to go all the way down to a 200 grit diamond plate to even it out. I was able to eventually get a decent edge on it, but sending out a brand new knife that immediately had to be resharpened is a big fail for BPS.Another immediate modification I had to make was on the finger guard. The blade side of it was quite sharp, so I had to use a diamond file to round it over. Not a huge issue, but still . . .In order to use the included fire steel, they put a crisp edge on the spine of the knife so that you can use it as a scraper. Whoever was running the grinder when they did mine must have had too much coffee that day, because there's a noticeable divot on one side where the grinder dug in from being held at the wrong angle. I don't expect that it's bad enough to affect the function of the knife, but it does point to a quality control problem.The video DBK put out nine months ago pointed out that the sheath has basically no retention, even with the strap fastened, and that they mentioned it to BPS. Well, BPS has apparently decided not to do anything about it, because the issue is still present. The other issue I see with the sheath is the placement of the fire steel loop. Because of the angle they put it on, it's very difficult to insert the fire steel. Maybe the leather needs to stretch out some, I don't know, but right now I'm leaning towards design fail.**************UPDATE: After leaving the fire steel in the sheath for a few days, the loop did stretch out. The steel does go in and come out much more smoothly now. It is still at an odd angle, though.**************If you are looking for something good to go right out of the box, this is not the knife for you. If you have the time and patience to treat this as a project knife, you might be OK with what you get. Maybe I just got one that they were rushing to finish up at the end of the week, but I would not likely try my luck with BPS again.