T.M. Hunt M18 Survival Knife vs. The Wilderness

When it comes to hardcore survival situations you don’t get the luxury of carrying around multiple tools for every job. Sometimes you need that one tool option. The M18 From T.M. Hunt Custom Knives is designed to be an all in one outdoor survival fixed blade that can take on any obstacle. It will handle chopping and batoning logs but is also versatile enough to tackle lighter cutting tasks. KnifeCenter’s David C. Andersen takes you through every part of what this versatile blade can do, and this hot piece of O1 steel did not disappoint.

[lonestardude]

T.M. What a BLADE!!! Thanks for posting, great information about a great knife from a great knife maker!

[turtlepurple]

Loved this format DCA . more of this kinda video please 🙏

[randyhelzerman]

I saw this knife in your catalog and thought there must be an interesting story behind all those edges and what they could
be used for. Thanks for filling in the details!

[thetschoni]

Could you make a video on the best field sharpening Methods for this knife? That would be awesome.

[scottmeacham]

Nice video putting the versatility of this knife to the test! I typically carry a camp axe with a survival knife that came as a kit. This knife could possibly take the place of the 2 I have, reducing weight and increasing the space taken up by 2 items in a survival type situation.
Thanks for the hands on type video and for sharing it with us!

[jeremycrowe]

That tree behind you is coiled. It looks very cool.

[pinkiewerewolf]

David, that was a thoroughly enjoyable demonstration with my first cup of coffee this morning.
I used to be one of 'those guys" that hated the Tom Brown Tracker/ Dave Beck WSK knives based off my own ignorance of the blade's potential as a woodcrafting tool. Bushcraft USA and a few YouTube videos showed me the error of my thinking and I have a T-1 & T-3 that I really like, and a preorder for Bark River Knives Trakker right now.
The reason I mention the WSK/Tracker knives is because of the obvious influence they have had on this knife's design and the original thinking that went into an evolution, or change of direction in a knife's potential uses. The front's hog snout would be a highly useful aspect for woodcraft and I liked your inclusion of the chisel function.A shave horse paired with the M18 would be awesome.

[midiandirenni]

@dca I'd like to to see more of these real world use videos.

[marshallgibson]

whoever chose the background music is great (subtle Big Sciota)

[kxd]

Is this blade still carried? Just plugged it in to the KC search field and got nadda.

[cdwright]

No this knife isn't for everyone and yes it costs a lot. However, what you need to understand is that this tool is handmade by ONE guy. Not a big knife company, not even a small shop with a handful of workers, it's a one man show. You're paying for the work and craftsmanship that is only seen on blades made by a custom maker.


I have no problem with O1, it's a great steel. Frankly I think there is too much steel snobbery going on lately.

[boumtje-boumtje]

Where can I buy this knife? It's out of stock everywhere. :(

[WillEDC]

Actually I never understood the one tool option unless you’re on a tv show competition.

[toddhunt]

Great video Dave, looks like it drew a lot of keyboard warriors. Whats ironic to me is that I never noticed that you mentioned the price. Which tells me 2 things about the folks with wise cracks. 1. Their total lack of knowledge and or contrubution to the knife industry is more than obvious, and 2. They all went online to check it out and found out it didnt fit in their BudK budget. Which is fine. I dont make this knife for that type of clientel anyway. Have a great day!

[flipflat]

A message to anyone who has baton a piece of wood with a knife before, congratulations you made the bad list, you will not be get in a Christmas gift from me! 😉😁

[tomfaranda]

Seems like a knife design in search of a need.

[jorgeluisgarcia]

Kinda Tom Brown Tracker on steroids...

[enzowarren]

That handle looks like a Becker handle

[UROTSUKIDOYI]

Cool knife and I’m sure its very good and I realize it a handmade by the one guy ... but at FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS its just not an option for us mere mortals. I can’t justify spending the same amount as a car payment for a hunk of sharpened steel for “yard work”.

[andyhooutdoors]

It is a fugly looking knife with simple high carbon steel. At $500? Maybe my next life. My Nepalese khukuri and Malaysian Parang could do whatever was shown in this video with ease for a fraction of that price. The price is a rip off.