Dominate The Hunt
Knives Illustrated|November 2017

The Fiddleback Bush Hermit Proves Its Versatility

Kevin Estela
Dominate The Hunt
Add hunting to its already impressive list of field uses. Recently, Fiddleback Forge released a new model, the Bush Hermit, to their popular custom and mid-tech knife lineup. Already popular with outdoorsmen with interests in camping and bushcraft, the Bush Hermit is designed to be an all-purpose field knife with a belly designed for slicing. Its overall configuration makes it well-suited for use as a hunting knife, as well as an heirloom-quality blade, worthy to be passed down for generations to come.

I recently had an opportunity to test one of these blades and was not going to miss out on the chance to put it through the ringer, to evaluate how it would or wouldn’t work as a hunting knife.

Comfort in Hand

Fiddleback Forge has earned a reputation in the knife community as producing some of the most aesthetically pleasing blades, with trademark “bullseye” lanyard tubes and “as-forged” blade finishes. You might think Fiddleback Forge blades were designed to be visually appealing before they were designed to be hard working, but that assumption couldn’t be more inaccurate. Fiddleback Forge owner, Andy Roy, doesn’t favour form over function and his priority is comfort in the hand. 

The comfort is achieved through a combination of tapering of the tang, rounding the squared edges and finishing the handle with progressively finer abrasive and polishing belts. I used the Bush Hermit in a variety of tasks found in and around the hunting camp. Regardless of what grip I used, the Bush Hermit was comfortable and produced no hot spots.

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