Ontario SPEC PLUS SP8 Machete Field Test

Voluntarily giveing up on a tip makes no sense for me ...
Why they took away this necessary tool...just for design reasons?

The saw side is excellent for making square cut notches and dovetails. Finish the dovetail sharp corner using the end as a chisel.

I added rope and hockey stick tape to handle.

I just sharpened mine. Everyone wants mine.

I have this from 1995.still works

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I had one of these,until some prick stole it.

It will be AAAMAZING to see that blade vs. El Chete by Tops Knives

So did you catch a fish?

You camping or surviving in the afganistan mountains?

I love mine, works great for digging poop holes. And the chopping and all that too.

I bought this for car camping. Just as useful if not more so than an axe.

i filed the saw off because it was ripping the sheath apart and the blade can do what the saw dos in two light chops - the saw teeth were also destroying any baton i used - sorry - bad idea and had to go - with the saw gone i can also push the blade or pull it to debark - the second blane is also great as a chisel but never hammer is in - just a good push works fine - the Ontario sp8 IS the best overall knife in the world

I HELD THIS IN MY HAND AND I MUST SAY I DONT LIKE THE WAY IT FEELS.THE HANDLE IS GARBAGE IN MY OPINION. IT SWILELS IN YOUR HAND AND WANTS TO ANGLE OUT UPON IMPACT. THE SHEATH IS HORRIBLE TOO. THE "SAW" SPINE IS NOT A SAW. IT'S FOR MAKING NOTCHES AND ABSORBING THE VIBRATIONS FROM IMPACT/CHOPPING.

Honestly, the saw-teeth are only there for making nocks on bow staves and arrow shafts, as well as tent stakes.

I have had mine since the 90's, it's held up very well. Very well made knife that I am not afraid to punish while camping.

*Rasp not "saw".

i would not buy one of this.

I have the SP8 a year now,and have pretty much put it to the test.Mine didn't come that sharp,just a basic factory edge.I used my Lansky Puck sharpener to take out the nicks,and put a better edge on.I prefer using my Husqvarna hatchet now as it holds an edge much better,and doesnt take long to put on a real sharp edge.The SP8 tended to hack off branches, I attempted to cut off.OK for batoning logs for firewood,other than that I rate it a 6 on a scale of 10.

thats a knife!!!!

These teeth on the back are not a saw. It is a safety feature when you're batoning. Prevents your baton to slip and break your thumb.

Awesome. 

How is this fish trap called? Thank you!

How does that compare to the marine raider

Love mine! Crazy great medium to big knife

Oh goodness, I've kind of wanted one of these for a while. Yet every time I looked at it, I just though it seemed a bit gimmicky. I think I'll have to reconsider that opinion, thanks :>

The saw isn't meant for sawing, only notching. I ordered it but since it is fairly heavy I decided to just carry an axe.

Nice blade. Seems like something that would weather well with age. Wish the sheath had built in whetstone.

haha =p

My thoughts exactly!

I Googled Guiro. I'm not above admitting that, AND that made me laugh!

Thanks much. Besides everyone is entitled to there opinion even if it stinks.

I concur! Now I can't say I should have concurred.

I was hesitant before I bought it but I am now in the same frame of thought as you, now that I have used this to build shelters, chop fire wood and do any number of different things with it. Every time I turned around when we were doing the Back Country bug out video someone was asking me to use the Ontario. Good to know on the saw. I've found it sucks on wet wood which is what gave me my previous assumption and it works great on dry wood but only to a few inches in depth.

That's my ESEE 4. Check out the ESEE 4 video on this channel for more info on it.

You too can have guns if you go to the gym once in a while. :)

Sad is thinking that you need to be afraid of something to own or possess a gun. That is like thinking you are afraid just because you have a fire extinguisher in your house. Fear isn't even relevant in the equation. The whole idea is based on an ignorance of the purpose or definition of what a gun is. A gun is like a knife or a hatchet, it's a tool. A tool that demands as much respect as a car, or an ax, or anything else that can be dangerous.

Perfection!!!

2:20 not using the "leash" (lanyard) properly. Tsk tsk tsk..

65 dollars i did not look very hard but found the same knife for 48 ontario-knife-store.

This is a bug-out kit NECESSITY. Pries open doors, demolishes firewood, EASY and COMFORTABLE to use, awesome sheath, EASY to sharpen, stays sharp. One thing guys, the saw on the back.. that's not for wood. It's made for air-craft aluminum. If you punched that baby through a car door and started sawing down, it'd CHEW that metal up. Not made for wood.

Not in my experiences. I've relied on the SP8 for warmth for a week. Using my Wilderness Hatchet (and I actually know HOW to use a hatchet the RIGHT way) for a weekend I used more energy than the week with the SP8. BEASTS through cut wood. The Kraton handle absorbs about all of the shock, I could use it all day just fine. And it's 50.00. It's hands down the most bang for your buck bush tool. Got one for my brother and he wished he'd had in kickin' in doors in Falluja, he loves it too.

I completely disagree, I think these guys are awesome!

Hey, just giving you guys the heads up. The thing you think is a saw blade is actually a Güiro, it will allow you to entertain yourself until help arrives.

I took one of these camping at Georgetown lake and it snapped right it half chopping branches, haven't bought an Ontario since

the smiths axe and machete sharpener got my SP8 to a knife-edge, no shit, it shaves paper as well as any blade I have and its only 20 bucks

I had the same problems with mine, till I got a smiths axe and machete sharpener, its great, they just came out with them this spring, mine cost 20 bucks at bass pro, the carbide cutters put a knife edge on it, then I finish the edge with a few strokes on a crock stick, best 20 bucks I ever spent,

What will you take for it?

Yup ... I been rockin' the SP8 for over two decades and BOTH the SP8 along with the TOPS BoB Fieldcraft Knife, together, as a 2-blade system, will do everything but fillet flounder ... Maybe even that. I cannot understand why the SP8 is so underrated, in the survival and bushcraft community. ... Properly convexed ? ... I cannot think of any hand-axe or Bowie that could out-perform it ... Again ... Add a Mora BLACK or a TOPS BoB and you will have cutting covered. A bypass pruning shear helps.

Horse shit. First off, this is a wood processor, so it's not meant for tasks a knife is made for, it will do fine enough work for process tinder as well. I have a GB Wildlife hatchet. It's good enough. Liked the style of it. But I spent an entire week in Washington Jefferson Wilderness processing trees daily with the SP8. It was the most coveted piece of gear we'd brought. Batoning with it, with the size of logs we did, would've been a PITA with a GB Wildlife hatchet. SP8's a WINNER