Special Forces Survival Expert’s Favorite Cutting Tools | Tactical Rifleman
Vložit
- čas přidán 16. 06. 2022
- This week's sponsor is: Nutrient Survival
Top-shelf, delicious, Special Ops grade nutrition. Made with real ingredients. Made in America. To keep Americans healthy, strong and alert. Perfect for today. Ready for tomorrow.
Use promo code “TR10” for 10% off your purchase.
Help support Tactical Rifleman by becoming a patron on Patreon / tacticalrifleman
My favorite source for Night Vision, Thermal Imaging, Riflescopes and Lasers - www.nightvisionguys.com/
Want the same gear as Karl check out the NEW Amazon shop
www.amazon.com/shop/influence...
For more go to www.tacticalrifleman.com/
Follow us on Facebook: / tacticalrifleman
Instagram: tactical_ri...
Twitter-bit.ly/TACrman - Zábava
This was very enjoyable. I liked that all the tools were from down to earth companies that make affordable gear
Yeah was shocked at how affordable the CRKT stuff is..
@@jamesx7408 test their customer service. You'll be even more shocked how good they are.
Years ago I wrote to them to find out which size Torx bit their pocket clip screws took so I could go buy a wrench to tighten a loose one. They just sent me a new clip... and new screws... and a Torx tool... on the house.
I was thinking the same thing. 👍
CRKT has been around for almost thirty years. They helped end many of the import restrictions that were in place 20+ years ago. They are an outstanding asset to the knife community, as well as to the military.
Translation: They helped Chinafy the knife industry 🤢
Sure would be nice to see a video on how Randy sharpens his tools. Especially his hatchets and axes.
Randy did a video on sharpening that you can find in our video archive. Thanks for, TR
Hi. Would you mind let me know what was the Cold Steel with a lots of mileage knife model?
I'm very interested to buy one.
Thank you
J
I so much appreciate that Randy is getting more film time to share that massive amount of knowledge and experience with us!😎👍👍
Randy is awesome. I took some of their classes, and Randy was wearing 7 knives on his gunbelt.
Seven knives is not really that much for a real knife-guy.
I’m not allowed to carry a knife at work…
so I only carry three. 😎
Normally, I will have five.
The best knife is the one you have on you. I've seen people try to sell knives that were 4 or 5 hundred dollars claiming it was the best knife ever. If you look at the history of pioneers and people who depended on their knives they usually repurposed knives they already had. They'd reshape a butcher knife and that was their go to beater knife for camp craft. They'd have a small folder for more delicate work. Great job and love the recommendations from people who actually use the tools in the field.
Thank you soooooo much for taking a commercial break! Your the first I’ve seen to do it and it’s sooo much better.
Glad I could help!
No frills...No BULLSHIT...and learning Randy is from my home state of Wyoming!...LOVE IT!
CRKT makes good stuff. I own a handful of their knives. The first one Randy showed is one I carry frequently. I like knowing that they sent you guys a big box of them when you deployed. I like them even more now. I'm going to check out that fox pathfinder. That thing is awesome! Loved every second of it guys. Thanks for sharing, Randy. I love the way you guys talk about tools that work for the job at hand. It doesn't matter about price or name, but what works. I really respect, and appreciate that. Thank you very much.
I just saw this video, I'm a " Edged Tool " guy of 77 years, Vietnam Naval Combat Vet., 64-68, I still use my KBAR., among others. I just subscribed to your channel. D. Hughes, Blessings 🙏
Thank you for your service. TR
23 yrs in the army for me but the KBar is an awesome and very useful knife 👍👍
There's a reason the Vikings liked and used their bearded axes to great effect wherever they went, they weren't just a tool, they were a phenomenal fighting weapon.
Crkt is great! Their customer service is 2nd to none. I ordered a new clip for my crkt fossil. It had been discontinued so they said i could send in my knife and get any knife in their catalogue or get 50% of any other blade and keep it. I kept it and got the ramada for half price! I love em they are super cool!
Thank you so much, it was big pleasure! I learned one important thing!
Great video guys! I'm an axe fan myself. Haven't seen that coldsteel model in a very long time and btw for any wondering the "el chete" is made by Tops. Looking forward to the fighting knife video! 🤘🔪🤙
Anything made by Tops is good stuff.
Great information. I carry 2 blades, 1. 18 inch Ontario Machete, and 2. Victorinox Trekker.
With all the knives Randy has used I’m sure he has some stories about getting bad cuts accidentally, could be a dual purpose topic with some first aid worked in
Great info! Thanks for your service and being real Americans!!
Great video! Thanks Randy!
Somehow, I've ended up with most of those names in my everyday and specialty cutting tools - Browning, Fiskars and Spyderco plys a couple others like Winchester and Buck.
I need to check out and stock up on the CRKT line tho.
Excellent advice here!
Cutting and incisive!... pun intended.
Thanks for posting this!
CRKT you just earned my business for life! I was already a huge fan! Thank y’all for supporting our troops!!!!
They took great care of us!!!
@@TacticalRifleman ❤️I’m glad brother! Just in case no one’s told you today THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE!
To Big Joe. I purchase two CRKT and some other brands of knifes at haft price. This knifes are in new or 90% and were never sharpen and abused. I pick the knifes up at a airport impound lot run by my state. You want to check your state if they something like this.
@@scottflowers7780 heck yeah I will! Thank you!
That wrapped axe. That wrapped! Did you see the quality of wood on the handle? Gorgeous.
Randy has awesome knowledge. I never knew you could sharpen a knife on a car window until he showed us.
Where did Randy talk about knife sharpening?
You can find that video in our video archive. Thanks for watching, TR
Love these Randy videos! He's such a wealth of knowledge! Loved the photos from his time as a Green Beret, and Cowboy. Tell Randy we appreciate him sharing his knowledge.🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
Appreciate the affirmations, great minds do think alike .great video.
Yes! Thank you!
Had 3 knife fights in a former life. Index finger fileted and shoulder driven through. Folders MAKE NOISE! Everyone in the bar hears it lock. music, noise, etc etc. Don't matter.
Keep that in mind and avoid fights until ya can't.
Randy has to be my favorite guest on your show. Reminds me of a much older more bad ass cersion of myself. I can imagine the funny looks he gets when he sits down for a meal and whips out a blade as I too have experienced this. Love your work Gentlemen, please keep these videos coming. Best late night entertainment I have.
Thanks for watching, TR
I have a crkt minimalist neck knife been wearing for a few years hardly ever take it off. Perfect little back up knife.
I have that same CRKT hatchet myself, chosen because it does look so much like a Viking bearded axe...everything positive Randy said about it has proven true every time I've used it. It's great for shaving kindling, splits tinder like a champ, and I've used the back of it to drive tent stakes...of course the best part is looking like a "badass" in front of the "city kids" by using a single tool for every stage of building a campfire with a single tool. (It doesn't hurt that I can also accomplish many of the same tasks with my Cold Steel SF, their answer to the Ka-Bar USMC knife...good for driving tent stakes, chopping wood by batoning the back of the blade with a stick, and shaving kindling with ease...again it's fun to see the amazement in the eyes of folks that likely weren't Boy Scouts or the like growing up watching someone using fairly easy if not standard bushcraft skills do things that make them think I grew up on some mountain somewhere only to find that I grew up only a few miles from Disneyland.)
Quick tip: a zip tie can act as an improvised Wave on your Spyderco and other knives with a thumb hole.
Great "Old School Cool" and affordable choices Gents.
THANK YOU !
Our pleasure!
Congratulations on 700,000 subscribers
Agree with CRKT. Great customer service. Good quality and generally affordable.
Thank-you for putting in the break
I love the fact that you bring experts onto your channel.
Which is why I’m subscribed
Thanks for the support
Karl has quite a crew! Definitely has many subject matter experts. All of them are basically legends in the special forces community!😎🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅
Thanks TR for another outstanding educational video. Sent I been watching your channel. Your team and especially Randy has open my eyes on carrying more than one knife. My everyday carry at work and home are two different types of knifes . First knife is a (beater) work knife and the Second is a personal defense knife. Also carry multiple knifes and tools in my vehicle for emergency.
Excellent video. You two are awesome. God bless.
A good sharp camp hatchet is priceless
Great video. Like Randy's tools, my best tools are worn, ugly, long lasting, and most importantly... they work.
Would like to see a video on the deer skinning technique. Sounds awesome.
Id like to see it done on some politicians and their donors🤣
The google moderator eating hot pockets in his basement probably wouldn’t approve
I bet with enough cordage and golfballs, you can take care of multiple carcasses at the same time.
@@hardwired3640 who cares !
You can do a hell of a lot with a garden variety machete. And in S. America they use a knife about half way between a butcher knife and a machete, blade 10-12"' long. very useful.waht mountain men carreid ws NOT a fancy damascus bowie or something it was Green River knives with about 5" blades. They bought Green Rivers by the dozen, as they lost or broke or wore out knives, and also traded them to Indians. I like the littel bearded ax. The Norse used those for boat building, among other things. They had bigger ones for wood chopping and fighting.
The Fox Pathfinder is sold out. Thanks for showing us the tools you USE.
He has an awesome collection of knives. Randy has a great wealth of knowledge and experience. Tell him thank you for his service for me, when you see him. 👏
Will do
I used to carry a CRKT M21. I loved the flipper on it, and I considered this knife extremely fast and intuitive to employ. I used it extensively for years. Then someone got me thinking about knives as they applied to personal defense. I am under the impression that inside a certain distance, one shouldn't bring a gun to a knife fight. If I am in a fight at inside the bathroom stall distances, where I am likely to be tied up and grappling, and my draw is likely to be contested, I will go for my knife before my sidearm almost every time. But this means I had to be confident in my ability to draw and employ my folding knife while in the clinch, or otherwise at extremely personal distances. So I had a friend with a plastic spoon attempt to "rob me at spoon point." We always ended up tied up, and I was never able to deploy the CRKT successfully, even though I had done it thousands of times before and considered it so simple and intuitive when not under duress, while trying to keep from getting "stabbed" and having someone grab and slap at my hand while I was trying to get it into the fight, it proved impossible. I didn't have much better luck with my Benchmade auto. And I no longer consider a folding knife applicable to self defense. Because the bad guy is not going to allow you to do your little wrist roll, your fancy flick thingy, that trick with the zip tie, none of that. It all requires too much coordination while struggling to keep your feet under you and desperately trying to not get stabbed. It is legal in my state, so I carry a small, by my standards, fixed blade, a Tops HOG4.5. No hinges to fill with pocket link and debris, no buttons or flippers to find, springs to wear out, no fine muscle coordination required. Just grab the handle, gross motor coordination gorilla grip is fine, and yank that son of a bitch out. I highly recommend anyone carrying a folding knife for defense to run some exercises with you.
Awesome guys, loved it.
I love CRKT products too, they strike the price-quality balance pretty well and, well, some of their designs are just cool
I knew I should have subbed earlier. I am now. Great video.
Charles
Thanks for subscribing
Love CRKT , OWN 3 Beckers ,m-16 is my EDC . EVEN THE STAINLESS STEEL ( hate stainless) hold and take an edge. Must have 5 minimalist the NEW DUAL GRIND KATANA MINIMALIST is the ultimate choice 85% of all you’ll need ! $32!
Great presentation. I have taken an old Carpenter's Hatchet and undercut the blade to make it bearded then put a small boys axe handle on it and also re-profile the blade Edge. So I get it chop feather pound all-in-one.
Always love a good video with Randy! Thanks to both you guys.
Yeah!! Randy is back. Love Randy’s realistic point of view no gimmicks or bs. 🇺🇸
Randy is awesome
@@TacticalRifleman Hi Karl,
Randy is one of my favorite old school but real.
Thanks for the fun show last night Steve never disappoint.
Enjoy your time off.
Thank you Randy!
I have the El Chete from TOPs and they will re-edge if you mess it up just pay for shipping. But I have cut small trees down with it
Randy’s skills and experience are legendary and he’s got the right tool for the task 🇺🇸
Randy is awesome
This was awesome!!!!!!!! Thanks Karl!!!!!God bless you
Great video guys.
I was a loyal customer of CRKT. I had a problem getting a handle to fit there tomahawk I purchased. One of there employees talk to me like they bought me at an auction.
JKL LV
Love to see Randy's fighting knives
I love knives! I will never go to the taiga without an axe. But the best weapon in hand-to-hand combat in a trench is an ordinary sapper shovel with sharply ground edges. Do not forget, an infantry soldier must carry everything on himself. A sapper shovel is a must. An axe it's overweight.
I would agree for infantry that always have to dig in. Again, agreeing if we were in trenches. However, we are talking camping and wilderness, where I have gone many trips without having to dig.
Randy will cover his fighting knives in a different video.
Thanks for watching, TR
Really like the fact that Randy bring his own gear in to show us what really works and what he uses. I need a good saw, what does Randy recommend. Thanks for all you guys do.
Randy covers saws in a different video that you can find in our video archive. Thanks for watching, TR
I would love to see his combat blades! That's a very impresivd collection and i will be picking up that CRKT Fryers Axe! Thanks a lot and God Bless!!!!
I have that second CRKT (Obake) in my pocket right now, and that wrap is factory. It is my personal steak knife and I love it.
I also have a waved Endura 4 and I tried to cut after one of those failure to lock, thank God for gloves.
Can’t wait for the fighting knife video!
A few short video clips with your expert using each tool, along with him maintaining (sharpening) that tool after each use, would improve your content - especially for visual learners. Having said that, I did enjoy the undeniable authenticity of the presentation.
Great video my Brothers in Arms, Blessings and love to you and your families.
Thanks brother
That bearded hatchet is badass and that baby hatchet is too.
Hey gents, great tools CRKT rocks! Wonder if we crossed paths in the sandbox was there same time ..that was some heat left 3 shades darker lol
Awesome video 👍👍
I like knives. You like knives. We all like knives.
Have a few CRKT products, including the Freyr bearded axe. Great stuff. Best bang for the buck IMHO.
I don't think you should be apologizing for showing gear that works. Especially with someone like Randy's *experience* paring down to the tools that work for multiple purposes. While shinny new gear might be cool, I much prefer gear that works!
Thanks to you both for showcasing these!
"taking second place in a knife fight" end quote.
I learned a lat , thanks for sharing this 👊👊👊
Greetings from Brazil
Thanks for watching, TR
I respect your guidance. You recommend many ways to do may things enabling one to meet many challenges with success. JKL LV
I'm glad fiskars hasn't completely abandoned wood handles
Wood handles send much more vibration up the hand than modern handles such as rubber and nylon ones. Quite impossible to replace handle with synthetic handle in the field. But it works better, and more comfortable to me with synthetic handles.
Excellent video. Thanks. Looking for that nordic CRKT axe.
Ps. Hearing that patriotic story of CRKT sending that knife box…….Great one.
Thanks for watching, TR
Great info!
I carry a cheap single headed axe in the trunk of my car.
About a year ago I came upon a road accident where a lady was trapped in the front seat of her sideways turned van. I broke the front windshield with the axe, pulled her out, gave her some first aid and went on my way.
Not a weapon… but an indispensable tool.
Thanks Gents!
Another Fantastic Video full of great information.. Nothing but the best from Karl and The Chief..!!
I love Randy's segments.
Informative and beneficial video
Thanks for watching, TR
Another great video. I enjoy the relationship that you and Randy have. As we turn into old men it's nice to have friends that can be counted on.
Hi Karl, I got a response to a text # and was unsure of its source. If you call the number from the texted response, I will get it. it. Sorry to be so cryptic.
Scam
@@TacticalRifleman Thanks for the info, received another today.
I try to block them as fast as they pop up. Please report them.
@@TacticalRifleman Thank You sir. Take care.
Awesome video!
Thanks. Randy really is awesome.
Awesome stuff, thank you.
excellent vids thanks
Thanks for watching!
Nothing wrong with CRKT and Coldsteel knives. He picks good brands and has a good philosophy of use for them.
Love my Fiskers axe the only difference is mine is all composite handle . My question would be what are the advantages or disadvantages between wood or composite
Great info but the crkt obake doesn’t have a belt clip and come with the 550 cord wrapping.
This is a great format for videos. Appreciate it not all the marketing b******* just tried and tested s*** that works
Absolute favorites:
Axe - Snow & Nealley 3-1/2-pound single bit
Hatchet - Estwing Sportsman Leather
Knife - USMC, Fighting Utility (K Bar)
EDC - Buck 285 Bantam
Pocket tool - Victorinox Classic SD or Manager
The bearded axe is my favourite. Chop, pound and cut!!!
Crkt luv there knives.the avant tac, awesome tool
I carry the Spiderco Emerson wave and mine didn't open completely one time so I took it apart and put some lithium grease on the metal to metal contact points and it opens every time now.
What do you use to treat your wood axe handles with to prolong life? do you an oil, or some type of stain? I've heard of people using a 50/50 linseed oil and turpentine to treat the wood.
It's great to see what gear choices Randy made and why. There's a lot of wisdom there.
My son was deployed to Afghanistan around 2012-13. He was with the 819th Sapper Squad and they were teamed up with 555 SFG.
He had a lot of "fun" and came back with some subdued decorations to prove it. You guys know how to party!
Every knife he picks up: “It’s one of my favorites”
I love CRKT knives. They do what you need em to
I've been contemplating the El Chete for a while and loved the story around it. Thanks for a great video guys.
Thanks for watching!
real world working tools.. loved the video
I appreciate all the knowledge you keep passing down to everyone and I feel more confident in my choices of blades and axes as we share many of the same types. Thank you Randy for sharing and who needs the latest and greatest in the field if what you have still works just as good 👍
Thanks gents, great stuff!