G’day mate! I had a greenstone whistle that my best mate from the S.I. gifted to me but bugger if I didn’t lose it. Definitely one of the biggest regrets of my life was losing that whistle! Thanks for watching and your comment! Cheers mate!!!
Clearly, your truths have a lot of logic, old wolf... That ugly knife and the importance of good, well-tempered steel. Personally, I loved it! It also happens that sometimes we want a knife to hit like an axe, have a thickness that allows batoning, and be versatile and cut like a scalpel... Impossible. Just as you say, a small axe, a powerful knife and a fine cutting knife would complete the triad so as not to go to the forest so overwhelmed. A small saw would also come in handy, as they are lightweight. Excellent video!
Like you, I have packed an Old Hickory for years, with two other knives, and a Leatherman, and a hatchet, and a folding saw. I never use a knife for splitting wood other than kindling, that's what the damn axe is for. Too much B.S. on CZcams. Maybe you could burn some of that B.S! Lol!!! Keep the vids coming, it's good to see another old timer like myself doing things the same way. Cheers
LOL!!! I’ve always heard that great minds think alike! Sounds like we could be brothers from different mothers. I really appreciate your comment and it’s damn good to hear from another Old Timer! Cheers mate!!!
@alfonsocasillas7290 It’s called a leuku. It has a special place in the culture of the Sami People. Mine was made by Stromeng in Norway. Cheers mate!!!
I agree with the notch in the knife spine being handy. However, I don't think I will be cooking any kabobs or bannok over your fire. Best, Michael from Texas
I have a shrade walden stockmen in my pocket i bought in 1973..its done alot. deer fish wood work..thank god i bought two..one still new in box.great vidio.😊
Great old pocketknife! I had one as when I was a young fella and gave it to my daughter. You must have the one you use blades pretty thin by now. Cheers mate!!!
I have five or six old hickory butcher knives in blades lengths from 5.5 to 7.5 inch and possibly bigger. I also have the paring knives (excellent neck knives for small game or small chores) I have one forgecraft (out of production since the 60's I think) I picked up at a yard sale many years ago. All of them are 1095 steel, but all of my old hickory's (butcher blades) are much too thin to be much use out of the kitchen...yes they had flexible models in 1095 as well as rigid. Mine are too flexible, but my forgecract is perfect for the field and is super tough and hard and preferable to most others. Yours may very well be a forgecraft instead of an old hickory. It sure looks like it to me! old hickory knives have a wider blade with considerably more belly than a forgecraft and looking at the video yours looks more like a forgecraft, but it's really hard to tell from a video. Regardless both are as good as the other as long as they're the rigid models of OH IMO. People say the forgecraft is harder and holds a better edge, but I don't know so much about that. I used to own the DR's and green river blades from patch to butcher...even better choices IMO, but sadly stolen from me over the years.
I enjoyed your first video on bushcraft/survival knives. I appreciate the history of the spine notch. I know other makers that do the notch also. Making a fire with dried manure: 1st is it hard to do and 2nd does it impart any smell on your food? One last question, what are you wearing around your neck? Thanks and Be Safe and Keep Up the Great Work. Peace
Go on the outside forums, and there are more knives for sale or wanted than everything else combined. New knives and steels get reviewed. People think THE KNIFE will vibrate like Prince Valiant’s singing sword and all of nature will bow down on one knee and submit. I have a ‘vanity’ knife, like it a lot along with a few others.What I DON’T have until first of May ? There’s coffee and loose leaf tea in the cupboard, a dozen eggs , bread, frozen sockeye from Alaska and One onion. Sometimes My vanity knife can’t cut as deep as my stomach crying for pizza end of the month
Bloody hell, hit the wrong button! Anyway, I hope your salmon are Copper River Reds. A couple of those will carry you past the first of May…provided your coffee doesn’t run out. Cheers mate!!!
My friend, I like the choice of your knives. Do you carry a pocket knife. How about showing how you sharping your knives, if you have time someday. I would take one of the folding saws for wood cutting, axe for splitting. I feel like a person is inviting someone or something in when you are trying to chop wood. You can hear chopping a long ways off. Might be my up bringing, my dad cut wood for his dads moonshine still, never used a axe, the revenuers could track them down by the noise of chopping wood. You take care my friend and stay safe.
Lol! Thanks for sharing that about revenuers listening for the sound of chopping wood and the unmistakable sound it makes and how far it carries! Totally different day and age now but it’s kinda funny how things like that stick with us…like keeping a notch on my knives even though there’s plenty of wood about. I do carry a pocket knife every day. It’s an Opinel number 8, love it. I’ll try to get a video out one of these days on sharpening knives, axes and such. Cheers mate!
It's always like sitting round a camp fire with a mate watching your videos, really like that. People over think knives and are really precious about them, they're nothing more than tools and we should all look after our tools and pick the right one for the job. Good video again buddy. 🏴
I’m really glad you enjoy that format because it’s the only one I’m comfortable doing lol! Too right mate, pick the right tool for the job at hand. One size never fits all. Thanks for watching and the comment! Cheers!!!
Sound advice all round. The right tool for the job is like music to my ears. As I said in my promised shout out on my last video. You have a real talent for kicking over large pats of BS. Though I didn’t realise you put them to such a useful end.😂
G’day Steve! I really appreciate your shout out and I’ll be reciprocating in my next video! I gotta figure out how to do the “link in the description below” part though. Lol, I hadn’t thought about making a dung fire outta all the BS out there but that’s pretty poetic!!! Cheers mate!!!
I've always used old bicycle inner tube for better grip on my "Ontario Hickory",have a few "Trick" knives but the Ontario is my go too .As always love your work.
I love it!!!! I've reviewed a ton of knives on CZcams and writing for magazines. Simple knives, using common steels with a good temper and some indigenous history are usually hard to beat. I love the fancy stuff as much as the next guy, but simple and easy to maintain is what I usually default to. I'm currently deficient. I only have 2 knives on my person. LOL Keep up the great videos!
G’day! I’m not sure how your comment got by me, my apologies for being so tardy on responding! Simple and easy tends to be my modus operandus as well. Lol! You gotta get a third knife mate. Walking around being deficient just ain’t good for the mind! Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it! Cheers mate!
@@coreyschultz7018 Hey mate! I’ve been flat out busy this past couple of weeks. I sold my place up here and I’ve been getting it ready for the folks that bought it. Good to hear from you. I should be down in your neck of the woods early next fall.
@@jimbriggs3065 k cool I was wondering. If you wanted to hang out I'll get my canoe licenced in the meantime. we'll find some boundary waters to check out and camp outside. I'll bring bacon and jerky and maybe we can catch a few fish. It would be a fun time as I enjoy the outdoors also. Just let me know as the summer goes on I can txt my number and email.
@@coreyschultz7018 Bloody hell, you have to license your canoe? I’ll have mine with me…out of state canoes need to be licensed as well? My number is 907-982-8182. I’ll still be making videos throughout the summer. We’ll keep in touch mate!
Hey Mate! Good video! Good practical advice on blades. Interesting point that knives are not primarily designed to chop. BTW went out hunting last weekend and got a red deer which was cool cheers Mate 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
Congratulations on putting a deer in the freezer! I love moose but I sure do miss venison…especially venison pies! Always great to hear from you! Cheers!!!🇳🇿🇺🇸
@@jimbriggs3065 thanks Bro. I got a pressure cooker and sometimes do a mean venison pie, with bacon, onion and cheese! I am sure you would approve! Cheers mate 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
@@davidneal6920 god almighty I sure do miss pies! I do believe a venison, bacon, cheese and onion pie could become my all time favorite! Cheers mate! 🇳🇿🇺🇸
Batoning is an efficient method to make precise cuts with minimal effort for various building tasks and to split kindling to start a fire.. when people started thinking it's for splitting any kind of large diameter wood and that chopping with a small knife is a necessary task it became just ridiculous and you're better off with a splitting wedge/maul/axe/froe and a dedicated large blade/machete for these tasks. Good video.
I'm from New Zealand and I definitely recognize that dog whistle around your neck. I have one like that but out of pounamu (NZ greenstone).
G’day mate! I had a greenstone whistle that my best mate from the S.I. gifted to me but bugger if I didn’t lose it. Definitely one of the biggest regrets of my life was losing that whistle! Thanks for watching and your comment! Cheers mate!!!
Clearly, your truths have a lot of logic, old wolf... That ugly knife and the importance of good, well-tempered steel. Personally, I loved it!
It also happens that sometimes we want a knife to hit like an axe, have a thickness that allows batoning, and be versatile and cut like a scalpel... Impossible. Just as you say, a small axe, a powerful knife and a fine cutting knife would complete the triad so as not to go to the forest so overwhelmed. A small saw would also come in handy, as they are lightweight. Excellent video!
I guess great minds think alike lol! Cheers mate!!!
@@jimbriggs3065 ha ha! Happy life!
Like you, I have packed an Old Hickory for years, with two other knives, and a Leatherman, and a hatchet, and a folding saw. I never use a knife for splitting wood other than kindling, that's what the damn axe is for. Too much B.S. on CZcams. Maybe you could burn some of that B.S! Lol!!! Keep the vids coming, it's good to see another old timer like myself doing things the same way. Cheers
LOL!!! I’ve always heard that great minds think alike! Sounds like we could be brothers from different mothers. I really appreciate your comment and it’s damn good to hear from another Old Timer! Cheers mate!!!
I will try your Navajo sharpening technique. Great video.
Awesome mate! Let me know what you think of it after using it for a while…good or bad. Cheers!!!
What is the name of your knife with the scandal grind the big one please
@alfonsocasillas7290 It’s called a leuku. It has a special place in the culture of the Sami People. Mine was made by Stromeng in Norway. Cheers mate!!!
I agree with the notch in the knife spine being handy. However, I don't think I will be cooking any kabobs or bannok over your fire.
Best,
Michael from Texas
lol! Dung fires are last resort! Cheers mate!!!
I have a shrade walden stockmen in my pocket i bought in 1973..its done alot. deer fish wood work..thank god i bought two..one still new in box.great vidio.😊
Great old pocketknife! I had one as when I was a young fella and gave it to my daughter. You must have the one you use blades pretty thin by now. Cheers mate!!!
@@jimbriggs3065 yes sir! Thats why i bought two..very thin blades. the 2nd one will outlive me bro.lol
Hey Bushman, I'm grinding a notch on my knife, great idea
Lol, I hope you find it handy mate. I use that notch even when there’s wood around…old habits are hard to break. Cheers!!!
The old hickory was the bush knife of our forefathers. The butcher knife is time tested and still going strong .
Too right mate! My favorite. Cheers!!!
BTW, I spent a lot of time wheel of an 8N as well as a Ford Ferguson. Cheers!
I have a 51 for 8n and a 63 ford 4000
@@fordtractorfanatic4836 I take it you’re a farmer?
I have own some ground I hobby farm and camp bushcraft on. I like things simple and basic. Have tractors I can still work on
I have five or six old hickory butcher knives in blades lengths from 5.5 to 7.5 inch and possibly bigger. I also have the paring knives (excellent neck knives for small game or small chores) I have one forgecraft (out of production since the 60's I think) I picked up at a yard sale many years ago. All of them are 1095 steel, but all of my old hickory's (butcher blades) are much too thin to be much use out of the kitchen...yes they had flexible models in 1095 as well as rigid. Mine are too flexible, but my forgecract is perfect for the field and is super tough and hard and preferable to most others. Yours may very well be a forgecraft instead of an old hickory. It sure looks like it to me! old hickory knives have a wider blade with considerably more belly than a forgecraft and looking at the video yours looks more like a forgecraft, but it's really hard to tell from a video. Regardless both are as good as the other as long as they're the rigid models of OH IMO. People say the forgecraft is harder and holds a better edge, but I don't know so much about that. I used to own the DR's and green river blades from patch to butcher...even better choices IMO, but sadly stolen from me over the years.
Like I said before my friend my firet camp knife was an old hickory butcher. I love that knife
Hello my friend like you i am old, always carry 3 knifes an axe and saw. I like your videos.
Thanks mate! Good to know I’m not alone! Cheers!!!
I enjoyed your first video on bushcraft/survival knives. I appreciate the history of the spine notch. I know other makers that do the notch also. Making a fire with dried manure: 1st is it hard to do and 2nd does it impart any smell on your food? One last question, what are you wearing around your neck? Thanks and Be Safe and Keep Up the Great Work. Peace
Glad to see that you are getting some more tolerable weather. That branch sliced pretty cleanly with little effort. Nice video.
Pretty happy about seeing the ground again and you’ll notice I’m not sniffling nearly as much lol! Cheers mate!!!
@@jimbriggs3065 I actually did notice that, although that dung fire would be enough to set it off.
The original wood pellets lmao. This guy is the real deal right here. I dont usually subscribe to survival videos but this guys getting one love it😂
I really appreciate that mate! Cheers!!!
Go on the outside forums, and there are more knives for sale or wanted than everything else combined. New knives and steels get reviewed. People think THE KNIFE will vibrate like Prince Valiant’s singing sword and all of nature will bow down on one knee and submit.
I have a ‘vanity’ knife, like it a lot along with a few others.What I DON’T have until first of May ?
There’s coffee and loose leaf tea in the cupboard, a dozen eggs , bread, frozen sockeye from Alaska and
One onion.
Sometimes My vanity knife can’t cut as deep as my stomach crying for pizza end of the month
Lol! I bloody love your comments! Are you telling me your vanity knife can’t sing??? I’m hoping your sockeye are Copper River
Bloody hell, hit the wrong button! Anyway, I hope your salmon are Copper River Reds. A couple of those will carry you past the first of May…provided your coffee doesn’t run out. Cheers mate!!!
My friend, I like the choice of your knives. Do you carry a pocket knife. How about showing how you sharping your knives, if you have time someday. I would take one of the folding saws for wood cutting, axe for splitting. I feel like a person is inviting someone or something in when you are trying to chop wood. You can hear chopping a long ways off. Might be my up bringing, my dad cut wood for his dads moonshine still, never used a axe, the revenuers could track them down by the noise of chopping wood. You take care my friend and stay safe.
Lol! Thanks for sharing that about revenuers listening for the sound of chopping wood and the unmistakable sound it makes and how far it carries! Totally different day and age now but it’s kinda funny how things like that stick with us…like keeping a notch on my knives even though there’s plenty of wood about. I do carry a pocket knife every day.
It’s an Opinel number 8, love it. I’ll try to get a video out one of these days on sharpening knives, axes and such. Cheers mate!
It's always like sitting round a camp fire with a mate watching your videos, really like that. People over think knives and are really precious about them, they're nothing more than tools and we should all look after our tools and pick the right one for the job. Good video again buddy. 🏴
I’m really glad you enjoy that format because it’s the only one I’m comfortable doing lol! Too right mate, pick the right tool for the job at hand. One size never fits all. Thanks for watching and the comment! Cheers!!!
Hockey tape makes very good handle wrapping for O.H. knives.
G’day! I’ve heard that but hockey tape’s a bit hard to come by in the bush. Cheers!!!
Great video mate 👍
Sound advice all round. The right tool for the job is like music to my ears. As I said in my promised shout out on my last video. You have a real talent for kicking over large pats of BS. Though I didn’t realise you put them to such a useful end.😂
G’day Steve! I really appreciate your shout out and I’ll be reciprocating in my next video! I gotta figure out how to do the “link in the description below” part though. Lol, I hadn’t thought about making a dung fire outta all the BS out there but that’s pretty poetic!!! Cheers mate!!!
I've always used old bicycle inner tube for better grip on my "Ontario Hickory",have a few "Trick" knives but the Ontario is my go too .As always love your work.
An old bicycle inner tube is a great idea! I don’t have a bicycle though lol. Pretty hard to beat an Old Hickory as an all around knife. Cheers mate!
Love the "common sense" approach to selecting the right tools for the job.
Thanks mate, I really appreciate that! Cheers!!!
I love it!!!! I've reviewed a ton of knives on CZcams and writing for magazines. Simple knives, using common steels with a good temper and some indigenous history are usually hard to beat. I love the fancy stuff as much as the next guy, but simple and easy to maintain is what I usually default to. I'm currently deficient. I only have 2 knives on my person. LOL Keep up the great videos!
G’day! I’m not sure how your comment got by me, my apologies for being so tardy on responding! Simple and easy tends to be my modus operandus as well. Lol! You gotta get a third knife mate. Walking around being deficient just ain’t good for the mind! Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it! Cheers mate!
@@jimbriggs3065 deficiency noted and corrected sir! 😂
@@MichaelTravis12c27 Lol! Good on ya mate. I hate to hear about a grown fella going about not dressed properly. Cheers!!!
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A fine set of survival hackers ya got there friend. I have the cutco/kabar, a tony Remmer and the black hat bush knife. All users.
Cheers mate!
@@jimbriggs3065 where ya been friend? Been a while ..
@@coreyschultz7018 Hey mate! I’ve been flat out busy this past couple of weeks. I sold my place up here and I’ve been getting it ready for the folks that bought it. Good to hear from you. I should be down in your neck of the woods early next fall.
@@jimbriggs3065 k cool I was wondering. If you wanted to hang out I'll get my canoe licenced in the meantime. we'll find some boundary waters to check out and camp outside. I'll bring bacon and jerky and maybe we can catch a few fish. It would be a fun time as I enjoy the outdoors also. Just let me know as the summer goes on I can txt my number and email.
@@coreyschultz7018 Bloody hell, you have to license your canoe? I’ll have mine with me…out of state canoes need to be licensed as well? My number is 907-982-8182. I’ll still be making videos throughout the summer. We’ll keep in touch mate!
Hey Mate! Good video! Good practical advice on blades. Interesting point that knives are not primarily designed to chop. BTW went out hunting last weekend and got a red deer which was cool cheers Mate 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
Congratulations on putting a deer in the freezer! I love moose but I sure do miss venison…especially venison pies! Always great to hear from you! Cheers!!!🇳🇿🇺🇸
@@jimbriggs3065 thanks Bro. I got a pressure cooker and sometimes do a mean venison pie, with bacon, onion and cheese! I am sure you would approve! Cheers mate 🇺🇸 🇳🇿
@@davidneal6920 god almighty I sure do miss pies! I do believe a venison, bacon, cheese and onion pie could become my all time favorite! Cheers mate! 🇳🇿🇺🇸
@@jimbriggs3065 she sure is popular brother! I slow cook the venison for 24 hours before I add the rest. Very popular give away !
Lobo sent me
Cheers mate!!!
@@jimbriggs3065 look forward to wait thing your channel.
@@jimbriggs3065 I have some old hickory knives as well they are some of my favorite.
You man talk sense not like all those other bushcraft yuppies!
I appreciate that mate! Makes a difference if you live it or just play it. Some of the stuff I see on CZcams makes me scratch my head. Cheers!!!
Batoning is an efficient method to make precise cuts with minimal effort for various building tasks and to split kindling to start a fire.. when people started thinking it's for splitting any kind of large diameter wood and that chopping with a small knife is a necessary task it became just ridiculous and you're better off with a splitting wedge/maul/axe/froe and a dedicated large blade/machete for these tasks.
Good video.
Spot on mate and well said! Cheers!!!
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