Knife and Tool Selection
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He showcases some outstanding tools. It's worthwhile to aspire to his example, but don't think you need his fancy kit to be good outdoors. The important thing is to GET OUTSIDE, have fun, learn, and gain perspective on life. All his gear is only a means to this end.
Josh, happy to see you thriving after an SF career. I struggled with boredom after leaving UKSF, found my way now. Love your channel:-)
You have the most common sense Bushcraft/Survival channel on CZcams. It makes sense with your real experience. Retired Chief Bosun Mate USCG sends #respect.
I appreciate that, Chief! Welcome and thanks for your service!
Efficient, realistic, straight to the point. I have a lot of respect for a guy who can share his own expertise with humility. Your useful advice won't take any space in my bag pack. Thank you very much buddy. 👍🤗
“I think this is crap, but I think you can make it a more efficient piece of crap”. Love that. wish I would of had that saying in my word arsenal back as a platoon leader I had a couple guys that I could have used that saying on. Good video as usual.
I had a few of those in my unit too...
Love your video. I have camped, hiked, and fished all my life since I was a Cub Scout as a boy. Quit hunting when I left 3 tours in Viet Nam (just gave my age away-69). But, new knowledge is what keeps me going and improving tools and skills. Your videos are such a great resource. I had to do away with tent camping and now days spend most of my camping in my Jeep Wrangler. Most of this video is for the Southeast. I am all over and use different tools for the region I am in-from West to East, South to North into Canada. Mostly in the West. Your no-nonsense approach really helps me to make decisions on the trip I am planning. Thanks for all your knowledge and help and sharing it with all of us.
Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate that. Glad to help anyone I can. Thanks for your service
ferro rods do in fact wear the 90 degree edge on your primary knife over time. I've come to treat my knife very gently. For every day fires, I've begun using the spine on the bottle cap opener on my multi tool. I've also cut a 3 inch piece of an old file and made that part of my kit. I drilled a hole through the end and put a lanyard on it with my fat ferro rod. The file strikes the rod very well.
Your longer videos are far better than others. Everything you say is straight forward and useful. You take 20 min to explain “pretty” some piece of gear is it try and show off. I appreciate the longer videos because you do a great job of explaining your thinking on things. Appreciated
I use the Garberg Carbon as my primary, certainly takes a beating. Enjoy your vids, keep them coming. Thank you fellow Gray Beard.
Joshua. You have produced another great educational video! NOTHING can replace education, and I have found that the more you know the less you need to carry. In addition, every time I go out in the field I attempt make something. Sometimes it takes two, three, four (OR MORE) try’s but I keep trying until I get it right. It all comes down to “ utilize what you have, and improvise what you don't have”
Thanks, John!
You're now my number one fave channel, my man. Love listening to your words of wisdom with a cup of warm milk in the evenings. Keep 'em coming.......cheers from the UK.
Back to diggers. I’m not interested in digging a fox hole. Maybe a cat hole for daily relief. Or a very shallow hip hole under my sleeping bag. Maybe a shallow fire pit or a Dakota hole. That’s it
I’ve used various folding entrenching tools. They dig quite nicely. They’re heavy. I’ve worked my way through probably 7-10 trowel-type tools, mainly gardening trowels because there are a lot of them available. They all broke, or committed suicide in bending ways.
I now use a Japanese trowel called a “horri horri”, meaning dig dig. This is an industrial strength trowel that looks like it was made of forged steel. I don’t think it’s ever going to break. Ever. I no longer backpack, and now camp from a motorcycle or a canoe. So for my uses, this heavy duty trowel is good.
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Good discussion. Personally I have a place for stainless steel in my gear depending on the season, location and the weather conditions. I've also found a zero degree scandi to be a too delicate of a edge for a main belt knife - too easy to roll or chip out under hard use. I normally use a full flat or saber grind for my main belt knife and just carry a smaller scandi knife in my pack for woodcraft. Everyone has their own preferences based on what works for them..........
I appreciate your slightly different take on what is considered by many as the "norm." I'm still learning and you open my eyes to a different way of thinking. All knowledge is beneficial. Thanks for your input.
A hatchet is your one tool option. There is a balance in handle length, around 14-19 inches and a head that is sharp enough to do fine tasks but big enough of a wedge to chop. Ive had to process a deer down, after losing my knife, and it performed fine. Ive also made small things like trap triggers with it. Only thing I couldnt do was make a spoon but I was able to burn one out.
@TGBGB: What you say reminds me of Mors Kochanski's philosophy: "The More You Know, The Less You Carry."
Love your point on "backup knife". A lot of people assume that a small "neck knife" is a backup blade. As you stated, it isn't. Backup = Same performance!
BTW, thank you for showing the "Speedy Sticher". Shooooot, saw it in a video a while back, could not for my life remember either the video or the name of the gizmo!! Lmao
That is one cool little piece of gear. Thanks for the great video. Cheers
Appreciate your time in creating this video. I've been researching for some time a functional, cost effective, fixed blade that strikes the balance of size, cost and overall usefulness.
Nice! My favorites would be a simple Mora Bushcraft Black, Mora Garberg, PKS Kephart, and the LT Wright Genesis depending on budget. All solid blades that will do whatever I need them to do.
Great video. I’m from the Northeast and I’m beginning to venture outdoors more. I appreciate the knowledge you share.
My belt knife is an Old Timer I've had forever, it's processed fish and small game, split kindling and everything else I needed and never failed.
Truly I'm on day 3 of watching your videos! I'm so happy that you are sharing your knowledge. My Dido (Ukrainian Grandfather) and Grandfather's handed down two buck high carbon, full tang knives, I luckily was handed down both. One of them has a deer antler/ bone handle and the other one's a Maple wood handle, the first log from the cabin my grandfather built with his bare hands, up at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. If you haven't been up there yet, you would absolutely love it, especially when the leafs are turning. God Bless to you and yours. - Manda
Very cool, my father-in-law is Ukrainian. Hang on to those two knives! Those are incredible heirlooms.
It's not the soft leather that removes material. It's the hard abrasive material embedded in the leather.
I will have to disagree. I have stropped a knife on plain leather, balsa wood, a chunk of tulip poplar, and a beaver tail with nothing embedded.
I use the leather strop to straighten the burs along the edge and polish the blade.
A few times i have used my hairy old arm.
The closest I've found to a one tool option is a khukuri, especially the Mk2 design.
I do like a Khukuri.
But even then didn’t the Gurkha traditionally had a secondary tiny blade in the same sheath as the larger Khukuri? Or was that just a honing rod? 🤔
@@impermanenthuman8427 karda was probably an eating knife, some are larger and useful enough to be used for other tasks though, chakmak were hones for the khukuri sometimes and also used as fire steels to throw sparks off of. For fine tasks the khukuri allows for pinch grip near the tip with the knife rested on forearm as traditional. Depending on terrain, climate, elevation a large chopper can be king but really depends. Even amongst khukuri there are many many types, choosing the correct one based on tasks you will perform makes life easier. For lighter use try out a Sirupate, for all round use BIA mk2 and mk3, for heavier chopping Badhume or Bhojpure styles.
It's amazing how the words, blade, and knives can spark such interest. There's so many comments on this video it's incredible. Once again, I feel like a rookie. Awls, hook knives, I dont know what the little stone knives were called, so much to learn. Kavanaugh is always a great read too. He's like an encyclopedia. Can't hurt to work with Dave Canterbury either. Hope your enjoying your new place by now. #trollpatrol
That concavity spoon may not be pretty, but it would still be an efficient - and field boil-able, cooking capability expedient method of shoving more food into your mouth in less time.
You can refine it later.
FYI ... For a collapsible bow saw .. try the boreal-21 .. I like mine
Excellent video. Learned a lot. Would love to see more videos showing how to use each type of knife and tool.
Great topic and well said points. That’s so true about better than nothing. I hear a lot of people on youtube about survival gear saying that. I take that as it’s cheap and I didn’t want to spend the money on good gear. That’s a half of cow 😆. Being in the SE having a machete always comes in handy.
Great no-nonsense video as always! If i could (Europe) i would love to see you teach in person !
You know I’m finding out that a lot of tools will substitute for something other than it’s original design. Good, bad, it’s ok, whatever works. It comes down to your needs at that moment and being able to adapt and substitute if need be. I would imagine planning and adapting is your best tool. Your mind and body, keeping them in shape. I like what you said “learn what tools there are to use.” Good video.
23:28 We've also made some impressively capable wire saw, buck saws.
I have one, but only the one in my belt and I don’t want to open it haha
Thank you for the lesson! Having the correct tools for the area seems to be very important.
Nice video. You really made a lot of sense and made me rethink some of my knives. I think I’ll look further at the GNS 01 LT Wright, it looks like exactly what I need. Keep the videos coming, I haven’t watched one yet where I haven’t learned something. And thank you for your service.
Thank you for all the information and God bless you.
Lots of great info! Love those Otzi tools! I really never thought much about primitive tools, but it makes sense if you lose everything. I need to look into that. Atb Sean
To bad they quit making the sawvivor . I love that saw
It's nice to have this research available so I don't have to figure this all out myself. I have my own preferences, but still nice to know what works. Helping to make my gear selections.
Johnson and Johnson makes wire bone saw.. its used for surgical appendage removal. I purchached a couple hundred online. At one point i sold many until I moved to Alaska. Build a green bow and go SLOW..
Spot on hard&humble philosophy ☮️
Checked out many people and their wilderness lens, and settled on your sound and practical experience 🇬🇧
I’ve seen vids of people using the large iron blanket pins used to make wool blankets into cloaks as awls (the pin part) and also to hold 3 long sticks together to hang a pot hanger chain from over a fire
I agree with you about the one tool option concept. I have great knives and saws and axes and hatchets, but if I ever HAD to only have one and that is ALL someone would let me take with me, it would be my tomahawk purchased from the Pathfinder store and made by Two Hawks. I have one other handmade hawk, but The one made by Two Hawk would be my one tool. I believe that Dave did a video some time ago showing the versatility of a hawk only situation. Now saying all of that, I would not be a happy camper with just the one tool, but happier than if I had nothing at all. I really enjoy your videos Josh. Thanks for taking the time to teach and show. Semper Fi
I think that would be a good option if you had to. Luckily we don't actually have to! I might go with the PKS Forest Tool myself for that hypothetical situation. I had not gotten my hands on one of those until after this live feed. I have since grown to love that tool and would probably go with it.
Sharpen the edge of a steel spoon and put a handle on it to carve Wooden Spoons.
I use a tanto blade knife for woodworking because the skew point makes an excellent chisel for cleaning up joints.
I have been a carpenter woodworker house renovator for 40 years and I don't know why people don't use Tanto knives for woodworking
Great discussion on the various types of wilderness tools! Thank you for sharing!
FYI N.M. has the best obsidien and lots of chortle. Used alot in reg camping/backpacking
Being busy, I'm still going through your vid in segments. I did give you a sub several vids ago. I don't have your experience but have done many lone backpacking trips in the wilderness in many areas in all kinds of weather. Nature is no joke, when you go out in it, you're under its terms, not yours. I do agree, keep things as light as possible but DO PLAN ahead. Having the needed things with you are MUCH better than trying to make something in the field.
I didn't even use a knife much, to be honest. My most used tool was a small folding saw. I would have been really stuck without one. You can laugh, but regarding such tools, first would be my saw, second, my pruners, and third a knife about 3 or 4 inches.
I've read books by Green Berets, especially on survival. You guys are incredibly smart and skilled. My hat off to you all. Thanks for your vids for teaching me things even now in my old age. Your attitude is great too.
Try a test between Bahco and Silky cutting rich fatwood. Silky tends to plug and Bahco stays free.
Great video brother. I learned something new, never thought about making a bow saw with the wire. I totally agree with you on the carbon vs stainless topic. Up here i. The PNW it is tempting to go with stainless because of the wet enviroment but... Being able to throw sparks in a damp and potentially hypothermic state in an emergency outweighs the corrosion resistance of stainless. We just did a demonstration on wet fire building and I stress that point to the group.
Nice! I will grant that it is a very very deep contingency to be down to this method, but for me I want that ability. To my knowledge, not having to oil a knife in the field has never saved anyone, but fire has.
Your 100% Right about that. I fell in a river late fall when I was 16. Lost everything but what was on my belt and pockets. A cheap mora, ferro rod, and a zip lock bag of dryer lint is all I had on me. Being able to throw sparks relatively easy saved me from hypothermia. Never did recover my backpack full of gear lol.
Glad you were ready for that! Could have been bad!
36:30 great for when you are going out with your friends to get some whooly mamouth or maybe a ground sloth
Thank you for what you said about back up knives, i hate it when the EXPERTS say oh this would be a good back up knife but tell you Your primary should be something totally different I'm not saying don't carry a partial tang like a mora but also carry a dedicated full tang back up there are to many budget options out there not to just save up for it Thats how i get my gear and yes i also carry a mora along with my primary and back up.
Thats always been my opinion, it has to be able to replace it. I am the same, I still love to have a little Mora Classic carver with me no matter what.
Day hikes my Mora Companion. Weekend adventures. Mora companion, k bar, parang, folding saw. 👍👍 Great video!
Greetings from Utah. Thank you.
WOW what a great talk.. what a great and practical lesson on the best and strongest and well prepared we can be. I totally concur, "its better then nothing" is like nails on a chalk board.. Surviving not a good thing, thriving and walking with your head up in victory is the aim, adapting, improvising, and overcoming is what is necessary when you find your self in a situation you didn't plan on. I seems if you don't plan, you have planed to fail. l, if you plan for success you succeed even if you come up against the unexpected. The knife edge is precious, and precious things should be guarded and given high value. (to the japanese the knife and cutting board are scared, they have an intense relationship for a reason) we should pay an almost unnatural concern for your knife edges. Dude you have an awesome collection of LT Wright knives.. something to aspire to .. and the froe is just amazing icing on the cake.. great to see you use one! I have often wondered why people don't carry the froe and the draw knife.. if you need a strong shelter the forest axe, and the froe will take you a long way. awesome this was a really great affirmation to my thoughts and planing. (i don't have any peers to compare notes with so i come here...) thanks for the through instruction... J
Awesome, Jeff! I appreciate the feedback, as always.
Great rundown! Dig that organizer/display rack
I have learned a lot! Thank you, Joshua!
I like the froe, one tool i keep for digging is about the same size as the froe but its a mattock/pick for rocky soils where a shovel has a hard time. Tons of placer mines here so digging isnt easy with just a shovel. The one tool I dont see you having is an adze, not a backpacking tool per say but a nice one vs doing it all with a hook knife. Although i have seen a hatched adze combo that looked pretty good.
Thanks for all the info. I enjoyed your thoughts on this stuff and what you like and use👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
You really are an excellent teacher. Thank you !!!
Great video with explanations for why and how as well as suggestions.
Hey man, I've been subbed for a short time, couple months, but I've learned a ton. I'm def an outdoor person and have been practicing bushcraft and survival skills since I was young, but man your content is outstanding and really appreciated. Good luck on the move and safe travels! #trollpatrol
Thanks Mr. Boomie!
13:29 "The sharpest of men wear their sharpener on their neck." ~Fakese Proverb
TOPS KNIFES makes great options
You should look into high carbon steel such as S30V or 80crv2. They possess a high vanadium content that is great for edge retention
Striking a ferro rod will not only damage or dull a knife edge, but it will dull a spine as well over time. I've had to file a few of my knives (which came with a 90 from factory) spines from years of constantly striking and scraping. Anyways, great video.
It will also dull the spine, yes. I routinely touch mine up from doing so many demos with it.
Really appreciate your straight forward teaching / speaking style. Again, awesome info. Thank you.
I have a well kit of survival tools and have what I need to get the job done. My backup knife is a folding knife which can do most of what my primary survival knife will do. I have both stainless steel and carbon steel knives and all are fine with me. All of them can be used to make a fire, and is easy to sharpen too. My primary knife with my backpack is a Schrade full tang long blade and my backup is my Buck 110.
I keep my Wal-Mart brand machete, Corona folding saw, and Fiskars ax in my backpack and for first aid, I have a full kit of items I may need in the forest. I have my fishing kit, and my fire starting kit in my pack. I carry two canteens with water in them and one have a filter in it to make any water drinkable, as well as the water purification pills.
Packed right full of info. Been a Mora companio n bahco user for some time. Never thought of the speedy stich and birch bark. That was great. #trollpatrol
Again very nice video and informative. on the subject of the wire saw I wanted your opinion on what another youtuber recommendation ive only seen this recommendation from him. He (also thinking they are crap) suggests taking a chain saw blade cutting it and fitting the ends with rings. storing it in an altoids tin with sharpening file. then to use it attach sticks or paracord loops to the rings. his video demonstrated useing it and made very short work of an 8 inch log. he then attached longer lengths of cord to the rings and tossed the end over a branch 12 ft up and proceeded to cut it down. aside from the unknown amount of blade maintenance that would be needed I cant see many drawbacks to having this in a kit. its compact and can process alot of large timber fairly quickly and in the midwest where I live that may be needed. Im sure a larger belt knife to batton with or a hatchet to split with should be adequate with it
I don't have any personal experience with that, but it doesn't seem like it would work as well as a buck saw. The spacing/intervals on a chainsaw blade are sort of "timed" if you will, to allow for rakers to remove material from the kerf before the next cutter gets there and that spacing is meant for moving at a very high rate of speed from the chainsaw motor. I think using the same blade by hand, much slower in comparison, and you would have a lot of empty space between cutters where not much is happening. A buck saw has its cutters and rakers closer together and would be more efficient for the slower speed generated by hand. Would it cut down a tree? Absolutely. I also think the carrier would need to be well-versed in sharpening chainsaw blades, they would need to stabilize the blade (as it would be if still on a bar) and keep the correct angles. Me personally, I would probably just go with carrying a buck saw blade and bushcraft the buck saw frame on site if I wasn't carrying the fold up version I have. Again, no personal experience with using them by hand, but experience with chainsaws. Just me thinking about it and spitballing it with you. I can slide a 21" bucksaw blade behind my belt through the loops and it goes unnoticed, and crafting a frame at camp from the landscape takes 10 minutes with some cordage.
Josh- My three young boys and I enjoy your vids and style. Very informative and credible. Can you RELINK the list of items in this video- link is broken.
Hey Matt! Probably disappeared with the old website, not sure where that list is these days
What do you put on your uncoated high carbon steel blades to prevent them from rusting? Preferably something non-toxic in case you use it to prepare a food item.
I usually use olive oil. Once in awhile beeswax
Nice selection of tools! Stay blessed
Oh my God!. Look at all the stuff we all need that and this got to have what's this thing yep have to have that. Will you carry this for me it's just the kitchen sink. Good video nice job. From Glenn CATT in Massachusetts. Take notes it will save you wieght.
Thanks for all the insight.
Starting at 24:52 "PFFFFTTTT! - Damn MREs!" LOL
Thanks, lots of good information
I really appreciate your videos. Simply put, darn solid content and insightful.
Awesome explaned.thank you
Excellent channel with great information! Bonus points for the Colorado t-shirt!
to the chopper 😂😂😂 so much info thank you 🤘🤙
I like your common sense approach by being factual on the merits of the tools and haven't turned your videos into infomercials. Great video
That was a great video, thanks for sharing. Could you please show us how to sharpen the spoon carving knives. And last I gotta say that my level of experience in the woods is far less so it's comforting to see the confidence you have in some of the tools in this video that I have chosen for my own use.
I dont currently have any videos on that, but will eventually get to that. Dave Canterbury has a great video on it on his channel that details the same technique I use.
Nice talk brother! I'm in western NY BTW, so I get the whole northeast thing lol. I'm a full flat grind guy myself but use scandi as well. Carry an Opinel saw in my edc bag, I like the locking mechanism on them and it works for me. Digging that draw knife and the froe as well. I'll have to forge myself some! Carry on dropping the knowledge, hope I get to take a course sometime!
Flat grind would be my second, easy to sharpen as well. Hope to see you up in the Adirondacks sometime!
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret that would be excellent! I'm in the Alleghenies here, been a hillbilly all my life lol!
Very nice video,that's a serious tool box
Thanks for the advice and the examples. Another great video.
That machete and the extra long kephart by Larry Roberts would be a Great combo, they look good and if you own them I'm sure they're great
Hi Josh, how's things?
Regarding our preference for 'naked' high carbon steel knives, you say that they are good for using for 'flint n steel' fire starting; I've tried this and yes, you can produce a spark but, in my experience, it is much harder to get sparks and they are weaker because, although it's high carbon, it is tempered rather than just hardened. Wouldn't it be better to just make sure that you have a proper steel striker with you, seeing as they are small and can be carried in your pocket, clipped to your belt or hung yound your neck?
Of course, I see the point you're making, that you may not have a steel with you, but isn't this what Survival EDC is all about?
I say this because, personally, I prefer stainless steel since you don't have to worry about rust.
Great video. Thank you for post.
Excellent video.
32:54 What if you're a little spoon carver?
Helpful, interesting suggestions - thanks so much!
Very informative and educational. Thank you very much
Joshua, thanks for sharing, great information as always !
Esse 3 and 5 will do everything
Cool knife reviews, looking to add something soon for regular carry/use for hiking. Damn cool idea on the wire saw. We occasionally use them for emergency trail work, though often most things we handle with the Silky 170 or a trifold. I just had to replace my 170 blade, some idiot broke mine....grr. The Bigboy's are pretty crazy! Great vid.
Love me a Silky saw! I have seen a couple break, user error usually. Folks forget or don't know how to use a one-way cutting stroke! A lot of great choices out there for knives these days. Hope you find one you love.
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret Hoping to see some interesting knives at an upcoming gunshow. My hands are a bit weird (small hand long fingers...). Silky Breakage - Yep or bending them (Doh). Cheers man.
You learn quickly to NOT lend your Silky to the inexperienced. The blades are replaceable but pricey also! But wow do they WORK.
Not sure if you said or not, but what is your ideal min/max blade length on your primary knives? That sharpening stone around your neck is a great idea and tool. Gonna have to get one. Thanks for the great content.
I try and stay between 4" and 5" blade length as a personal preference. I do have that Larry Roberts at 6" and its about as long as I can stand before losing dexterity for the smaller, finer carving skills.
Another well done video. Keep up the great job!
Great video
Your missing one of the most iconic bow saws in New England I think. The Sven saw. I’m pretty sure every old grandfather, maybe great grandfather should have an LL Bean canvas bag with a Sven saw in it.
Very informative video.
I like the idea of the shovel instead of a tomahawk or hatchet, but I have to wonder why early hunter trappers and woods people in general chose the tomahawk, hatchet instead when they knew full well that small shovels existed? Maybe because you can make a good enough digging tool from wood using the hatchet but trying to use a shovel as a hatchet when your main purpose is to cut wood maybe not be the most efficient weight to carry? 🤔
I’m a knifeaholic.
I probably shouldn’t have watch this... because now I want to go get another one. lol
That awl was an eye opener for me. I’ve been killing my hands with a large needle while repairing my canvas items... thanks tons!
And we the #trollpatrol are here for you!
Many Blessings to you and yours.
Great job on the video. Be blessed