Utility Knives For Survival and Bushcraft

• Utility Knives For Sur... In this video I test the viability of two Stanley Utility Knives for their use for fire starting. I reviewed them in a previous video.
• Review of Four Stanley...
I test them with The Bear Grylls Ferro Rod and the Doan's Magnesium Bar. I use Poplar Bark Paper and Fatwood as tinder.
I also have two videos on how to find and identify Fatwood in the woods.
• Identifying Fatwood 2
• Fatwood Follow Up

[@alczarnecki8905]

Re: inconsistent ferro rod results. Utility blades are stamped. The side the stamp hit is rounded, whereas the side that faced the die is crisp. You can usually feel the burr on the crisp side with your fingernail. If you flip the blade in a utility knife, the crisp side will be reversed. You can accentuate the hook much like you'd burnish a cabinet scraper. The smooth end of a HSS drill bit can work for this because it's harder than a utility blade, usually HRC 60 or higher.

[@bigguns45acp]

Makes sense. Two points, there was still some paint on the ferro rod, and the sparks got better as I went along. Also, when I switched to the second utility knife, I was able to utilize the blade better than on the folding knife. Thanks for the input.