thanks, this is a good suggestion!

Greetings and Thank you for visiting my KZbin Channel!! I appreciate you comments. Yes, knifemaking is a great hobby particularly when you get to use them. It is a long time since I visited the Netherlands, I cycled to Nijmegen to visit my girlfriend of that time. We enjoyed the Blues Festival in Amsterdam...nice people, great memories.

Canvas Anorak/Smock originally from Bulgaria check out Etsy....that is where I got this one from. Thanks, Woodsman's Spirit

@@redcanoe14 Thanks a lot! Will have a look.

@@redcanoe14 I found it. I suppose those are water repellent, aren´t they?

@@3fabian3 No Fabian, I waxed mine and it stands up to rain quite well. I made up my own mixture

@@redcanoe14 Thanks, will do that too

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Greetings Hawkshadow! Thanks for dropping by. This region is borderline rainforest, Adams Lake is around 1500 feet deep and 63kms long. Unfortunately the lower end of Adams Lake was impacted by the wildfire that ravaged the Shuswap a few weeks after we were there. Happy paddling!

Thanks Jefffrey, yes, sadly a few weeks after this trip the Southern end of the lake was ablaze for several months and a few communities got destroyed. I will probably head back up there in a few weeks time to see if this area is accessible.

You are most welcome!

Wooden handles are more individual and aesthetically pleasing, also Circumpolar communities use wood as it does not conduct cold into the hand. There is nothing wrong with Micarta, polymer ABS or other synthetic handles. If you wanted to wash a knife it would certainly be slightly quicker to clean a polymer handle, though many wooden handles are stabiiized (resin impregnated) wood which is as durable. leather sheaths are also more associated with traditional knives, soaked with molten Beeswax they are durable, but if heavily abused Kydex is extremely tough. I have never had a leather sheath or wooden handle fail.

@redcanoe14 Maybe I'm too young to get it. I like wooden furniture, but it is quite durable considering modern disposable stuff. I like nice and expensive things, but the knife that can not survive dishwasher 😆 ... It's not my cup of tea. These filthy things smell and should be able to be easily washed in the dishwasher, including sheath. I even put foldable knives in the dishwasher. If it smells like a rotten fish, what else should I do ? I have one knife with a wooden handle and a leather sheath. Got it new with crazy discount, it stays in the chest at home because I don't know what to do with it 🙃

@@Lazarev666 Just remember, our ancestors for hundreds of yers used knives that had wooden handles and leather sheaths...this was in the day when knives were everyday work tools. I have a couple of old knives that are over 100 years old, one was a butchers knife, covered in blood and fat, cutting through bone and sinews for mny, many years. At the end of the day they would be wiped with a cloth. Plastic polymer Knives today did not work mas hard as these did...OK? Most young bushcraft guys hardly use their knives and probably have many knives to choose from, not like our grandfathers..LOL

@@Lazarev666 Just laughing about cleaning knife in dishwasher...a new one to me.

@@redcanoe14 Probably our ancestors had a special relation to their tools, they cared about them and even inherited them. In the age of chainsaws and 7 euro Mora knife it all just stops making any sense to me. I have a friend who works as a factory butcher for 20+ years, he disassembled thousands tons of cows. He works with a simple 10'' knifes that cost 15-30$. It is all about a proper sharpening tools and skill. The most expensive tool is a glove that goes for 1000$+. No wet stones are used only industrial electric diamond sharpeners and honing rods. Only couple of brands are providing this stuff, most popular is F. Dick. He said that basically 98% youtube content about the knives is a total nonsense. He also said that he could not tell the difference between the Polish and Germain built professional knife. So we have something in common with our grandfathers, we basically have no choice too. At the end you get the same thing 14$, 25$, 100$ ...😅

He seems to be wearing it exactly the way it was designed. ???

Yes, I hear where you are coming from in your description

Thank you for dropping by and your kind comments. Buckin' is a good guy and I was lucky to spend some time with him while he was filming. My output has been slow of late, I look forward to doing more filming in the next few weeks. Take Care, WS

Thanks for dropping by and sharing your experience with your Grohmann Knives!

True enough...but times are different now...we have houses, we have jobs, we have shops. Most folks have no need for blades, let alone know how to make them and use them. For most modern bushcraft is a desire to rediscover old skills in our plastic, sanitized world. I live in the 'Back 40,' first 4 years in a shed and trailer in a mountain forest until I built my house. What category do you live in? Thanks for dropping by, WS

@@redcanoe14 I'm a redneck that grew up out in the country. I hunt, backpack, do primitive camping, and pre-1840s Rendezvous. What other people decide to learn and rediscover was just a part of our usual weekends when I was little. At the moment I have a house on the edge of a small city and have to make it a point to get out in the woods and keep certain skills sharp, but it's getting harder to keep my tween daughter interested in spending her time that way LOL. A few more years though, once she's an adult, and I'll join my family in the mountains of East Tennessee. To clarify though, I'm not shitting on the weekend bushcrafter, I think everyone should do it. Only that for survival, a uni-tasker like a scandi is not suitable. It's great to sit around whittling and practice making traps at camp. In fact, I carry a variety of on me when I go camping or hunting just to cover all my bases. Use to live by the Nessmuk Trio, but I swapped out the double bit hatchet for a khukri recently and love it. And I still put a scandi in my pack just in case I get the urge to play around with finer work. But if you only get to take 1 blade, a scandi isn't it.

Well 'Jonathan Lee' let's see. My first advice is that you should watch the video from and beyond 6:55 where I talk about the capabilities of the old knife I found (which means it was free), the virtue of this knife is that it performs as well as a $265 knife....then I refer to the Condor Bushcraft, a low budget and very popular knife, again performs all the tasks typically required in bushcraft admirably. Then I refer to the Old Hickory, again these can be picked up for a very low price and 'modded' as required to perform well. Of course, if anyone wants to buy a custom knife for $250 or even $500 it is their right., but in the field it has no advantage. Now, lets talk about you bushcraft knife or knives...those who have shown interest in this forum would welcome your experience and wisdom. Do you have a channel we could learn more about your perspectives? Regards, WS

Thank you for dropping by and supporting my channel! WS

Hello Paul, thanks for your interest and your kind words. Best Regards, WS

Well, I'll keep on making and collecting knives 😄

Move to Canada like I did...LOL!

You might go onto Ilkka Seikku's Facebook page and look for a link, he lives in Finland and I believe he still makes the Bush Prowler Knives.

@@redcanoe14 Thank you very much.

Where do you call home William?

@@redcanoe14 I live in Costa Rica

Hello Jeffrey, nice to hear from you again. Yes, The Soviets favoured shorter hafts than European and American Axes have. Best Regards, WS

It is good to hear from you again, how are you doing, where do you call home? Thanks for your interest, WS

@@redcanoe14 Hi, we live in Cambridge UK. I came here in 78 following a trip to..Mistissini en.m.wikipedia.org A Cree town. I wanted to spend some time there looking at the Native skills in the Bush. Cambridge has the BAS Antarctica survey Head office. I needed advice on equipment, live outdoors in much colder weather than I was used to. I then came back, because of an accident. In 1978, There's a very good hospital. I stayed...I keep in touch.

Hello! Yes, I was told that the axes made before the 1960's were better steel. Over all the steel seems pretty good and the edges hold well. The Trud Vacha was made in 1950. They all are hard to file except the big Billnas which is more of a splitter I guess. Edge formation is crucial to a durable cutting edge, I have to spend some time putting them right as they have often had 'hard lives'...LOL!! The handles are coated with diluted (with Turpentine), boiled Linseed Oil. Ash looks good with Linseed, the Birch also surprised me as well. Thanks for your interest, WS

Axes today don't have the beautiful ring to them unfortunately. I rarely use an axe since buying a wood splitter, but I do like a good axe, not that I've ever had one tho:). My axe handles could use a coating and happen to have linseed oil to dilute. Thank you for your reply, much appreciated. @@redcanoe14

@@tallcedars2310 Yes. we have to shop more carefully today in order to find a good axe at a reasonable price. I decided not to use a log splitter and stick with an axe as long as I can, for me it is enjoyment and helps to keep my upper body strong. That said, I tore my trapezius muscle twice a few years ago and it was extremely painful for a while, I just take more time to warm up nowadays...LOL!!

@@redcanoe14 The price of things is getting out of control so I think it's a good idea to shop with best value for your money. Ukraine must still have reasonable prices, I would have never thought to go there. Hope you find more good buys there tho! Your injury sounds painful, and it happened twice, must have set you back quite awhile indeed. But once we learn the hard way, we think smarter, for the most part anyhow😅. It's a good idea to work harder and not take the easy route these days. Wish I could do that but so out of shape after a car accident. Do what I can the hard way still. I believe in keeping in shape that way instead of the gym, grunting for nothing just seems like a waste of my time, lol. We live off grid like you so there is plenty I could do, but I do some:) Always so thankful we don't live in the city. I'd be twiddling my thumbs all day. Happy shopping and restoring. Looking forward to seeing your finds and the restoring you do. My axes all need work, at least it made it to the list🥳

Very interesting and useful, Thanks :)

Thanks to my good friend Dieter who was an axe smith...LOL!

Thank you sir!

In your opinion?...In your experience as an owner?

So you have used all the knives available on the market? Joking apart...if you are satisfied with your knife thaat is all that matters!

Yes, you will never find me without a trusty axe...LOL!

Thanks for your interest and comment, WS

Thanks for sharing. I am not really sure what makes a good 'survival ' knife, neither what likely situation it would be required to be used in. To be honest a well made bushcraft or hunting knife, well sharpened, will be capable of completing many tasks necessary in survival situations. Firelighting tasks, food prepping, crafting would be such tasks. Of course a 4" blade would also make a self-defence weapon.

Haha...yes, there were no fancy bushcraft knives back then, just grab an old butcher knife and keep it sharp for hacking stuff up, fighting with Indians and trappers who stole your trapline, cheating Poker Players and other delinquents. Nowadays though, Bushcraft/ Woodcraft and Survivalism are more in the line of healthy hobbies and obsessions for the weekender. That said, modern bushcraft has a range of skills best performed with a knife of more modest proportions. Way before the 'Mountain Men' Reindeer Herders in Northern Scandinavia and Russia, through to Siberia used (and still use) knives often 3.5" to 4" for fine work and often carry a Leuku for splitting bones and butchering Reindeer, hacking branches off Arctic Birch and Willow for a camp fire. The laws of physics teach us that fine work is best conducted with a smaller knife as it allows more dexterity. Thanks for dropping by and joining the conversation, WS

Haha...I cannot disagree with that. Thanks for joining the conversaton, WS

Thanks Robert! I am just finishing up 4 more old axes. At last I can report that winter is receding her, steady thaw but lots of snow yet. Take care Friend, Chris

Yes, this has been my experience of Ash.Thanks for watching and your comments.

Well it goes without saying that a fellow Yorkie knows what I am talking about...LOL!

Hi Tim buddy! Haha...no, certainly not tropical here at the moment! This is an old video I recorded late last summer. In fact it has been snowing for 2 days and nights, most snow I have seen up here. I hope you are doing well, thanks for dropping by I appreciate it, Chris

@@redcanoe14 you did say it was July. I wouldn't have thought that I was last week even if you hadn't.

@@KuukkeliBushcraft Haha...your school geography lessons paid off Tim 😆

Nice to see you back here again Terry!

Ash has stood the test of time, it has been used for hundreds of years in Britain and Eastern Europe along with Beech and Elm (and occasionally Oak). Hickory is harder, but it splits down the grain much more often. Also note that these old Soviet Axes have huge eyes on them which allows for much thicker wood at the eye to stand a lot of abuse. Best Wishes, WS

Hi Jeffrey, how are you friend? Good to hear from you. I have a fascination with the evolution of the axe and have seen many old Russian Films (including films of life in Siberia). These people lived a very frugal and harsh life and the axe was their most important tool in helping them stay alive. As such it occurs to me that the design of these old tools must be well thought out, these people are not Bushcrafters, or weekend wood choppers. The other 3 Soviet axes I will show on the next video are variations on a theme. These axes are usually seen on a shaft 20 to 20" long, the people who use them seem to like this setup. For sure, the huge axe eyes are a good idea as you could almost use any wood at a pinch to re-haft them. Many use Birch which I like very much and the smaller axe I will show next time I re-hafted in Birch (as it came with a bent Birch handle attached). Yes, I have a good Ardex 6lb Maul but it only has a small eye in it such as you might find on a 2lb hammer...so I added a home made steel wedge for security. Take care and thanks for dropping by!