I was in Walmart yesterday and I seen a rock that had probably about a 100 of the orange knives on it. They were the second generation once they had the reverse reversible pocket clip. They must be all over everywhere now so they're really easy to find. I wonder what this is going to do. To the ninth people who bought them to sell them on ebay

Amen brother and much love to you and close ones ❤

That’s a great scripture,good word.

Here is how I did mine! Used a very sharp folding pocket knife to scrape all the lacquer finish off, drilled and countersunk lanyard hole, sharpened the cutting edge with a dremel garnet wheel, and used that same wheel to bevel all the sharp edges on the head, then taped up the head, hung up by the lanyard hole with wire, spray painted the handle with Army OD Green Camo paint. After drying, then did a similar wrap up at the head with #1 waxed bankline as you did with leather. Lanyard is orange 550 Paracord. I took the original edge guard and used 2 black Ranger Bands to hold the guard on. Finished. This will be stored in my SUV with some additional emergency gear! I left the head black.

How thick is the wall of the handle where the set screw is? I was thinking, extend the divot on the opposite side a bit, take a tap the size and thread count of the set screw and put some threades in it to serve as anchor points for the JB Weld. Im assuming of course you didn't put the set screw back in. But if the set screw was used I'd want a longer one. Maybe use medium grade thread locker on it. What i havent seen is any ideas on blade replacement if that one broke. How would you get the JB Weld out or reseal it? It might be possible to source or make that tension clip. Instead of JB Weld, how about a vulcanizable rubber compound to seal around the blade tang?

I put that flexseal stuff on some stocking foot waders and it never did cure. Id use some type of rubber compound that you could hit with heat to vulcanize it. If you can find the right stuff.

I bought the second version of the orange one 3 months ago and the black and also od green knife last month. I've been using them every day between the house and garage and they work great. I want to buy a couple more just in case I ever lose one.

polyurethane?? Linseed oil, my man

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Speaking of that 4 in 1 stove. My local Walmart had them on clearance for $11.00 So i got another one.

Great how to video for using the stove. Thanks for sharing. New sub here from WV.

Good review

I won't own one with just a set screw holding the blade on

I thought about going camping during the snow event then I remembered, this Texas boy don't like the cold. Seriously though, I don't like camping during hunting season. The deer out at my place don't seem to mind but you never know about poachers and trespassers mistaking me for a deer without the blaze orange. (not that I've had a problem with those, but there's always that one time"). Now when it warms up I probably will, might even do a video myself. lol.

You're going to have to retreat that axel

Poly is a funish that can raise a blister. Mix up Boiled Linseed Oil & Turpentine 50/50 for the handle. Once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month the first year and th3n once a year for...ever

i think the romans created an empire with a sword that size..you need a shield though....they got metal trash can lids there too?

I can always make you a leather overstrike guard for that handle. A sheath might be nice too.

So what was shocking about this video? Gotta be honest. It’s hard to watch.

I bought a hatchet from harbor freight about 20 years ago... took it camping. Hit a tent stake with the hammer side, the axe head broke in 2 pieces and fell on the ground. They are just for looking at, not using...

A lot of hard work could you not have bought one already as you wanted it??

what angle are you looking 4

Have one like that as a redundancy back up in my bug out bag in case my primary breaks.

Love the video but the music is too loud...thanks for sharing

It's fun to mess around with inexpensive things like this. I got one and make good use of it in the garden and garage : )

Excellent discussion and informative. Thanks.

Its a nice knife to have by your bed.

Leave NO trace

All about how much enjoyment you get out of this process vs. how much your time is worth. If it was worth it to you, drive on. 👍

18:59 maybe should have done that before the oil 😬 oh well, looks great brother!

4:00 isn't the cutting edge heat treated?

When you took out the Flex Seal I almost quit watching, but I like how you used it. I use boiled linseed oil on all my tool handles after I sand off the factory finish.

My favorite reply said something to the effect of, use your tools any way you want, it's not significant except to purists.

For handle shaping I would use a steel shaper then fine tune with sandpaper. The burning actually hardens the wood just like making arrows

Does that metal blueing smell bad to you?? I have the same one and it always leaves an odor. I can get rid of most of it, but even after thorough cleaning it’s still got a weird smell, but not as pungent.

Felix Immler has a great video about re-profiling a hatchet head that you may want to check out. It's a far lengthier process, more for when you have the time to really invest in the project, but it will maybe give you a few ideas moving forward to keep everything uniform with the blade shape and material removed.

I was lucky enough to get the original. Every time I walk into wally world I'm on the lookout. I will buy anything they have in stock cause these knives are truly good. They make great gifts as well.

That color change on the bottom edge of the bit means you past the temper temperature. Don't be surprised when it beaks off because it was overheated, also it will probably be hard to keep that part sharp. When working with heat treated metal, it is VITAL to keep it cool. That is something that can not be fixed without a new heat treat, I hope for your sake that was the only part of the blade that overheated. Paint stripper would have been better to remove that black paint than a grinder, but hey, I guess it worked right. 🤣🤷

The grain is running like completely opposite what you'd really like when putting so much effort into it

You got nearly an inch of your blade blue and all but destroyed your hatchet, how could you not explain what happened? Others that dont know will think that its OK to do.

Lost your voice content , stop with the hillbilly music next time . I do appreciate your effort though.

It looks like you burned your edge with the initial grind. Did you retemper this?

So you literally know nothing if at the end of all this work you are going to put a poly on the handle that is just fucking stupid

Interesting ideas.

Ruined that edge temper with the grinder.

Definitely not a machinist, no machinist would use a file in that reverse direction.

Looks like you picked up some new gloves while you were there, gettin' the hatchet!

You described this so well that I was able to go buy this knife specifically to do this project. I don't mess with acid, so I didn't do that part, but I could have, because of how thorough your explanation was. Also, I put the rubber spray on the handle, but I wrapped it in my para chord, as well. I used the set screw to anchor my chord at one end, and tucked the other end into the handle. I kept the striker, and ditched the matches and sewing kit. But I added some saw chord cable inside the handle, with the rings attached. My walking staff is just the right size at one end to make this a spear point by putting the handle over the end of the pole. I modified the sheath to make it useful, and it wasn't much work. Also, I'm blind. So well done, and much thanks.

Never use a lanyard attached to your wrist while using a hatchet. You really want to be able to let the hatchet go if something goes awry. A lanyard causes a 'return to sender' you do not want to experience.