lol i just realized this video is from 3 yrs ago

im not crazy about buying a knife i feel like i cant use. f i bought a gec, i would love it, but wouldnt want to use it on account of it being too precious

gratz!

If not very old that furniture was made using older techniques, at least you got some nice pieces out of it.

Square nails are pre 1880s i think

Very nice old boards , the little Esee did good & a TV coool ...👍

Right on, Mark! Thanks, William! 🙏

Love it!!!!

Time well spent, William. Like a toned down version of Joe X. ;)

This is just something that became cool because of utube and chanels like dbk and so on. Nobody is surviving with a knife today and if you are in a situation where you need to depend on your knife for surviving and batoning than you are in deep 💩 and a knife is not going to help you.

Lol you should have just batoned through the top , built a cabin , hooked up the TV all with the esee 5 😂😂

Mr. Esee! Strikes Again! Stay Cool William! ATB, Dingo

Batoning is fine for wood sizes no bigger than half the diameter of the knife blade. However, batoning using a few wood wedges is a smart alternative.🐯🤔

Good discussion William. I thought your point about the Joker Nesmuk was spot on, and is the result of this media fad pushing knives that must chop and baton. Something similar is going on with that Flissa bushcrafter knife shown in the video. A batonable, thick blade stock, scandi, in D2 makes little practical sense. Scandis, with their tiny edge angle, are great for small wood processing, but their advantage disappears if there is too much blade behind the edge. Also, you want your Scandi in a softer carbon steel, so that thin edge will tend to roll, and easily resharpen, when the damage comes. Not in D2, that holds an edge better but inevitably tends to chip under stress. Flissa, however, knows that the current fad, largely driven by KZbin knife channels, is for full tang, thick blade stocks for batoning, scandi bushcraft designs, and "super steels". They sell you the knife you've been trained to want, but you end up using the wrong tool for the job.

Congrats to Mark! Thanks William, for another chance at a great prize package! Stay Cool and have a Great Week! Dingo

As we say the right tool for the right job. At what point does a knife become a hatchet and then it is a terrible slicer. That bowie is too nice to baton with, thanks for the video, William.

Congrats Mark, and Happy Birthday. Lots of fun William. Have a great day.

Stickage! Always stickage.

I agree Take the correct tool , if I am out at night I take a flashlight I might have a lighter but I'm not counting on it for light .😮🐈‍⬛

I remember the A10s flying around Lincolnshire in the eighties. If a knife was an aircraft id say the A10 would be perfect for batoning.

Here's a thought, would anyone revoke your man card if you used a little lighter fluid to get a fire started? No fuss, no muss and no damage to your perfectly good knife!😂

Mr. Anderson! Shut-up dog!

Congratulations to Mark. 👍👍👍

Congratulations to Mark, thanks William for a chance to win a free give away.🐯👍

Congrats to Markanderson, thanks for the GAW, William, enjoy your weekend.

Thanks everyone ❤ made this old man very happy

Congrats to the winner. Very cool, WKL. Haven't seen you much in the streams.

Thanks my birthday is Wednesday's I sent you a email hope you having a great day 346

congrats Mark

Congrats to Mark, the other Mr. Anderson. Thanks for the giveaway William.

Congratulations Mark 🎊

congratulations 🎉🎈🎊 lucky Mark. enjoy, William’s giveaways are always awesome.

Nice GAW William, congrats to Mark.

Congrats Mark 🎉

Mind yer step William, last thing you need is a broken hip. I see the weather is as bad in texas as it is in the west of Scotland.

Just ordered mine from SMKW. They had them on same for like $12. I have the mini trapper in this series and it def punches above its price point. The steel is def the real deal, as you know, I know you tested the wasp ones hrc. Can’t wait to get my paws on it!

Cat fishing is fun😀

My favorite R/R's...

Thanks William, beyond the shadow of a doubt, this is a great GAW.

@13:42 I got an idea for a video I'd like to see you make. Show us those axes/hatchets. What do you look for when buying one? Favorites? How do you sharpen them? What do you think of all the KZbin knife channels emphasizing batoning and chopping with the knives they review? How big a knife would you need to match the effectiveness of the hatchet? What kind of knives are the best replacements? The BK2's, big Bowies? Kukris? Parangs? Is there really one type of blade that can do it all?

I thought for a minute there he was gonna go after your toes.

Drainage issues and Texas go hand in hand. Doesn't matter which part of the state you live, and we get a 100 year flood every 5 years. The Spice must flow. Awesome, Dune quote. Your going to need a Rough Ryder EDC folding Trenching tool for that job.

You might have beavers. Next time take your E-tool, easy peazy.

I'm glad you didn't fall in that slop . 🎶 like a good neighbor William is there 🎶 be careful though even if you don't fall you can tweak your back just regaining your balance 🔪🪵