Mr Canterbury, thanks for the masterclass. I've sent myself blind watching tutorials; your advice is intuitive, simple, clear and practice based. A gift.
@LuisGonzalez-gl4wc5 жыл бұрын
One of the best axe sharpening tutorials. Thanks Dave
@Bottomfeederonfire7 жыл бұрын
Ordered Bushcraft 101 today, plan on using it with my old Boy Scout books to teach my kids while camping. Thank you for the wisdom you share through KZbin.
@michellesizemore11237 жыл бұрын
Bottomfeederonfire its a great book i got mine about 3days ago and its filled with all kind of knowledge and tips
@Roland963517 жыл бұрын
I like this simple but not overly picky method.
@happymark18057 жыл бұрын
i'm just lazy, I use a belt sander with a 400 grit worn down belt to make it a convex edge, it makes a very sharp axe in a couple of minutes
@r4nger5tube6 жыл бұрын
Did you just put a scandi grind on an axe??!? Awesome. It's a real pleasure watching you work with tools and the stuff you teach is always valuable and useful. I think part of what's wrong with the world today is the lack of fulfilling work for the majority of people and a lack of poetry to what we do. Thanks for putting some of it back into the world.
@richardrudy2834 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed your video bud, thanks 👍👍
@WVMikeyC7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave, This is something I definitely needed to learn how to do.
@xseedlingx7 жыл бұрын
Great video Dave, A good skill to know for sure!
@Blodorn097 жыл бұрын
Dave, bring back journal of the yurt. I became a fan of that before the work you did for a network.
@LShapedAmbush7 жыл бұрын
Great video, and timely! I have a Collins hardware store hatchet with thick cheeks and I have been wanting to reprofile and sharpen it.Good stuff.
@BrentonCarr7 жыл бұрын
thanks Dave. I had a Marble's axe with fatter cheeks than Chris Christie. this did the trick! great instructions.
@tcolli03117 жыл бұрын
thank you for making this video. I have watched other videos about profiling and sharpening axes but yours is much more informative.
@dougallen78907 жыл бұрын
Well it's about time!!! I commented well over years ago that you never showed yourself spitting on a stone and wondered if you did. Now we know. Thanks Dave. Now you are human.
@bushcraftbeats45567 жыл бұрын
First close up on your channel! YES! Do more close ups! It is all about the details.
@jasoncown7 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, Dave. Glad your channel has ben getting so much attention recently. Thanks for the tips!
@hameggs48377 жыл бұрын
Thank you. That was much appreciated.
@rosstheplumber62097 жыл бұрын
I just picked up the Council Tools 28" boys axe through Walmart, so this video is perfect timing for me. Thanks!!
@mikem39297 жыл бұрын
great video Dave, nice for people to know why they're axe does cut and how to fix it.
@scottlandmcc7 жыл бұрын
Hey, it works and makes a nice edge. Good work Dave
@allennundel65322 жыл бұрын
that is how I sharpened my double bit true temper in 1978. felled many trees in Jackson State Forest by Fort Bragg Ca
@toneyjohnson89107 жыл бұрын
I have to do that with two old axes that I just found so thanks for the lesson.
@morganhughes36017 жыл бұрын
That reminds me of the old Collins homestead boy's axe. Great video!
@kodiak11427 жыл бұрын
Can you think of any issues with putting a shorter handle (24") on a #3.75 Council Pulaski? I would like to have a multi-use tool to use for grubbing (medicinal/edible roots, fire pits, fire lays, Dakota fire holes, trenching around tarp set ups, etc.), along with all the traditional camp axe chores. Do you think the axe would be too out of balance? If not, it would save me having to carry a separate trenching tool/shovel.
@mitchalgreen72447 жыл бұрын
thanks Dave, good video, loved the idea of measuring marks on the handle, never thought of that.
@michellesizemore11237 жыл бұрын
great vid as always dave and thanks for all you and the school does
@marksmith92952 жыл бұрын
Nice video. For most beginners using an axe file as shown should get the axe sharp enough for general use.
@SurvivorMetalMan7 жыл бұрын
Great info Dave!
@usmc25117 жыл бұрын
Excellent video Dave, very helpful! Sam
@oxxnarrdflame88657 жыл бұрын
Good video. I'm going to try it on my cheep car camping ax. One thing, my high school shop teacher (back when they had shop :-( ) taught us not to put our fingers on the surface we were filing. The oils on your fingers hindered the files ability to cut.
@FishTheJim7 жыл бұрын
I was hoping you would make a video like this. Thank you.
@sneak66547 жыл бұрын
I just bought a Council Tool boys axe and it came in the mail today, thanks for making this video because the edge on that axe was really bad your video couldn't have come at a better time.
@ZackWilliamsPANCAKE7 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts on sharpening shovels, Dave? Just curious, cause I got this AWESOME little shovel awhile back at a yard sale and I want to take really good care of it. I've heard about shovel sharpening before, but, in my rocky soil, I worry that it will weaken the edge of the shovel and start knocking chunks out of it as I use it in the soil.
@mr.delacruz5597 жыл бұрын
my axe junkie Artic puck is the best puck I've ever used! Great video and I love my council boys axe!
@jiggscressy36917 жыл бұрын
nice job Dave. Thanks for the info
@Yota08247 жыл бұрын
Dave, long time follower, first time commenting...quick question: is there any reason why you chose to go with 30 degree instead of 20-25? Do you find 30 works better for splitting & smaller jobs with this size axe? Just curious why you chose 30. Thanks and keep up the great work!
@2000talon7 жыл бұрын
Good stuff , i just brought out two axes to refurbish and was gonna look for a good axe video, Ha ha ha the day after Valentines !
@johnruckman23206 ай бұрын
Looking at my Ace Hardware Collins axe endwise I see a bevel on one side and a flat or nearly flat grind on the other side. I thought it was a camp axe but maybe I was wrong. It's a pain to try and sharpen. I have a Plumb axe and hatchet that need handles plus two old fashioned shingling hatchets with wide blades that also need handles. They don't sell them in that size here. I need some resources. And, oh yeah, that axe file? They don't sell them here nor at the saw shops. I'll have to search for it. No logging backup tools either. Not even a mill bastard file.
@jimmyc78037 жыл бұрын
just in time Dave. just got a council Hudson Bay in the mail yesterday. haven't even opened the box yet.
@robertg52206 жыл бұрын
I prefer store axes to the 500 dollar handforged meme axes, personally
@GertrudeFilthbasket7 жыл бұрын
a treat to watch
@MisterPrecision136 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the excellent tutorial...
@johnruckman23206 ай бұрын
Is a Craftsman sharpening puck a descent stone?
@jefferycantrell7992 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave I was wondering what happen to the little axe that Wranglerstar made for you
@snaponjohn1007 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the great lesson.
@wolfman99132 жыл бұрын
Hey Dave...Question: Why did you kinda avoid the center area when dressing the angle??🤔 Is that for maintaining more integrity towards the center of the head??🤔 Stability/Durability??🤔 Thx!!😉
@jamessix606 жыл бұрын
Great video again, been trying to put a good edge on a fleamarket hatchet I found. This will definitely help. I was doing it all wrong. LOL Thanks
@paulcostley68007 жыл бұрын
I have the 28" boys axe and I love it.
@downeastprimitiveskills76887 жыл бұрын
For heavy reprofiling it wouldn't be a bad idea to get longer file, a nice one with a handle. It can be skewed across the cut with little or no forward movement. It sure is nice to see an American made axe that a file can cut, most if not all the Sweden axes are to hard for a file. As well, Snow and Nealey is a hard axe, either way at least 30 degrees. Nice video, Dave.
@robertcampbell9617 жыл бұрын
From the Discovery channel, KZbin and being an "axe junkie" on FB, I feel like were neighbors... Lol. Thanks again.
@ellisholcomb22997 жыл бұрын
thanks it information to know I do appreciate you sharing you take care I'll see you next time
@MrSIXGUNZ7 жыл бұрын
great information sir as always brother!!! always stuff we can use foreal !! blessings
@RustyNail58567 жыл бұрын
Great video, nice video.
@NoBSSurvival7 жыл бұрын
Maybe you could make a file handle with a guard so that you don't cut your fingers.
@DavidCanterbury7 жыл бұрын
Did I cut my fingers? This file has a built in handle already? Pretty sure I spoke to that in the video?
@NoBSSurvival7 жыл бұрын
No but it was just an idea. Might be good for some of your less skilled viewers.
@DavidCanterbury7 жыл бұрын
I try to cover aspects of safety concerns in my videos, sometimes O forget but pretty sure it was mentioned here
@NoBSSurvival7 жыл бұрын
I never said you didn't. It was you mentioning watching your fingers that gave me the idea.
@jamessix605 жыл бұрын
Worked on it for an hour. This thing is a mess. Fleamarket find. Someone really messed it up. Try some more tomorrow. Need to pick up an angle gauge.
@alexaxline60937 жыл бұрын
Very nice presentation. Should that be redone every so often. That is cheek reprofiling do to sharpening and removal of bit metal
@BornRandy627 жыл бұрын
I just use a DA electric orbital sander for the rough shaping.
@Thelonelyscavenger7 жыл бұрын
I'm working on a homemade wet grinder to reprofile my axes and other tools
@beerhunter2727 жыл бұрын
Nice job Dave. Where did you buy your earth tone shirt?
@jamesbiergans84837 жыл бұрын
Where can I get a case like yours for the sharpening puck?
@casselskeep7 жыл бұрын
Hi Dave. So doing this with the file do you end up with a flat grind rather than convex grind that most axes come with? Does it matter?
@Roland963517 жыл бұрын
I think you end up flattening it some.
@stephaniecole66306 жыл бұрын
I hope you read this. We all make mistakes and I hope we all learn from our mistakes. I still like all your bush craft survival videos and I will continue watching them. Hope to watch more new videos soon.
@lilhuntxd7 жыл бұрын
that axe looks so nice thumbs up ;)
@LGSkywalker827 жыл бұрын
I have the Husqvarna hatchet. I just ran my puck over the edge when I got it. haven't done the linseed oil on the handle yet. what strop maker do you suggest?
@LGSkywalker827 жыл бұрын
I wanted to get some leather scraps somewhere and make my own but would also like to just spend the money on a good one as well and see the difference...
@Memphistiger027 жыл бұрын
the husky axe I bought was really nice.
@Fiskekakemannen7 жыл бұрын
It's not gonna be any better if you buy one... get a thick leather scrap piece and epoxy it onto a piece of wood. if you want to get fancy, make different profiles on all sides of your piece of wood, to cover all kinds of tools. One flat, one with a sharp angle, one convex and one concave.
@LGSkywalker827 жыл бұрын
Wow..fantastic idea! Can you quickly explain what tool each profile would be for?
@OmegaMan9995 жыл бұрын
I wonder if the Lansky puck is as good as the one he's using here.
@brucesmithoutdoors7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!! Will this method also work on say a sog tomahawk, or just basic hardware axe?? Thank you again!!
@alexulrich12687 жыл бұрын
Bruce Smith Outdoors if the steel isn't too hard for a file it will work. I had a sog tomahawk, and I used an angle grinder on it. took about three minutes.
@LuisGonzalez-gl4wc5 жыл бұрын
Any vids on how to fix a loose axe head?
@REAPERMILITIAOUTDOORS7 жыл бұрын
chopping good now
@wnchillbilly17 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the video , and I'd like to ask a question. When I go into my local hardware store, and look for a file , I just am not seeing a 'ax file' , is this type of file a special order? I really would appreciate a reply , and thank you for all the great videos you provide :-)
@MatthewBuntyn7 жыл бұрын
wnchillbilly1 I've not seen the Nicholson axe file in stores either, but Amazon does sell them for around $9.00.
@guyfawkes87902 жыл бұрын
Subscribed
@unlivinglake92657 жыл бұрын
So... I want to buy one of those Fiskars axes from Canadian Tire (i have heard good things about these as a starter bushcraft kind of axe) and i was wondering if I would have to do this kind of stuff to that axe as well?
@pepijnb55187 жыл бұрын
Where can u buy that "puck"? inclusive the leather sheat?
@MatthewWilson44106 Жыл бұрын
Man I can tell you that chopping with one of these hardware store axes without sharpening it is a great workout but not very effective. Us city people don't know anything so we could use a sticker like "must be sharpened!". You sneer but I can't be the only one
@liamireland73817 жыл бұрын
Dave as always thank you for your hard work, knowledge sharing, and content. I'm beyond curious as to why there is a large "swell" on the axe near the throat?
@roadhandviking42287 жыл бұрын
I generally use an 4" grinder with a flapper wheel ( sander wheel ) to reprofile and polish the blade.
@alexonder15457 жыл бұрын
That ended quite weirdly I hope Dave didn't cut himself
@outdoordauber7 жыл бұрын
Alex Onder - If he did, I'm sure it is neither the first nor the last time it's happened. Yes, you should always exercise safety, but regardless...when you are "playing" with sharp tools, cuts happen.
@DavidCanterbury7 жыл бұрын
No I didn't-
@KPSDISCIPLESHIP7 жыл бұрын
sup dave
@natas82563 жыл бұрын
dave most likely has an iq in the 115 120 range hes a smart dude no doubt!
@GEOPUZZLE7 жыл бұрын
You make a very good point. I understand Dave, you are quite familiar with your tools but for those without your skills, NEVER use a file without a handle until you think you are as good as Dave. You don't want to learn the hard way.
@tommcqueen3145 Жыл бұрын
🙂👍
@isaacreed20787 жыл бұрын
first view
@kenmarapese90857 жыл бұрын
Lost me at the spitting.
@secondswell7 жыл бұрын
Why? It seems like someone who watches this kind of content wouldn't mind spitting.