Nicole Apelian from Alone Season two talks Knives Survival and Gear for Women

[@RobertFireLionBlueHawkWinkler]

I can't wait to watch Alone this Thursday to see who won, I torn between rootin' for Nicole and my friend Larry...Nicole, I like your attitude. And yes, I make my own pemmican and other 'trail' foods. Great interview.

[@TJackSurvival]

You need to watch last Thursday's video my friend Bob!

[@RobertFireLionBlueHawkWinkler]

Aw hell, what did I miss?

[@TJackSurvival]

Robert Winkler I'm not going to ruin it for you just catch up! LOL

[@MrLonghairlimy2]

Thanks for sharing.I live in the Portland area,but from Sandy Utah.

[@TJackSurvival]

Excellent! I'm just south of you.

[@7Belial7]

Loved Nicole and her point of view... was pretty much hoping she could win!

[@TJackSurvival]

Ya me too but I had a lot of people I wanted to win!

[@Gpknives]

Very interesting and informative! Keep up the great videos!

[@TJackSurvival]

Hey thanks, go check out the rest of my channel, I did a few more videos with Nichole and some of the other guys from the Alone Show recently.

[@patrickgermond2750]

Wow I softened up about 5 leaf springs last year to make knife and I never got back to it. I think I'll carve it out then send it off to be hardened professionally, so it's straight, and then finish it up.

[@TJackSurvival]

Excellent! Make a video of the process

[@jasonhoyt8232]

Also, I fully agree with the idea of getting "dirt time". But most (if not all) of the useful skills that she is talking about is outlawed on "public lands" (what a sick reality).

[@TJackSurvival]

Sad huh

[@dougspizman6751]

@Bill Randall no u dont. Ur a fucking loser. U dont know the 1st thing about survival.

[@schlooonginator1227]

Cool, big fan. I really like her knife design. Funny, I was dreaming about a one knife solution and thought of the same thing regarding the edge geometry at the handle being thinned out for finer work. I honestly think she came up with about the best over all design for a one knife option with regards to doing it all. Especially the size and weight being just heavy enough to chop with the forward bias, brilliant. To be honest, I am really surprised that this is not a far more common design as it really makes a lot of sense.

[@NicoleApelian]

Thanks! It worked very well for me. Thank Ron Macy of [e-mail] for his fine work in making this knife!

[@TJackSurvival]

Well it is very close to a Kukri, but thinner. Either way it is a sweet blade.

[@TJackSurvival]

+Bill Randall everyone on Alone was restricted so actually there are plenty of reasons that people can find themselves with only one knife. I prefer two, but I'll learn skills for only one.

[@TJackSurvival]

***** Then you'd get booted. You're completely missing the point here.

[@TJackSurvival]

***** Bill you need to get off the internet and into the wilderness. You're cranky.

[@jasonhoyt8232]

Great info. I liked her comment on the need to create "muscle memory (I would use the term 'conditioning')" by using the tool regularly.

[@TJackSurvival]

Agreed

[@seanantill3366]

great video and a very knowledgeable person nicole is thanks for sharing

[@TJackSurvival]

Yes she is. Thanks for watching. Also check out her channel as well.

[@seanantill3366]

o I do also Facebook friends instagram chat on Facebook occasionally

[@TJackSurvival]

Sean Antill Excellent. She is a great friend to me.

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Good questions man touched up on some good stuff ! Me and my girlfriend really liked Nicole ! :)

[@NicoleApelian]

Thank you! :-)

[@NomadicWoodsman]

Dr. Nicole Apelian Subbed to your channel :)

[@TJackSurvival]

Yes she's awesome huh

[@BackCountryRunaway]

This was cool. You should interview more alone people. I have suggestions lol Also. Cody!

[@TJackSurvival]

I did one with Cody a few years ago but he doesn’t want to do more

[@brendanmackinnon6835]

Nicole was my fave from day im not gonna lie I expected her to either get eaten by the bears or for her to adopt the bears and bring them back to her home as pets lol great video I'm gonna go sub her channel when I finish this video

[@TJackSurvival]

Excellent Thank you

[@patrickgermond2750]

What an impressive lady. I learned a lot form her. Now where can I find that knife?

[@TJackSurvival]

Get the Knife here: Knifemaker: Ron Macy [e-mail]

[@TJackSurvival]

We're working on getting a major knife manufacturer to make her knife though. Keep watching.

[@patrickgermond2750]

+TJack Survival Thank you. This is a very good knife video. I've watched 100s of knife videos and this is up in the top three, and maybe the number 1. The way she went through why this is a one tool option is very well done. She could really sell these knife on a grand scale. I mean she could make this knife huge.

[@patrickgermond2750]

+TJack Survival I wished I would have seen this before I baught my Tahoma. I do love my Tahoma though. I've modified mine a bit too.

[@TJackSurvival]

+Patrick Germond She will be making a big one and I'll make sure to demo it. I'm not the knife maker, just a friend and just the guy doing the interview. Thank you for watching. Please dig into my channel I have a lot of stuff you might like. I also have a lot of videos on BladeHQ's channel.

[@oxxnarrdflame8865]

Nicole, what an awesome woman. Great video, thanks

[@TJackSurvival]

Oxxnarr D'flame agreed, and thanks!

[@NicoleApelian]

Thank you! :-)

[@KIMI-xt4eb]

kudos

[@NicoleApelian]

Thanks for the great conversation Tyler. As a few people have pointed out to me, this video is great for both men and women. Hope you all enjoy it!

[@TJackSurvival]

I had an awesome time chatting with you as always. Thank you for helping me make it and for all of the excellent B roll. You are making me want to move north!

[@05generic]

Yes indeed, gender wasn't a big issue in that conversation. it was useful to every one interested in the subjects discussed. Thank you for sharing some of your knowledge. I enjoyed the video.

[@TJackSurvival]

+05generic thank you for watching

[@terryoneill9163]

nice knife really like it

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks

[@NicoleApelian]

Thanks Terry!

[@jeffbuzzard6837]

Great video

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks Jeff

[@josephvannoy2529]

Its all in the quality of the steel and geometry of the blade. I use Alpha Knife Supply for blade steel and handle material.

[@WildChillaxation]

for oiling the knife to use oil from animal fat, should we worry about attracting bear? Obviously Nicole was fine. I am just wondering how that works.

[@TJackSurvival]

Animal fat is an ancient way to do it. If you are worried then use mineral oil on the little stuff and Linseed oil on the big choppers and more patinaed blades.

[@WildChillaxation]

Thanks for getting back for the tip!

[@TJackSurvival]

+Junichi and Croquette you have some food videos on your channel. I subbed

[@TJackSurvival]

+Junichi and Croquette good not food. LOL

[@WildChillaxation]

thanks for subbing! I think I do have a little food footages :) LOL

[@survivalapache7331]

Great interview bro

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks!

[@mikaelsad241]

Great interview. Very good discussion. Thank you!

[@stellap.6664]

Thanks for showing this, Tyler. She really had that knife design well thought out and it sounds like it was a real success for her! I'll check out her channel! Atb, Stella

[@TJackSurvival]

Agreed and thank you for Subbing her.

[@CommonCentsOutdoorsman]

Nicole has all the right stuff!

[@TJackSurvival]

Agreed. She's an awesome person and a great friend.

[@NicoleApelian]

Thank you! :-)

[@livingsurvival]

nice vid and great topics.

[@TJackSurvival]

Hey man thanks. When are you coming to visit Utah?

[@WOLFMAN2975]

Good interview Tyler. The link to her KZbin channel is missing from the description box. Have a Nice day man. : ) Tyler

[@TJackSurvival]

I'll look

[@sharpcanines3347]

Wow, just amazing, thanks for the indepth interview

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks for watching it

[@TJackSurvival]

Thanks for watching it

[@randalflagg9086]

Doesn't matter how clean stream water seems half a mile up could be a rotting animal carcass,boil is the only safe way imho!

[@NicoleApelian]

I used a water catchment system (boiled the first 2 days), so only drank rain water I caught off my tarp...worked well!

[@TJackSurvival]

True, it's all about probabilities. The issue is that you will die in three days with out water and you might get sick if you drink. That makes it the lesser of two evils sometimes.

[@projectkj7643]

She is one of my fav Alone contestants. Loved her attitude!

[@TJackSurvival]

She is generally just a good person.

[@donrussell8889]

dunno why anyone cares much about a knife. For millennia did what needed to be done with just stones. For hundreds of years, with just copper, bronze or iron knives, too. For hundreds of years, plain old blades like today's Old Hickory knives did it all, too. No belt knife can do anything close to what can be done with a Cold Steel shovel and a Crunch Multitool, with different saw blades to be held in the visegrip of the Crunch. Dont get hung up on belt knives, folks. They dont mean much at all in the general scheme of things.

[@TJackSurvival]

Your opinion is noted.

[@dougspizman6751]

@@TJackSurvival thats bill randall. He has over 5 diff names he trolls from. Talking about the same nonsense. Crunch multi tools, pvc shower curtains, making nets n pontoons. No axe knife or saw for this guy. Hes celebrating his 14th birthday with a moms basement party. Wish him happy loser day.

[@dougspizman6751]

@@TJackSurvival this guy said not 2 bring a ferro rod 2 the rain soaked island. That he would shine his skillet in a certain way n use the sun 2 make fire. Can u imagine a seasoned woodsman in the comments under 5 diff names on every alone video trying 2 tell people what he would do....n he said thst 125 grand between 2 people for couple months is not worth going on the show n that the government is watching him thats why he wont try out. This virus thing got me in the mood 2 troll bash. He has no business especially on ur channel.

[@TJackSurvival]

Doug Spizman oh I’m very familiar with him. I usually just say video it or it didn’t happen. We all know I’ve showed all of my success and failures. He’s all bark and no bite.

[@dougspizman6751]

@@TJackSurvival he said in the artic alone season instead of bringing a sleeping bag he would cut a poncho from his tarp n stuff it with debris. LOL let's laugh 2gether u and me...enjoy

[@TerryManitoba]

Such a great/informative interview. THX

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you and thank you for watching.

[@6brettes]

Who sit down on the trail trying to figure out a mt lion track?!! Whilst being secretly observed watched by one?!!

[@TJackSurvival]

Me, LOL

[@WOLFMAN2975]

...CorreCT!on it is not MissinG. But She is not behaving like a regular link had to copy and paste Her😭. : ) ™

[@TJackSurvival]

AHHH ok

[@sgtgrantham]

Your 2 minute intro is too long

[@TJackSurvival]

I agree. I've since fixed that format.

[@TJackSurvival]

Looking back I made that intro way to long.

[@TJackSurvival]

I like it

[@REV0_01]

Great video

[@TJackSurvival]

Thank you