10 Bushcraft Knife Skills in 10 Minutes

[@TAOutdoors]

Watch more Bushcraft Skills and Survival Tips here: kzbin.info/aero/PLxnadpeGdTxAJy5_f_-6cjrAnuWRwUf8M

[@MrAce607]

My favorite is a semi Bowie that can be used as a spear and has added equipment that comes in either the sheath and fishing equipment. I've made custom sheethes for them to make different styles bush craft blades for different situations. The reason being they come in handy a lot! And I can throw any one because they're perfect balance!. I've got squirrels and rabbits a few times with a fast quick draw. And it's nice when you have something to cook while you hit traps.

[@MrAce607]

Great work helping people bwith basic skills. I was thinking of doing the same and adding small amounts of military exercises or different tricks to secure a camp or perimeter.

[@heidi22209]

Just stop it! Where did you come from? I've learned more in 20 min. Than my dad taught me my whole life.

[@michaelhelring9749]

I liked the beak cut I never thought about that to make a holder for my kettle. Well on!

[@bodiekarns2252]

Link for your knife

[@scouttyra]

BIG safety tip: use a sharp knife! It might seem counterintuitive, but when using a sharper knife you have to exert a smaller amount of force, increasing the amount of control you have over the knife. Also, a sharper knife means a cleaner cut means faster healing and smaller scarring.

[@cottleful]

Literally everyone knows this...

[@scouttyra]

@@cottleful not everyone. And it doesn't hurt to repeat information.

[@samir1843]

@@cottleful I didn't

[@Velyes90]

Sharp tools are safe tools! That’s assuming they’re meant to be sharp of course.

[@antonnavarro8619]

@@cottleful not that good a detective

[@eriktaylor5704]

10 skills in 10 minutes. I love them all. I would love to see 10 knots in 10 minutes, 10 fire lays in 10 minutes, 10 shelters in 10 minutes. This style of video is helpful for teaching. More please.

[@lis819]

10 knots in 10 minutes….good one!

[@guitarnotator]

One of the reasons why I think you are one of the most Totally awesome bushcraft channels on KZbin is because you do instructional videos unlike a lot of them that just show off and you don't really learn anything.

[@unknowncaller3473]

Its also relaxing and no annoying or distracting background music just nature and the satisfying sound of his tools hitting wood.

[@cryovictum]

@@unknowncaller3473 Even the voice work is nice to listen to.

[@atelierunglaubwirklich7670]

i know now how to start a fire!

[@Blueskysandbandsaws]

I agree

[@wherestheexit5046]

However the videos where they don’t y’all are a nice way to relax

[@darkknightwithanidea1845]

One good tip for lighting fires FAST in seconds …I actually learned from the Royal British Marines. Keep a tampon in your fire kit, (I know weird right) tease it out till it’s a ball of cotton, place under your tinder shavings & use a bic lighter. It’s super fast & cheap & trust me your fire will be up & running in seconds. YES flint works well & every time as well. Also another ignition to help speed up the process - use your lip balm it’s Vaseline based so it’ll help give ignition faster as well. Just roll the tampon with a coating, tease it out . BOOM . Fire & tinder lit. Hope this helps.

[@hildolfrdraugadrottin7279]

It's cool actually learning something new. I'd never seen driving your knife into a stick to make a draw knife. I think it's been a couple of years since I've learned a new trick. Old dogs really can learn new tricks every once in awhile. 😊

[@LairdDavidson]

That trip was a new one for me too. I'm not a seasoned bushcrafter but I am a seasoned camper and trained in woodland management. Even though I'm now an older person I'm always up for learning new skills

[@shibosuru]

Ditto. After I saw that I was all oh dang I did learn something new.

[@ronaldstarkey4336]

some people prefer to just meet new tricks at the truck stop... lol

[@richardwiley5933]

@@ronaldstarkey4336 Those tricks are of the dangerous kind - always wear appropriate protection! 😱😅

[@bensbushcraftcampandsurvival]

I agree with that buddy

[@flipfloppingwithMike]

OUTSTANDING. This video is absolutely ESSENTIAL for all preppers, survivalists, bushcrafters and even the average camper. Vital information, indeed. WOW. I have learned a lot!

[@zackstoner4523]

Been a country boy all my time. I always like learning a new trick. The idea to strip bark from trees, brilliant mate.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Thank you for providing a full video of actual skills. Most other vids just talk about the skills in general and rarely demonstrate them. They are more focused on knife size and shape and steel types. They like to analyze brands and models and forgot about the actual techniques needed for bushcraft.

[@MartinAhlman]

Yup! There's a reason for the Mora Knife being so popular among people all over the world. It's useful as a multi-tool. If you don't have the right tool, the Mora Knife can really save the day. Not the best tool, but the best allaround tool!

[@MarineBiker]

I think Alec Baldwin is the best all around tool

[@lioneljonson29k]

@@MarineBiker 😂 brilliant but unless you’re a member of Cinematographers Local 143 why single out Baldwin when there are so many and surely some even more extremely deserving candidates?

[@saturn5732]

Love how 10 minute videos are always a little bit longer than advertised. I don’t have time for 1 additional second thank you very much.

[@llllllllIIIIIIIIIII]

Roots as ropes! So logic, they are so solids and I never realised some modifications on them make them even more usable. Thanks for all those precious tips you got a subscriber!

[@majestytd]

I'm glad I came across this channel... School won't teaching you this......... thank you so much brother...

[@angelataylor5241]

I may practice this when I go camping next.

[@andrewmcrae6466]

How have I only just come across you Mike?! I have looked at so many of these types of vid's over the years. I've only watched your axe and knife vids but will most definitely being watching all of them. You present perfectly and I have learnt more than a few things from each. You are an absolute champion. Cheers mate!

[@niknack666]

YOU can NEVER go wrong with having a good knife.

[@vindivergilio3482]

Great video. You are 100% right when you said practice these skills in the safety of your back yard before actually using them in the field. See you in the next one.

[@mrgolftennisviolin]

Your content is genuinely fantastic. My favorite channel on KZbin.

[@bradhatfield1159]

hey great job! i have only got one arm and i have to improvise using the rest of my body to accommodate these techniques. you have explained the processes well for me to practice these at home... thank you

[@kevinj2334]

Question....Which knife is that? It's beautiful....looks like leopard wood? Very beautiful

[@christopher7398]

Saw someone else say it’s from a maker named Adrian Etheridge

[@DylanOutdoors1]

5:45 This is very useful to learn. Going to practice this more next time I get out there

[@skwildones]

- Dieses Messer scheint ein echter Allrounder zu sein, danke für die Vorstellung! 👏🛠

[@outdoor_spirituality]

Amazing channel! Finally some real bushcraft tips! I can't seem to find too many of those nowadays, people call their video bushcrafting but all they do is for example to just remove birch of the branch or do it exactly one of your tricks each time. I have learnt today a lot from you!

[@leonidasplavko7208]

Thank you for your advices guys. The knowledge is helping every time.

[@zykloniumgoyoxide3199]

"the most important tool in the backpack." Hey now that you mention it, when are those back packs coming back to the store?

[@TAOutdoors]

I have very stock of a few, which I will put on the website very soon. The rest of the stock will be made for the various bushcraft shows in the UK this year as I have will have a stall at them. If you subscribe to the newsletter on my website, this is the first place I will notify people when they go live. Cheers - Mike

[@jondeth6242]

shackleford has come up for air! SWARM SWARM

[@DirtMvGirt]

Damn man, your everywhere here, gab, salty livestreams...

[@exodeous]

Found this channel today and even though i am in beijing this makes me incredibly excited for when i plan to go back to ireland and start learning more of these amazing skills.

[@petergasson6458]

Nice to see one of Adrian Etheridges knives in action. Looks like its seen a lot of use.

[@MasterK9Trainer]

The cool thing about this video was not only did you demonstrate different ways to use the knife but you are also showing us how to make things. I have never seen anyone scraping binds our routes to make cordage.

[@kappabravomusic2101]

Very nice. Thank you. Like the opposite tree shavings. Makes sense.

[@darkknightwithanidea1845]

I just stumbled onto this channel … LOVE IT ! To reiterate the other comments. This is GREAT unlike other channels that just yammer about themselves. Pointless . Here I actually learn a great deal.

[@ionlucian421]

Can anyone tell me the brand and model of the knife in the video 'cause daimmmn it looks cool

[@youtubecensorspeace1874]

I watch so many of these, I was not expecting to learn something. I do not always like surprises but thanks this was a good one.

[@MedeniFilm]

Volim gledati Vaše "filmove" / video snimke, jer su na neki način posebni i zanimljivi... Dosta toga znate i imate jako dobar sadržaj na kanalu...

[@firekracker92]

one tip i learned is to bury the tip of your knife along with your charcloth into a stump, then use the flint to drive sparks down towards the charcloth. this way you reduce greatly the chance of an accident by no longer needing to hold the blade.

[@StevanOutdoor]

I agree. That's how I teach it also if you're using a fixed blade as steel with a flint. If you happen to have a carbon steel pocket knife (Opinel for instance) or a carbon steel folding saw you can keep them closed and use the spine as steel for the flint.

[@danmorgan3685]

@@StevanOutdoor Yup and with the opinel I own it works REALLY well with a ferro rod.

[@StevanOutdoor]

@@danmorgan3685 Yep they do indeed. Even without opening the blade and both the stainless and carbon. They have a nice spine for sure. To use as steel with flint you need the carbon one of course. Great little knives.

[@danmorgan3685]

@@StevanOutdoor Indeed they are.

[@bgmedia4199]

I can't wait to get back out in the woods been way too long now i do the same when I'm in the woods with my son thanks mick love the video as always stay safe and well

[@northernembersoutdoors1045]

That was excellent. Loved the stool, honestly some really great tips there highlighting the importance of a knife.👍

[@MasterofSurvival-6]

Wow, the demonstration at 5:40 was incredibly helpful! I learned so much from this video

[@anim8torfiddler871]

Definitely one of the most Compact and Focused Reviews of survival skills I've come across! Impressive! Choc-full-of Valuable information.

[@TAOutdoors]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anim8torfiddler871]

@@TAOutdoors I lived in Northern CA in the 90s working in Silicon Valley. Camping was a means of de-compressing for a lot of folks I knew who were either in the Games or Tech industries. Did a lot of camping & playing my fiddle in silly clothes with the SCA. I Fiddled while other folks swatted each other with rattan swords, then partied thru the night . Lots of families & Kids. Wholesome, mostly. Who'da Thunkit? Not Survivalists in the oddly political sense it has taken on. I was fascinated by scouting as kid, but injured had to miss that. *_"Be Prepared!"_* Of course, that was the motto of the Boy Scouts when that was understood as a positive ideal, not indicative of anti-government or tear- or- ist connotation, right? Still seems to be a community of shared positive attitudes. _Shame there's such distrust._

[@jamesellsworth9673]

THANKS for posting a well-paced video packed with useful knife projects.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Good uses for the knife. Thanks for showing us. Take care.

[@sharonkatope9885]

Might have overlooked it, but would like a link to purchase the knife. Great videos - always a pleasure to watch you, your dad and the dogs!

[@marcobonetti6623]

Me too. I would like to know the knife maker. Thanks, great video!

[@zdenekkotras1801]

Probably long overdue but the AE sign on the blade is a signature of Adrian Etheridge, so I don't think that's some commonly found knife.

[@matthewpocock4824]

This is an excellent video for anyone who likes to spend time camping, no matter the level of experience.

[@horatiocarillo1068]

what knife do you use in this video it looks amazing

[@kova1577]

I’m wondering about that aswell

[@horatiocarillo1068]

@@kova1577 not tryna be rood but this was 8 months ago lmao

[@Cray2TheZ]

Thank you so much for this fantastic video!

[@diskreteone1967]

I like how you actually explain how & why you're doing what you're doing! And even though I know some of these skills already you somehow make them enjoyable.. Great job!

[@TheHeraldOfChange]

Thanks! Number One take home point for me was the drawn feather sticks idea. Worth the entire video alone!

[@sosteve9113]

nicely executed

[@Chefenture]

Thanks for sharing bro, from INDONESIA 🇮🇩

[@LeafLampLight]

Great video! Thanks! Greets from Russia :3

[@edwardfletcher7790]

This is my favourite 10 mins of KZbin Bushcrafting.. 👍

[@proudcanadian9816]

I have to say I'm glad your channel came across my feed. I have a folder in my youtube page that I call "survival" and I have many of your videos saved there so I can go back to it again and again. Thanks so much for taking the time to show us these valuable skills. The part I paid attention to in this one was what to look for when I'm ready to get a bushcraft knife. Great video, great explanation, great content :))

[@ViktorSh5rp]

This is an amazing video! High quality, and helpful. Keep doing this!

[@lucapattis2425]

What is the knife in the video called?

[@tyrantbrick4229]

You can find it on his site

[@astreetcone1497]

It's not on the website at the moment What knife?

[@FrostWarden-f3q]

This was a good breakdown of the subject.

[@vincentpastor8726]

Thank you Mike for the great tips and tricks have a good one 🍻✌

[@TheArcSet]

Thank you for this video.

[@atloxmighty9918]

Hello everyone, have a nice day

[@Jonessen]

Y2

[@AlexHaitch]

Only if you have an amazing day

[@dgoratela]

I liked the way you played a quick revision in the end👍

[@Anothy]

I originally read the title as "10 Bushcraft Knife Kills in 10 minutes." 😂

[@IamOutOfNames]

Spoiler: He was putting 10 bushcraft knives through abusive testing and none of them survived.

[@mrwdpkr5851]

Skill #1 : STABBING

[@Lechanan]

That's on his twitch stream 😂

[@yellowdog762jb]

That would also be one worth watching though.

[@Lolacoco246]

You Sir , are the hardest working KZbin bushcraft artist and hands down the best!!!!

[@bigironfist626]

I really like the knife you use @2:07 mark. The rosewood handle with gold brass bolster and butt....where can I find one?

[@PurifiedShino]

It's nice to finally find a channel that gives facts and truths on this hobby and not just blurt out any old rubbish like the American channels do.

[@drauenzuhause8351]

Hi my friend. I have a question !? What is the name of this knife ? Thanks

[@LeeGreenldgphotos]

Great video, just got some new skills !

[@AllWeatherFirestarters]

Any chance on doing a product review of our Firestarter?

[@SypherSeven]

Would have a better chance of your message being seen by mesdaging directly on a platform or email to guarantee it being seen. Comments here can easily be lost. Will be looking forward to a review of your product.

[@FerndaleMichiganUSA]

What a beautiful knife.

[@paulosrcs185]

1st tip in u saved me some nasty blisters 😂😂thanks for sharing your knowledge much appreciated 🙏❤️

[@Inv1cto]

I've read plenty about some of these methods, but I've never seen some of these done in a video before, and it was very cool to watch! Also, the majority of these skills are intuitive variations of skills I've already learned (i.e. the reverse feather stick method) Thank you for these, I subbed :)

[@fishheadvideo]

Getting ready to make a bushcraft knife in one of our next videos... Great job!

[@TheOneAndOnlyW3azle]

Danke für's Video und die Arbeit dafür. Grüße an alle! 😄

[@jacquelinemhanson4865]

Great tips on the various uses of a bush knife! Excellent explanations too. Thank you for this video, it will be great when I teach my children these skills and will help them with simple projects like the stool and pot hanger etc. 😊👍🏻

[@jebatevrana]

Love this. So heart warming to hear.

[@mitchraynard]

That was a solid video thanks!

[@tracye1866]

The fire danger is so high in my local mountains (actually ALL of California). no fires are allowed, so no camping for me this summer. :( But I do love your instructional videos. I will store this knowledge with the rest of my gear until.... whenever it rains. Ha.

[@kelvinleonidas7547]

Hello, how are you?

[@kova1577]

Isn’t breathing wrong illegal in that babylonian state?

[@whiterabit09]

Great video with some new skills, not seen in most KZbin vids

[@tbrew8222]

The sappling cut works really really easy if you do it towards the bottom. A so, the heavier the bend, the less pressure it will take when cutting the outside of the bend. When clearing brush, I like to step on it and bend it over, then hit it with the machete. It will increase the side of wood that you can go through in one hit

[@andrijaljubisic3683]

U inspire me so much, the first thing I did after seeing this video and a few others i got a collection of knives, thank u, ur awesome

[@pauloneil60]

When 'Sharp' knives were common, Experienced users used to say - "There's few thing more dangerous than a blunt knife!"

[@snwbrdbum14]

Knives are still sharp, and people still say this

[@CanadienWoodsman]

@@snwbrdbum14 most knives are not sharp in my opinion. A sharp knife can shave your hair.

[@snwbrdbum14]

@@CanadienWoodsman funny, the last 4 I bought came shaving sharp out of the box, and I keep them that way. Y'all old timers need to get out of back-in-the-day land, knives are objectively better these days with modern steel. 420HC used to be considered a super-steel, but now that's what you find in bargain-bin tier knives.

[@EM-cg4iy]

So cool, thank you!

[@maxinedurling3425]

Watching you use the knife and thinking I must sharpen my knives? Idea pops into my head, how about showing us how to find a stone to help sharpen knives, when out I would not know what type of natural stone to look for if I need to do this.

[@nitehawk3869]

I agree. I have a few chips in my knife and would like to know how to remove them without the use of power tools.

[@BotteDeFoin13]

I'm sure you could do it with a natural found stone, but you're better off buying a sharpening stone. Otherwise I'd say you're more damaging your knife then sharpening it (the sharpening stone is flat and you know the coarseness)

[@konnerg568]

Buy yourself a strip of leather and some compound it will sharpen your knife without taking away material of it

[@jsmith2121]

You look for river stones polished smooth. Much better is a portable stone. I have a Worksharp brand multi surface stone: two thin lapping plates, ceramic rod and strop. 6 inches long and weighs nothing. Gets them scary sharp. 36 bucks.

[@American-Plague]

I don't think buying sharpening stones or leather and compound was the question here....

[@Tikimit]

For using the knife as a striker for the flint, could you make it safer/more comfortable by battening the blade into a small block (similar to how you did so for the draw-knife but across the length of the blade) to make a safer grip? Maybe the force would drive it out, and be more unstable than holding the knife directly, I do not know.

[@mentaltaco2164]

Love the channel man

[@gallopingg1]

WILL WE BE SEEING A BUSHCRAFT COURSES/SCHOOL WITH T.A. OUTDOORS IN THE NEAR FUTURE? THAT WOULD BE AMAZING!

[@ernest9606]

Seen all of it before. Outstanding skills. I'm old school and Seen it all in wilderness survival. Wished I could learn something new lol

[@bathcolin]

Another good, well-thought-out, instructional video, Mike. I'm curious as to what the knife is you are using in this video, please? The knife looks very well-made and a good blade thickness, is it a 4mm thickness? I like to look of the handle shape. Cheers! Colin.

[@TAOutdoors]

Thank you. Yes 4mm thick. It’s by AE Knives here in the U.K.

[@bathcolin]

@@TAOutdoors Thank you Mike, appreciated.

[@eliot1970]

Excellent vid. Thanks mate.

[@dougwhiley4028]

I great tip I saw- waterproof fabric by soaking it in 1 part silicone sealant and 4 parts turpentine. Then hang it up to dry. Make tarpaulins out of old bed sheets etc.

[@freddyoutdoors]

Very good ideas I will try to put them to good practice in the woods next time

[@elliotdryden7560]

Great stuff! I also watched the 5 setups for a tarp shelter you created and it was SO easy to follow along. Thanks so much for these videos.

[@danielforde-pogson]

Great series. Time to get out my bush knives and start playing a bit more!

[@Gilleban]

A couple years ago I was building a campfire at an event, and for sake of space I didn't pack a hatchet, instead relying on my "utility" knife (Cold Steel Leatherneck SF, their version of a Ka-bar). For simplicity I was splitting pre-cut chunks of firewood into more manageable sizes using the same batoning technique shown here, something I was used to doing as a Boy Scout...but soon I drew a small crowd watching me because, despite the "outdoorsy" theme of the event, a majority of the attendees were "city folk" who had apparently never seen actual outdoor skills in use. To them it was like they thought I was using some sort of voodoo or something...

[@Rando_Shyte]

Good stuff. Some things I didn't know before that I do now! Thanks :)

[@razorsharpness4]

Anyone here hoping to see the lignum steeler and Alec steele made auger?

[@Uhnonuhmous]

Well said, well done. Thanks Mike. Blessings from North Carolina, USA

[@weaponxnova6794]

You forgot to say that you can only do that with a carbon steel knife and not a stainless steel knife

[@ken90004]

curious if anyone knows the knife he is using. I'd like to research, and decide if I need to add to my collection. I have a USMC knife with 1095 steel. And I beat the heck out of it. This is shorter, but it really went through the hard work.

[@threepe0]

could you describe why that is? I'd like to learn

[@ken90004]

Stainless is more brittle. High carbon metal blade is stronger. They hold an edge much better but take work to put a good edge on them

[@andrewnash6121]

Brilliant! Thank you!

[@jacobzuniga8225]

Where can I do these solo overnight things without getting in trouble

[@AlexHaitch]

In an older video he uploaded, he recommended doing what he does which is talk to farmland owners. People who own a bunch of land with lots of forest on it. Tell them what you want to do and the purpose of your stay. He said that what he will often do is trade manual labor and help these people with their farm work in exchange for letting him use their land. Alternatively, you could plan a very long camping trip and build some different shelters with a group of people and then take it all down when the trip is over. I think either way the experience is 100% worth it and it is insane fun to be out in the woods building things like that. I hope I helped!

[@BossMan-yu1og]

If you're in the states, search for "Dispersed" campgrounds.

[@jacobzuniga8225]

@@BossMan-yu1og THANK YOU!!!!!! I appreciate you and remember that God loves you!!!

[@austensperry4163]

Excellent tips! Thanks for sharing!

[@roostershooter76]

Batoning is the most discrediting thing a true bushcrafter can do. Just buy a camp axe and save your knife.

[@markwray8614]

Thanks, very great tips

[@SMC84601]

I need a good knife for my upcoming trip ! (Great Video)