You Won't Believe this WORKS! Survival Hacks Knife Sharpener!

[@toddcotterman8477]

Here's a survival tip... Always bring a dull knife and a sharpening stone when you go to the woods. If you get lost just sit down and start sharpening that knife. Someone will always come along to tell you that you're doing it wrong.

[@camgb8025]

😂😂

[@brookeking8559]

LOL!

[@nathanmunro-donohue4330]

🤣

[@davidcarothers3311]

Really?? But what about Morton Siglio??

[@deadtreebark]

Til yogi the bear comes to steal your picnic basket

[@colb9916]

Well, im not too proud to say even @60yrs old, useing and maintaining razor edged skinners and boners, axes, chisels , plane blades etc with a variety of tools for over 40, I learned something new. I never even considered useing mud or dirt on the end grain of a log as a hone. Bloody beauty. Thanks mate.

[@smokysantana]

Won’t work on a dull blade.

[@colb9916]

@@smokysantana i disagree. A hone stone is mearly abrasive particles compressed into a blolck shape. Either by natural or human actions. This method is the samn basic principle.

[@2fathomsdeeper]

I've used silt/clay before to polish metal, and a piece of limestone gravel to get an abused Leatherman reasonably sharp again.

[@Preacher26]

I agree it's always nice 2 learn a new trick in a field u think u got locked down lol

[@kissgergo5202]

It's nothing to be ashamed of, you live and learn. With time new techniques and tools get discovers and invented so obviously you can't always be up to date. What's important is that you're willing to try these new things and switch if you think they're good for you.

[@cityslickerbushcraft9643]

My father is ex military from the Angolan bush war. He taught me this about 15 years ago and it’s a great way to sharpen tools for general use.

[@hohohohehehe6910]

@@lawrencefox563 obviously educated.

[@codymarkley8372]

@@lawrencefox563 no side was good in that war

[@Legohaiden]

Im so glad you won Alone Season 8, i was cheering for you right from the start. The only person on that show that season who actually looked like they knew what the hell they were doing. Then when you actually TANNED LEATHER from the deer hide I had to call my wife over to check it out. When You took down that deer I knew you were going to win.. The other guy tried to go in extra heavy but in the end knowledge = survival.

[@USMC6976]

When I was 18, the Marine Corps felt it was necessary that I travel halfway around the world and expand my experience. In Vietnam, one the villagers used a very large boulder to sharpen knives. This boulder had been in his family for generations and he could put a razor edge on any cutting tool with it.

[@YouTubeAreCommunistScum]

Ur mom taught the art of swallow too I’m sure yes?

[@kennethswann6458]

I was never taught how to sharpen a knife so I watched tons of videos trying to figure it out this video honestly is the best one I just took a knife that has no sharp edges and did what you did and it Sharp now

[@swnorcraft7971]

Good stuff! I have often used a flat rock for a sharpening stone when out. It wasn't that long ago that I was shown the grit on the endgrain of a log trick. Nice to see it repeated. Thanks. Enjoyed watching the Alone series..........

[@FowlersMakeryandMischief]

NICE ya clay on the cut cood was how I kept my knife sharp and congratulations on the book I'll have to get a copy!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Shoot me a message with an additional and I’ll send you one😉

[@Artlioe]

Great book Clay. Thanks for the story, lessons, and perspectives. I made sure to leave a nice review too!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Ryan, those reviews help.

[@sher64ct45]

Aww!!

[@scottyelder8351]

Outstanding! I never knew how to do that I've just given it a try in the woods and yes ! Thank you for your generosity wisdom is awesome God bless you bush craft Jesus Amen ✨✝️💫

[@evanharrison4054]

Blessed are you who have prior knowledge of the stumbling blocks and who flee alien things. Blessed are you who are reviled and not esteemed on account of the love their lord has for them. Blessed are you who weep and are oppressed by those without hope, for you will be released from every bondage. Watch and pray that you not come to be in the flesh, but rather that you come forth from the bondage of the bitterness of this life. And as you pray, you will find rest, for you have left behind the suffering and the disgrace. For when you come forth from the sufferings and passions of the body, you will receive rest from the good one, and you will reign with the king, you joined with him and he with you, from now on, for ever and ever, Amen.

[@YouTubeAreCommunistScum]

Still Amazes me how low IQ humans are.. good riddance and enjoy ur vaccine

[@MAWA2024]

Just subscribed. I happened on your water filtration video I found it very interesting. I follow probably a dozen or so prepper channels and yours is certainly the most interesting and the most realistic in my opinion at least. Nice work! Looking forward to exploring your channel. I'll have to go find season 8 of Alone, so far I've only watched the first two seasons.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Herb

[@xionix4]

Clay to hone, wood to strop... I thought I'd learned all the cool bushcraft tricks already... Thanks. :)

[@johnm840]

Bevel is the Angle for folks in Rio Linda. This angle is super important in sharpening metal cutting tools. A jig to hold tool for this process is critical to get a perfect edge. Looks like you go for a combined angle of 25 -30 degrees to me. Different angles for different applications. These contact angles are always a topic to study in cutting metal. The Dirt in the log is a clever idea, not thought of that one before. TY Going into my tool box of concepts.

[@jacobwrona]

Remember when Rush Limbaugh used to poke fun at the folks from Rio Linda?

[@johnm840]

@@jacobwrona Yep. Rush did a few segments on his actual experience there. Buddy of mine was a retired LEO from that area, Rick calls it a Sh!thole. For the folks in Rio Linda, a crime rich area. "Good Luck America" is his channel , Think he did a Crazy Cop story from a Rio Linda experience.

[@jacobwrona]

@@johnm840 I'm very familiar with that channel. Formerly the Thinklikeacop channel. That's cool you actually know Rick. I'm bummed he left California but I don't blame him either. Every person who walks away though is one less vote and one less voice and we need both because California is about to go over the waterfall of idiocracy.

[@jhtsurvival]

Obviously if you're in a survival situation you're not sharpening to a perfect angle so you might want to practice free hand

[@johnm840]

@@jhtsurvival Knowing the actual goal is important not that one expects a perfect sharpening system in the field with a rock. Guess I was not clear on that. Sine Bars, Diamond grinders and the such don't pack well for field work.

[@andrewmunz1639]

ive been doing this for 50 yrs and i am learning things from you mate thanks! I have a paralysed leg and arm and not very smart but survival isnt about smart it about adaptability, i love the one hand feather sticks with the knife dug into a log! Big T/U and sub.!

[@terryqueen3233]

Finally somebody to show the dirt method of sharpening your blades I believe you're the first person I've seen to show this on video I've used them in a pinch and it's also a great way to polish your Edge but thanks a lot I appreciate it and if anyone's getting into Bushcraft this is fantastic for them to know thanks for bringing it up. Keep you power to dry

[@hwobstj]

Great tips. My grandpa used flat stones, very fine grit, at his camp in NW New York when I was a kid growing up. Worked well.

[@izzyplusplusplus1004]

Just a quick tip, if you hold the knife edge on the bottom, you can watch your bevel angle in sunlight off the reflection. The main benefit is that one can see exactly what you are doing to the bevel.

[@jrrt6745]

Would you mind explaining this a little bit more? I am not that good at maintaining a consistent bevel.

[@izzyplusplusplus1004]

@@jrrt6745 What I mean is that holding the edge upwards allows one to bounce incoming light off the bevel edge one is working on, and see exactly the effects of your stone.

[@journeyman7189]

Just got the book in the mail yesterday 👍 Looking forward to reading it. Slick tip with the mud/sand/clay on the piece of cut fire wood. I will definitely try that one out. Nate

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Nate

[@caseysmith544]

As a Kid this is how I kept my knife blades sharp. I could not or maybe did not want to spend the money on a sharpening tool. I had a rock like that in the grey and a flat granite in the red & gray style that was the best, with the flat hard gray rock being a little easier even if the granite did a better job due to the quartz and black mineral in it and being a bit rougher, less smooth. Then later as a teen at about age 16 I found you need to use a piece of leather or normally used cardboard to swipe backwards and get the almost micro shards off the blade but was using a small wet stone sharpener by that time that I have since lost but have two other things a rougher small item I could use out in the field and a smoother metal with some micro abrasive sharpening thing that the handle broke at work for finishing to get even sharper before the back stopping. I live in a place Central South Dakota with no wood in non river parts but lots of this thick clay soil almost mud and some parts not enough small rocks to find in the soil, like the one you have so in that case I would be hosed having to try and bake the clay soil if wet enough to a hard enough substance, because if the soil is not wet enough, in most of central South Dakota it this crappy dirt that does not want to compact together if not wet enough. That or try to find antlers of a deer/shoot a deer or same for an Antelope, for something hard enough.

[@RprtBak]

These are actually fantastic.

[@mingshey]

When I was a little kid around 3 or 4 my big brothers taught me the trick to shine an old coin. Put it on wet soil and step on it with your heel and turn your heel around a couple of times. But I never thought similar principle can work for steel and sharpen it. Great video!

[@coltrxne2154]

There’s a great video on here somewhere where they do extensive testing with all different systems of whetstones and diamond stones and other methods. All of them basically give you the same level of sharpness with the proper technique and a leather strop afterward

[@MroCheck]

No fancy stuff, just what’s laying around 💪

[@jacttackle57]

Nice work clay as always I’ve seen similar techniques of wet stoning from all over the world definitely worth revisiting Evan for the most experienced woodsman

[@wildsnook]

First time I've seen someone else share this. I've been using Palmetto frond and palm frond with mud on it for years. Greatstuff. Down here in Florida we don't have stone but this method really works.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Good tip

[@yoman2854]

No stone? I can't imagine a place on earth without stone

[@V4p3rcl0ud]

Yes, I'm in Florida right now and if I could find this guy I'd throw a rock through his window for him.....smh.....no rocks in Florida....🤣

[@AYellowPepper]

i have been WAITING for someone to make an in depth tutorial on The clay paste technique!

[@thestonehousefarm1942]

Cannot wait to hear your recap on episode 2. I saw Adam had two different types of tarps. Black for roof and clear one with gramments he had for window and made fishing pole with. Didn’t see where they could bring two tarps. Like your intake

[@r3d33m3dn78]

Bro that book is huge!!!

[@mystiekmelody8857]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@dusty_bones]

You are the man Clay. I told my wife in the very first episode that I had you picked to win it all.

[@intothewild3349]

Stropping is something that alot of people seem to neglect when maintaining their knives . After hard use I always strop my knife on my belt or even my pants leg and it will reset the edge back to shaving sharp , I very rarely have need for actually sharpening

[@colb9916]

100%. Thats the purpose of a steel. Many think it sharpens the edge, No, it just polishes and brings the burr back straight. ( an old philips screw driver shank will do the same) A couple of light flicks on steel is all thats needed, more that that will dull the edge. (I use a fine and smooth fdick 4 side on my boners and skinners, razor edge always )

[@MrArthoz]

I strop my shaving blade with just the ball of my palm. It's stiff and flat enough to replace a proper leather strop while at the same time wipe the blade clean of shavings. Keeps the edge razor sharp so far. But every person have different toughness and texture of their palm so results may vary.

[@survivalist9818]

Definitely have to read your book. I've used stones many times and sand. Glad your getting this information out to other folks.

[@danielmilewski7659]

thanks for the tip!

[@marr123n]

For stropping, birch polypore or Fomitopsis betulina will also do a great job!

[@rexrodecolt]

Many thank's!

[@eddievenom145]

Thanks I'll get ur book .

[@stephenstruman7235]

Looks like that works really well. I’ve been curious if ashes will work in place of a buffing compound but im not willing to sacrifice a strop to find out.

[@caseysmith544]

I have never used a buffing compound on my knives or blades.

[@stephenstruman7235]

Cutting compound is great.

[@caseysmith544]

​@@stephenstruman7235 My dad with a specific knife since retired, he used Honing oil of some kind but he stopped using that knife to do his cutting of deer and animals with in 2000's. I forget what he uses now but a similar knife to the other but just one that did not become warped and is cheaper made. My dad does not use the oil anymore or uses an 2 in one oil with buffing compound but still has the first set since it was an old knife he bought off his Dead in 1999 professor in the early 1990's before the death. Dad's main graduate professor did not use the knife due to the style of honing it took was messy with oil and a buffing compound and an issue if you got the handle as you had to clean it off and wait for it to fully dry before use, with either compound as they made handle slick. A reason my dad does not use the specific knife anymore but this lesser built but still good quality knife, the Professors was from the late 1970's so just the quality has gone down in manufacturing from then to 2003.

[@stephenstruman7235]

I use the compound that’s comes in a stick. No mess at all and the cheep stuff works just fine.

[@xMrjamjam]

Just get a piece of leather and apply some ashes mixed with water to make a paste

[@Shithead63]

Thank you. 👍

[@martinmaddox5315]

Thanks for the idea of using on the end of the firewood clay, Clay.

[@jimstewart5739]

Excellent!

[@levisweet979]

If you take a flat piece of shale, you can smooth it against a brick, or concrete to get a nice flat surface, to make a good home stone.

[@clayhayeshunter]

👍

[@watchman4todayreloaded192]

Good instruction. thank you!

[@clayhayeshunter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AndreaM77]

Funny. I was thinking this morning I needed to learn to really sharpen the blade on my Leatherman. Love that tool. Thank you. New subscriber here. 👍👍

[@angr3819]

Thank you

[@dennisshoemaker2789]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. Great video.

[@seniorbob2180]

Makes sense. If you cut into the ground when you're working with a chainsaw, you quickly dull the blades. If soil can dull blades, then it can sharpen them if done properly.

[@denniscoughlin7437]

Wow this is awesome!

[@H4me7215]

These videos are awesome! Like survival water. Thank you immensely!

[@karlregan5276]

VERY cool trick using the dirt when you dont have a rock. Thank you!!!!

[@clayhayeshunter]

You’re welcome

[@sinistersilverado965]

great tips

[@mattiecreates]

Thank you for this knowledge Clay, This could really save a life

[@xionix4]

I can confirm that this works. I am an amateur sharpener, and I used silty dirt from the ground, water from the sink, and a wooden construction stake. I got a knife I almost threw away to shaving sharp in a few minutes. *mind blown* I made mud in my hands, and then pulled my knife over the surface of the mud blob in my hand until burr on one side, then the other. Then, I stropped on a wooden construction stake with the method shown by Gray Bearded Green Beret (10 in one direction, 10 in opposite, then 9, 9, etc. Then 1, 1, 1, etc 10 times).

[@JCOwens-zq6fd]

Good tips. Oh & if you quite literally have nothing else then the leg of your jeans can work for an improvised finishing strop. Pull em really tight across your thigh & strop away.

[@speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783]

I don't watch TV. Lol I subbed you for your tips and family centered ideals. Then while binge watching I caught you mention you won a living alone challenge! 😂🤣 Great job! Love your videos showing real world tips. God bless and keep you and your family. 🙏👨‍👩‍👦❤️💯😃👍

[@wireman4029]

Impressive edge on your axe!

[@justinsigmund6200]

Matter of fact I just got your book in the mail today. Can't wait to read it.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thanks Justin

[@DesertWolfSurvival]

I like how you rebuilt your shelter. Lol you did good man. Lol I called you for it, episode one☝️

[@clayhayeshunter]

Thank ya

[@stevenbenavente1229]

Good job

[@WilsonForestLands]

Using the dirt is clever. Thank you for sharing that.

[@octaviodovalle6550]

Good stuff!

[@m01d64]

Looks like something feel out your pocket @ 1:39… good video, thanks for the tip!

[@wolfskullsplitter95]

That's cool as hell!I noticed you sharpen pulling the cutting edge instead of slicing into your stone,can I ask,any reason why?

[@strangelyfamiliar1729]

Do u only move 'Away from the edge' when stroping and using the dirt log (or do u move away from the edge when you're using an actual sharpening stone as well)?

[@randybeeson3424]

I haven't seen the mud / sand technique, thanks for the tip.

[@ChrisInTheStix]

Smart man

[@UncleDanBand64]

Well, I have used rock, leather. Wood and dirt, now that is a new one. Thanks Clay.

[@clayhayeshunter]

Give it a try!

[@UncleDanBand64]

@@clayhayeshunter definitely

[@farmerbob6988]

never thought about putting some dirt on some wood like that. i could have wasted an hour or two smoothing a stone to sharpen my tools in a critical situation. thanks for the knowledge.

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

Wondered about that myself...really cool hack

[@caseysmith544]

Which one the stone or the clay soil one?

[@josephbrown-ut9ty]

Both, I kinda figured a smooth stone of about any kind would work , but have never heard of that log methode befor.

[@JustinBilyj]

Impressive sharpness on the axe head!! How often did you have to sharpen your tools out there in Alone? Plan on reading your book..

[@clayhayeshunter]

Depends on what I was doing at the time.

[@gregchambers6100]

Yep. About 15 degreesish.

[@leonidasmalta]

Excellent!!! 😎

[@Minuteman_Expeditions-wo2cp]

Proud of you, cousin. I don't know if we ever met or not. Rufus is my grandmother's brother. I wish you all the best 👍

[@clayhayeshunter]

many thanks

[@AllenGoodman]

Grit is grit,makes sense ! 👍

[@UnspokenWilderness]

Awesome hack! Amazing!

[@zfolwick]

Wow. this is some very cool tips. I'll have to try them out!

[@yoman2854]

Wow I will try this. From my experience with sharpening I know that if you use less mud it will be finer and the particles will crush or just get embedded deeper into the wood and get finer the more you use it.

[@yandan7010]

Life saving advice. Thank you 🙂👍🏻

[@mattnobrega6621]

This is some good cutting edge info. Thanks guy 😏👍

[@bradleyrobinson7552]

Cool. Hadn't seen that technique that utylizes a cut-off log and some clay or dirt or sand smeared into the end grain. Lesson of the day. Right on, dude.

[@justinbilbrey450]

Nice job on the deer with the arrow. I thought for sure you weren't going to get it 😂

[@mattdowds8505]

Anything that can dull an edge can also be used to sharpen it, you can even use the palm of your hand.

[@EvaderGuy]

Good stuff! Plenty of dirt, So no excuse for a dull blade!

[@Sion_Revan]

Besides my pocket sharpening kit i also keep a 4 inch wide 2 foot long length of leather wrapped around the neck of my axe to protect from overshots but also as a strop, another addition cut bike tubing into bands to wrap the handle, absorbs shock and helps with grip.

[@royalspin]

Cool ideas. I'll have to try that. Thx

[@tomsmith6094]

My friend from Mexico teach me this a long time ago and show me other ways to sharpen knives, machetes, axis they use stones and rocks and to maintain sharping they use leather all there knifes where scary sharp

[@lukebonagurio4503]

Dam I suck at sharpening. Your videos have helped alot. Actually fist video I ever watched of yours was broad head sharpening.

[@Aminuts2009]

I use thick cardboard stock, like the kind on a notebook, hit it with some green compound and it strops my knives razor sharp. I don't do this all the time. I made a leather strop block. But if you're out and about and need a quick strop. Single ply cardboard works a treat! Even with out the buffing compound.

[@terrymattson3587]

Makes complete sense.

[@zigmarx8664]

Thank you for these wonderful tips God bless

[@rogue_xiv]

Using the log end is epic • Thank you for all the video uploads •• Stay better than well with your fam

[@clayhayeshunter]

We’ll try

[@Edwin-ru5mw]

Thank you,great tip

[@leenard1237]

It works to me thanks man and I accidentally have cut wounds on my left finger but it's ok I'm still satisfied 👍

[@comfortablynumb9342]

The bottom of a coffee cup is pretty good for sharpening blades, just use the rim it sits on where there's no finish.

[@mitchellwilliams4337]

The backside of most belts is smeared with dirt or other abrasive will hold enough to sharpen a blade then simply move to a clean area to strop.

[@danielsimpson2494]

What a fantastic video, thank you so much for sharing

[@Misanti888]

Thanks for sharing. Great nuggets of info. 🥰🙏

[@SpamMusubi308]

Awesome method Clay, going to add that to knowledge base ATB Spam.😁👍

[@sandi2005]

My Daddy taught me that. I sure miss him.

[@joshuahall8268]

That mite work if you edge is ready sharp. But wont work if really dull.

[@Swamp-Fox]

Great hack! I will give it a try. I am in the middle of your new book now & am really enjoying it!

[@clayhayeshunter]

thanks much

[@AllThingsWild.]

Very nice! Thanks for the tip Clay!