10 Bushcraft Knife Skills in 10 Minutes

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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.

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

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.

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. 😊

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.

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!

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

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!

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.

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!

Best fire steel striker I’ve ever used is the back of a leatherman saw.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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

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

I may practice this when I go camping next.

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.