Randy reminds me of my grandpa when he was teaching me to sharpen knives as a kid. He showed me how to use a car window and ceramic dishes and later did it back home with my mother. She was less than thrilled I used her coffee cup
you can also use a ceramic coffee cup /bottom side n there's another one for free home sharpening on here via vid , attached to a cordless drill , i'll let you know here soon , thanks > tom !
Love to see someone else that sharpens by hand and feels their edge. I learned how to sharpen my knife when I was in the boy scouts from a retired ranger, he taught the same thing. Same number of strokes per side and feel your edge. Not only will you get the edge you want but it helps you to learn how to control your blade.
R.R.W, sweet technique on the window edge. My favorite Thai chef showed me that edge maintenance on the back of a ceramic dish. No need for a pricey stone when the shelves are stacked with cheap ones. Randy always takes the short route to success with the most common items. Respect for the TR channel. I always walk away with more than I started with.
Randy, your a wealth of knowledge. What you bring to the table of the Tactical Rifleman team is awesome. And to the whole team, Thank you gentlemen for your service.
TR Production presents Randy Rawhide the movie. Can't wait to see how little Rawhide grew up and the experiences that shaped his life. No Hollywood needed.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Sir. I read a book that you were featured in. The story was about the SF poster you were on. "What makes Special Forces so special". Apparently all the guys were busting your balls over that poster. I think it's pretty cool that you are still educating others. STAY STRONG SIR
Thank you Mr. Wurst! I am by no means really good at sharpening my knives. I got the sharpener that Karl recommended and it’s kinda dummy proof. Since that video I can put a decent edge on a blade to do the job. I will take the information that you gave us today to make me better at sharpening my blades
Randall!! It's Jed from the scuba team, you know the team with real men, not those skydivers! Lol. Good to see you are doing good and you look real health. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone how you creak,snap, and pop when you walk. Love you brother, as always keep walking with our KING
I always like your practical, proven, no nonsense videos. I believe knowledge should be shared to allow each of us to be the best we can be and to thrive in this life.
Thanks Randy . I think every man should be able to sharpen a knife /axe and do it by hand . back years ago , homes were heated by fire wood. We have lost so much over the years. Gotta get back to the basics .
Thank you for the cool tips. This is why carry a high carbon steel blade, an and not some overpriced, knife with some supersteel. I like to be out in the field and take about 5 minutes to sharpen my knife, then be gone in the wind, if you have a fancy knife there with some crazy steel, you'll be there forever. But sharpening a knife is relaxing to me, and you get better at it the more you do it.
Very nice job of explaining all of the different nuances of sharpening I've been a butcher for 20 years and there are few people who can really sharpen a knife well. It is just something you have to work at and learn to go by feel.
Awesome video Randy. I have been sharpening tools for 50 + years, must say you and I are on the same page with this. I use just a few different tools which are light weight. On occasion I use a belt grinder when my wife ruins the kitchen knives, she is forbidden to use my giant Dexter clever. Thank you sir for all you have done and will do. Stay Safe, Bee Well. Regards, Doug
Randy has a lot of information and can break it down and do a series of videos. I know a few have been done but they have been general. Actually, I am surprise Randy haven't started his own knife company. Great info here. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Tickles me to recall my first pocketknife @ 5. Dad dulled the blade back in order to keep Mom happy. Left me with little but the thrill of sticking the tip in the ground. By the early half the morning I'd developed a fairly good aim. That keeping the eye on the target was working well up until the time I'd look @ the top of my barefoot just before I let go. Yep! in it went & between my thoughts of dying, Dad's holding back his Proud laughter, & Mom's ''I told you so you hard headed Bastard'' to Dad... I was well & back at it the next day with a whole set of focusing rules. To this 67 yr. old day... I love sharpening them, whittling with them & even cutting up the cardboard boxes into disposable sized cutting boards. Yet, a man never felt so helpless though; as to when there are a good dozen of dull scissors round the house, with the wife questioning your true sharpening skills. So today @ Harbor Freight I snatched up a $4 gordon sharpening steel with instructions on how to hold & draw the steel against each of the 2 blades. Got all 10 of our found pairs sharp within 4 to 5 minutes. Felt so fulfilling, Hell I'm tempted to see if any neighbors need theirs sharpened too! Left this saying on the last live stream for John to see. Reckon it won't hurt none to leave it again... ''Love your enemy only for having sharpened your spiritual blade of discernment to the very edge of severing their proposed bonds of oppression.''
There's a bunch of golden nuggets in this video. I hadn't seen running your thumb/finger down the side of the blade. I'll try that. I always lightly ran a thumb/finger across the sharpened blade.
I love this video! Thank you very much Randy! For me the angel and alignment of the stone to the blade was new and very interesting. Also always important: There is no tool that does everything. Pick the tool that fits to the job.
I've been a woodsman all my life, still learning new tricks. Great info. I also prefer the Gerber multi pliers, one handed operation to deploy has saved my ass more than once, and a mandatory piece of equipment for us tankers (Panzersoldaten).
I bought a generic brand carbide sharpener for $8 and it was the best purchase I ever made. That and the Lansky puck stone, you can do everything from shovels to kukris
im so glad he mentioned the window technique. i accidentally stumbled upon that years ago. i honestly thought i was the only person in the world who knew about that. i tried to tell a few friends throughout the years, and of course it was met with laughter and ridicule. i feel vindicated now. lol
Randy, Thank you very much, very informative and educational. When the Covid 19 pandemic is better under control, I will definitely enroll in your school.
Great Job Randy !! I use the lansky set up similar to the one on the table and I strop my Spyderco Delica blade once a month, more if need be !! PS great job on podcast Thursday, John genuine dude !! Stay Strong & Be Safe !! Karl, Chad, John and Randy !!
Thank you I had the blade pointed in the wrong direction this whole time. It was really frustrating because I would be there forever and could not feel an edge, thanks
Would like to see a knife vs axe in a military context video. Always see knvies on guys kit but have never seen an ax or heard stories about their usage in modern conflicts.
Great video, thanks! The sharpening kit you showed sharpens at different angles. Could you consider teaching why that is and what types of blades and their uses benefit by a different sharpening angle?
I carry 2 knives daily for my job, usually have to sharpen them once a week. have a stone in the shop, another in the truck, and one on me. dull blades piss me off . the local ace hardware sells a small pocket diamond stone , ruff one side extra smooth on the other. it works only if you already have a good edge .
Karl I just re-read a book I first read in the 1970s it's called "no surrender My 30 years War" by Hiroo Onada. If you haven't read it already. Talk about long term survival conditions. Good read.
I have a speedy sharp, I cant sharpen anything with it. Me and carbide sharpeners dont mix. For me, it makes a great ferro striker and I use it at work to debur and slightly chamfer edges on parts that are unable to have a quarter round milled on them. I'm just a stone guy, diamond or natural. I keep a cc4 stone on me at all times even though I primarily bought it for my morakniv, it works great on all my other knives aswell. I dont, however use standard stropping compound. I like to use flitz polish, apply a coat on my strop and let it dry before stropping. It polishes the edge nicely. Thank you for sharing your method with us, it seems to be great especially for people new to hand sharpening. A dull knife irritates me just as much as not having my concealed handgun. I would like, if possible, for Chad to share his method for sharpening his fox karambit. Perhaps that can be a quick tangent on the live stream, if I'm ever able to catch yall when your doing it. Yall stay safe, and I hope you have a blessed and enjoyable father's day.
You old timers used your leather skin to hone you knife in the old days. Some real hard men in the old days. I’m 55 and I still remember talking crap to the old timers when I was 7 years old, he grabbed me up and spanked my ass and took me home and mom beat my ass. I never talked crap again to my elders. Nice work thank you. Some valuable knowledge here.
Better get Randy a dbl charge of Xanax. Excited like an ankle biter Chihuahua. Hahahah. What brand of diamond hones were the portable set in soft case he used?? Great show.
Gotta get a couple of gransfors bruks axes Randy. Highly recommend. Hand forged beauties and hickory handles are strong, durable, but fairly easily replaced when necessary. Have the small forest axe...and I want a couple of others. Another great video Randy. Thanks much.
I have a question!? for you Mr Randy Rawhide? When Shaping a Blade? Is there any kind of Difference? in Shaping a Flat Blade to a Serrated Blade at all? Or is just the same way? you would with the Flat Blade? As in if your Knife has both on the same Blade?
Randy reminds me of my grandpa when he was teaching me to sharpen knives as a kid. He showed me how to use a car window and ceramic dishes and later did it back home with my mother. She was less than thrilled I used her coffee cup
you can also use a ceramic coffee cup /bottom side n there's another one for free home sharpening on here via vid , attached to a cordless drill , i'll let you know here soon , thanks > tom !
Going to Randy’s school is quickly becoming not a just a bucket list item but sooner rather than later item. Thank you guys.
Love to see someone else that sharpens by hand and feels their edge. I learned how to sharpen my knife when I was in the boy scouts from a retired ranger, he taught the same thing. Same number of strokes per side and feel your edge. Not only will you get the edge you want but it helps you to learn how to control your blade.
R.R.W, sweet technique on the window edge. My favorite Thai chef showed me that edge maintenance on the back of a ceramic dish. No need for a pricey stone when the shelves are stacked with cheap ones. Randy always takes the short route to success with the most common items. Respect for the TR channel. I always walk away with more than I started with.
I hope we get more Randy videos. I would love to hear him explain intel techniques.
Thank you Randy. I have been sharpening my knives for about 55 years and I still learned something. Mostly use wet stones.
Randy, your a wealth of knowledge. What you bring to the table of the Tactical Rifleman team is awesome. And to the whole team, Thank you gentlemen for your service.
Thanks for showing us your new sharp stuff for 17 minutes , what would we do without RUclips ?
Shared this with some of my family. No matter how much I tell them how to sharpen things, it goes in one ear and out the other.
Always a pleasure to watch the old hands impart their wisdom. Thank you sir.
This is like Christmas come early!
With Santa explaining how it works.
TR Production presents Randy Rawhide the movie. Can't wait to see how little Rawhide grew up and the experiences that shaped his life. No Hollywood needed.
Great video, Randy is an encyclopedia of knowledge
Attention gearnerds you can’t buy feel you have to learn it! Great video Randy! Thank you!
Excellent presentation. I’m probably gonna watch this 10 or more times. This week.
Special 2020 & 2021 prayers for the master of the stache, always awesome, always professional, hang in there brother Rawhide !!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Sir. I read a book that you were featured in. The story was about the SF poster you were on. "What makes Special Forces so special". Apparently all the guys were busting your balls over that poster. I think it's pretty cool that you are still educating others.
STAY STRONG SIR
Never heard of the window sharpening method. Really cool and good to know
Cup too. First minute was already gold.
More like a honing of a rolled edge. Have a great day!!
@@SheepDogNumber6 yeah i was just telling someone about the cup method
If Karl stares at your knife long enough, it becomes sharp as a scalpel. You can also sharpen a knife by grinding then against Instructor Zee's face.
Thank you Mr. Wurst! I am by no means really good at sharpening my knives. I got the sharpener that Karl recommended and it’s kinda dummy proof. Since that video I can put a decent edge on a blade to do the job. I will take the information that you gave us today to make me better at sharpening my blades
Randall!! It's Jed from the scuba team, you know the team with real men, not those skydivers! Lol. Good to see you are doing good and you look real health. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone how you creak,snap, and pop when you walk. Love you brother, as always keep walking with our KING
Thanks Chief I appreciate your leadership!
Always!
Wow never new you can sharpen your knife using your windows. Great video Randy appreciate all your great tips.
I always like your practical, proven, no nonsense videos. I believe knowledge should be shared to allow each of us to be the best we can be and to thrive in this life.
Imagine being so badass that Johnny depp based his look on you. awesome video as usual guys 👌🏻
Thanks Randy . I think every man should be able to sharpen a knife /axe and do it by hand . back years ago , homes were heated by fire wood. We have lost so much over the years. Gotta get back to the basics .
Amen
Thank you for the cool tips. This is why carry a high carbon steel blade, an and not some overpriced, knife with some supersteel. I like to be out in the field and take about 5 minutes to sharpen my knife, then be gone in the wind, if you have a fancy knife there with some crazy steel, you'll be there forever. But sharpening a knife is relaxing to me, and you get better at it the more you do it.
A video many (most ?) Tactical Rifleman subscribers were looking forward. Thanks you Randy and Karl.
I always love the knowledge bombs that Randy shares in his videos!
Thanks for taking the time to teach US, Sir!
Very nice job of explaining all of the different nuances of sharpening I've been a butcher for 20 years and there are few people who can really sharpen a knife well. It is just something you have to work at and learn to go by feel.
Awesome video Randy. I have been sharpening tools for 50 + years, must say you and
I are on the same page with this. I use just a few different tools which are light weight.
On occasion I use a belt grinder when my wife ruins the kitchen knives, she is forbidden
to use my giant Dexter clever. Thank you sir for all you have done and will do.
Stay Safe, Bee Well.
Regards, Doug
Thank for your time and sharpening tips.
Great video Randy! Thanks for sharing some of your methods and techniques!
Randy has a lot of information and can break it down and do a series of videos. I know a few have been done but they have been general. Actually, I am surprise Randy haven't started his own knife company. Great info here. 👍🏼🇺🇸
Tickles me to recall my first pocketknife @ 5. Dad dulled the blade back in order to keep Mom happy. Left me with little but the thrill of sticking the tip in the ground. By the early half the morning I'd developed a fairly good aim. That keeping the eye on the target was working well up until the time I'd look @ the top of my barefoot just before I let go. Yep! in it went & between my thoughts of dying, Dad's holding back his Proud laughter, & Mom's ''I told you so you hard headed Bastard'' to Dad... I was well & back at it the next day with a whole set of focusing rules.
To this 67 yr. old day... I love sharpening them, whittling with them & even cutting up the cardboard boxes into disposable sized cutting boards. Yet, a man never felt so helpless though; as to when there are a good dozen of dull scissors round the house, with the wife questioning your true sharpening skills.
So today @ Harbor Freight I snatched up a $4 gordon sharpening steel with instructions on how to hold & draw the steel against each of the 2 blades. Got all 10 of our found pairs sharp within 4 to 5 minutes. Felt so fulfilling, Hell I'm tempted to see if any neighbors need theirs sharpened too!
Left this saying on the last live stream for John to see. Reckon it won't hurt none to leave it again...
''Love your enemy only for having sharpened your spiritual blade of discernment to the very edge of severing their proposed bonds of oppression.''
Thanks for sharing. TR
Always love Randy Wurst videos. Thanks for taking the time to share the knowledge.
Glad you like them!
That "Speedy Sharp" is the best thing to scrape a Ferrocerium fire starter with, throws a ton of sparks.
Great video Randy, thanks for sharing the wisdom.
There's a bunch of golden nuggets in this video. I hadn't seen running your thumb/finger down the side of the blade. I'll try that. I always lightly ran a thumb/finger across the sharpened blade.
I love this video! Thank you very much Randy! For me the angel and alignment of the stone to the blade was new and very interesting. Also always important: There is no tool that does everything. Pick the tool that fits to the job.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been a woodsman all my life, still learning new tricks. Great info. I also prefer the Gerber multi pliers, one handed operation to deploy has saved my ass more than once, and a mandatory piece of equipment for us tankers (Panzersoldaten).
Randy thanks for instructions
Nice work Randy
Excellent video. Very useful information Keep them coming.
Great video! Thanks Randy. Yeah the whole plastic axe handles has cause a fair amount of tears.
Yes it does!
Great vid, Thank you so much. Useful, top of the line info. Appreciate you guys!
Glad it was helpful!
I bought a generic brand carbide sharpener for $8 and it was the best purchase I ever made. That and the Lansky puck stone, you can do everything from shovels to kukris
Thank you for the solid information Randy.
Any time!
im so glad he mentioned the window technique. i accidentally stumbled upon that years ago. i honestly thought i was the only person in the world who knew about that. i tried to tell a few friends throughout the years, and of course it was met with laughter and ridicule. i feel vindicated now. lol
I am going to look hella suspicious sharpening my knife on car windows from now on.
Haha, thanks for a great video.
Wait for stoplights, lol
Love this guy! Always new stuff to learn.
Randy, Thank you very much, very informative and educational. When the Covid 19 pandemic is better under control, I will definitely enroll in your school.
Right on
Thank you for a very informative video.
You are welcome!
Great video. Thanks Randy!
You are very welcome
Thanks Randy
Great Job Randy !! I use the lansky set up similar to the one on the table and I strop my Spyderco Delica blade once a month, more if need be !! PS great job on podcast Thursday, John genuine dude !! Stay Strong & Be Safe !! Karl, Chad, John and Randy !!
Very cool!
Thank you I had the blade pointed in the wrong direction this whole time. It was really frustrating because I would be there forever and could not feel an edge, thanks
Thank you for your knowledge and service 💪
Great information, thank you Sir.
Thank you!
Too many minimalists thinking just 1 tool for all jobs.
Tell me about it
Good video and valuable information.
Great video, thanks. Would love to see Randy do a video on small belt knives??
Great suggestion!
Thanks for the video. A lot of great information.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cheers Randy 👍
This is very educational. Thank you
Very welcome
Pretty good info man!! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing!
Agree Smith's Sharpeners R Great @ good prices also !
Very informational there Randy I have just about every sharpener you have 👏👍👌✌️🪖🇺🇸
Right on
GREAT VIDEO !!!
Would like to see a knife vs axe in a military context video. Always see knvies on guys kit but have never seen an ax or heard stories about their usage in modern conflicts.
always good, always to the point,
Thank you.
Multi tool pliers with the plier tips that touch can be useful for splinters.
Not my first choice, but it works.
Great video, thanks! The sharpening kit you showed sharpens at different angles. Could you consider teaching why that is and what types of blades and their uses benefit by a different sharpening angle?
Great suggestion! We'll add another video on this. TR
3:10 1921-2020
What’s funny is he’s still carrying the same 1911
Lol
Good stuff man
When something works...
Good stuff thank you!
I carry 2 knives daily for my job, usually have to sharpen them once a week. have a stone in the shop, another in the truck, and one on me. dull blades piss me off . the local ace hardware sells a small pocket diamond stone , ruff one side extra smooth on the other. it works only if you already have a good edge .
Karl I just re-read a book I first read in the 1970s it's called "no surrender My 30 years War" by Hiroo Onada. If you haven't read it already. Talk about long term survival conditions. Good read.
ahh man giving away my window secret!
I have a speedy sharp, I cant sharpen anything with it. Me and carbide sharpeners dont mix. For me, it makes a great ferro striker and I use it at work to debur and slightly chamfer edges on parts that are unable to have a quarter round milled on them. I'm just a stone guy, diamond or natural. I keep a cc4 stone on me at all times even though I primarily bought it for my morakniv, it works great on all my other knives aswell. I dont, however use standard stropping compound. I like to use flitz polish, apply a coat on my strop and let it dry before stropping. It polishes the edge nicely. Thank you for sharing your method with us, it seems to be great especially for people new to hand sharpening. A dull knife irritates me just as much as not having my concealed handgun. I would like, if possible, for Chad to share his method for sharpening his fox karambit. Perhaps that can be a quick tangent on the live stream, if I'm ever able to catch yall when your doing it. Yall stay safe, and I hope you have a blessed and enjoyable father's day.
Thanks for sharing
Good stuff brother 🇺🇸
Thanks
They called me Smiles-with-Hatchets. ‘These are my breakfast hatchets’ I would tell them. Camp hard.
Ok so I watched the video but.....I don’t suppose the next video is “How yo treat a knife wound” by any chance.... 😬
Missed opertunity.... The next video uploaded after this one should have been on field expedient sutures. 😂😂😂
Great vid thx
Great video, I'm learning a lot. What natural stones would work best too?
Depends... Start with coarse stones and work towards harder stones.
@@TacticalRifleman That makes sense, start with the coarse and finish with fine grained stones. Avoiding rolled edges like with ceramic. Thank you.
1921? You age well. I probably misunderstood. Anyway, this is some good stuff. Thank you.
You old timers used your leather skin to hone you knife in the old days. Some real hard men in the old days. I’m 55 and I still remember talking crap to the old timers when I was 7 years old, he grabbed me up and spanked my ass and took me home and mom beat my ass. I never talked crap again to my elders. Nice work thank you. Some valuable knowledge here.
One more good video keep it up 👍👍
Thanks, will do!
Better get Randy a dbl charge of Xanax. Excited like an ankle biter Chihuahua. Hahahah. What brand of diamond hones were the portable set in soft case he used??
Great show.
Randy has been outfitting since 1922...started sharpening at 12-13 yrs...1909-1910 DOB?
His FAMILY has been outfitting since 1922.
Just following up on the old as dirt comments from Tactical Tuesday. Randy is the best! Can’t wait for the follow up.
Pro!
Gotta get a couple of gransfors bruks axes Randy. Highly recommend. Hand forged beauties and hickory handles are strong, durable, but fairly easily replaced when necessary. Have the small forest axe...and I want a couple of others.
Another great video Randy. Thanks much.
Holy shit its chief randy!
Many Thk's also Good intel
4:50 He.... He..... He carries that thing? Man.... Don’t underestimate people 😆
I just have one question which how do you remember of everything on which tool you use
what kind of steel are your knives made from
I have a question!? for you Mr Randy Rawhide? When Shaping a Blade? Is there any kind of Difference? in Shaping a Flat Blade to a Serrated Blade at all? Or is just the same way? you would with the Flat Blade? As in if your Knife has both on the same Blade?