Nice tip, good sharpening technique, and for the comments about your pants, i just wanna quote Confucius: 'When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.'
I had to bust out laughing when he said, "This is your very course stone." I would say that is the understatement of the year! Good stuff, keep up the video posts.
Well done. Anyone with a clue will get it. You demonstrated the concept & the practice of sharpening and polishing (stropping) a good edge. A lot of people don't seem to realize you did it on a crap piece of knife. If a person can't do this then they probably won't manage a good edge on a high dollar set of stones. If they can then they will be able to do even more with better gear. As the title says, "No excuse for a dull knife." Also, no excuse not to have a sharp, usable blade, even if all you can get is a cheap flea market/junk store knife. The haters don't seem to realize you were actually talking real sharpening terms and process apparently. Then again, I was watching you notch the stick to cut it in two which showed you are actually an experienced knife user with some knowledge of actually using a cutting tool. A poser with a $300 knife is still a poser. A guy with a sharp, but cheap knife he knows how to use & maintain is the real deal. Doesn't mean I'm throwing away my stones anytime soon though. ;)
Very good video showing basic sharpening 101. It's a eye opener for those of us who spend lots of money on expensive whetstones to sharpen our blades. Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
Thank you! I was getting sick of seeing all the product placement for survival and bushcraft gear. Why would anyone spend for $40 wet stones is beyond me.
Educational and to the point, heavy on application and useful under a diverse range of situations. Excellent video. Being able to work with what is at hand is what I always strive for in basic skills like this.
Nice work showing the importance of technique and what can be achieved with very little materials through knowledge and practice. You have packed a lot of information on sharpening into one short video from grind geometry, sharpening, burr removal, and maintenance. One thing I would add is that if the concrete is very rough (rocks and such) you can flatten/even it out with the brick which will also add a slurry like a nagura on a waterstone.
+Don Williams Yes, the downside of the internet where the idiots come to play. Do you really think that being online means you aren't still a complete moron? If so, you're wrong.
@OZTLC40 When I was first teaching myself to sharpen, I was 13 and a couple of bucks was more than I had at the time. I'm sure there are at least a couple of people in the world without the means or motive to buy a stone, that would like sharp knives. I've also found myself in plenty of situations (such as when traveling) with a dull knife and no sharpening stone. Improvisation gets me through every time.
Wow, very nicely done video. You obviously know your stuff! Great practical advice for survivalists or just plain "holy crap I need an edge and I don't have a stone" people. Thanks!
BRILLIANT video! I have a pet hate for blunt knives and sharpen all my knives to an edge fit for shaving. You are one of the very few people who know how to actually sharpen a knife PROPERLY... I also believe that nobody has an excuse for a blunt knife, because its dead easy to sharpen one on anything infront of you. Also, as seen, it's not the cost of your sharpening materials, it's your technique! You can have expensive whetstones, but you'll have blunt knives if you have bad technique...
I have an excuse... I cannot do it! I'm 32 years old. I can drive, I can play guitar, hell I can even juggle (I'm not great but I can do it). I just cannot get a knife sharp no matter how hard I try. I've watched dozens of videos (to the point where I'm hearing the same thing said in a slightly different way over and over again) and I've spent probably days of time in cumulative hours. I just cannot do it!
Love the idea of one but I can't justify the cost (plus I want to learn free-hand). I might have cracked it in the meantime. I reset my bevel on the Lansky Masters Edge. After starting again with a straight bevel I was able to feel my angle much better. Might dull the edge again and see if I can bring it back free-hand.
+Derek Everyguy Still yet to get a shaving sharp blade. Guess I'll have to keep practicing. I don't want to become reliant on assisted sharpeners which is why I'm trying to learn free-hand. I saw that Worksharp have a new assisted system (kind of like their field sharpener). I kind of wish that had been out before I bought my stuff as it would make the transition from assisted to free-hand easier.
+Jamal Hosein I've been doing most of my learning with a cheap stainless knife and using the DMT Diafolds. I wanted to learn with them as they would be the most likely thing I'd have to hand in the event of the breakdown of civilization/zombie apocalypse (I'm kidding, but I've seen someone get a butter knife shaving sharp using a brick and some cardboard, so surely I should be able to get decent results with Diafolds as they seem to get good reviews). I can get the knife sharp enough to cut paper, though not slice it effortlessly like some people do. I just can't seem to get to that level where you wouldn't dare run your fingers along the blade. I also find that when I progress to the extra-extra fine diafold that I'm getting less feedback, so I can't feel my angle properly. I think I might actually be dulling the blade slightly at this stage. I also seem to have a problem with dulling the blade when stropping. I'm convinced it is me doing something wrong, but I'd love to have someone that is good at sharpening use the same knife and equipment to prove I haven't wasted my time and money. I have some other sharpening equipment (including a beautiful combination Arkansas) that I want to move onto after I've got decent results with the Diafolds. At the moment all my knives are pretty cheap/low quality. Eventually I want to have some nice knives, but I want to learn how to properly sharpen before I buy something nice. The idea of a nice knife that looks like a chimp sharpened it makes me wince.
this was probably one of the better videos I've seen yet for how little money i have, all i have is a honing rod (and honing isn't sharpening) and it just wasn't working on my kitchen knives anymore as they were developing burs and such from boning and bad cutting boards. the coffee cup and belt really helped bring new life into my old knives :)
You can tell its def a certain type of people watching/commenting on this video because they're all offended by your ripped jeans. Mine are ripped too. :/
I WAS A BRICKLAYER IN NJ FOR 30 YRS AND I USED BRICK N BLOCK ALL THOSE YRS TO SHARPEN MY TOOL KIT KNIFE .....WORKS GREAT TO SHARPEN PENCILS ALSO ......MAYBE HE CAN DO A PENCIL SHARPENING VIDEO AFTER HE GETS SOME NEW JEANS
If you do it right the knife wont be all scratched up. Your only running the bevel of the knife on the brick. And the finish left by a brick will probably be better looking than the 120 grit edge left by a cutting wheel that most factories use.
Good tip. I did this this weekend to my BK2, before i saw your vid. Batoned a piece of seasoned hickory and my edge met an unseen rock. lil bit of edge damage...cement slab nearby to get the rough edge then a piece of cardboard as a strop..hair poppin!
i love how you talk about being worried about chipping a blade because it's too thin right after you pushed it across a fucking cinder block. by the way, did you use that same method of sharpening your blade to wash your pants? it looks you did
Done similar with success. like old folks on the farm used to do on the edge of a smooth cement porch.I worked in a junkyard for awhile, and saw many decent knives, and some not so decent knives totally ruined on bench grinders. Lent a guy my then new Gator, and after lunch he brought it back ruined. Your method isn't that far off from a very coarse stone and won't ruin a knife like a grinder will. Would yield a good "junkyard" edge. A razor edge is great for skinning, but if your scraping bolts and cutting through wire and windshield caskets etc., you need a tough coarse almost mildly jagged edge. A razor thin edge would be gone in a few minutes. Factory serrated edge knives are thin and wear off under severe use. Good coarse edge is best for rough use.
R Langer It's sort of a last resort technique. Concrete is good for knocking down a morbidly obese edge. If you're careful with the edge geometry, you can polish off the ugliness with diamond hones and finish with ceramic or stropping.
Bilbo Baggins "Professional knife sharpeners exist for a reason." That's a person not a tool. I tried to find what you said and if you meant the $69.95 item as being affordable by all you need to think again. If you meant something even more costly the answer is a more emphatic no. On the other hand the $6.95 item may be a heck of a lot more affordable, put a usable edge on a tool, as well as being compact and easily transported but the professionals mostly wouldn't be caught dead using one.
www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-WSGFS221-Guided-Sharpener/dp/B009YKHZ96/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1462089077&sr=8-5&keywords=work+sharp Sorry thought you meant knife sharpener as in a stone, not a person
You're the kind of idiot that probably spent several hundred dollars for a wicked edge sharpening system. A knife is just a knife. It's a tool. If anybody is spending more than $50 for any kind of knife you're not too smart.
It's great way to sharpen cheap knives from China or Pakistan, but who wants a knife like that. Fix your pants before you buy a knife, so we don't have to look at your bare legs. Not cool! Everybody thinks they are a knife sharpening expert, but it's really not difficult.
My problem is that is ugly legs are a distraction and you two are butt holes. I'm scared of catching scabies from people like you that only take a shower monthly.
Nice vid!Hey honestly when I was just knee high to a grasshopper my dad use to give me and my little brothers knives like those but smaller..the old fashioned lock back with the nail nick in the blade and when I got old enough to get my own I was lured in by the Kershaws,spydercos,kabars etc...but now Im thinking of getting another knife like your and bringing back the old school...good job
Great vid, as always. Comprehensive for what could be impromptu supplies! Thanks.
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why is everybody obsessing about his ripped jeans? why the fuck does it matter if he has holes in them? i have holes in all of my jeans (intentional) stop fucking commenting about it, my fucking god
Nobody notes that he has no shoes on. He may be homeless... now how do you feel about giving him a hard time about his pants..... or it may be laundry day.... WHO CARES about his pants... FOCUS on the purpose of the video.
Ramsey5349 Do you even Bother to Google... Faaaack!! I'll do it for you ya simplton... www.google.ie/search?q=homeless+people+with+smartphones&newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=1236&bih=585&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9em3VMaaGaTB7Aa4w4DIDA&ved=0CC4QsAQ
This video really shows the spirit of doing it yourself, most other videos are like,"you need this expensive brick with the word diamond in the name or some other stuff"
+James Ritchie Please watch the video again, and make note of the part where he said this was a cheap chinese knock-off of a Buck knife. Please also note the parts where he explains that this was a possible way to sharpen, but did not say that the preferred method was with a cinder block. Methinks thou doth protest too much.
Baby, I love the way you make it so simple to sharpen your knife. I am having the hardest time in getting my knife razor sharp- any additional suggestions? I will keep watching your video over and over (as I already have) until I get it right. Thanks so much for putting it out there!
The block will be harder than steel as it contains rock, you can find a video from Murray Carter where he does the same thing with one of his knives also on a cinder block and cardboard for stropping. The blocks contain rock which is hard enough to abrade steel, even the high carbon steel that Carter uses. However the steel in the knife in this video is actually likely being close to being machined (akin to being filed) and not abraded due to the softness.
Just so you know, I have personally tried your method. Just the other day I grabbed up a machete that someone was using. Typically, everybody uses the tools and they abuse, break and generally neglect them. The machete was not properly sharpened, but I needed it and thought I"d try it. The blade was too dull to even cut leaves off trees. Things are always being moved around here, so all I could find was a concrete block. I executed just a few, but well done strokes on the concrete block, and without benefit of a brick, strop, etc., I was able to cut some free hanging tree limbs and palm leaves. What I would suggest to others is that they actually find or buy a flat concrete block and a brick, maybe a piece of tile and a leather belt or sanding block if they want a finer finish. It'll serve as a makeshift sharpening system temporarily or for regular use.
Awesome! Gonna give this a try this week on one of my good for nothing knives. I heard some guys talking about this video in another bushcraft vid and checked into it. Great vid and demonstration. thanks for the post
Nice video. I think the point is that everyday materials could be used to sharpen. 125 years ago your ancestors may have just used the flagstone step outside the kitchen door to touch up knives...they weren't likely to have a dedicated sharpening stone.
Oh. Well, if you had any fine ceramic or porcelain, you could sharpen it on that. If you were stranded with say, a cruise ship, you could use the unglazed foot of a dinner plate. Earthenware also works, and I've heard that you can also do it on the rough edges of glass bottles (Not so sure about the last one. Only heard of it twice.) If worst comes to worse, you could always use a smooth, fine rock with water splashed over it.
Great video! you can also use the bottom of a ceramic drinking mug to sharpen your knives. It's always good to have less expensive alternative methods to get things done.
This video is great at showing to an extent the concept of sharpening and that you do NOT need expensive equipment for a good edge. Realize that the abrasive particles in the bricks and cinderblocks are only so hard and that if you tried sharpening a harder or more wear resistent steel on the above tools, you would have trouble. But for traditional knives, carbon steel knives, SAK, opinels, buck 110s, and flea market stuff the above tools are plenty adequate if you're on a budget.
Actually, within a certain distance a knife wielder is considered "in kill range" and can be very deadly to someone with a gun. There is a nice FBI video called "bringing a gun to a knife fight" about how to combat a knife fighter in close range. Also, in most states if a blade is under 3 or 4 inches it isn't a weapon, no matter how sharp. If the knife is double bladed, that is a different story, but the kid is fine as long as he is in the US doesn't bring it to school or into a state building
Yes based on the materials he used in particular besides the strop. But I think he is saying more to the premise that you don't have to use special tools to sharpen. And a well chosen rock could work fabulously and not be as detrimental as wearing it down to a nub so quickly. Anyways in a long term survival situation you would use the blade sparingly and use napping and make stone blades for the most part as possible. A rough stone blade can be used for quite a while on flesh etc.
I've used card board (for years) as a make shift strop when I was without my leather strops. Craftsman Brand Polishing Compound has five different levels from course grit to fine grit for use with rotary tools (which is essentially Jewelers Rouge [aka diatomaceous earth] and can be purchased [inexpensively] at Sears or online). I've applied the Craftsman polishing compound to my strops for several years with great success. Sharpening on bricks works even better when water or mineral oil is added. Periodically, flush your working area with more water or oil. Put your brick in a running creek/stream or under a hanging hose to create a makeshift water wheel/stone. RUclips videos are shown of folks in Asia sharpening and crafting knifes and axes on rivers by working with smooth stones in moving water as their sharpening stone - extremely effective. Honing a blade on a ceramic coffee cup is one of many different ways including: the top edge of a vehicle's glass window, sandpaper, a nail file, a nylon strap, the spine of carbon steel knife, a whetstone sold at The Dollar Tree for $1, smooth stone found in a creek/stream/river, concrete (rough driveway or smooth carport floor), neoprene mouse pad, vehicle seat belts, my personal favorite - a Lansky Blade Medic, white ceramic rods, black ceramic stones for surgically sharp knife edges, a leather belt, the underside of a ceramic toilet tank lid where the water fills in a toilet - much easier to use than a coffee mug and much easier to find. Consider buying a Morakniv if you're doing Bushcraft - made in Mora Sweden and price is under $15 on Amazon. You should consider updating this video. Also, most knife companies add a micro bevel to the blade. It's much easier to maintain the sharpness of the blade once you remove the micro bevel. SurvivalGeek
After watching this I was thinking about buying a small tub of hydro concrete patch the dark grey/black stuff, and building some small forms so I can make a small sharpener to fit my Ontario Pilot Knife sheath cause I think it should work, and I can make a bunch of them. I have a few Arkansas stones but they are too large and its hard to find the size I need. thanks for the idea.
good vid. like you mentioned the bottom of a ceramic mug, my parents always touched up their knives on the top edge of a large stoneware-type bowl. works great. there was no glazing on the top edge, so it was like a fine-grit stone.
His technique isn't good though. If you watch the initial sharpening on the cinderblock, his angle as he pushes away is very shallow, whereas when he is drawing it back towards himself the angle is much steeper, and he raises the angle even more as he does the tip. This may work initially, but over time that edge is gonna end up really wonky, and won't cut well at all. He's clearly knowledgeable, and the information is useful, but those angles need to be far more consistent if you wanna keep that edge in shape for years to come. Great vid though, I'm sure this will help plenty of people, so great work.
Great vid and nice ideas to use common materials. My experience is that green compound works great for hand stropping, as you reported. For power stropping, with leather on a 1 x 42 belt sander, white compound works well. Thanks for the ideas.
jewelers rouge comes in grits just like sand paper. you can get it in a wax stick or as a liquid. The rule of thumb is darker maeans more abrasive. Black is mean to descale cast iron. Brown or Tripoli is a semi course compound. Green and white are for final surfacing before switching to a hand compound. A trick that aluminum polishers use is to get tuperware picnic ketchup dispensors and mix Rouge with Charcoal lighter fluid. It works better on a rag in your hand.
Very informative and useful. if you know anything about knives you know this young man has experience and knowledge probably passed on to him from an elder. his practiced ease of correct angles show his knowledge. I have seen men at work sharpen spydercos and other top quality knives with files and grinders.
Depending on how sharp you want your knife to be and what you use it for, if you use it for hunting purposes like skinning you're going to want to keep it sharp because skinning dulls blades very quickly. Getting familiar with keeping an edge on any blade is important this guy's video is actually very informative. Depending on how dull it is and the type of bevel your blade has also is important on how to sharpen it.
Tripoli compound strikes me as a little soft for field honing. I like a more aggressive compound like valve grinding paste or emery compound (Dico E5) followed by chrome oxide or Dico SCR or CR1. Just a small difference. Cool video. :)
Good examples demonstrating why there is no excuse for a dull knife, even when one doesn’t have handy a sharpening stone (which is odd in itself if you own a decent knife) Take away from comments left; attention deficit disorder is alive & well Peace ... ✌🏼
"Dude, what's that thing in your backpack?"
"That's my sharpening brick."
Danm, 9 years ago I was 5 when you made this comment
I Bought a broken 6000 grit stone , id just bring the chip in my pocket. Rubing wet stone on knife works if your ocd enough.
Nice tip, good sharpening technique, and for the comments about your pants, i just wanna quote Confucius:
'When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.'
Thank you for that quote, you made my day sir.
well said
Very true, but I'm still curious about it.
Telarania ambulant confuscious says man who has hole in pocket feels cocky all day !
That quote just made my day
I had to bust out laughing when he said, "This is your very course stone." I would say that is the understatement of the year! Good stuff, keep up the video posts.
Well done. Anyone with a clue will get it. You demonstrated the concept & the practice of sharpening and polishing (stropping) a good edge. A lot of people don't seem to realize you did it on a crap piece of knife. If a person can't do this then they probably won't manage a good edge on a high dollar set of stones. If they can then they will be able to do even more with better gear. As the title says, "No excuse for a dull knife." Also, no excuse not to have a sharp, usable blade, even if all you can get is a cheap flea market/junk store knife. The haters don't seem to realize you were actually talking real sharpening terms and process apparently. Then again, I was watching you notch the stick to cut it in two which showed you are actually an experienced knife user with some knowledge of actually using a cutting tool.
A poser with a $300 knife is still a poser. A guy with a sharp, but cheap knife he knows how to use & maintain is the real deal. Doesn't mean I'm throwing away my stones anytime soon though. ;)
Very good video showing basic sharpening 101. It's a eye opener for those of us who spend lots of money on expensive whetstones to sharpen our blades.
Thank you for taking the time to do this video.
Thank you! I was getting sick of seeing all the product placement for survival and bushcraft gear. Why would anyone spend for $40 wet stones is beyond me.
Dresden Diaz the reason someone would do that is because they actually want a sharp edge
Bc a cinder block isn't as smooth as a wet stone
Nice sarcasm 😂
"STOP having a dull knife, stop having a dull life !!!!"
Educational and to the point, heavy on application and useful under a diverse range of situations. Excellent video. Being able to work with what is at hand is what I always strive for in basic skills like this.
do you use your pants to sharpen your knives too?
wow hahahahahahaahahahahaha
zing
Roasted :D
no, he just tests the knife's sharpness :))
Nice work showing the importance of technique and what can be achieved with very little materials through knowledge and practice. You have packed a lot of information on sharpening into one short video from grind geometry, sharpening, burr removal, and maintenance. One thing I would add is that if the concrete is very rough (rocks and such) you can flatten/even it out with the brick which will also add a slurry like a nagura on a waterstone.
Did you try to test that knife on your pants before you started recording?
they make pants pre ripped...
Never seen em that ripped.
@HONESTO UNO yeah but that's Walmart. That's expected
thats his stiey no need to be mean tho i get it you tryina be funny but he probably read this and felt bad.
Imagine someone who actually gives money for damaged clothes. Surreal.
Moral of the story, Japanese water stones not always available.
Improvise, overcome and adapt.
Use what's at hand, you'll live longer!
Good vid. Man!
I'm judging the sharpness of your knife by the condition of your pants
I meant that the knife is sharp enough to make all hose holes haha
It was a joke. welcome to the internet haha jeez cool it man
+Don Williams Yes, the downside of the internet where the idiots come to play. Do you really think that being online means you aren't still a complete moron? If so, you're wrong.
what
Don Williams xD
Great video man ... This guy is teaching us a lesson...in the wild and you dont have a sharpener ...you can just use a stone ..life lessons here guys
impressive 4 a knife that is of so low quality and the tools//brick and cinder block with leather belt,,,,,very impressive indeed.
Great video, I loved that you used everyday items as well. You never know when you'll need that kind of knowledge.
@OZTLC40 When I was first teaching myself to sharpen, I was 13 and a couple of bucks was more than I had at the time. I'm sure there are at least a couple of people in the world without the means or motive to buy a stone, that would like sharp knives. I've also found myself in plenty of situations (such as when traveling) with a dull knife and no sharpening stone. Improvisation gets me through every time.
We should all give this man a thumbs-up for sacrificing what little leg hair he has for us.
were any other knife people just cringing with every pass on that cinderblock?
yeah!
drake faudel he hurt my soul lol
drake faudel yes
Yeah
man this video has been popping up for so long on youtube searches. This is a knife sharpening classic haha.
No excuse for pants like those though
There isn't much of those pants left :D
lol
Wow, very nicely done video. You obviously know your stuff! Great practical advice for survivalists or just plain "holy crap I need an edge and I don't have a stone" people. Thanks!
You have no excuse for owning tattered jeans.
Trip Johnson killer
Thenbitch buy him more!
Ummm , they're cool.
He paid extra for the holes!
BRILLIANT video! I have a pet hate for blunt knives and sharpen all my knives to an edge fit for shaving. You are one of the very few people who know how to actually sharpen a knife PROPERLY... I also believe that nobody has an excuse for a blunt knife, because its dead easy to sharpen one on anything infront of you. Also, as seen, it's not the cost of your sharpening materials, it's your technique! You can have expensive whetstones, but you'll have blunt knives if you have bad technique...
Don't show my GF this; she just got me some expensive ceramic stones.
I love everything about this. (Well, maybe not the pants, but nobody's perfect.) Thanks especially for explaining WHY you are doing what you're doing.
I have an excuse... I cannot do it!
I'm 32 years old. I can drive, I can play guitar, hell I can even juggle (I'm not great but I can do it). I just cannot get a knife sharp no matter how hard I try.
I've watched dozens of videos (to the point where I'm hearing the same thing said in a slightly different way over and over again) and I've spent probably days of time in cumulative hours. I just cannot do it!
Love the idea of one but I can't justify the cost (plus I want to learn free-hand).
I might have cracked it in the meantime. I reset my bevel on the Lansky Masters Edge. After starting again with a straight bevel I was able to feel my angle much better. Might dull the edge again and see if I can bring it back free-hand.
+Derek Everyguy Still yet to get a shaving sharp blade. Guess I'll have to keep practicing.
I don't want to become reliant on assisted sharpeners which is why I'm trying to learn free-hand. I saw that Worksharp have a new assisted system (kind of like their field sharpener). I kind of wish that had been out before I bought my stuff as it would make the transition from assisted to free-hand easier.
Guy, after you buy a whetstone and mineral oil, its all about "attention to detail."
+napalmhardcore Just buy yourself a wicked edge youll be good.
+Jamal Hosein I've been doing most of my learning with a cheap stainless knife and using the DMT Diafolds. I wanted to learn with them as they would be the most likely thing I'd have to hand in the event of the breakdown of civilization/zombie apocalypse (I'm kidding, but I've seen someone get a butter knife shaving sharp using a brick and some cardboard, so surely I should be able to get decent results with Diafolds as they seem to get good reviews).
I can get the knife sharp enough to cut paper, though not slice it effortlessly like some people do. I just can't seem to get to that level where you wouldn't dare run your fingers along the blade.
I also find that when I progress to the extra-extra fine diafold that I'm getting less feedback, so I can't feel my angle properly. I think I might actually be dulling the blade slightly at this stage. I also seem to have a problem with dulling the blade when stropping.
I'm convinced it is me doing something wrong, but I'd love to have someone that is good at sharpening use the same knife and equipment to prove I haven't wasted my time and money. I have some other sharpening equipment (including a beautiful combination Arkansas) that I want to move onto after I've got decent results with the Diafolds.
At the moment all my knives are pretty cheap/low quality. Eventually I want to have some nice knives, but I want to learn how to properly sharpen before I buy something nice. The idea of a nice knife that looks like a chimp sharpened it makes me wince.
you have the most relaxing voice i've ever heard.
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Toothy04102 thank you for the laugh
in the outdoors stones of varying smoothness works in an emergency too
good vid
I'm all for sharpening my knives in any situation possible, be it for edc use or survival, but listening to u that edge on that rough rock is painful
That's not too far off what using a coarse ceramic stone to reprofile sounds like.
this was probably one of the better videos I've seen yet for how little money i have, all i have is a honing rod (and honing isn't sharpening) and it just wasn't working on my kitchen knives anymore as they were developing burs and such from boning and bad cutting boards. the coffee cup and belt really helped bring new life into my old knives :)
that consignment shop may carry trousers.
Honestly, a great informative video. Nevermind the package, just appreciate the chocolate.
You can tell its def a certain type of people watching/commenting on this video because they're all offended by your ripped jeans. Mine are ripped too. :/
Great video. Thank you very much. It's great to see someone who is practical.
Thanks.
I WAS A BRICKLAYER IN NJ FOR 30 YRS AND I USED BRICK N BLOCK ALL THOSE YRS TO SHARPEN MY TOOL KIT KNIFE .....WORKS GREAT TO SHARPEN PENCILS ALSO ......MAYBE HE CAN DO A PENCIL SHARPENING VIDEO AFTER HE GETS SOME NEW JEANS
Unless of course you don't want your knife to be all scratched to fuck.
Canadian Bearded Hillbilly right before i got mine somebody did the same sharpening and i had to fix it
If you do it right the knife wont be all scratched up. Your only running the bevel of the knife on the brick. And the finish left by a brick will probably be better looking than the 120 grit edge left by a cutting wheel that most factories use.
Edward McCarthy xD
Good tip. I did this this weekend to my BK2, before i saw your vid. Batoned a piece of seasoned hickory and my edge met an unseen rock. lil bit of edge damage...cement slab nearby to get the rough edge then a piece of cardboard as a strop..hair poppin!
i love how you talk about being worried about chipping a blade because it's too thin right after you pushed it across a fucking cinder block. by the way, did you use that same method of sharpening your blade to wash your pants? it looks you did
hah
Done similar with success. like old folks on the farm used to do on the edge of a smooth cement porch.I worked in a junkyard for awhile, and saw many decent knives, and some not so decent knives totally ruined on bench grinders. Lent a guy my then new Gator, and after lunch he brought it back ruined. Your method isn't that far off from a very coarse stone and won't ruin a knife like a grinder will. Would yield a good "junkyard" edge. A razor edge is great for skinning, but if your scraping bolts and cutting through wire and windshield caskets etc., you need a tough coarse almost mildly jagged edge. A razor thin edge would be gone in a few minutes. Factory serrated edge knives are thin and wear off under severe use. Good coarse edge is best for rough use.
This hurt my fucking soul. get your knife away from the damn cinderblock!
GD DSTXD no it's not
YaBoiLilBill
welp thats yo its your opinion lmao. kay
R Langer It's sort of a last resort technique. Concrete is good for knocking down a morbidly obese edge. If you're careful with the edge geometry, you can polish off the ugliness with diamond hones and finish with ceramic or stropping.
If you have a knife worth more than $20 please don't follow the advice in this video. Professional knife sharpeners exist for a reason.
+Michael Kossin You pretty much didn't get the message & many people can't hire someone to do this nor do knife sharpeners follow you around.
+Dwight E Howell worksharp 2.0 sorry youre wrong
Bilbo Baggins "Professional knife sharpeners exist for a reason." That's a person not a tool.
I tried to find what you said and if you meant the $69.95 item as being affordable by all you need to think again. If you meant something even more costly the answer is a more emphatic no. On the other hand the $6.95 item may be a heck of a lot more affordable, put a usable edge on a tool, as well as being compact and easily transported but the professionals mostly wouldn't be caught dead using one.
www.amazon.com/Work-Sharp-WSGFS221-Guided-Sharpener/dp/B009YKHZ96/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1462089077&sr=8-5&keywords=work+sharp Sorry thought you meant knife sharpener as in a stone, not a person
You're the kind of idiot that probably spent several hundred dollars for a wicked edge sharpening system. A knife is just a knife. It's a tool. If anybody is spending more than $50 for any kind of knife you're not too smart.
It's great way to sharpen cheap knives from China or Pakistan, but who wants a knife like that. Fix your pants before you buy a knife, so we don't have to look at your bare legs. Not cool! Everybody thinks they are a knife sharpening expert, but it's really not difficult.
Whats your problem? Is it that big of a deal to see someone's bare skin??
Ya, whats the deal with seeing a knee. Are you scared when people wear shorts around you?? Dan Morris seems like a elitist doucher.
My problem is that is ugly legs are a distraction and you two are butt holes. I'm scared of catching scabies from people like you that only take a shower monthly.
Thank you dan morris for keeping us entertained.
Dan Morris if HIS legs are a distraction then i have some news for you...
If you wake up in pants like that I am pretty sure it means you're a werewolf.
"What I'm going to do is take off my belt"
Annnnd I'm out of here
Dumbass. It's for stropping the blade.
The inspiration for this video came from the man being attacked by a wildebeest, thus came the torn trousers.
How to fuck up the blade in 3..2..1
Awesome video. Very useful. Almost anyone can scrounge together most of these things with little hassle. I'm going practice this.
I have excuse for my dull knifev and that is they get even duller when i try to sharpen them.
I LOL'd throughout the video. Well done my friend.
I gotta ask man, what is up with the pants?
TacticalTimmy12 He's part of the younger generation that cant come up with anything original so they are doing the same thing we did back in the 60s.
ardvarkkkkk1 Nothing original happened in the 60s.
Captn Save a Bro!
Yeah...right.
ardvarkkkkk1 Agreed! Motion carries!
He tests his knives by cutting his pants
Nice vid!Hey honestly when I was just knee high to a grasshopper my dad use to give me and my little brothers knives like those but smaller..the old fashioned lock back with the nail nick in the blade and when I got old enough to get my own I was lured in by the Kershaws,spydercos,kabars etc...but now Im thinking of getting another knife like your and bringing back the old school...good job
these comments are great xD
GumbyGotGame I literally just came to see the comments
I STAND WITH SEAN AND FELIX Dennis here hold this L
Great vid, as always. Comprehensive for what could be impromptu supplies! Thanks.
why is everybody obsessing about his ripped jeans? why the fuck does it matter if he has holes in them? i have holes in all of my jeans (intentional) stop fucking commenting about it, my fucking god
maybe people they make you look stupid if their intentional like this and that
wow someone is pissy today
who are you replying to? nobody has said anything today, if not the past two weeks.
your mad arnt you
he/she is. after three months now.
Dude: You've got the best, most thorough video in the bunch! Great job!
Nobody notes that he has no shoes on. He may be homeless... now how do you feel about giving him a hard time about his pants..... or it may be laundry day.... WHO CARES about his pants... FOCUS on the purpose of the video.
Yes, because homeless people are making RUclips videos now with all their spare cash.
Ramsey5349 You'd be surprised.
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Are you homeless? Stop tagging me, I dont give a shit. Your "research" only proves that homeless people can obtain phones and send tweets. Durr.
This video really shows the spirit of doing it yourself, most other videos are like,"you need this expensive brick with the word diamond in the name or some other stuff"
That's fine in an emergency, but get a real sharpening stone and do the job right. That's a horrible way to treat a good knife.
Agreed.
+James Ritchie Please watch the video again, and make note of the part where he said this was a cheap chinese knock-off of a Buck knife. Please also note the parts where he explains that this was a possible way to sharpen, but did not say that the preferred method was with a cinder block. Methinks thou doth protest too much.
Nice vid man! Good use of common materials that can be found anywhere... Be great in a time of survival....
growing up we would fine a flat limestone rock in the creek to use to sharpen our knives. It worked well. Good video my friend.
Baby,
I love the way you make it so simple to sharpen your knife. I am having the hardest time in getting my knife razor sharp- any additional suggestions? I will keep watching your video over and over (as I already have) until I get it right. Thanks so much for putting it out there!
Any knife can be sharpen to a razor but the better the blade the longer it hold up. Thanks for sharing.
You are the most awesome person I've ever seen.
What a great video. Thanks for taking the time to share it. You have made me rethink my pack for hiking.
The block will be harder than steel as it contains rock, you can find a video from Murray Carter where he does the same thing with one of his knives also on a cinder block and cardboard for stropping. The blocks contain rock which is hard enough to abrade steel, even the high carbon steel that Carter uses. However the steel in the knife in this video is actually likely being close to being machined (akin to being filed) and not abraded due to the softness.
Thanks for making the video. There are some good tips there and I do like a sharp knife when camping.
Just so you know, I have personally tried your method.
Just the other day I grabbed up a machete that someone was using. Typically, everybody uses the tools and they abuse, break and generally neglect them. The machete was not properly sharpened, but I needed it and thought I"d try it. The blade was too dull to even cut leaves off trees.
Things are always being moved around here, so all I could find was a concrete block. I executed just a few, but well done strokes on the concrete block, and without benefit of a brick, strop, etc., I was able to cut some free hanging tree limbs and palm leaves.
What I would suggest to others is that they actually find or buy a flat concrete block and a brick, maybe a piece of tile and a leather belt or sanding block if they want a finer finish. It'll serve as a makeshift sharpening system temporarily or for regular use.
Awesome! Gonna give this a try this week on one of my good for nothing knives. I heard some guys talking about this video in another bushcraft vid and checked into it. Great vid and demonstration. thanks for the post
Excellent vid. Those who think otherwise probably aren't the sharpest tool in the shed! But they could be! (no excuse!)
Nice video. I think the point is that everyday materials could be used to sharpen. 125 years ago your ancestors may have just used the flagstone step outside the kitchen door to touch up knives...they weren't likely to have a dedicated sharpening stone.
I have several pair of those air-conditioned pants. Love them.
Oh. Well, if you had any fine ceramic or porcelain, you could sharpen it on that. If you were stranded with say, a cruise ship, you could use the unglazed foot of a dinner plate. Earthenware also works, and I've heard that you can also do it on the rough edges of glass bottles (Not so sure about the last one. Only heard of it twice.)
If worst comes to worse, you could always use a smooth, fine rock with water splashed over it.
Great video! you can also use the bottom of a ceramic drinking mug to sharpen your knives. It's always good to have less expensive alternative methods to get things done.
This video is great at showing to an extent the concept of sharpening and that you do NOT need expensive equipment for a good edge. Realize that the abrasive particles in the bricks and cinderblocks are only so hard and that if you tried sharpening a harder or more wear resistent steel on the above tools, you would have trouble. But for traditional knives, carbon steel knives, SAK, opinels, buck 110s, and flea market stuff the above tools are plenty adequate if you're on a budget.
great video. thanks. i' been using sidewalks for quite a while myself but, mostly when reshaping knife tips.
Actually, within a certain distance a knife wielder is considered "in kill range" and can be very deadly to someone with a gun. There is a nice FBI video called "bringing a gun to a knife fight" about how to combat a knife fighter in close range.
Also, in most states if a blade is under 3 or 4 inches it isn't a weapon, no matter how sharp. If the knife is double bladed, that is a different story, but the kid is fine as long as he is in the US doesn't bring it to school or into a state building
Awesome, Im gonna use this method on my sebenza!!!
jesus christ😂😂
Yes based on the materials he used in particular besides the strop. But I think he is saying more to the premise that you don't have to use special tools to sharpen. And a well chosen rock could work fabulously and not be as detrimental as wearing it down to a nub so quickly. Anyways in a long term survival situation you would use the blade sparingly and use napping and make stone blades for the most part as possible. A rough stone blade can be used for quite a while on flesh etc.
I've used card board (for years) as a make shift strop when I was without my leather strops.
Craftsman Brand Polishing Compound has five different levels from course grit to fine grit for use with rotary tools (which is essentially Jewelers Rouge [aka diatomaceous earth] and can be purchased [inexpensively] at Sears or online). I've applied the Craftsman polishing compound to my strops for several years with great success.
Sharpening on bricks works even better when water or mineral oil is added. Periodically, flush your working area with more water or oil.
Put your brick in a running creek/stream or under a hanging hose to create a makeshift water wheel/stone. RUclips videos are shown of folks in Asia sharpening and crafting knifes and axes on rivers by working with smooth stones in moving water as their sharpening stone - extremely effective.
Honing a blade on a ceramic coffee cup is one of many different ways including: the top edge of a vehicle's glass window, sandpaper, a nail file, a nylon strap, the spine of carbon steel knife, a whetstone sold at The Dollar Tree for $1, smooth stone found in a creek/stream/river, concrete (rough driveway or smooth carport floor), neoprene mouse pad, vehicle seat belts, my personal favorite - a Lansky Blade Medic, white ceramic rods, black ceramic stones for surgically sharp knife edges, a leather belt, the underside of a ceramic toilet tank lid where the water fills in a toilet - much easier to use than a coffee mug and much easier to find.
Consider buying a Morakniv if you're doing Bushcraft - made in Mora Sweden and price is under $15 on Amazon.
You should consider updating this video.
Also, most knife companies add a micro bevel to the blade. It's much easier to maintain the sharpness of the blade once you remove the micro bevel.
SurvivalGeek
After watching this I was thinking about buying a small tub of hydro concrete patch the dark grey/black stuff, and building some small forms so I can make a small sharpener to fit my Ontario Pilot Knife sheath cause I think it should work, and I can make a bunch of them. I have a few Arkansas stones but they are too large and its hard to find the size I need. thanks for the idea.
good vid. like you mentioned the bottom of a ceramic mug, my parents always touched up their knives on the top edge of a large stoneware-type bowl. works great. there was no glazing on the top edge, so it was like a fine-grit stone.
I found this informative and not like other videos on this subject. Thanks. The holes in your pants do not take anything away from the video.
that's a pretty cool video.thanks for sharing.
may your blades never get rusty.
His technique isn't good though. If you watch the initial sharpening on the cinderblock, his angle as he pushes away is very shallow, whereas when he is drawing it back towards himself the angle is much steeper, and he raises the angle even more as he does the tip. This may work initially, but over time that edge is gonna end up really wonky, and won't cut well at all.
He's clearly knowledgeable, and the information is useful, but those angles need to be far more consistent if you wanna keep that edge in shape for years to come.
Great vid though, I'm sure this will help plenty of people, so great work.
Great vid and nice ideas to use common materials. My experience is that green compound works great for hand stropping, as you reported. For power stropping, with leather on a 1 x 42 belt sander, white compound works well. Thanks for the ideas.
jewelers rouge comes in grits just like sand paper. you can get it in a wax stick or as a liquid. The rule of thumb is darker maeans more abrasive. Black is mean to descale cast iron. Brown or Tripoli is a semi course compound. Green and white are for final surfacing before switching to a hand compound. A trick that aluminum polishers use is to get tuperware picnic ketchup dispensors and mix Rouge with Charcoal lighter fluid. It works better on a rag in your hand.
Thanks for the useful tips on sharpening with common items.
As I was once told...
Beware of the man with large holes in his jeans That man carries a very sharp knife.
Very informative and useful. if you know anything about knives you know this young man has experience and knowledge probably passed on to him from an elder. his practiced ease of correct angles show his knowledge. I have seen men at work sharpen spydercos and other top quality knives with files and grinders.
Nice demonstration. Thank you
I have sharpened mine on found rocks. Thanks for posting!
That knife is probably screaming rn "whyyyyyyyyyyyy"
This is absolutely brilliant. Great job. Subscribed!
Depending on how sharp you want your knife to be and what you use it for, if you use it for hunting purposes like skinning you're going to want to keep it sharp because skinning dulls blades very quickly. Getting familiar with keeping an edge on any blade is important this guy's video is actually very informative. Depending on how dull it is and the type of bevel your blade has also is important on how to sharpen it.
....found this video very helpful.....thanks....goin' to try this at home on some knives that are as dull as some negative commenters here....
miqq1234 it's going to destroy your blade
If you add water to the brick it will make it sharper my friend!
Boogan why is that?
Tripoli compound strikes me as a little soft for field honing. I like a more aggressive compound like valve grinding paste or emery compound (Dico E5) followed by chrome oxide or Dico SCR or CR1. Just a small difference. Cool video. :)
Same here. When I was done, I cut the block in half.
With my hand.
Good examples demonstrating why there is no excuse for a dull knife, even when one doesn’t have handy a sharpening stone (which is odd in itself if you own a decent knife) Take away from comments left; attention deficit disorder is alive & well
Peace ... ✌🏼