Next time you begin to put the knife on the end of the wood your splitting, look for the natural cracks in the wood along the grain. Put your knife in or along one of these and the splitting will go much easier.
best wood for feather sticks is a long grain wood which is softer much like pine.
then as you feed the fire with kindling surround the fire with large dead pieces of hard wood this will dry the wood out after an hour of having a good sized fire toss a log on and replace its position surounding the fire. this will serve as you dry fuel being a hard wood it will burn for a longer time with a hot aggresive flame any questions mail me??
good job man, just takes practice :) moras are wicked knives. Never had a problem with one! Bought an enzo scandigrind trapper in O1 steel, very nice. chipped the hell out of the blade batoning pine. It goes in the kitchen drawer now. Back to the mora :) try cutting from the base of blade with the tip facing up more, cut along blade to the tip. Notice that the curls will go to your left as you cut. Your curls are going to the right. Just watch the grain of the wood always go with it :)
fist grip, not with thum on back of knife, lock your elbow, then use the part of the blade closest to your hand and push down straight, not changing the part of the blade
as Hobbexp said, dont put your thumb on the back of the knife, hold the handle with a full grip then lock your elbow and use your shoulder to push the blade so it shaves the wood, gives much better control, most of all practice practice & practice, you will get there in the end - promise, if you rotate the blade tip up on one cut, horizontal on the next then tip down on the next, the curls will go in different directions as well.
Next time you begin to put the knife on the end of the wood your splitting, look for the natural cracks in the wood along the grain. Put your knife in or along one of these and the splitting will go much easier.
TheDale1972 1 year ago
best wood for feather sticks is a long grain wood which is softer much like pine.
then as you feed the fire with kindling surround the fire with large dead pieces of hard wood this will dry the wood out after an hour of having a good sized fire toss a log on and replace its position surounding the fire. this will serve as you dry fuel being a hard wood it will burn for a longer time with a hot aggresive flame any questions mail me??
123macquade123 1 year ago
good job man, just takes practice :) moras are wicked knives. Never had a problem with one! Bought an enzo scandigrind trapper in O1 steel, very nice. chipped the hell out of the blade batoning pine. It goes in the kitchen drawer now. Back to the mora :) try cutting from the base of blade with the tip facing up more, cut along blade to the tip. Notice that the curls will go to your left as you cut. Your curls are going to the right. Just watch the grain of the wood always go with it :)
DangerDad29 2 years ago
fist grip, not with thum on back of knife, lock your elbow, then use the part of the blade closest to your hand and push down straight, not changing the part of the blade
assassin616 2 years ago
hobbexp is the man when it comes to these things. Great resource of information.
LooseLatitude 2 years ago
I know, I have been watching his vids for a while now. He is full of knowledge.
Thanks for the comment.
irishguy80 2 years ago
as Hobbexp said, dont put your thumb on the back of the knife, hold the handle with a full grip then lock your elbow and use your shoulder to push the blade so it shaves the wood, gives much better control, most of all practice practice & practice, you will get there in the end - promise, if you rotate the blade tip up on one cut, horizontal on the next then tip down on the next, the curls will go in different directions as well.
Good luck
maveraver 2 years ago
Thansk I appreciate that. Im uploading a new practice vid.
irishguy80 2 years ago
hi, a tips, dont hold your thump on the back of the knife, you can look at my video,
( bushcraft making feather stick for the bow drill fire,, )
hobbexp 2 years ago
Thanks
irishguy80 2 years ago
lol dont be mean to the dog
nice job
MrIrishguy22 2 years ago
I will try that
Thanks . I think the feathers are getting a little better.
Thanks again,
irishguy80 2 years ago