Ray Mears - How to sharpen a knife in the field, Bushcraft Survival

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Ray Mears shows his preferred method of sharpening a knife when in the field, using a Fallkniven DC4 whetstone.

This clip comes from the DVD extras of Ray Mears Bushcraft Survival Series 2.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• ray
• mears
• knife
• knives
• sharpening
• how-to
• tutorial
• guide
• whetstone
• scandi
• DC4

[jimmy9303]

Might be a stupid question but why does everyone put the blade down first? Surely it would just pick up all the stuff coming off the block and dull the blade, at least thats what ive found it does. Although Im not great at this yet.

[jimmy9303]

@balloonboyCA not everyone brings a hammer or mallet when theyre out camping, or in his case doing some crazy survival stuff.

[byafu]

@radioactiveraddish His knife was hand made in Sweden

[bushcraftbrothers737]

@radioactiveraddish uhh yeah but its a 10 year plus waiting list

[balloonboyCA]

That is a very bad thing to do with a knife, pound the DS out of nails. Right tool for the right job is what Papa taught me! Use a hammer to pound nails. Using a knife will de-temper the steel. Every idiot knows that!

[radioactiveraddish]

Does anyone know where I may but the knife he uses?

[MakoGryphon]

@bushcraftbrothers737 actualy he does, but he only uses it when he is in the right enviroment, eg when he was on a tropical island he used a parang to make shelter and crack open coconuts, and he uses an axe when in the aporpeate area, he is a pretty smart dude, and a plesure to watch

[bushcraftbrothers737]

you never see ray mears using a large bowie style knife it show that you dont need it

[billymayer1000]

@dnbstudio2002 and it is such a beautiful knife........

[dnbstudio2002]

rocks work better for hammering that the back of the knife...