Bushcraft: How to Sharpen a Knife

This is a method to sharpen a knife, I am by no means a professional but working with knives for my living you learn pretty fast how to care for them.

The biggest problem with people seems to be that they get discouraged! The first few times I tried to do my own knives, it took forever. There are two main reasons for this: First thing is you need to practice.... you will get better at it I promise. Second depends on the metal your knife is made of some are more dense then others and are harder to sharpen!

What ever you do don't give up, in the end your knives will love you. I would start off practicing on cheaper knives, no sense trying to sharpen your 100$ knife for your first try, you will probably scuff the sides of the blade.

Ask any questions you wish I will try my best as always to answer them. Next week I'll be posting How to sharpen Kitchen knives and I promise I'll do better filming :P

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[blackraven1515]

@xXOSpokedOXx I'm not sure but some one mentioned to me that it might ..... how would I tell if it was .... this knife used to belong to my uncle who passed away 12 years ago it would be interesting to learn more about it!

[xXOSpokedOXx]

is that a buck special 199?

[blackraven1515]

@mexicanpapasito Awesome! Thanks for the info ^_^ The knife used to belong to my uncle, and now belongs to my father..... I'm slowly nursing it back to health :P Very interesting info on the knife, Thank you!

[mexicanpapasito]

You mentioned in your video that you did not know much about the knife you are sharpening (Buck 119 Special). That is one of the best knives ever made. The design has not changed in many many many years. It is a proven design, materials and craftsmanship that are put into making it. It has been said that The Buck 119 Special sets the standard in the knife industry. In other words this is the "Godfather" of knives.

[blackraven1515]

@Agrarius2 Thankies ^_^ I learned a lot over the years , in my other video I'll be going more in to detail on stuff like stones and steels and different knives and such. I guess you could say I like teaching even if it is only through little how two videos.

[Agrarius2]

Awesome, you know a lot of stuff. I never knew that about the different grains of stones and you are quite good at doing explanatory videos.