Bushcraft Walkabout 1 (Pt2) - Field Cleaning your Steel

We continue on our hike.... taking a few minutes to show you what we use to field clean knives, axes, and saws (and any other metal). Also see the Sawyer Squeeze Water Filter in action!

Bushcraft On Fire - http://www.yhwhswordoffaith.com/WAS/Survival.htm
Nevr - Dull - http://www.nevrdull.com

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• Cleaning
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[billyjoedenny]

hey dave , i dont remember were i saw it on youtube, but i have tried using chared wood out of the fire pit, and wet it. two on three peaces will clean sut or sapp off of you tools or cooking pots and pans. it does seem do work very well. always like yours and tams videos

[BushcraftOnFire]

@billyjoedenny

Excellent! We often use crushed charcoal to clean metal in the bush too.. it's very good! It is a bit abrasive.. so you need to watch you don't scratch your things. But we use it with vinegar to clean the ceramic window in our Wood Stove here at home too.. and it's very effective.

[carpetpete]

I cut through a vine with great knife. Sap got all over the blade. I cleaned it off at home later that day but it tarnished the blade. Do you know why and if it can be cleaned or buffed out?

[BushcraftOnFire]

@carpetpete Not sure why it did that Bro... You can try a tarnish remover like Nevr-Dull... But Once the patina (Stain) is there... not much will remove it in my experience.

[createrman1999]

Great video as always loved it but it need your help lol I have a pen knife and for some of the tasks I want to do a pen knife is not quite good enough but I really don't wanna get a big heavy knife that will take lots of room up. I just need a small but reliable knife that can help me with carving wood and tasks like that. If you get back to me on this by messaging me with a suggestion that would be brilliant thanks, Ollie

[BushcraftOnFire]

@createrman1999

I love my SAK "Hunter". I have had it for 17 years.. and it's still going strong! Victorinox has so many different blades available it's worth looking at them.

[agoonamaganda]

Not trying to be disrespectful. I enjoy the educational videos you present, BUT the camera needs to stay wide (zoomed out). By the time you zoom in, there is movement, and then it's hard to see exactly what it is you are doing. Just a thought. Keep up the good videos.

[BushcraftOnFire]

@TheKodiak72

Your option is a great idea! I am not telling anyone what to do or how to do it. Each person must decide that for themselves. I am just giving (what I consider to be a very good product) them an option to think about. There are many ways to do things out in the bush. None are necessarily right or wrong.. Each person should do what works for them

[kguidry66]

Have used never dull for a long time used it in Basic Training back in 1984.

Try Rusty Rags it works well also same principle.

[88Kamikaze69]

@Maper555 Oh, and if you are willing to fork over some more jack than what the cold steel line-up runs for I'd suggest getting the ESEE Izula and the ESEE Junglas, I sport them both (the izula strapped to the Junglas's sheath) and they are in my opinion the toughest production knives I've come across besides the horribly expensive busse knives.

Also, what you heard about the weak tip for the ak might well be for the old type as they were not as rugged, might be worth looking into.

[88Kamikaze69]

@Maper555 I dont know about weakish tip, I've stabbed mine into solid wood plenty a time and got no tip damage although a self proclaimed expert knife sharpener blunted it, making me have to reprofile a bit to get it back.

All in all you need to know how to sharpen a knife because the aus8 steel dulls pretty fast in my opinion.

For me one of the best bushcraft knives is a same/sami knife because that's what I am used to, a mora knife works plenty good though ^^

[BushcraftOnFire]

@WiteRainbeau

Mandi... Wow! What an honor. I thank you.. and I'm very glad that the videos are helping you. It's such a blessing knowing this community.. and being able to encourage and help others!