Military Survival Knife Field Skills! Tips and Tricks!

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  @Ironfangzu · 2 years ago

  To everyone out there watching this video, or any other kind of survival, let em offer this one piece of advice. After you have bought a functional bushcraft survival knife, after you have packed tinder into your survival pack, and added cordage, a tarp, a flashlight, don't put the pack away.  The most important piece of equipment you will ever have with you, is YOU.  So, take your pack out into your back yard, or the woods behind your house.  Now, practice gathering firewood. Practice batoning pieces of deadwood into firewood. Practice making feathersticks. Practice lighting a fire with your Bic lighter, then with matches, and finally with a ferro rod.  Practice tying some lines between trees and making a shelter with your tarp.  All of this can be surprisingly hard, even in your backyard. If you are ever actually on the trail, out in the woods, miles and miles from help, it will be MUCH harder to do these things without practice.  Buying gadgets isn't that useful. Buying good equipment like a good knife or camp hatchet, or even a folding saw, are all helpful. But what will be the most important thing is your ability to actually use your equipment, and everything will be a hundred times easier if you've actually practiced doing it before you find yourself out in the wilderness with just your pack and your skills.

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  @dalcassian9098 · 3 years ago (edited)

  As a teacher not in the US), I can say that Andrew is a great teacher.. Concise, easy to understand and presents his content in a way that's memorable and easy to implement

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  @Subdood04 · 3 years ago (edited)

  “Just like the bark, but completely different.”<br><br>Another excellent video / instruction block. <br><br>“…fine, just like me.” 😂

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  @jeffcooper9363 · 3 years ago

  The best way to thank a teacher is to master the skills and teach others to do the same

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  @EdwinDekker71 · 3 years ago

  &quot;Because they are so fine....just like me&quot; 😂

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  @MT-mb4yl · 3 years ago

  Someone sign this guy up for the outdoor channel or discovery. Amazingly concise and knowledgeable survivalist skills teacher.!!!!

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  @BakerTeamRaven · 3 years ago

  When I went through Army wilderness survival course a buddy who was an E7 18 Bravo in 5th Group advised me not to take a big single blade sheath knife that other guys typically carry on their one knife packing list. <br> &nbsp; He advised me to take a Victorinox Swiss Army pocket knife that includes the wood saw blade as my one knife allowed on the packing list. <br> &nbsp; &nbsp;I was able to complete all bushcraft &amp; survival tasks before my peers whom brought a fixed single blade sheath knife.<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; The spine on the wood saw blade strikes a ferocium rod well.<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The two knife blades, the awl /reamer, cork screw and even the tweezers along with the wood saw allowed me to do everything required. <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I can use the pocket knife blade to quickly carve a wedge to split fire wood so never had to baton my knife. <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The wood saw cut notches perfectly.

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  @gordonshrubb7155 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I always tell my guys four cans of white gas justin case we gotta light a fire. &nbsp;Another good video.

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  @justpassingthruhere · 3 years ago

  It is wiser to have respect and gratitude for both of these men&apos;s channels and ongoing service so we can actually learn from them.

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  @jamescrowe7892 · 3 years ago

  Another outstanding video. How are you enjoying that new knife? The lithium battery was a neat trick. Now I know why all those laptops and planet saving cars caught on fire. Always learning something new from your channel.

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  @jakqup · 3 years ago (edited)

  Every book says to use magnetized needle as compass, but You are the very first one who told me How to magnetized needle.<br>This is one of the best survival skills video i saw on YT. <br>You are awesome.

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  @2873lonewolf · 3 years ago

  Thanks again for another great and informative video Andrew. Love all that you provide for the community at large.

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