Hi guy's I'm Vinnie, you're welcome to my
humble channel.
This is part three in my little series of
can you survive with a folding knife.
In part one I built this shelter, in part
two
we collected materials and made some survival weapons.
Today I'm going to split some wood and make
a fire.
Now I know from experience It's perfectly
possible to go out , and pick small pieces
like this, shave them down and make a fire,
but according to the internet, it's absolutely
vital that we split wood and male a "split
wood " fire.
So, that's our task for today.
Right , so let''s get down to business.
I've been wandering around and I've found
some deadwood lying around.
This is a piece of dead willow, and I'm going
to have a go at splitting this.First I need
to get rid of this portion with the knot,
and up here as well, so i want a fairly knot
free piece that I can split.
So I'm going to wedge it here in my little
tree, this convenient tree and I'm going to
break off these pieces.
Okay, so that's our piece, and like with our
survival club, I'm going to whittle this down
and make it a little bit easier for myself
to split it.
I can see that there are some cracks already
travelling so they may be useful to us.
So we've got it whittled down guys, now this
is seasoned wood, and it may not split as
readily for me, but we'll have a go, I know
that this is a bit repetitive but these are
simple techniques that work so if they work
why not use them.
so I've got a fairly rudimentary crack there,
lets see how we get on.
This is my splinter from part two, and I've
whittled it down into a basic knife blade
shape, a basic wedge, and let's see 
can we use that to split it.
Okay?
So there's our split wood, now I'm going to
whittle this off again, get another split
going and make it smaller.
Okay? So once again we have our small split started.
and once again we will do the same with our
other piece.
So, split wood with a tiny knife and a simple
wooden knife blade, wedge implement.
How's that?
Okay so there may be some who are not satisfied
with that, so let's have a go at this somewhat
thicker piece.
Back now bud, Okay , so we'll have a go at
breaking this.
Okay? so let's get whittling.
Okay, so that's a reasonably thick piece.
So lets see can we get a little split of some kind.
That should split easily.
Hmmm. Maybe I spoke too soon eh?
Now.
Let's get another little break on it ,Okay.
This is dry and seasoned, it's not by any
means rotten.
It's not the toughest piece of wood either
, but then why would you pick the toughest
piece of wood.
Oh.
Right we need a better split.
Okay?
So, split wood with a tiny knife?I think it's possible.
.Because of the texture
of the wood it did not feather stick very
well, so I merely reduced it to shavings.
As you can see.
So I have some fine shavings there and I have
some small branch's around it.
Always a good idea to get out of the smoke.
So there we have it guys, can you survive with
a tiny knife.
I was prompted to make this little series
of videos, because I'm so tired of listening to guys,
every time they picked up a folding
knife , they didn't say it may close on your fingers
or it's possible, they said it's a
folding knife so it will close on your fingers.
And I just get so frustrated listening to
this.
Like, millions upon millions of schoolboys,
children , boy scouts, ordinary people, have
used folding knives for well over a hundred
years, and it's only in the last couple of years
that I've heard this nonsense start.
Now I've never been in the Scout's, but I
see from the Boy Scouts of America,
that cub scouts who complete a whittling chip course
earn the right to carry a pocket knife.
They're not allowed have a sheath knife or
a fixed blade, they start with a pocket knife.
So I presume that The Boy Scouts of America
feel that these are safer than fixed blade knives
I would say this, if you're not capable of
using a knife like this without having it
folding on your fingers, you shouldn't be
having any knife, that's my sincere belief.
Any tool or instrument can be dangerous.
And I mentioned myself that I had done some
stupid things, in my life, and I have.
for instance I nearly cut my thumb off with
a handsaw, in my younger days.
Also, would you consider this to be a dangerous
tool.
Your drill.
Well I'll tell you a little story, maybe you
can learn from my foolishness.
I decided to make an alcohol stove stand, from a tin can,
and in my design, half way up the can, the
alcohol stove would sit on a platform, and
I decided to make the platform from a tin can lid.
So in order for air to come up I needed to
drill holes through it.
So I put it down on a piece of wood and I
started to drill.
And I could feel it starting to move a little,
and I knew I should clamp it.
But I was lazy, and I said here, I'll just
press with all my force on the lid and it can't go anywhere
And I preceded to drill,
just as the drill bit was penetrating the lid
it gripped it and spun it, and I ended
up with fourteen stitches all around the top of my thumb
So I'm perfectly entitled to say, "guy's,
ye need to stop using drills because the power
supply can fail, and anyway, you'll end up
with fourteen stitches around your thumb."
Of course I'd never do that because that would
make me a weak and ineffectual person.
I learned from my mistake, and I practiced
proper safety in future.
I'm just saying guys any tool can be dangerous,
ye need to be careful.
And as i say, if you can't use a folder, I
suggest you shouldn't be using any knife.
Thanks very much for watching I hope you enjoyed
it, bye bye from vinniesdayoff
