Nothing like a Sunday morning watching Ranger fieldcraft and survival learning the lessons he shares with us Andrew and Shawn Kelly are the best bushcrafters on UA-cam
Love wild onions. I went to a local wild edibles class several years ago and learned nearly 50 non woody plants in my area. I came home with some seeds. Every year I harvest them and replant seeds for next year. Now nearly 100 plants this past season.
Hey Andrew. Hats off for taking one for the team and eating a mouse. Next time, we want to see you rustle up some Bernaise Sauce using your amazing woodcraft skills.
Holy smokes!!! Ranger Fieldcraft and Survival is the MAN! Eating field mice and drinking out of boiled plastic bottle that was found in the field, Priceless!!!! He really shows how to survive when SHTF!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!!!
The Hatchet series was influential for me as a kid, the books instilled a love of the outdoors and reading. I still fish from a canoe to this day because of those books. Great video as always.
Even tho it's a lot of the same skills we have all seen a hundred times i appreciate the different application/approach each time thanks for the hard work and educational entertainment
The reaction, “Mmm, gross.” Im sorry, but I died laughing. Another great training video. Thank you for the amazing content, I use your videos to teach survival & SERE in classes as training aids.
Even when you have a good survival or bushcraft knife, a good axe or hatchet is a force multiplier when it comes to survival, comfort, and convenience. I consider a hatchet part of my minimal gear whenever I go hiking or camping. I keep one in my vehicle at all times. You can also exchange some pack weight for a lighter more moderately sized knife that performs fine tasks better. Axes and hatchets can help you conserve precious calories in a survival situation, compared to working with just a big heavy thick overbuilt survival knife.
That big and overbuilt survival knife, is nothing more than a gimmick ,that marketing has brainwashed people that it's a tool that exists and we all need it. The only true part, is that at some point in the modern era we live in, it did exist indeed, however, it's just another way, that marketing found its way to our wallets. The only big survival knife, is a Machete and it still is just a traditional tool, that tribes of the past who lived in the Jungle, used to have, for their every day needs. So, even a machete, falls into that category today, because it isn't a tool you need to survive, simply because you are not living in the jungle, 100 years ago, but in a big city in the year 2023.
_Hatchet_ was my absolute FAVORITE book as a kid! I loved it so much, that I recommended it to both of my sons when I saw it listed as one of the books on their middle school reading list. 👍🏻 I'll never forget the part when the Porcupine wandered into Brian's shelter!
The movie based on the book “Hatchet” is called “A Cry in the Wild”, made in 1990. I watched it again just after watching this video. I watched that movie 15 years ago, or so, and it was responsible for me buying the Timberline Alaska Bush Pilot Hatchet. It’s rather small, but I still have it, and it gave me a new love of small hatchets.
I like the practical approach with the one tool survival. Who knows what you'll lose or not have, and what you will be able to find/make a tool to use to survive.
I can't explain how much B it means to me that you are sharing your knowledge and skills! I can't thank you enough! I wish you were in my area! Bushcraft in NC is fun.. hot AF in the summer. But reasonably cold in the winter!
The Camp Carver is an awesome tool. It ain’t cheap for sure but is a great design executed perfectly, even made in the USA! Straight out of the box was razor sharp, ready to work.
Great video! Loved the shelter, I use them a lot here in Australia. Quick, easy and it doesn't require bundles of cord to make. I won't be boiling water in a plastic bottle anytime soon, the amount of crap that is leeched into the water from the plastic will eventually kill you anyway. Survive the situation only die horribly from cancer years later.
Truly, these are skills we should be thankful we never have to use but we walk in confidence because we have the knowledge in a bad situation. Andrew makes this appear as if he could perform these tasks every single day and be satisfied until rescued or finding his way to safety. Good show man.
My avocation was repairing/modifying hand tools/knives/hatchets/axes/swords. Suggestions: 1. Drill a tapered hole about 1 inch from the end of the handle. Thread some 550 cord through. Now you have an option of hanging the hatchet off the ground, off the floor, out from under foot. 2. wrap the handle first with electrician tape and then with tennis racket tape. An untaped hatchet needs routine maintenance. One of the reason you might see a person wear gloves in the summer time and using a hatchet is to absorb impact and to protect the hands from splinters. A wrapped hatchet does the same. 3. Make sure you have the carry system worked out. You might want to carry the hatchet on a pack or offset from the waist. If you buy a hatchet with a sheath, you need to consider how you will be able to carry it with you other than walking great distances with the hatchet continuously in your hand.
The hatchet series got me into reading and survival all at once. My mom got it for me when I was a boy because my name is Bryan. Lol little did she know it would make me a life long reader and outdoorsman
Right on target with this advice! If you haven't seen it look for the 1954 B&W video by; On the Spot "Survival in the Bush". Three men go into the Quebec bush, one of which is an Algonquin named Angus Baptiste. The only tool or equipment they go into the bush with is an axe. With the axe they make fire, build a lean-to shelter, make snares, fishing spears, and ultimately a birch bark canoe.
I would love to see some videos on survival in the high plains. Out here water is scarce, we get a little more annual precipitation than a desert. There are also large areas without trees, which creates shelter building, and fuel for fire challenges. Finding food is also more challenging. It gets both very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.
I was a young Boy Scout when that book came out and remember reading it around 1987 or 1988. I've often wondering about surviving with a hatchet, but find myself grabbing for a large blade, like the Tops Storm Vector, more times than a hatchet. I've tested a half dozen Seax style blades, and found the Storm Vector to be the best of the lot. It beats the Terava Skrama due to length and balance.
I remember reading hatchet in 6th grade, time to read it again! Thanks Andrew for your survival videos, you have a clear, cool way of teaching. I've learned a lot from your channel!
Mr Andrew as always a great and practical video. You are my idol in the field of Survival, I am always pleased to see something interesting on the channel.
Loved the cooked mouse "oh gross". I gave this book to my kids and they all loved it many years ago. Gary Paulsson's "Hatchet". thanks for reminding me of it.
Nice video. Never read Hatchet, but might now just for the experience. Most of us have probably seen lighting up a tinder bundle/birdnest with an ember before. The video didn't suffer for not having it.
Great Timing !! I'm just back home from my 4th " one tool weekend" this year.. and funny enough it was with my hatchet, the Gränsfors Small Forest Axe. And I have to say it's not my 1st choice. The 3 other options are : a Kukri, a Tom Brown Tracker and a Victorinox Ranger Grip 79. Have done every we the same tasks : - set up the tarp, so I needed sticks to plug it down, - build a reflector for my fireplace, so a lot of wood to process - make a fire that last till morning, so I have to gather and process plenty of deadwood - start the fire with a bow drill, so make all you need for that. - build a no.4 Trap My ranking for a one tool option after those 4 weekends : 1. Victorinox Rangergrip 79 2. Tracker 3. Kukri 4. Hatchet My favorite Combi, = 2 Tools, have done that last November- December, same tasks : 1. Vic R79 + Gränsfors, 2. Tracker + folding saw, 3. Kukri + folding saw, 4. Hatchet + folding saw
Vielen dank, herr Swiss guy. First time I heard of the Rangergrip. Must be a good one. I had an ancestor who came from Zurich to Pennsylvania about 1711. One of his sons built him a stone house that is still standing.
@@peterbogart4531 cool, I live in Zurich, in a house built 1567 :-) ok, it has have a few changes trough the years but jepp, nothing uncommon in good ol' Europe. The Vic RG79 is a "newer" model coming after Victorinox bought Wenger. They have had that Model first, known as Wenger Ranger. Then Vic has made some improvements, various models. So nearly everyone can find the one that's fit best.
I read all the Hatchet books to my son. After we finished the first book, we took my hatchet outside, and I showed him how some of he things in the book were done.
Great content in this video Andrew,nice trap setting, I really enjoyed the hatchet video,your knowledge is superior, thanks for another fantastic video 👍☘️😎
I took a cultural orientation course in the Philippines in the late 70s. One class was given by an Igorot who was an instructor at the Naval base survival school. He showed us different small animals, like lizards, that we could eat in a survival situation. Each time he would grunt, "Hm. Good eating!" 😀
Excellent video! Hatchet is a great tool option. When all the water has frozen over, chop the ice. Then, it's either crushed ice in that plastic bottle or you can get down to liquid water. Unless you are operating undetected, blaze your trail with the hatchet, marking both outbound and inbound. If all you have is a hatchet, fabricating that baton is definitely a priority IMO. Any thoughts about tiny ferro rod, tape, stainless wire, needle and/or razor under the paracord wrap? If not the handle, then the mask ...
Outstanding and precise in-depth explanations. So glad you took extra time with the bow drill how & why. Thank you soldier and thanks for your service.
I never read the "Hatchet" series... but as someone who has hunted since age 8 , a hatchet is prerequisite for time spent in the woods. A good joke..... What makes the best "survival" knife? It's a good chopper. 🤣 My Hatchet is a good chopper, hammer, pry bar, spatula, knife, scraper....and on and on . this is my first video of yours I've seen, I'm an old vet and new subscriber.
Great to see the hatchet in action. I really enjoy working with all axes. Its a super tool, and I personally like the added necessary focus to complete tasks safely. Tasty morsel you had there. A cold beer after that meal woulda hit the spot.
@@dierampe Sure! The Gransfors Bruk Swedish Axes are awesome. Particularly the Gransfors Carpenter's Axe and the Gransfors Carving Axe are very good options. Have to be a bit patient for availability. Have fun!
I have a cold steel pipe hawk . Been abusing it for about 10 years now . Wouldnt go out without it , dirt cheap also . Amazing how much you use the hammer end of it , if you have one . Bites deep for being so light .
We read that in school my sophomore year and I was super exited because I had always loved survival. I grew up on bear grills (fake I know 😂) and dual survival stuff like that.
Outstanding video! I loved the Hatchet series when I was a kid! I think that I read up to the 5th book, if I recall correctly. The first three were read as a class when I was in 5th grade and I found the next two in the school library - which was great because they counted towards the reading tests that we were required to do and get points for. Edit: There was a movie made in 1990 that was based off of or inspired by Hatchet. I believe it was called "A Cry in the Wild", though I haven't seen it since I was a child.
I prefer carrying a machete, but I'm in Cen Fla, not alot of trees to use a hatchet on, but alot of bush. Thx for the vid Andy But in the Midwest or the north, I could see the value of an axe or a hatchet vs a machete. Or in other words the right tool for the job.
Great video. I've always kept a full steel one piece hatchet. Always afraid the wood handle will break. And making a new handle for a tomahawk is easy but for a hatchet, much harder, especially making a safe one so the head doesn't go flying. Also important side note. There is a spring onion look alike that is poisonous. The way you tell the difference is the poisonous ones don't have that onion smell.
The poisonous onion is a killer, I believe. I am glad you explained the characteristic lack of onion smell. Might be what killed the survivalist "Alexander Super Tramp "in Alaska?
@@peterbogart4531 you're correct. It's called death camas. Also called crows feet. And it gives nasty symptoms and if you eat enough, which isn't that much, it will kill you.
I just listened to this audio book. It brought back fond memories of the first time I heard it in 5th grade. Some time before that, There was an interesting day at school where people came from the museum to show us some previous century ways of life. A mountain man type fellow demonstrated a flint and steel fire, and that was it for me. 1st or 2nd grade maybe. Ever since, I have been using flint and steel when I can. The book Hatchet, really paved the way for me in terms of just getting outside and using tools to build stuff. Thanks for this inspiring video. If you want more insight into Paulsen's writing style and inspiration, check out his book Gone to the Woods. Awesome video, thank you!!
Nothing like a Sunday morning watching Ranger fieldcraft and survival learning the lessons he shares with us Andrew and Shawn Kelly are the best bushcrafters on UA-cam
Yes and yes
Personally I think Andrews video presentation and engagement is much better...
@@neoaliphant true
Ditto.
This
🔥🤣 cook it till it is a brick. Love it. Almost how i cook anyway. 🤣🔥
🔥❤️🔥 another great video ❤️🔥🔥
Love wild onions. I went to a local wild edibles class several years ago and learned nearly 50 non woody plants in my area. I came home with some seeds. Every year I harvest them and replant seeds for next year. Now nearly 100 plants this past season.
Hey Andrew. Hats off for taking one for the team and eating a mouse. Next time, we want to see you rustle up some Bernaise Sauce using your amazing woodcraft skills.
Holy smokes!!! Ranger Fieldcraft and Survival is the MAN! Eating field mice and drinking out of boiled plastic bottle that was found in the field, Priceless!!!! He really shows how to survive when SHTF!!! You are an inspiration to us all!!!!
The Hatchet series was influential for me as a kid, the books instilled a love of the outdoors and reading. I still fish from a canoe to this day because of those books. Great video as always.
Same. I still read and "play" outdoors cuz of it
Every young person should read this book. It's very short, but holds so much knowledge.
Somehow the mouse changed the flavor of my coffee whilst watching
😂😂
Thank'YOU Major🧙 With the Hatchets We're Immortal 👍❣️🤣🤣🤣...☝️
Even tho it's a lot of the same skills we have all seen a hundred times i appreciate the different application/approach each time thanks for the hard work and educational entertainment
The reaction, “Mmm, gross.” Im sorry, but I died laughing.
Another great training video. Thank you for the amazing content, I use your videos to teach survival & SERE in classes as training aids.
Yes after his strong statement about overcoming the psychological disgust and surviving lol
but how was rat innards removed? after it hardened from flame? i hate the idea of eating its poop
That's the quickest, simplest, most practical and camouflage shelter I've seen someone on UA-cam build. Great job!
Thanks Andrew!!
Thanks for this video. I had no idea you could sterilize water in plastic. Never even considered it. Thanks for teaching me different.
I follow your teachings here in Brazil.
Thanks Silva! Big hug the size of Brazil.
The earth is flat. 💪
Even when you have a good survival or bushcraft knife, a good axe or hatchet is a force multiplier when it comes to survival, comfort, and convenience. I consider a hatchet part of my minimal gear whenever I go hiking or camping. I keep one in my vehicle at all times. You can also exchange some pack weight for a lighter more moderately sized knife that performs fine tasks better. Axes and hatchets can help you conserve precious calories in a survival situation, compared to working with just a big heavy thick overbuilt survival knife.
That big and overbuilt survival knife, is nothing more than a gimmick ,that marketing has brainwashed people that it's a tool that exists and we all need it. The only true part, is that at some point in the modern era we live in, it did exist indeed, however, it's just another way, that marketing found its way to our wallets. The only big survival knife, is a Machete and it still is just a traditional tool, that tribes of the past who lived in the Jungle, used to have, for their every day needs. So, even a machete, falls into that category today, because it isn't a tool you need to survive, simply because you are not living in the jungle, 100 years ago, but in a big city in the year 2023.
Man, the hatchet series of books is what got me into loving books back when I was a kid. Everybody should read it.
_Hatchet_ was my absolute FAVORITE book as a kid! I loved it so much, that I recommended it to both of my sons when I saw it listed as one of the books on their middle school reading list. 👍🏻
I'll never forget the part when the Porcupine wandered into Brian's shelter!
The movie based on the book “Hatchet” is called “A Cry in the Wild”, made in 1990.
I watched it again just after watching this video.
I watched that movie 15 years ago, or so, and it was responsible for me buying the Timberline Alaska Bush Pilot Hatchet. It’s rather small, but I still have it, and it gave me a new love of small hatchets.
Thank you Bic and Zippo for not making me not have to do this every time I smoke.
I like the practical approach with the one tool survival. Who knows what you'll lose or not have, and what you will be able to find/make a tool to use to survive.
WOW that book is a blast from the past!!
Learned more from this one video than five other survivalist videos combined.
I can't explain how much B it means to me that you are sharing your knowledge and skills! I can't thank you enough! I wish you were in my area! Bushcraft in NC is fun.. hot AF in the summer. But reasonably cold in the winter!
The Camp Carver is an awesome tool. It ain’t cheap for sure but is a great design executed perfectly, even made in the USA! Straight out of the box was razor sharp, ready to work.
Great video! Loved the shelter, I use them a lot here in Australia. Quick, easy and it doesn't require bundles of cord to make. I won't be boiling water in a plastic bottle anytime soon, the amount of crap that is leeched into the water from the plastic will eventually kill you anyway. Survive the situation only die horribly from cancer years later.
Thank you for a great video! I just love the Hatchet series, makes road trips much better, listening as we drive.
Truly, these are skills we should be thankful we never have to use but we walk in confidence because we have the knowledge in a bad situation. Andrew makes this appear as if he could perform these tasks every single day and be satisfied until rescued or finding his way to safety. Good show man.
I loved that book as a kid.
My avocation was repairing/modifying hand tools/knives/hatchets/axes/swords.
Suggestions: 1. Drill a tapered hole about 1 inch from the end of the handle. Thread some 550 cord through. Now you have an option of hanging the hatchet off the ground, off the floor, out from under foot.
2. wrap the handle first with electrician tape and then with tennis racket tape. An untaped hatchet needs routine maintenance. One of the reason you might see a person wear gloves in the summer time and using a hatchet is to absorb impact and to protect the hands from splinters. A wrapped hatchet does the same.
3. Make sure you have the carry system worked out. You might want to carry the hatchet on a pack or offset from the waist. If you buy a hatchet with a sheath, you need to consider how you will be able to carry it with you other than walking great distances with the hatchet continuously in your hand.
The hatchet series got me into reading and survival all at once. My mom got it for me when I was a boy because my name is Bryan. Lol little did she know it would make me a life long reader and outdoorsman
I'm 31 and I read the hatchet in school when I was 10 or so. best book ever. I loved it! great video brother!
Right on target with this advice! If you haven't seen it look for the 1954 B&W video by; On the Spot "Survival in the Bush". Three men go into the Quebec bush, one of which is an Algonquin named Angus Baptiste. The only tool or equipment they go into the bush with is an axe. With the axe they make fire, build a lean-to shelter, make snares, fishing spears, and ultimately a birch bark canoe.
🤘😌👌 on poinT skill-sets
Well done Andrew!
And YES, you can eat mice, rats (cook well) and snakes (lightly cooked)!!
I would love to see some videos on survival in the high plains. Out here water is scarce, we get a little more annual precipitation than a desert. There are also large areas without trees, which creates shelter building, and fuel for fire challenges. Finding food is also more challenging. It gets both very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.
Thank you! I've learned so much watching your channel.. greetings from Ontario Canada!
I have always like the book hatchet. A hatchet is always a good tool to have on hand. Thanks for the good information.
I was a young Boy Scout when that book came out and remember reading it around 1987 or 1988. I've often wondering about surviving with a hatchet, but find myself grabbing for a large blade, like the Tops Storm Vector, more times than a hatchet. I've tested a half dozen Seax style blades, and found the Storm Vector to be the best of the lot. It beats the Terava Skrama due to length and balance.
Good afternoon from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your wood lore
Really useful and practical video with no BS. Thank you for sharing your knowledge my friend. This stuff saves lives! 🙂👌🏆
Mouse and mud water !!!! I love it.
Oftentimes, I miss spending weekends outdoors. Great video.
I remember reading hatchet in 6th grade, time to read it again! Thanks Andrew for your survival videos, you have a clear, cool way of teaching. I've learned a lot from your channel!
To present your meal like some Fancy outdoor cooking, Chanel got me :D thanks for this Video
Mr Andrew as always a great and practical video. You are my idol in the field of Survival, I am always pleased to see something interesting on the channel.
Loved the cooked mouse "oh gross". I gave this book to my kids and they all loved it many years ago. Gary Paulsson's "Hatchet". thanks for reminding me of it.
Nice video. Never read Hatchet, but might now just for the experience. Most of us have probably seen lighting up a tinder bundle/birdnest with an ember before. The video didn't suffer for not having it.
Great Timing !! I'm just back home from my 4th " one tool weekend" this year.. and funny enough it was with my hatchet, the Gränsfors Small Forest Axe.
And I have to say it's not my 1st choice. The 3 other options are : a Kukri, a Tom Brown Tracker and a Victorinox Ranger Grip 79.
Have done every we the same tasks :
- set up the tarp, so I needed sticks to plug it down,
- build a reflector for my fireplace, so a lot of wood to process
- make a fire that last till morning, so I have to gather and process plenty of deadwood
- start the fire with a bow drill, so make all you need for that.
- build a no.4 Trap
My ranking for a one tool option after those 4 weekends :
1. Victorinox Rangergrip 79 2. Tracker 3. Kukri 4. Hatchet
My favorite Combi, = 2 Tools, have done that last November- December, same tasks :
1. Vic R79 + Gränsfors, 2. Tracker + folding saw, 3. Kukri + folding saw, 4. Hatchet + folding saw
Vielen dank, herr Swiss guy. First time I heard of the Rangergrip. Must be a good one. I had an ancestor who came from Zurich to Pennsylvania about 1711. One of his sons built him a stone house that is still standing.
@@peterbogart4531 cool, I live in Zurich, in a house built 1567 :-) ok, it has have a few changes trough the years but jepp, nothing uncommon in good ol' Europe.
The Vic RG79 is a "newer" model coming after Victorinox bought Wenger. They have had that Model first, known as Wenger Ranger. Then Vic has made some improvements, various models. So nearly everyone can find the one that's fit best.
@@swissguy8052 Awesome!
Wow, it seems like just a few days ago that I was watching this lesson in person. Thanks Andrew for the quality of instruction. "Scouts Out"
"Mmm, gross"
Best part :D Also, the dome sapling shelter...I don't recall seeing anyone else do this style. Thank you for the demonstration!
Great book, Hatchet. The full movie is here on YT. They did a pretty good job with the movie.
Awesome
Thanks Andrew
That meal had my mouth watering!
A fantastic video demonstrating the exclusive use of a hatchet for survival. Thank you!
I read all the Hatchet books to my son. After we finished the first book, we took my hatchet outside, and I showed him how some of he things in the book were done.
Great content in this video Andrew,nice trap setting, I really enjoyed the hatchet video,your knowledge is superior, thanks for another fantastic video 👍☘️😎
Hi Andrew . Greeting from Australia 🇦🇺 thankyou for your time to make these videos. Thankyou
Another great video Andrew
I took a cultural orientation course in the Philippines in the late 70s.
One class was given by an Igorot who was an instructor at the Naval base survival school. He showed us different small animals, like lizards, that we could eat in a survival situation. Each time he would grunt, "Hm. Good eating!" 😀
Great revision for hatchet use Major. Cowabunga.!
Excellent video! Hatchet is a great tool option. When all the water has frozen over, chop the ice. Then, it's either crushed ice in that plastic bottle or you can get down to liquid water. Unless you are operating undetected, blaze your trail with the hatchet, marking both outbound and inbound. If all you have is a hatchet, fabricating that baton is definitely a priority IMO. Any thoughts about tiny ferro rod, tape, stainless wire, needle and/or razor under the paracord wrap? If not the handle, then the mask ...
Thanks Michael, great instructional video 👍.
Thanks again Andrew
I have one of those Council tool hatchet. That is a nice hatchet.
Oh wow! I’ve got that book, as well as several other written by Gary Paulson!
Classic novel! The whole series is good!
Outstanding
Bravo Andrew! Your training classes are solid. Thank you.
Outstanding and precise in-depth explanations. So glad you took extra time with the bow drill how & why. Thank you soldier and thanks for your service.
Ii enjoying watching these videos. I'm already an experienced outdoorsman and wilderness survivalist but I can always learn more.
I never read the "Hatchet" series...
but as someone who has hunted since age 8 , a hatchet is prerequisite for time spent in the woods.
A good joke.....
What makes the best "survival" knife? It's a good chopper. 🤣
My Hatchet is a good chopper, hammer, pry bar, spatula, knife, scraper....and on and on .
this is my first video of yours I've seen, I'm an old vet and new subscriber.
Good, explanatory, survival / bushcraft video. Shows knowledge and experience
⭐👍
cool. thx
Thank You.
Hey, your really good mate, your vids are no bullsh***t and your legit. Just want to say thanks, from Australia.
Great video 📹, Andrew. Practice makes perfect!! Thanks.
Great to see the hatchet in action. I really enjoy working with all axes. Its a super tool, and I personally like the added necessary focus to complete tasks safely. Tasty morsel you had there. A cold beer after that meal woulda hit the spot.
Hey, can you name a good hatchet for carving? I would like to try one
@@dierampe Sure! The Gransfors Bruk Swedish Axes are awesome. Particularly the Gransfors Carpenter's Axe and the Gransfors Carving Axe are very good options. Have to be a bit patient for availability. Have fun!
Great video. Both my kids read that book in school and loved it.
Great video thanks. Like that hatchet & have one myself. It works like a knife but better yet works like a hatchet.
I purchased the Council Tools "Wood-Craft Camp Carver 16" curved handle" from Wisemen Trading. 5160 steel. Scandi grind & hardened pole.
Excellent video Major! Thank you!
Cool!
Thank you for this video. Great tips and techniques!
Thanks for a reminder to read that book again. Keep it up, Andrew!
Another excellent video! What next, survival without using hands and legs? Andrew is his own shelter, fire and water container.
Thanks
Great book, and a great inspiration for a survival video.
Another great show n tell. 👍
I have a cold steel pipe hawk . Been abusing it for about 10 years now . Wouldnt go out without it , dirt cheap also . Amazing how much you use the hammer end of it , if you have one . Bites deep for being so light .
Great video.
I own the camp carver so this video is perfect for me.
You earned a subscriber!
Thank you.
We read that in school my sophomore year and I was super exited because I had always loved survival. I grew up on bear grills (fake I know 😂) and dual survival stuff like that.
I've been carrying that same hatch for a few months now. I love it's balance
@RangerSurvivalandFieldCraft you might have a telegram fan
Outstanding video! I loved the Hatchet series when I was a kid! I think that I read up to the 5th book, if I recall correctly. The first three were read as a class when I was in 5th grade and I found the next two in the school library - which was great because they counted towards the reading tests that we were required to do and get points for.
Edit: There was a movie made in 1990 that was based off of or inspired by Hatchet. I believe it was called "A Cry in the Wild", though I haven't seen it since I was a child.
I prefer carrying a machete, but I'm in Cen Fla, not alot of trees to use a hatchet on, but alot of bush. Thx for the vid Andy But in the Midwest or the north, I could see the value of an axe or a hatchet vs a machete. Or in other words the right tool for the job.
Great video. I've always kept a full steel one piece hatchet. Always afraid the wood handle will break. And making a new handle for a tomahawk is easy but for a hatchet, much harder, especially making a safe one so the head doesn't go flying. Also important side note. There is a spring onion look alike that is poisonous. The way you tell the difference is the poisonous ones don't have that onion smell.
The poisonous onion is a killer, I believe. I am glad you explained the characteristic lack of onion smell. Might be what killed the survivalist "Alexander Super Tramp "in Alaska?
@@peterbogart4531 you're correct. It's called death camas. Also called crows feet. And it gives nasty symptoms and if you eat enough, which isn't that much, it will kill you.
Great stuff! Love all your content! Thanks for sharing your skills!
I just listened to this audio book. It brought back fond memories of the first time I heard it in 5th grade. Some time before that, There was an interesting day at school where people came from the museum to show us some previous century ways of life. A mountain man type fellow demonstrated a flint and steel fire, and that was it for me. 1st or 2nd grade maybe. Ever since, I have been using flint and steel when I can. The book Hatchet, really paved the way for me in terms of just getting outside and using tools to build stuff. Thanks for this inspiring video. If you want more insight into Paulsen's writing style and inspiration, check out his book Gone to the Woods. Awesome video, thank you!!
Great job. Good book too.
Thank you 😊