Woodman's Pal
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- Опубліковано 18 чер 2017
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The Pathfinder School,Bush Craft ,Survival skills, Historical Lore, Primitive Skills, Archery, Hunting, Trapping, Fishing, Navigation, Knives, Axes, Fire, Water, Shelter, Search and Rescue
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I have one that was Army issued. Had it for forty years. It survived me and 2 sons. I need to clean it up and sharpen it.
Nice find Dave! Neat to see one with the old metal sheath. They definitely are time tested and proven in the field. Thanks for sharing.
Dave, living in Alaska has taught me one thing. Never underestimate a good tool! I love my Woodsman's Pal, and have used it for many years while 4Wheelin', huntin' and fishin' in the backcountry. Thanks for the review.
damn Dave, I've had one hanging in my shed for a decade now, i cleaned out my grandfathers barn after he passed away and found one with the original metal sheath. love that you have done a video on it! one of my favorite brush clearer
Matt Albright I have a similar story and have an original also, except there was also a .22 that came with the random find too. I use it quite a bit as a sturdy beater blade at home, I may sharpen it up though and throw it in my pack once I get time to be in the woods again.
I have the Woodmans Pal and it is a great tool ...
That is why i love a bill hook for thick vegetation it pulls all that little stuff into the hook instead of push some of it out of the way like a regular machete will. What ever you swing at gets cut. Specially briar thickets and cane when we brush duck blinds. Thanks for the overview.
One of the best production blades out there! My dad bought me one years ago. It lives in my Jeep.
Dave ROCKS! Thanks for all you do Dave and all the folks at Self Reliance Outfitters and the Pathfinder School.
My daughter bought a woodsman's pal for me for Christmas a few years ago. I absolutely love it. It doesn't have the hand guard on it though.
Definitely want to pick one up now. Looks very handy. I love that it can be used as a draw knife.
I tell ya Dave, I bought a new one about 5 years ago and was so impressed with it that it made it's way in to my Bug out Bag.
I only use Too quality products that I know I can trust and I HAVE TRIED FIRST HAND .
After all I'm basically putting my life and the lives of my family in to it's so called hands.
1 difference between the one you have and mine is the top part.
Yours has a sharpened blade on 1 side and mine does not and mine can be used as an improvised camp shovel .
Also if I am making a Dakota fire Pit sometimes I may uncover a thick root, That half Moon sickle goes through that root like it's air and I can then pull it out.
And though I have never used it in this way I do have a pamphlet that shows how to fight with it.
Damn if I wanna be on the wrong side of it.
And lastly it makes constructing a substantial structure for a shelter a breeze.
People if you don't have one try and borrow one from somebody who does and put it through the motions.
If not...Trust me just Buy one, You won't be sorry.
I love these things. The gov't developed some techniques for using the tool as a weapon and published a little booklet showing combatives that was supposedly packaged with the tool. If you search the internet you will find the .pdf.
I always thought the bevel on the distal end was intended to allow use as a shovel.
That is a fantastic historical find.
I'm off to make one out of lawn mower blade right now thanks for the video
TY 4 info had one on My 40ftr USCG patrol boat in 60's was mst handy also
Just FYI. it was stated that this tool was used up until vietnem, but it's still used. Its still in U.S. Army engineer kits.
Interesting to know. British pioneers units were amalgamated into the Royal Logistic Corps and they have various interesting traditional tools and were the only army unit allowed to grow beards! (That has changed now with middle east service etc.)
Very cool tool Dave. the thought process back then was what I love most about that tool. They wanted things to actually serve a purpose and not be such a gimmick. thanks for the vid
So, jokes and insults barred because I know they will come. The time I ever saw a knife like this is was in a rather popular video game franchise. It was used by Victor Reznov in COD: World at War. I search high and low and never found anything on it. Many years later you answered my question and showed the very uses I had hoped this knife would be useful for, thank you so much!
I have 2 of them in the same sheaths and with the same handles. Have used mine since I was 10 years old.
Thanks again Dave. I use to have one as a kid but it has long been lost. Too bad too, it was a very useful tool.
Nice.....thanks for the description and bringing it to our attention. I might try to make one.
VERY cool tool! Thanks for showing it Dave!
had one of the newer ones now for couple years. works freak like dave said! used mine from batoning, cleaning out thickets an such. mine has the wood handle an lanyard. an with the wood handle it did loosen after splitting some wood with it. handles have yet to come off I usually just tighten them with a few taps from a hammer and good to go. I use mine a lot threw summer lighter than my hatchet.
Great video Dave. I've been waiting for you to review this tool. I have had one of these for several years and find it to be a great tool for the woods, camp, and yard.
i have my Dad's that he had in Vietnam and it is a very good woods tool that my own kids will one day inherit from me
Very nice specimen Dave, I remember these in HS and VN. Great piece of kit idea!
I love to listen to Dave. My wife makes fun of me for saying “sticker bush”. She’s educated. I grew up saying sticker bush for a large variety of vegetation...anything with thorns, basically.
Great video David I love watching your videos
Great demonstration of the tool and a great design
nice,
been wanting one, but wasn't sure about how good they were.
thanks for answering that question.
like that metal sheath way better than what they offer now
Army Signal Corps used it a lot when laying wires.
Outstanding presentation and good restoration.
The woodsmans pal works great, not too expensive, probably wont wear it out, i have had mine for years........good review.
Dave
Me thinks you are using the little cutting blade on the back wrongly. You are using it like a machete but you are meant to use it more like a sickle.(The clue is that it is sharpened on one side like a sickle, for a reason). Basically you are meant to place the cutting blade on the other side of the vine you want to cut and then you just pull fast towards you. Being sharp on one side is meant to bite better and initiate the cut on an unstable vine. the curve in the cutting blade will keep the vine in the middle. It is very good used this way when cutting corn.
Great review and it is a very good tool to have in the woods.
I have seen that tool before on other vids and people didn't know what it was, thanks for the lesson! Excellent vid.
Have had mine for years. Love it.
DAVE ! I love watching your videos. I have watched every episode of Dual Survival and I just want to say that you and Cody are by far my favorite pair in the show's history.
Classic tool and great review, thanks.
very cool. thanks for the review. looks like something that I should check out. thank you for your time
I've got a newer one of these. Not really designed for the plains of the Texas panhandle but cool non the less. Man what a score the find a vintage tool though
My dad always had one of those in his truck, and would bust it out when cruising timber stands. Great vid, I shall go and find one! Thanks Dave!
I've been trying to decide on a Survival knife, I think I'll go with this one. Might be able to get my Friend to make me one in the older version with the metal cover. Thanks Dave!
Sweet find!
This tool is very similar to the fascine knife used by all armies including the Colonial Army. The fascine knife differs from the billyhook in that it has the long side sharpened also.
you should do a full run down of your atv kit
Golly. That's a gnarly piece of kit!
Gotta forge one now. Great historical design.
@wildernessoutfitters going back to the bow sling which, for some reason, no one can comment on: at any music store you can obtain inexpensive springs for a guitar tremolo system in various sizes that fit inside arrow shafts for a very sturdy collapsible option. Better than shock cord, however never as good as solid. Thanks man! I'm stealth camping most of the time I camp. Practice makes... More precise practice.
Awesome and thank you!
The tool's design is highly reminiscent of the Italian beidana which served pretty much the same purpose as an everyday agricultural tool (and often as a weapon).
For everyone asking about Dave's ATV Kit, here are a couple of videos he made at my request a few years ago that I STILL find invaluable to this day (even though I'm sure his current kit is going to differ considerably). 4 years later and I regularly revisit these videos along with a lot of his older videos. Good content is timeless...
Cabin Fever Part 29 ATV Scouting and my Kit 1
LINK: ua-cam.com/video/X9G_on3HJnY/v-deo.html
Cabin Fever Part 30 ATV Scouting and my Kit 2
LINK: ua-cam.com/video/k8A2h9AYlY0/v-deo.html
I know what I'm using in the zombie apocalypse. Would be cool if they had a longer version too
I have started using a Groundwork corn knife for clearing light brush. $10 and it's basically a superlight brush hook.
Cool Dave really cool
Seems similar in general design to the “bill hook” variations of this design have been found as far back as the Bronze Age it was traditionally used in agriculture and forestry. Still commonly used in Europe. Thanks for another great video.
Looks like a Cajun cane knife Dave.cool thou.
Dave, you should attempt to forge one of these. Great vid.
great video! i really appreciate your mentioning the "lefty" scenario. it's good to know that a tool designed for RH use can still be effectively used with the LH! thanks! how often does this tool need to be sharpened? can you get through a day's work with no noticeable need to re-sharpen?
In the UK we use a bill hook which looks very similar
had one before someone stole it outta my truck maybe it's time to get a new one .
I have been waiting for this video for so long
I love it
One thing I sent hear you mention, Dave, was the blunt portion of the blade right before the main edge begins. My understanding is that it is mean to be used like a poll
Another billhook fan. Specifically the Yorkshire billhook, though more for snedding limbing hedging type work.
woodsmithexperience.co.uk/shop/product/morris-yorkshire-billhook/
If had to clear woody brush, then a slasher, again what's called a double edged Irish slasher. Similar blade design to the Yorkshire above but with a 30"+ handle on it. A real back saver.
Tool designs so old, that no one knows how they came about. Speculation that the Yorkshire billhook got it's name from the Yorkshire county, because that is what the blacksmiths made centuries ago.
I've always liked these and I appreciate the intent. That said, I've owned one twice now and both times I ended up selling mine because I just never found it particularly useful for my environment. Sure I could make do with it but so many other designs seem better. Again, that's just for my environment which is mostly dominated by evergreens, junipers, and some light brush.
This tool in fact has a progenitor in the facine knife of the American Revolutionary War. Very common with light infantry unitis in the 18th and 19 Century, I have had one for years.
very similar to what we call a bill hook , handy tool just the same
good tool. i am using the swiss gertel or tessiner gertel. it is much more versatile than it looks at first. once you get used to the hook, there's no task in the woods it can't handle. ^^
Hey Dave could you do a video on your ATV kit?
That's a pretty cool blade...thanks for sharing Dave :)
Do you think by any chance this could of been used as a combat weapon? It looks like it would be pretty lethal even though I'm sure it works much better for cutting and clearing brush.
The Woodman's Pal looks a lot like a sugar cane cutter.
It would be better on your rokon because we would get to see more video of that bit of two wheeled awesomeness. Do more with the rokon please.
Now that you've cleared out those vines you should plant some sweet potato in there to replace it with something useful.
Thanks for another very informative video Dave! Just a quick question.. where did you get that shirt? I really need one lol
Have you used a brush hook? I have three old original Ames brush hooks and I love them. Won't replace a machete but very useful in their own right.
can you please do a video on your atv kit
I want one rite now.
Dave is that first t shirt available on your website , Thanks for the video.
Awesome tool. Dave do you think that this could possibly use as a froe as well?
I love the shirt! where did you get it?
This is kind of interesting. I own this old Indonesian parang that I bring everywhere. It's almost the shape of this blade, only without the brushook, but it still has that broad sharpened end bit as well. The shape is straight lines, it's ot curvy, but the blade still drops down like this one. Of course there is no hand guard, it's the traditional indonesian style handle with a rat-tail tang. It's abit shorter though - probably a 10 inch blade. I always wondered what jobs it was particularly made for. It's a great chopper but kinda too short for brush. I am guessing it must be more like a semi heavy duty gardening or rough home processing tool. I bought it years back in a super market in Manado but I haven't seen anything quite like it since then ...
Do you think you will ever do more videos regarding the longhunter series or anything in that time period ?
why doesn't the main edge extent all the way to the end of the blade so it can still cut near the tip?
WWI was between 1914-1918. So if that was designed in 1941 it was not used in that war. I think you just misspoke Dave.
I did thank you for catching that you are correct WW2
wildernessoutfitters, just remember: don't sweat it, crow pie is still pie Dave! One of the reasons you are respected is you never shy from a helping when it's honestly served. A lesson many of us struggle with. A fine example of our community looking out for each other without malice or ego. Both handled it like true gentlemen. My respect to you both. 🍻
how much can you pick one up for?
I feel a forging project in the making. Where can I get dimensions?
Is this better than a hatchet?
INteresting. Looks like a mix between two of my Indonesian parang style machetes
Nice machete
Say Heah Dave, Yup, I have a newer model and I got the leather Sheath for mine. I have the Wilderness Pal Premium with the leather stack handle with the hand guard. Oh, I got a guys joke. What's the difference between Fish and Meat ?,, Well if you beat your fish it will die, heh heh heh.,,.p
What happened to the Ontario Machete ??
If we r ever in ww lll everybody let's find DAVE. Luv it Dave keep up the good work
hey partner do you have any stickers of your channel and if so can you please give me some
the American Govermint like DOD and Foreset sevice USFS has designed or baught clever designs in Large numbers
maybe you could do a series about them some of the tool creators have Fascinating Historys them self like Pulaski who the Fire Service axe is named after
Woodsman Pal?! Woodsman Pirate!
its a bill hook been using those in the free world for centuries
Read what his shirt between 0:00 and 4:30
dave try indian (tamil nadu ) thirpachi aruva(Blade)