I'm really enjoying this basic bushcraft series. It's good to see stuff like how to cook on a fire and some safe, efficient carving techniques on your channel.

I'm not Dave, but holy cow I just watched that yesterday on Netflix. What I liked most about that was that there was no government, no laws....just people living by their own code. I loved it.

Just watched your discussion on ds and as far as im concerned your more than forgiven.i still think you should be on there.if not have your own show.your survival knowledge is second to none.take care brother.

Love to see a fellow lefty doing survival stuff on KZfaq.

Ive recently had the chance to see in person a PLSK 1. I am buying it from a friend who is leaving the country soon...I am in LOVE! I Cant wait til next payday...that baby will NEVER leave my side!

Dave your awesome, you deserve all the success. Keep doing what you love

Bobby gave me a great tip when I made my first Bow Drill Fire at the '13 Gathering. And, the man is a bidding monster at an auction. He's a good guy.

Dave your badass I miss your TV show glad I stumbled on to this

Cute little spoon and a good first project to show off that knife's capabilities. Now you need a bowl/cup to go with it.

cool, thanks a lot for that tip - I never have noticed these flexcut woodcarving folders ...

Once again, excellent video. Thank you for all your videos.

You did a good job. With the right tools Things make easy plus a great talent and Skills.

Great spoon Dave. Excellent video as usual. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Love your video's Dave, keep up the great work, all the best from down under; cheers.

Nice one! ...The video, the knives and mention Sean. All the best, Sepp

As others have said ...Mora is a great starter knife. Many of Dave's instructors carry them as backups, or for smaller tasks. I started with the carbon steel Companion MG for around $15. I have used it for many tasks over the past several months and it is still as sharp as the day I got it. The heavy duty one I think is only about $10 more with a thicker blade. Great all around knives for very reasonable prices. Btw...Gerber is not bad, but their Bear Grylls line is pure hype!

Great video, Dave, as always! Take care and nice regards from Austria, Flo-

that smaller gouge I use all the time thanks for theshoutout brother glad you are enjoying the tool anything that makes life a little easier Ayyy.

Dave, have you seen "Happy People: A Year In The Taiga" its right up your alley man.

I've had my Flexcut Carvin' Jack for a few years now and absolutely love it! My brother gave it to me as a present. You mention drilling a hole in the handle of your spoon. I've used the straight curved gouge on my Carvin' Jack for just such purposes to bore lanyard holes in various projects. It bores a pretty good hole roughly 1/4" in diameter.

I have used many of the Flex tools for hand carving with Quilceda Carvers. I suggest you get a good leather strop and polish the edges. The sharper you can get the carving tools the better and easier they will cut. If you ever carve iron wood, mahogany or black oak, you will appreciate a very sharp edge on your tools.

Seriously! Great video dave, keep'em coming brother.

the carvin jack comes with a stropping block for each blade, and stropping compound to keep it sharp :D

Thank you Dave

I gotta try that. Very cool Dave!

always enjoy your videos dave,take care

If you are looking to get a good starter knife, the "Condor Tool and Knife Bushlore" is a good one for around 35 bucks. That's about the same as the BGSK. It's 1075 high carbon steel in a traditional bushcraft knife style. You can find and order this knife on amazon. Best of luck, and I hope you continue to ask good questions about quality of gear because it's important.

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Great tool. Use mine all the time, good for carving fishing lures

That's a very nice tool. I might have to get one of those. Off-topic, will there be anymore blacksmithing vids? Those were neat too.

I held and dang at the gathering and dang its scary sharp. he is a good man with a heart of gold. always willing to share. do you know if they come in any other configurations or just as you got yours

Great as always Dave. I loved the music

I usually don't leave many comments on videos, however I did spent most of the day watching your vids.. Really good stuff, man. Informative as well as entertaining. Just one quick question - Why do I waste money for Cable TV when there's NEVER anything this good on?

A good place to start is the Mora Companion Heavy duty or the Mora bushcraft black carbon. Actually, these knives will last quite a while if you take care of them.

Great video.

It amazes me how many people comment a question asking about things you answered in the video...

Put the wood in your boiling pot them carve it super easy Then dryb over the fire to harden then wax it

that background music has the eagles in it. I always thought it said "but out".

I remember watching my Grandfather carve when I was a kid he would pick up a piece of wood and while sitting talking turn it into a horse or elephant in what seemed like minutes (could have been hours just mesmerising to watch) I asked him once how he did it his explanation was look into the wood see what you want it to be then cut off everything that's not it. He died in 1997 not bad when you consider he was born in 1900. He made his own knives I've got one here somewhere.

First good video Dave ....I was thinking a good carving type video might be take one of the cleaned up axe heads you get at the flea market and find a proper piece of wood and carve a new handle for it .Again thanks for the videos Dave

nice work there love your vids man thanks

That is SO cool bro! I've been wanting to try this.

Good job!

Thanks for the tip

SO cool!

Outstanding

first you taught me to fourgin I think I will try to make my own spoon knife and then the spoon .thanks Bro.

Great video. Watching this video did pop a question. How do you sharpen a curved blade like the ones you used for carving the spoon?

You can make one by using the bow drill. Just use larger diameter spindle to create a larger size spoon bowl is all. Don't knock it till ya try it!

Nice!

excellent, I never asked earlier if you attempted to make a spoon in your blacksmithing series, that hitch ball would have been good for that. any chance you'd be bringing back the blacksmithing? just wondering, not pushing.

I have no idea how you remember all that - but it might be easier to say "I appreciate all that you do for the Pathfinder family..." ;) Either way love the vid - what was the final ratio of bowl width to original piece of wood - seems like a bigger spoon/ladel might be handy..

nice carving tool, seen these a long time, would be nice pick one up. I noticed you have went to a smaller BHK blade and flat grind. Do you perfer this now. i think small blades and bigger both have pluses and cons. thx

Brother I recommend that if you want to start around that price rage to het either a condor bush lore or mora bushcraft black and a 15 dollar mora clipper or companion as a backup cant go wrong I promise and dave carries them all on his website.

Dave nice video

Coincidentally, I just finished carving out my first wooden spoon about a week and a half after the Gathering. In fact, I did a lot of stuff right after and knocked a lot of tasks I had on a list I put together over the Cabin Fever months. It can be googled at: "Carving a wooden spoon SurvivalistBaseCamp" .

Nice spoon

When I first seen dual survival and seen you dave and i said hey that guys from youtube not the other way around like most people

Great video as always! I curious is there a reason you didn't use the smaller gouge to hollow out the spoon?

if you look around on here you can find some really good recommendations on bushcraft knives and the like. a good high carbon steel, hand forged knife would serve you really well.

This question has nothing to do with this video, but i live here in finland and would it be good to make a bow from juniper.

`great video bud

Thanks, Dave- as always I learned some things. Every time I have carved anything out of green wood it cracks. Is it best to let the wood dry completely before carving? Any general guidelines as to types of wood to use, how dry it should be? Thanks again.

What kind off tools would you need to use if you were going to do this with bone or antler?

I've only ever used fixed blade carving knives; How solid does the flexicut feel when applying heavy pressure?

Cool

What are the songs that are on this video I love them

The Condor Tool and Knife New Bushlore is a nice bushcraft style knife for less than $45... It's clearly not of the same quality, design or aestetics of a Blindhorse or Falkniven - but a good starter.. I personally like an LMF Asek for a single knife less than $90 but I'm sure there are a ton of people who probably know of better knives for the cost.

what blindhorse knife is best for a week long bushcraft kit and another thing, is pathfinder your company that you raised up from the bottom to the top or is it a company you are affiliated with

My favorite part of bush craft..... There is nothing like carving a bowl from maple. I would add a few mallet chisels, the mallet, you can make from a hard wood out in the wild... essential to bring sharpening equipment. unless you find some flat sedimentary rock that is equivalent to 200 to 400 grit that you can use. You can find that along a river, or bog, or just by hiking through the woods. To sharpen to second stage arkansas, or flint which has an 800 to 1500 grit consistency...

I've been wondering where I could go to practice bushcraft. I'm 17 and I live in Canada, Saskatchewan and i've been meaning to for some time. Any ideas where I can go? I don't mean camping or anything like that, I mean land where I would be able to set up shelter and survive. Is there a type of land I would be looking for? something unclaimed?

cool

I am planning on buying some of the bear grylls survival series knifes, would you say they are a good way to go? I want to start somewhere..

Good man .

What are those songs called that you are playing

should you fire harden the spoon or does it not matter?

Are you going to be doing any of the 21st Century Longhunter?

Nice. I don't have money for that tool. I wonder if a cheap dollar store paring knife could be heated red hot and hammered around a bolt in a vise to get a nice curved blade, I guess dip in motor oil to temper a little. I would use map gas for heating. Sharping would be a diamond rod.

I have made spoons out of oak using a few red amber's and putting it in a small notch i made with a knife. it took a longer time but i think if some one who only has a knife needed a spoon i think it would be good use.

Neat tool. Thanks for sharing. Question: I was surprised to see that you did not use the chest-lever grip at all on that spoon. Personally, it's one of my favorite carving methods. Just wondering.

What kind of knife was that you were using when you were debarking Dave? 3:22 into the video

Great video Dave! Did you ever get the Canadian Army rats I sent you?

what's the song? thanks for the videos I really enjoy watching them!

It's a goof idea to make (bushcraft) kitchen devices out of juniper if you can find it because the wood is anti-septic.

Dave, is that the left or right hand model you are using?

whats fixin wax

Cool how long did take?

A crook knife as ray mears would call it, can cave a great spoon. I made my own from a small curved file. A good blacksmithig video you could do.

People that mentioned the music. Yes it's great but I know the band's name but can't locate any music. If anyone knows a site, please give me a shout. Thanks and God Bless.

Wish I had a nickle for every time someone asked.... what's that song ? I'd split the profit with Dave and we'd both have Bill Gates carving spoons for us.

Dave Cant you just make a bigger spindle for a bow drill and use that to carve out the bowl of the spoon

Joshua, not trying to interject here...But if you want a good solid knife at an unbeatable price. Grab a Morakniv. They are inexpensive, well made, scandi-ground little workhorses from Sweden. Can't beat 'em for what you pay....Take Care.

Did you say Sassafras? I suggest not to throw away the bark. Put it to good use, drink some tea from it or make original rootbeer.

im ignorant to bush craft carving as a survival tool in modern time cause it would be easier to have a spoon then the tool to make the spoon unless there are other applicatable thing to craft from the tool im interested in this item as a hobby rather then dependability so what else for survival or bush crafting can you make that a knife can't do?

Are the y good? I have a review up of Russian Combat Rations LOL Regards, Lars ( ADane in Russia )

that tool is so sharp i maid my mo. a cooking spoon with it last week cut myself twice and stabed myself in the leg, spoon turned out nice though

I stole a plastic spoon from the bar......okay?

check some of dave's earlier vids for good examples of knives to get. bear grylls is a fruit. dont buy anything with his name on it.

There is no spoon.

How toxic can it be bro...people and restaurants cook fish on cedar planks all the time. Have been for years. You don't want to cook in the smoke of resinous woods like ceder or pine, but I don't think they are harmful in themselves. In fact pine bark is edible. Now getting it from a lumber company where it may be treated is another story. I could be wrong...but I love a good cedar planked salmon!