My putty-knife knife is not very batonable, but it’s a fire maker in every other respect. I’ve shown in the video Linked below that its spine will give up good sparks and ignite char materials. In another video Linked below it cut, shaved, scraped, and withstood light batonning while I fashioned a bow drill set out of Virginia Pine. And in today’s video, it absolutely burned the woods up! It Ferro Rod ignited Tulip Poplar Bark to ignite a branches fire. I found some fatwood and the knife easily processed it into shavings and scrapings before raking fire from the Ferro Rod for their ignition to start another branches fire. It also did a lot of pruning along the way, lopping off quite a few branches and saw briars with great ease. Come watch the humble little homemade putty-knife knife outperform all expectations! Please follow the LINKs below and SUBSCRIBE. Thank You! How To Make A Knife Out Of A Putty Knife kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f9SbabmKluDOdI0.html Putty-Knife Knife Crafts A Functional Pine Bow Drill Set kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9idmtibm5-vioE.html Putty-Knife Knife Can Still Flint And Steel, Well kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pap_ZciS2ci7eIk.html

Love the video Mr west I appreciate you sharing your technique 👍🔥👌

Love that knife! Nice change of scenery from the fire table.

Another great video. Thanks for sharing the capability of the little putty knife knife.

David, it is so enjoyable watching your videos..that putty knife works very well. I hope you had a nice Father's Day last weekend.. Stay safe

Thanks for all the great videos David!!- Couldn't find the putty knife companion on the Mora website.😁

Hi David! I was delighted to see another video featuring the putty knife. I am assuming we are likely to see full flower from the Mullein over the next couple of days.

Good video David, thanks for sharing YAH bless brother !

Good stuff as usual David all the best from sunny Greece

Boy, I like that little putty knife. It it might be humble and it's not the stoutest knife, but it's a great cutter, whittler, scraper and sparker ... and it sharpens back up in a jiffy!! --- Mr. Mullein Plant is getting tall and is growing pretty yellow plumes in his bonnet!

👍👍👍 Good Morning David .. it's always a pleasure watching your posts. 'Setting the Forest on Fire' .. 😁. Here in Switzerland, the Authorities do not have much of a sense of humour regarding, with eye-watering fines the order of the day 😳. During Fire Ban periods, they even have Helicopter Patrols overhead equipped with what I am lead to believe, 'Heat Sensing' Hardware. Thus, I shall leave it to you and watch from a safe place 😁. Yep, 'home-grown sfuff' can, and does often give one great pleasure and satisfaction in their use. Thanks for the share .. and until your next, take care .. Now, if the rain lets up (very wet here), I can get out later into my adjacent forest and harvest some detritus left behind by the Forestry Services, for drying on my Flat (Apartment in USA-speak 😏) Balcony.

I always like watching your videos. If I can't start a fire by now, I'm a dummy. That's a skill that can save a life, whether for warmth, light,cooking or just comfort. Being lost in the wilderness is much better with a fire. It's like having a home base.

I'm thinking the lanyard hole could make a decent bearing block as it's made of brass

Strange not seeing a hobo stove.....I thought I was on the wrong channel!

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You forgot to throw out the dimensions and cost on Amazon of the Bayite Keychain Ferro Rod, but it's okay, I actually said it for you in my head. 🙂

I made one 🔪👍

Another place to find good quality inexpensive knives is the Habitat for Humanity stores.

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I remember in welding school my instructor had me heat my chipping hammer up red hot with a torch and then quench it in cold water to harden it. You could tell it was hardened when a file would just skate over it. Wonder if you could do that to the putty knife knife edge?

When can I purchase my own custom David West putty knife backyard fire knife?? 😅😂 I'd be inclined to make one myself for fun. I just don't have the resources. Plus it would be an honor to have one made by you.

I like your videos, watch them all. Don't like to see you breaking sticks on trees. It damages the thin living layer.

I cringe watching you kneel in those leaves....here in north Alabama chiggers are bad. Worse in pine straw but just as bad in leaf litter. Apparently you don't have a chigger problem in south carolina!