When I saw "NFG" I laughed so hard I couldn't make an intelligent comment. - Kathie

Thanks,another informative & entertaining video.Both my Parents (RIP) lived thru the Great Depression, and both had so much common sense of life. Stay safe !

What a great lesson, never trust someone that pretends for a living, gonna try to remember that one. Wish I would actually had met someone that fought in WO I. It is sad how scares the people get that went trough WO II too, we could have learned so much of them and often I wonder how they would react on what's going on now. Also maybe I need to mark stuff more often as NGF. I'm getting really interested how your original USN knife looks! The story on it is just awesome. Great video! Thanks a lot!

I couldn’t help but notice that there was a pattern to the celebrities you selected. I guess it takes a pretender to recognize a pretender-in-chief. In spite of this, I love your videos. Your range of knowledge is so broad. You are a real Renaissance Man!

WOW GREAT VIDEO GODBLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND EVERYONE. 👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thanks Scout, another video brimming with useful information. Stay safe, Stuart and Leanne 🇦🇺

Awesome video. As a framer I use empire ( USA made ) framing squares for layout. ( within a 1/16th accurate) I use starrett combo squares for marking stock and trim ( 4”-12”) very accurate. Combo squares are great for depth and margin marking. Most guys use “ speed squares” which are not for laying out stairs or rafters. In my shop I only use starrett and the best and most accurate squares I know of by “Woodpecker” very expensive and worth it.( American made) don’t know if you own any tools by them, I’m addicted . Your a serious collector or great tools, I can relate. Thank you for your service 👍🇺🇸 Great channel!!!!

I love that knife, thanks for sharing and always love to hear how it ties in to WW2, I always get chills hearing about what those guys did back then, it seems to me that this country had a greater sense of pride in those days, I hope we all get a better sense of things after going through this and re think where we are going. Cheers, Ken

I always love your humor! It’s perfect. Plus I love precision tools and instruments! They have always intrigued me! Thanks for the content!

Well, each episode I notice your band aid. Since that incident I have been extra careful with my tools. I even put the guard back on the angle grinder. The knife reminds me of a bayonet with the coloring and simplicity of the design. Very nice. From the empty streets of Wampler, TX, thanks for the fun. :-)

My Grandfather left me his old hunting knife that turned out to be an old Army knife, similar to your Navy knife. Remington PAL 36. I always took good care of it because it was his but I also loved it because it was such a great knife! Parked in the hand like a champ and could do all the camp chores I put it to. I bought another one in e-bay years ago and had to restore it. Now Grampa's knife stays in a sealed ammo box and I use the one from e-bay. Thanks for sharing the story of your Grandad's knife.

Great info. I'm definitely going to check my squares. I bought a set of the blocks and have used them many times. Great shop tools.

Another great Mosh! I had a square that was out too. Unfortunately I could correct it so out it went. The knife looks great and I like the finish too. The Parkerized finishes are so much nicer than the sprayed on type. Thanks for sharing this.

Hardship builds character. Reminds me of my time in the military. Was told the washout rate in ranger school was 85%. Have kept that with me throughout my life, whenever someone says I can’t do something. Made it through that, bet the odds are better for whatever you said o couldn’t do!😬 stay safe👍

Your videos on the ins and outs of tools are always useful. I'm learning alot. I'm going to check my squares just out of curiosity. By the way, your advice of using light oil on adjustable wrenches instead of grease is right on. I'm rescuing some flea market wrenches (some could use a visit to the Dake) that were greased. Grease gets dirty and dry and gums up the adjusting function. It can seize the mechanism. Light oil is better. At least grease helped control the rust. Thank you. You are a great teacher. Best from the 8ntermountain Wsst.

Nice Rant! Being a loner and staying up late myself, social distancing comes easy to me. Great way to check a square! Yeah, I don't buy used squares, had one given to me by a widow that was her husbands, I need to check it now. Your knife collection and knowledge is astounding. I like that deck knife!! I have to review old video's to make a wish list for knives! That Starrett square, does it come with free shipping? (like that huge Swiss Army Knife) "Look, free shippinig!". The wife and I still laugh about it!

My Sea Bee Uncle was my hero and the one I took after about driving and running equipment. Sure miss him too. I got a plastic tri square and a plastic 4-foot level because I'm a plastic carpenter and found out that the square was a Swanson and it was a lite speed square. I also went to Lowes and got an aluminum framing square. This one I can even read but I just use it for straight cuts. So thanks John CS. I'd been proud to carry a Sea Bee's knife too. I'll just try and make Uncle Bill proud. Don't think I did doo bad of a job. Maybe.

I have a not-square combination square - somewhere. Cheap and no surprise not very good quality. I purchased a really nice looking square from Lee Valley, rosewood handle, brass rivets, thin steel blade. Gorgeous to look at. It is consistent - but not 90 deg between the handle and the blade. This now collects dust. I then purchased a made in Japan inexpensive square, aluminium handle, steel blade. Also consistent but not 90 deg between handle and blade. I finally purchased a 90 deg and separately a 45 deg DIN rated squares from Grizzly. These are very good quality and accuracy. These are now my go-to squares. I wanted a shorter 90 deg square and made the mistake of purchasing a set of 3 squares also from Grizzly similar to your Indian set. Mine were made in China, inexpensive and no surprise each one was consistent, but a different angle other than 90 deg. I gave these away to a turner at the local club. I bit the bullet and purchased a 3in long 90 deg square. This was almost as much as the 3 piece set, but this one it decent quality and accuracy - finally. When I started doing metal work I purchased my first set of 1-2-3 blocks. As you said, these are so useful. I wish I had known about these decades ago. Dave.

You gave us the straight scoop and you are a cut above. I have a current U.S.N and current USMC Kabar military style knives.

Great information today. I have a few squares that I have collected. It is nice to "put a name with the face". That is a great looking knife. Will invest in one once I am a little more financially stable. Great price too. Those celebrities that do all the feel good videos... ugh! I am not going to rant. Stay safe! 👍😷

Awesome knife!!! Great tips my friend thanks 👍👍

Cool remake, I love the Kabar Mark 1 with the leather handle its a beautiful knife ....They also have the rubber krayton handle with a really excellent kydex sheath . They do have that nasty protection spray which I always remove myself . I love a natural patina on carbon steel that's how its supposed to be.

Love the beginning comments John,, spot on pal!

Imagine all the life lessons and advice that WWI vet had to tell, we could sure use him now.

Thank you, I really appreciate your common sense and teaching skills. Be safe.

Good check for the squares for most folks, quick and easy. Nice knife.

It's funny watching the celebrities whining about being quarantined in a 10,000 square foot house with a swimming pool! Great info on the squares. I am going out to the shop to test my squares right after I type this comment. Another great video. Hoping this is all over in time for Jacktown.

Hey Scout, Retired Seabee Builder Chief. Love the knife. I have a bad habit, my wife says, of giving my son knives like this. The USN Kabar, some SOG's, an old Estwing with those leather rings...anyway, they don't issue knives like that anymore. Never got a bayonet either. Just multi tools.

Really out of square NFG Best laugh I've had all day. Great video Scout!!!

If I hadn't taught shop, I'd have been a history teacher, and your channel gives me both.

Thanks ScoutCrafter. I grew up in Providence and had no idea that Colonial Knives existed. I collect Imperial Knives also out of Providence not the same quality as those Colonial knives. I also thought I’d mention, because I’m a RI, that the Seabees here Stationed at Quonset RI and that’s were the Qounset hut also came from.

Hey John ... Thanks So Much For The Near-Full-Episode-Edition shout-out on my metal set-square problem You’ve Gone & Done It Again !!! Gonna have to buy 1 of those little round tool with all the holes in it “ just cause scoutcrafter said so ! “ for addin to my toolkit I also need to buy some of those other models you described even the others that go “ outta wack “ That little trick drawing the 2 lines on the flat-edge was “ for me “ anyway a light-bulb revelation Someone has told me today i could scribe along my square alongside a known “ in-wack “ set square Then file my ruler part all the way along to true-it-up ? Might work might not ? Just wanna restore-ish my family-handed-down square eh. Might not even use it ! Just tidy it up Onto another thing ... I came across a FB post tonight named “ Before The Rocket “ A recently published book about the history of a Welsh ( A Country attached to Scotland & England in the same land-mass of the United Kingdom ) Who was experimenting with the real early Steam Locomotives before “ Stevens Rocket “ came around Heres a link to the book on facebook with viewers comments -: facebook.com/1162018563859171/posts/2990143811046628/?d=n And then ... some history & pictures URL’s of the Early Welsh Locomotive Industry & Its Innovators & Designers www.google.com/search?q=trevithick%20locomotives&tbm=isch I thought you’de like to own the book if you find it & because you have that huge “ blackened “ early machine in your collection, you showed us once on an episode You’de find this although NOT tool-related, still an interesting read through history of another kind of “ Old-Time Mankind History & Evolution “ ? Hope you do ... Stay Warm ... Stay Safe ... “ Wee “ Andy “ The Locked-Down “ City Of Stirling Central Scotland U.K.

Someplace on youtube, and quite awhile ago, I saw a guy making his framing squares square using a punch to the inside corner. Interesting stuff. Nice knife also! Now that my Scoutdfrafter fix is done for today...I have to wait until Friday for another ...oh well!

This was fair and square a great video!

Lol...i started a pile of NFG squares over at the shop. That deck knife is great. Your knife discussions got me looking, i bought a Morakniv chisel. I may do a review.....be safe. Cheers.

I'm saddened to say that this Covid-19 has hit my family taking one of our own. Let me say to one and all, please take heed and follow all the preventative measures and restrictions that are in place. We will get through this together. #AmericaWorksTogether

So that’s why everything I buy at garage sales has “NFG” written on it. 🤣. I really like that Mark 1 knife. I think Kabar makes a version of it too. Take care. 👍🏼

i have a little rathbone & Chesterman machinist square. and i have always looked after it. It must be 40 years old. Still looks good. and square enough for me. I had the original box up until a few years ago when it just fell apart on me. Now it`s in a small padded box i got from ebay. It has been a great investment.

Howdy, Greetings from Colorado, You are so right when it comes to your Grandmother, mine was the same. I had an Auction for a Family, We sold out there Grandparents estate, there was a box in the basement, it was labeled "Pieces of string and yarn, to short to use" And it was full of just that..waste not want not...be safe

Well said Scoutcrafter! Couldn’t agree more.

You're spot on once again. Ruffalo and Silverman are insufferable. Empty shells in the clouds.

I’ve had an original MKI. Great vid.

Beautiful knife 👍

Thanks for the video be safe 👍🏻🇺🇸

Good show, today. Most towns of reasonable size will have a good machine shop that will square your tools up for you. However, it's such a minor job that some won't want to do it. I've had a local shop make me a 12"X18"X1" squaring plate. It's square on all 6 sides. I can't remember how much I paid, but; it doesn't seem like it was all that much. It has been a real asset.

Lmao you are a night owl like me. Haha that's so true to be out of their element. This virus doesn't discriminate lol. It's good to see you well Scout. Your videos are my muse while I'm stuck home :D

I worked with a lot of "stars" as a young guy. I worked st the bandshell in Salibury/Eisenhower Park, in East Meadow. I volunteered at the Westbury Music Fair. As I got older, I performed with many famous people, even sharing a dressing room with Andy William's. As a teen, I often sang in a place named Enrico's in Westbury...the place was loaded with mobsters. One thing I learned was that they were all regular people until they were on stage or doing mob stuff ! I never had that star mystique thing since I was in contact with so many. It doesnt phase me when they act "regular"

The square is always taken for granted you grab it to make something expecting it to be in square I find The same thing with levels also , great to see the knife channel represented today ha ha fantastic knife Haven’t seen one before what was the original handle made from looks like a stacked handle a bit How are you getting on with abes knife will be nice to see it all finished god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿👏🙏👍🔪🛠

Lol...its so funny you made this video...bc when i saw matt damon giving the stay at home speach with other actors, I was like man they looks so bad...lol

Great video on checking if squares are square! I'm sure most of mine are NFG also. Can you do a video on checking levels?

I trued up my carpenters square by hitting the angle with a center punch. Hitting on the inside edge of the angle spreads the arms apart, and hitting it on the outside of the angle brings the arms closer together. And I agree that you can never trust someone who makes a living pretending something they're not.

On social issues, Hollywood actors are NFG. Thanks, Scout!

I have a Brown & Sharp combination square, I love it it’s very accurate.

NFG , good one John , made me laugh thanks 😂👍🏻

Thanks for the kind words about my sister. I've never been a big knife fan. However that is a beautiful knife you have thare. I'm more into guns. I am currently building a display case for some of my most collectible guns. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and talents my friend. Stay safe and healthy. Looking forward to your videos is the only reason I know what day it is anymore. Everything seems to be a blur.

NFG , that’s awesome.

I have a Mark V, I bought it years ago from Desco they sold a bunch of specialty dive stuff, as far as persison tools Sterat is my fav, if you mess anything up they regrind, replace lenses ect, send it to them and they charge next to nothing....

That’s definitely a great knife for the money John👍

Most combination (or adjustable) Squares are only in the "Ballpark" accurate. I find Starrett and Brown & Sharpe to be the best of that type. IMHO if one is TRULY interested in the best accuracy, go on to ebay and buy a gently used fixed Starrett Square - not an adjustable one). They are very reasonably priced, as accurate as you will find and will last a lifetime if not abused. IMHO the squares sold in stores today are not worth buying. That said, for most Carpentry work, super accuracy is not really needed as it is in Machining. I have my Dad's WW2 Navy knife in the original gray colored hard sheath with a canvas retainer and a snap. They are really cool and super sharp!

I was told you could trust a drafting triangle for square. Also, now I want that knife. I don't have one of those.

Hey thanks for the heads up on colonial knife company. They are still making all kinds of military knives that you don't see anywhere else. Electricians knife, paratrooper switchblade etc. Yeah these celebrities are so full of themselves. Unlike the ones of yesteryear, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Audie Murphy and so on.

Hello john hope all is well brother

great videos.. if you have a old tool with nickle plating..that looks rusty can you put it in vinegar or will that mess with the plating

Igaging makes some great squares at a good price

John, What does NFG stand for ? Please explain - lol😇😂🤣

hi Scoutcrafter, you always make interesting videos. how can I sent a photo of a birdhouse I just built for the challenge

I wonder if an out of square square could be ground square on sandpaper?

*Out-of-Square Square = Wall Hangar* Easier to buy a new one for everyday use, than try and fix it. Although if you're any good with a file you may be able to get it close enough for Tree Houses.

Where's your old knife i'd like to see it ..good video Thx Ed Loretto Ontario Canada

When it comes to Precision measurements it's always better to go with Paris than over the cheap one I'm not a total snob either but I'm not a waste of material either all I can suggest to people is by the best you can afford

Next level down from NFG would be FUBAR?

If you like this finish, take a look at the Glock 81 knife. I‘ve seen it on amazon. And also the american standard warning on the site, you know about cancer and birth defects. I suppose this is on everything made of plastic and/or rubber.

Excellent video. You will now have to do one for levels. I like that knife. At 4 oz its a lot lighter than my pilot's survival knife. Never used the sharpening stone anyway. Somewhere I've got a Colonial sheath knife that was for Boy Scouts in the 1960s. Newer info on the virus says that it can travel 20 feet and live for 17 days in some cases. I gotta suspect that the Chinese Communist Party designed it on purpose. It kills 5 times as many whites as asians, according to the CT Governor's speech a little while ago. Good Luck to Us All, Rick

Not sure if an old Jarhead LOL can anwser this or not but you think that those Frogmen back in WWII ever carried the Deck Knife? I know that they had what was a designated Divers Knife but I have to wonder if with all the craziness of war if those guys wasn't grabbing a few of these for certain "jobs" I am a bit of a history buff on stuff like that and I have been told first hand that when President Kennedy commissioned the SEAL teams they went through all sorts of gear to figure out what did and didn't work for them and I had a guy tell me that there were times that they would go down to the local hardware store and pick gear out of the sporting good section and took it over to be used in Vietnam.

Everyone, is just someone.

..when do you sleep ?..lol...great vid. good info..nice repro. knife..

Mr. ScoutCrafter. Where in NY do you live?

As an after thought, if you ever heard Burt Reynolds rant about the worst place he ever ate, it was the Parkway Restaurant in Sylva, NC. I was hauling concrete and one of the DOT Inspectors was the son of the manager of that place when that mess came to pass. Reynolds was filming Deliverance or some such and him and his entourage stopped in there for lunch/dinner. With great puffing , blowing and grandeur they all blew in and proceeded to take over but one thing mr. Burt didn't realize that Jackson was a dry county. NO BOOZE so the manager put him on the road. Put him/them OUT! That's why he said what he said. Typical twerp. I got no use for ANY of them. That was straight from the managers son's mouth.

Hi SC...do you have an email for tool questions not related to specific videos???

What happened to the actual knife from ww2

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Great Video if you check out Colonial's site you will find a couple of knives I designed for them. My uncle Jerry was in the Seabees.

A good friend of mine was a CB in London in WW2. Built rhino barges for D-Day he later was a welder on the railroad. He said CB was confused bastard

NFG very good mate Made me laugh!😊

Very funny NFG , Jajaja

NG and NFG - LMAO

WoW That Starrett Machinist Square is going for $190 on ebay. I saw 2 for that price and neither came with the nice wooden storage box.

great job as usal don't let this cor 19 get you down we need you very funny ohio

This video is very FG 😀

missed the scott baio, ted nugent, and pat sajak pics .. a real missed opportunity

Most celebraties are NFG

So this starts a story: a buddy of mine's grandmother said actors were considered to be bums because they did not work and no better than carnival-circus people. I am now 65 yrs.. Of course this was before Hollywood inflated salaries. Now they think they are something special.

I am 53 and have no problems with this time, my kids the get nuts.the problems are the have never hard time, we parents take all the problems before away from them. Not the good way to do .

OK...you say you HAD the knife! You're a guy who doesn't part with anything! What happened to the knife?!! .. Newk from Kentucky

That does not look like Parkerizing on the Navy knife.....looks like bluing.....Parkerizing is not smooth....it is pitted to hold oil in place to keep whatever it is from rusting...

To bad, you did not have a good combination square to compare like Brown and Sharpe

Sand it on the back of a mirror

NFG. Ha ha. :)

NFG 😂🤣

I never value the opinion of today's "Celebrities" A lot of Self indulgent people who have forgotten how to be a regular person.