One of my top KZfaq channels no gear pushing, no “you must do it my way or you will die” instructions, just someone giving his opinion on gear and woodsmanship and letting the viewers figure out if it works for them or not Thanks for another informative video

Wow I get a mention in the midst of a knife video! Anyway really interesting stuff on knives. Now worried about myself.

Love it you speak about your knives like they are old friends, good to see you’ve made another Video I like how Calculated your opinions on things are Hope to see more PS can’t wait for your book

Great to see you again! I am finally going on a canoe trip next week and I want to thank you ahead of time for the skills that I have gained from you for this trip. Thanks so very much!

Great to see you back Paul! Can't believe how well kept your knives are after so much time of hard graft

Great to see another vid Paul. I reallly appreciate your style and have watched for years. Knives and more Q&A's... I'm In!

Will definitely be getting the book. And it’s great to see you back making videos.

Yes! Another PK video to watch. Looking forward to the book Paul. 👍

Great to see your back buddy and interesting thoughts on your knife tools...👍👍

Very glad to see you making another video. Always informative and entertaining. I finally got a hold of Simon at Raven, and put a deposit on a PK1 - one more year to wait. I'm really looking forward to seeing your upcoming video about this knife. Thanks again for your awesome content. Cheers!

Joining the crowd here and saying Good to see you again, Paul! :) Always loved your calm and informative opinions on things!

I was always curious about your knife. Good video, thanks and take care.

Thanks Mr. Kirtley it's good to see you always enjoyed and learned from you in the past.

cant wait for the book glad to see you making videos again

Very excited for the book Paul! 😁👍

Nice to see you’re well. Just yesterday I was thinking I hadn’t seen a video from you for a good while 👍🏼

awesome, keep it coming brother!

Really enjoyed this video. Nice to hear that you started playing the guitar again during lock down. That makes 2 of is!

Loved the discussion. Thanks for pointing out the book website as well. I am new to your content over the last few months, so I wasn't aware. I can't wait to read it!

Interesting video and to hear your thought process behind the change in process. Great to see you back as well

great to have you back Paul.

Great to see you back Paul hopefully we'll see you in more videos soon take care

Thanks for posting Paul, it's always something of interest.

lovely to see you back Paul

Happy to hear from you again

Top vid Paul, cheers.

Looking forward to the axe book. Pre order amazon done, would love a signed copy thou. All the best Michael.

Welcome back Paul! Nice to see you back online 👍😀

I'd like to watch your reviews on equipment. I'm still building out my kit and after watching so many of your videos it's clear you know what you're talking about. Some of us can only get out so often and watching a review by you would be informative and entertaining while we're at home thinking about the next trip.

Great to see you back. Raven PK1 is a fabulous knife.

Good to see you back, interesting chat on knives and steel.

First! Lovely to see you back, hopefully you'll do more youtube videos again! Ok now I'll actually watch the video.

Great to have a new Paul Kirtley video. KZfaq and the outdoors community has missed these during the covid lockdown. Thank you for continuing to share your knowledge and insight.

Always good to listen to your advise and ideas, in particular how & why you adapt your ideas over time. I also like your reference to your guitar playing & your willingness to be more understanding of the requests for answer to things amongst the newer bushcraft viewers ... you have the knowledge, experience & understanding & that’s what people are tapping into. Great job as always... hope to see more soon.

I've been missing your videos. Thanks.

Nice to see you posting. Agree with your sentiments. Good luck with the guitar!🏕

Loved the video Paul. You know what im like with my tool collection 🤣 hope you are well. All the best, Tom.

YES! It's been too long! Like the format of diving into a niche video and sharing your thoughts. Look forward to the upcoming axe videos. In the meantime, will keep surviving with the podcasts. As discussed, I'll start off with 5 copies of the book please.

Buy once cry once! I still have knives and kit from the early 80's it still works and accompanies me on my trips out bush here in Australia since I have emigrated. Great vid 😎🇦🇺

Completely agree Paul. We always get asked about kit (more than anything else), but ultimately we tell people you can go out with the cheapest kit in the world and have a good trip if you invest some time to learn how to use things within it's limits and do so safely. Good to see you back on screen. Really enjoyed your Berens trip a while back. All the best, Gareth&Zoe Wildcamps

Always appreciate your knowledge/experience Paul (especially botanical). Good to see you again ...Cam 👍🏻

It's great to see you again Paul; miss your videos! God Bless!

Great to see you back, its been way too long Paul :)

Great to see you again..Hope you can start creating more videos again soon..

Thanks Paul, food for thought just as I considering moving/upgrading to a different knife to my trusty Mora Companion.

Good to see you again Paul, it’s been awhile. Hopefully we’ll be able to do our Manitoba winter trip, if not this winter than the next.

Thnxs 4 uploading & sharing

Great to see and hear your rational approach to our hobby again. Sent

Cool video. Thanks a Lot

Oh we've been missing you mate, nice to see you back!

Bet you never thought your 10 year celebrations would be in a pandemic a decade ago! Good to see you back on the screen. My go to knife keeps getting smaller!! Now pretty much use an eldris all the time, that stainless steel just seems to hold an edge for ever and that’s what draws me in.

You have been sorely missed. Looking forward to seeing more vids.

Great to see you back on you tube.

Hi paul great video great talk .so your a head Bangor player now fair play to you I look forward to your book .all best Steve .

Hi Paul, great video if not a touch ironic.. I’m a guitar tutor and have played for 25+ years and own lots of gear be it amps, pedals, guitars etc and I’m exactly the way you mentioned in that context, I can happily use any of my gear and make it work quite flippantly but as someone new to bushcraft I’m currently obsessing over ‘the kit’. It’s good to know there are people out there whom operate in a similar way. Love all of your content, very inspiring.

Wow, ten years already, congratulations. Seems like yesterday. I left my Wilkinson sword micarta woodlore on the front of my car for a whole winter! Took a bit of work to clean up, but it’s still getting use. I use the jp blade that I handled myself mostly for carving still.

Thanks for the video. Interesting to hear your take on the knives. At the end of the day they're tools to be used. Pointless keeping them in a box; like a watch sitting in a safe and never worn. I've been working my way through your podcasts and just bought the Art of Fire book as a result. I look forward to the axe book, cheers.

Hi Paul, I'm not an expert when it comes to stainless steels but I believe they have better wear resistance and perhaps can be built with a slightly higher RC value when compared to 01 or other carbon steels. If you push 01 much beyond 59.5 to 60Rc there is a risk it could chip when used for hard bushcraft use especially if that knife has a fine scandi bevel. 01 is at it's toughest at 57Rc which is quite soft, back in the good old days many thought a knife that made 55HRc was good, and it would function, but need more frequent resharpening. It certainly wouldn't chip thats for sure:) Many makers including myself now aim for 59 to 59.5 as the go to Hrc for 01. It is purported to be the best compromise hardness value for an 01 knife. A careful user night do better with a harder blade maybe? Perhaps you as a full time user will appreciate the subtle nuances of the various steels in usage more than the average/ part time bushcrafter like myself and probably a lot of others too. Personally my own knives don't need to be sharpened often just stropped, but then I am only able to get out a couple of times a month for a simple "Overnighter" mostly:) Perhaps the handle chipping issue you mention with regard to the Julius Pettersson knife could be due to stabilised scales, or just a very hard batch of timber? I may be wrong, but the scales do look stabilised. There is always a trade off. With stabilised scales, you get a very inert handle but at the expense of it becoming a little more brittle, so if dropped and landing on a hard surface like a stone you could chip the handle. If not stabilised there will be a chance the scales could absorb moisture from the environment and shrink or expand ,sometimes quite alarmingly which could in extreme cases cause the handle to fail. As a knife maker I have almost driven myself to distraction trying to build a bomb proof knife, one that will hold it's edge forever, never need re sharpening, will never roll or chip and never become damaged if someone drops it from a skyscraper onto concrete or stones but sadly in the real world this is not to be. Like most things in life, knife making is a compromise. If you want a real workhorse knife then perhaps stainless and Micarta are the way to go with robust mechanical fixings and high strength epoxies but it won't win any prizes for beauty or be as aesthetically pleasing or show off the knife makers craft as well as one fitted with some nice burl or other wood. But then of course beauty is always in the eye of the beholder! The onus is on the owner to care for the tool as most knives whether carbon steel or stainless should last a lifetime with proper care and use. Sandy PS I'm doing my homework regarding RWL and CPM stainless steels

Beautiful.

Great ideology on the topic mate. A lot of people have abandoned the bushcrafter/woodsman mindset and are increasingly materialistic. This video was refreshing.

great video, Paul, I can a mini-series in the making here

Great to see this. I’d had the thought just two days ago that I wished you were still posting regularly on KZfaq. Come on back! More how tos, more APK! ...cheers from Newfoundland

I'am knife steel nerd, and I'am glad for that. In these modern days we have a lot better steels then in history. Love and use MagnaCut, M390, Infi. I have Woodlore from Custom knife maker Igor Hritz in MagnaCut steel. Best knife. 🔥🇨🇿

Great vid Paul. I bought an Alan Wood Woodlore in the same year (2000), also off the back of my first ever bushcraft course. I loved it, but I ended up selling it a few years back. I miss the knife, but I've never had any difficulty with any of the other knives I've used over the years (some of which I've made myself.) My go-to these days is a Mora Robust or Clipper; not because they're the best, but because I always get some bright spark claiming that the knife makes all the difference. There's a lot to be said for using the tools that students are expected to use.

Hi Paul. Nice video. I scandi-vexxed my Hultafors GK, so too my Morakniv Robust. I bash them & have fun. From what I can gather the Robust is made from C100 & the GK from SK5 steel. Both are modest steels but heat treated well & I use them regularly.

loved it

As a complete knife nutt and part time maker I have experience with many knives and steels, each have their good points and bad, I've used an RWL 34 knife on a weeks canoe trip and it got the thumbs up from me far better than 01 for edge retention and corrosion resistance. I personally prefer 3v or s30v but I'm in full agreement with you that RWL is a better choice for a bush knife. Enjoyed the video mate. JP woodlore knife has a crap handle, I could have had one years ago but the cheap and nasty handle put me off. A quality antler or natural micarta would be great on it but no point paying for the job if the steel turns out crap.

Paul, I'm really glad you've realised how obsessed people are with their kit 👍 As a long time Bushcraft guide the first thing people will ask you about is recommendations for kit because they respect your experience. Your Antler handle Woodlore doesn't need a new sheath, it just needs repairing. Make sure you add a drain hole.

Lovely to see you back again Paul, missing the #AskPaulKirtley

Soaking the handle in Boiled linseed oil over night and then applying a good paste wax should keep the wood from chipping easily... maybe worth a try... glad to see you back look forward to your book

Nice to see a PK video

The woodlore pattern is nice!

I just went back to the simple and plain gear and just focused much more on learning skills. Tools Are nice but it’s what you’re capable to do with them

Informative ... still prefer the podcasts but get why this needed to be done. I've put my email in for the book. I'll be wanting it signed!

I've always appreciated your opinion on everything Bushcraft & this one is no different. I too bought a Woodlore (1999) & used it constantly. I found the handle too thin. I have collected many Bushcraft knives over the years & realized a few years ago that I'm storing them......just to store them. I felt guilty for them sitting in a safe & not being used as they were intended. I am not a collector, per se, so every time I would break them out to admire the craftsmanship, I realized I'm giving them a kind of disservice. I started selling them, trading them or giving them away. Too, I found an incredible knife maker in your country & have bought a few of his tools. I haven't looked back. Ben Orford is an amazing maker. I look forward to future videos & the book. I've already sent the email.

Great video Paul, I completely agree. I haven't bought new equipment for a few years now, in fact I have moved a lot of my items on as they weren't getting used as much as I would like. I tend to tell beginners that they will more and likely start out as kit junkies as they are trying to find out what works for them, however it is important to not fall in to the trap of just consuming the latest a greatest and claim to be outdoorsy. There has to come a point where the focus comes back to being outdoors and learning about the natural world. I have established the equipment that I need for different types of travel from canoeing, hiking, hill walking and just spending time in the woodlands and for me some of the best bits of gear I use are things I either started with or have made myself. Stay safe Paul. ATB Sammy :)

Congrats on the 10 years of Frontier. The bushcraft course last week was one of the best weeks of my life and anyone reading this should book onto a Frontier bushcraft course as soon as they can. Looking forward to hearing some guitar round the campfire next time I see you! Tommy

Try the Sleipter steel for Bushcraft knives. The Joker Bushlore or the Lars Fält Bushlore, are now in Sleiptner steel. Sleipner is not full stainless, but more resistance against rust.

Well that's something to think about. Cheers Paul

10:25 the descriptive content is where you get me 👍🏻 personal level of use. It’s the nitty gritty of saying “ they don’t build them like they used too”

Great video, Thanks . i suggest you get some custom kydex sheaths with drainage holes.

Move to see and hear from you Paul! Hope you are well.

Paul! Hey buddy! Great to see you!

I have a old stainless steel plastic handle folding Buck knife I found in a junk drawer that does just fine.

I have a Steve wade cox one, did you know him. I'm a guitarist myself. Fender telecaster is my choice of axe ...

Great vid Paul, is your knife the PK1 available? I feel that the positives of stainless are far more than the positives of carbon, for the only reason I personally can think of is the ability to spark off flint or chert, you probably are carrying a small hatchet or axe anyhow and a striker doesn't weigh much either.

Well, this was a lovely surprise. Looking forward to any future treats. Also, did anyone else allow their inner child to giggle at 22:00 ?

I’ve got the woodlore 25th anniversary knife like yours mine is number 098 I got it from woodlore ,,never sell never use ..I’ve got other knifes I use …love the video

Glad you are back me ol mate..... 😉 and I’m right with you there on kit 100% my ethos also, we all get sucked in when we start out but us old hands are a little fed up with the hype now... 🤨😂 I’ve got my woodlore in my knife box I got a new sheath as they all go baggy in the end... just like us lol 😂

Excellent video. Unfortunately I can only afford mid price tools so watching this is like watching Jeremy Clarkson talking about Ferrari’s.

Silly me, all this time getting by with a Victorinox SAK. What was I thinking? Good video. I like your definition of Bushcraft vs. other forms of camping.

I was thinking on it and if you wax and wrap your knife, then soak your sheath and let it dry with the knife in place. It may tighten up around it again......or not

Good to see you back Paul . This video came at a perfect time. I was just telling my buddy a few weeks ago I'm going to use my Julius Peterson for the next two or three months and see how it does. The metal feels a little softer then my 01 woodlore's but I could be wrong. I'm really looking forward to see how you get on with yours as you have a hell of a lot more experience than I do. Really excited about your new book coming out as well. Is it available for pre-order?

Saludos desde Mexico.

Love this video, if for no other reason than Paul running out of things to say :LOL :)

Paul, if i ever get the chance to meet you again, i will have a go at biting your arms of but more because you didnt use that knife before and also, i would mind owning one of those knives. im now in the same fase that the knives i have, just doesnt do it for me anymore. and its crazy what price they ask for the classic models. loving your vids mate. ive been out of bushcrafting for a while but it is starting to itch again. keep up the good work. greetings

I'm that way with bass players. I used to have a lot of basses, but I've gotten the rack down to the two I grabbed the most when heading out to a show. I have a few knives, but I'm resistant to buying too amny tools. Something will just end up in the corner if I'm not reasonable with the purchases. Speaking of purchases, I'll keep an eye out for that book...

Geez I miss you on here. I have been saying it a while, but I have seriously got to start going on with your podcasts. Its not like seeing you though. I'm a fan boy yes, and not ashamed of it. You're one of THE best. And who I began my love of bushcraft through. I go thru all the Ask Paul Kirtleys about 3 times a year! Its really good to see you on here. Cheers from the US, and hope you are enjoying the onset of autmn, and all its beauty.

There’s two types of guitarists... players and polishers 😂 Cheers for the vid Paul!

Really glad to see you making videos. Your insight into all things bushcraft is very valuable and impossible not to like. Please continue to get these videos out, even if it’s just you talking about what’s on you mind! Great stuff MAKE MORE PLEASE!!! Ha