Hi, Yes dragging the blade back is the way I was taught to sharpen super sharp edges. My dear old dad has now passed away of old age at 92 - he was a chemist / pharmacist. Back in the post WW2 era, everything was looked after due to the great depression. Dad would re sharpen his chemist shop scalpels when they became dull using the same dragging technique as you. As kid I used this technique to sharpen my little Barlow pocket knife to razor sharp. You brought back memories of my dear old dad. Thank you for sharing.

I have been watching and learning bits and pieces from you for years, There are bigger channels that I think watch you and take your ideas. I would just like to say you are under appreciated. Thank you and please keep producing knowledge and woodsy wisdom.

_"I live in my own little world... But it's oaky... They know me here!"_ I love that shirt!

Just tried your sharpening technique and wow! What a difference. Thanks again for all the great info & ideas.

I first learned how to sharpen when I was a forestry firefighter and we used a file and sat on the ground cross legged and used our shoe to support the Pulaski or the shovel. You gain muscle memory and so when I got my first Flexcut set of carving tools it was natural to stay consistent. I’ve also sharpened goat hoof trimming shears. Thank you for the tips! My machete needs some attention and my pocket knife.

The King! Great to see you, David. Love the shirt..."they know me here" LOL! So glad you put up this video. Gonna send a bunch of people your way because I think this video will cover their questions and then some. What a thorough video!!! Very good job my friend! Gonna have to watch a few more times. Take care-Tim

Not only are your video's very informative. they are so entertaining, I bet many non-bush crafters watch and subscribe to your channel.. Thank you for sharing your many bushcrafing skills and the best down-home entertainment..

Wow, finally someone saying the right stuff in a down to earth way, you are the best. Thx for sharing!

I'm a knifemaker, Bob Armstrong Knives, you definitely know what you're doing. Enjoyed watching your sharpening methods too. You've put a lot of time into your tools, was very informative to watch.

You are truly A MASTER of all things outdoors!! Thank you so much for all of your insight and for sharing it with us.

Thank you for sharing finally great techniques from someone who knows how to run a machine shop

I have made many knives, swords etc, Viking swords, Roman Gladius, Roman spatha, blah blah, but one thing is for sure, if you develop a sharpening technique that works, then who cares how others do it. I just laid on my couch, and after watching the full video, I have an overwhelming urge to go in my workshop, grab my sharpening stone and some strop leather and sharpen my survival knife, and I'm not even a bushcrafter. In fact, watching your vids has given me the idea to spend a weekend in the forest up the hill from me😊, although, it's October, it's Germany and its bloody freezing 😂, so I may wait till next summer. But one thing I wanted to say as a relative noob to your channel, is thanks for sharing your passion, and to us over the pond, your happy go lucky positive attitude and your really funny southern Hill Billy drawl, makes your vids even more infinitely watchable. So, cheers, appreciate it bro. 👍🏻

Nice one David, always good to see you pop back up, thanks for the discussion of the last hour. Happy to see you on the Silky bandwagon, I have been a big fan for years and it started with a Pocketboy. Keep on keeping on brother, take care of you and yours.

Very informative, might try your method after watching this again... I have always pushed the blade rather than drawing it back.. my Dad made circular motions to sharpen his knives.. his 8" carborundum came to me, one fine side and a semi-coarse which I suppose was meant for axes (always sharpened his axes with a file and taught me the same). When I got my first Buck, the 7" "General-120", the instructions showed a pushing technique on a hard Arkansas which I have always used and it maintains a good edge... Thanks for posting, interesting and enjoyable to watch.

Another entertaining and useful video. I look forward to each one. My grandfather taught me to push when sharpening, but I discovered on my own that pulling was better and have felt guilty about it for 50 years. Thanks for explaining the difference so I can "come out of the closet."

Dear David,strong convictions indeed about you,according to Cocker"you one of a kind",keep up the good work!

Great video, David. Very informative info. Thanks.

WOW, my two favorite things..........shop video and an hour long video. :-) Had some coffee and sat back, learned some things too.

Just came across this older video and as usual you provided great information on how to sharpen different style blades. Thanks for sharing your insight on this subject.

Thank you yet again. I just learned something new! Entertainment with value, humor and it's free! Much appreciated, Sir!

Fantastic video brother! One of the best, if not THE best sharpening videoes i have ever seen. Snake

Oh, I'm so angry and freaked out! LOL :) Nah really I like your videos, I'm a machinist also and I have a lot of the same stuff. The bushcrafting stuff is new to me so I'm getting a lot from your videos. I've wasted a lot of money buying all the wrong stuff. the info. I'm getting from your videos have been really beneficial, Thanks for all the great videos:)

Your personality is excellent! Love these show & tell / Q&A videos! Lots of great info and I always learn a lot. Thanks!

One of the things that I like about you is you make long video's. It seems like most of the channels have gone to 10 minutes or less. I like to watch the longer video's. Besides, you are just about the most entertaining bush craft/ survival channel out there. And I always learn something from you. That is the most important part to me. Great video.

Another fantastic and educational video Dave, and I luv the you pronounce 'Oil' lol :) ~Peace~

I'm new to knives, and bush crafting, but I've been a camper for 35 years. (Tent, on the ground. So not too prissy, lol) I've bought my first Mora, same one you show here. I'm planning to use it for general feather stick and bush craft tasks as well as some small batoning. I am wondering if, with that sort of use, I could just "maintain" the edge, or would I need to handle it as you have here, with the India stone and oil? I loved this video. Was planning to just watch the sharpening part of it, but was interested the whole way through. I've also found Ullrica through you. She is such an inspiration to me, so thank you for that. I've also realized, after watching this that you, David, have become my mentor for all things cutting & chopping as well as some of your other info. Thanks for sharing your time in the woods, as well as knowledge such as this. Linda

Dave, I have been fumbling around for years trying to learn how to properly sharpen tools. You have fixed that for me in this video and brought me out of ignorance and into the light. Forever greatful.

Thank you, David for sharing your vast amount of knowledge with us. You have answered every question I can think of and more. I consider you my only mentor because I have learned most of what I know from you.

David, I've been a sub for 5 years and always enjoy your videos. That you are being criticized by the "Internet Critics" is typical of any channel that I have seen, especially the guitar vids! I wouldn't worry about it much, you know what works for you and I can say this; I have incorporated many of your sharpening techniques and find them to work very well for me. Keep up the good work and Stay Strong my friend! You do much good in the world and it needs it! There's a 4th..... "No body likes the Raw Butts".... ;) I also wanted to mention that I have the Kabar Kukri as well and must have gotten lucky with mine because it is indestructible and I have never have an edge problem like chipping or rolling. I beat that thing down the length of a 5 foot x 6 inch Black Hawthorne stick and let me tell you THAT TOOK SOME DOING! ;) It came through with flying colors and required minor touch-up to re-sharpen. I have Cold Steel's Heavy Machete and it is a beast to! It was once used as a shovel to get me un-stuck and it worked well for that to! In fact, I might still be there stuck if not that that machete;).... I'm more of a Bowie (Bo-EE) knife guy myself and am looking at the Condor Coffin Bowie, to give my CS Recon Scout a rest... Used primarily for chopping wading staffs and hiking sticks... Anyway, Please stay in the good fight and don't let the critics tear down your meat house!

David the way you sharpen your knifes is how my DAD taught me and his Dad taught him and so on, doing it some other way just does not feel right. Are you my missing brother. I have watched other videos on sharping a knife and I think most of them have been taught the wrong way by someone else. Dave please don't ever do it their way do it our way. We have so much in common on the old ways. People say come into the 21st century and I am I don't think so, our for fathers are doing it just like you and I and I will bet that a heck of a lot of great people that follow you do it just like you also. David you are spot on and you always take your videos to a new level that's why I and your other followers have so much respect for you plus you make this a family show. I am so glad I ran across your you tube channel, it's so nice to have found someone who really is funny with great camping skills and does know how to survive. God Bless you brother and if you ever come to Arizona to do a video please get a hold of me and you all can stay with me that way you can save a lot of money, plus you would have a guide. Take care and I'll keep looking and watching your videos.

As always you don't disappoint. Great video. Getting to see you in the workshop is definitely an added bonus.

You are a clever man... You train your hands to do a task; your hands remember and learn, creating precise work like sharpening or other. Don't need any fancy 'selling point' gimmick device to Tudor you and do the work for you. If we don't stop using these crutches, hair will grow in our hands. Keep up the good work.

Told my wife "he made the sharpening video, come watch it!" She made it halfway through before she fell asleep! Thanks so much for putting this one out there! I really enjoyed watching it, and I learned a lot. Peace!

Another awesome video. Instructive and entertaining, I was left with only one question.... How do I afford all those lovely sharp tools? Thanks for sharing man. Be safe and be lucky, Wol.

Dave, I am a big fan of all of your videos. You are an engineer as much as you are a woodsman! I really like some of the things you have invented and filmed for us outdoor enthusiasts. Those items have displayed a lot of thought and logic in their design and uses. I personally love sharpening knives and axes, and for many years I was the guy in our camp that everyone would bring their knives to to get sharpened. It was always a good rainy day activity for me, and my friends would end up with really sharp knives! I learned about several techniques and gadgets from this video that I am going to adopt from now on, especially in regards to my machetes. One difference between you and me is that I prefer my axe edge to be razor sharp, and I have actually shaved with one in camp at times. Thanks for making such informative and interesting videos!

Finally found this video. Got some new blades today that I'm not used to and knew you we're that man that would know how to keep them maintained. Thanks! Shannon

Thanks for a very good video. Lots of info. I love the Mora knives too. I gave one to my hunting and fishing partner and he fell in love with it. When he found out how cheap they are, he got a couple more. I have a Mora Pathfinder that I love. It has taken a beating with no problem. I use my small Moras for smaller camp chores and skinning. Thanks for all the tips. Very helpful. And pulling a knife is a lot better way to sharpen than pushing one

You're right Dave. I pushed my blades for years. They got sharp. But not razor sharp. I started pulling the blade. Now thet are razor sharp. Thanks for the video buddy.

Very great job sharpening all your equipment. Very well explained, thank you for sharing. You also do a great job with the sheathes you made with other equipment attached to it!

Hey son! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You cleared up a lot of things confusing to me. I used to watch my Daddy sharpen his knives and it was always a mystery to me why he would sharpen his knives and then run them down his boot heel. I now realize his boots were leather and he was stropping them. How cool. Good job my son. :)

Sure like your wisdom on safety, knowledge of camping and I love fishing and camping also! More than most people or even men! I got a old timer by Schrader! Stainless surgical steel and a leather sheath! How can I maintain it from rust and damage? Thanks Mr Pearson you got my attention are learning! Thank God your not boring!!! Lol! Your great! Just love to watch and listen to you! Keep up the great work! I sure appreciate you! Again thanks for being yourself and honest!

Hi Dave, I'm so glad you started making videos again. I've learned so much from them!

Hey man I just love your intros when I watch your videos I always get a burst of happiness when I hear that "hey everybody" it's just great keep up the great work with the vids man

The Allman Brothers said it best about you.... Lord I was born a ramblin man... Great video, love every video you do, you are my favorite youtuber.

Thanx for your vids on machetes, I've just ordered my first one, a Terava Skrama. I appreciate all your good word!

This vlog has to be one of the best, I have ever seen. Thank you, Cheers

That’s some very fine cutlery sir! I like these videos because you make some excellent points about the gear! Thanks David

Excellent video , no nonsense and very informative!!! Thank you

These are some great sharpening/blade care tips! Yes, you covered a lot more than most, and I appreciate it! Wet feet, bitter coffee, and a dull blade. Yep, I can verify that I hate those things! Thanks for the tips brother and I look forward to the next one. - David

Great vid man. My grandfather taught me to sharpen an edge years ago, and dude...good Lord! Scary screaming razor sharp edges on his pocketknives. I have scars to prove it! I also use smaller stones, Spyderco Triangles by hand and those old time crock sticks, a bulb out of a streetlight... Long tubular shatter resistant hard smooth glass. The REALLY tough ones. I strop with the polishes like you. But 99 times out 100 all I need is a DMT FINE SERRATED ICE PICK FOLDING SHARPENER AND A CROCK STICK BY HAND.. I need to find me some of those kraytex bars. See this is what happens when you cross Les Stroud with a machinist!! Our friend Dave! Love you Bro!

like always Dave you're very meticulous on everything you do that's why you are the best great informational video on sharpening your tools of the trait👍👍👍👍👊👊👊👊

Thank you for clarifying Q & A. 😂 Like your sense of humor

Another nice video. I think this is the best video I've seen on sharpening a parang. Thank you.

I have to say you are the first person I've seen sharpen the same way as myself; "With the grain instead of against, so to speak, gives me the sharpest/fastest edge ", unless i'm changing the grind, fixing a chip or fold (quick couple of harsh shape changer swipes, against the grain then back to it, job done! Just finished my BK-2 from dull (butter knife) too razor sharp on 4 Wet Stones: 600/1000 3000/8000 4x8 each side over all four stones (It's the way i slide & the OCD in me lol 256 total). Great content glad i found your channel🙌🙏

Good timing Dave! I just got me 2 new knives last week and my niece's husband gave me a Christmas Machete lol Love spending time with you. Take care my friend😊

Great Video !!! Dave enjoyed it it gave me many new ideas of doing my sharpening. Great Job Again.....

Love this...helpful, useful how-to info!! Much respect and thanks!!

Really great job with this one! :) .. I've always sharpened the way you do, direction-wise.. And honestly I can't remember who taught me to do it that way.. But.. In the past year or two I've gotten SO confused by the mixed messages online of "oh no! Never do it THAT way!" But never get a decent explanation WHY! So (as always) THANK YOU!! Very clear and reasonable details on all of it. You're a gift to us all ;) much appreciated!

Wooie! NOW I know why I was NEVER satisfied with my results in sharpening knives.Thanks for the video! You explain things such that a common man like myself can understand. I'll have to find some leather to use as a strop.Thanks again!John

This is one of the best sharpening/blade care videos I've ever seen. This is important info. I've been a little bit worried about evenly sharpening my Kukri along it's entire edge.

I WISH I could live in your wonderful "little world" dear sir. You are a sweetheart of a "man's man" sharing many very important useful skills and talents. I'm one of the "city slicker" prisoners who escaped/escapes the trappings of greazy "civilization" to God's mountains and eagerly watch your superb show to learn and Dream of how to Properly enjoy the wilderness country. Sincere Thanks again for a truly wonderful and very educational episode.

wow, another great video....just the keen edge on sharpening Dave. We thank you.

Thank you for taking us through your techniques! I am an avid sharpener and learned lots! Cheers!

Dave, you are brilliant' thank you for this really informative vid. You never disappoint.

Dude the more I watch your videos the more respect I have for you. Imma shut my mouth and watch more vids. Big ups to you my friend, I’m subbing

This is one of your best videos!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Clark and Virginia

great idea with filing the stone, simple idea. i cant believe i didn't think of it. i have seen that problem a lot and never thought to do that. great video as always

The loving care of very sharp knives. Thanks!

Good video David,as always full of priceless info.

Woot woot found this video been wanting to find one like this..thanks for sharing all the knowledge you have learned..I can't speak for others but dang it sure takes and clear up alot of confusion for me..

Very insightful and as usual, love the humor! I'm not an excellent knife sharpener, to say the least but I found all of your tips to be very useful. Actually, they all seem to be inline with teachings I've had in the past so no reason for anyone to argue with them.Thanks for your return to KZfaq my friend, always a pleasure seeing you

Awesome work brother.....You are definitely the one to go camping with.

Thank you for this. Forty years ago my father taught me to sharpen blades this way. He could set an edge for chopping or razor up a K-Bar that would cut through turtle hide like a hot knife. This is the first video I've seen demonstrating the technique but like you said, "it woks for me" and I've been doing it a long time.

Thank you for this great video. I will be able to keep my edge on my K-Bar Cutlass. I do have to say dressing the edge of the stone with a file is like scratching a chalkboard with my fingernails. Ouch! Thanks for all you do and taking the time to share with us. We are better for it. Your awesome.

Great Video I learn something new every time i watch you videos. I really like my Ontario SP6 you help me decide what to buy. Thank You I always enjoy your videos.

I’ve watched a couple of your videos and I’m hooked!

your knife sharpening skills and knowledge is truly impressive, I am a knife collector and I have 20 years experience in honing knives, I learned a lot from your excellent video... thank you.

Dave, I love your videos, all of us 'know' each and every subject and length of them comes from your heart, Thank You for your love of sharing your 'Heart Earned/Loved Knowledge' with all of us! By the way, I'd pay '$$$$$' to see you 'Haulin-A$$-out-from-your-"Belt-High"-Emergency-Cold-Weather-Shelter-To-Pee because you "Drank Too-Much-Coffee" before you slithered into it's cocoon, that is if I could 'ever' stop laughing!! Pard, keep all of y'alls videos coming, keep laughing, smiling and sharing with all of us!

Awesome vid Dave! very good information! Thanks alot.

I know I have watched this before and commented, but KZfaq let me give you a thumbs up, so I did and I must say that you showed us all that it doesn't require specific nor expensive equipment to sharpen a blade. I prefer the use of emery cloth or sandpaper because it's cheap and forgiving and can create a flat grind or a sabre (convex) grind when placed on a rubber mat. Belt sanders can do the same. But anyway, you make such good use of everything and nothing is wasted.

Finally. Now I know how to sharpen my blades. With a collection like yours I knew you had to know all about sharpening. Just ordered the Sog Revolver. Never seen one till now. Thanks for showing that. Actually, WD-40 is a water dispersant. Yes it works well to help loosen things but it was invented to disperse water or moisture. Hence the 'WD'. The number 40 is the final finished chemical mixture. There were 39 previous prototypes.

Really good explanatory video. I can’t wait to try your methods on my stone and leather strop. I was always told to sharpen a blade by pushing it away from me. But what you teach certainly makes better sense. Thanks again for sharing your skills.

Hey brother thanks for the oil on the stones it works great. I wanted to tell ya about something I tried on my Mora Garberg, I took some very fine sand paper and taped it to a wood block, I used water and made the edge convexed into the scandi just slightly and it was really easy to do. The very fine sand paper really polished it into a nice sharp scandivex without being abusive to the edge, which makes it stronger yet cuts through the wood like butter. Sometimes with my smaller Mora's they will catch a notch and get little fine imperfections putting a little convex really works great. I also wanted to let ya know about the Cold Steel Finn Hawk, its only $18 and has an awesome blade design and handle I think you would dig putting it on one of your rigs. Maybe a knife purchase and review for later 😉 I tell ya its surprised me big time. Anyways thanks again for these videos, God definitely broke the mold after making you brother your knowledge is a blessing.

honestly you are one of the greats i found your channel by looking at machete vids and stumbled upon your channel i really enjoy the things you do and the things that u make and you are a great role model i just wanted to say great job and keep up the great work

Great video man. This will help me sharpen my knives and my machete.

you are a very gentle spirit of man which in the long run will give you that perfect edge

Yup informative and entertaining, great combination David!I'm pretty much past the stage of Bush Crafting, but I like just about anything that has to do with tools and knives of a broad type of uses.I've always been the push type of sharpener as that's how I was taught by a dear friend who was a barber and that is how he sharpened his straight razors, along with the double strop, one side a very coarse canvas like material that would pull the burr off, and a smooth leather side that he would rub with jewelers red rouge, for the final polish.I'm going to try your method one of these days just to see how well it works for me.Thanks and keep doing what you are doing.Gabby

thanks dave as always i have the boys of 1776 working on the knife skills your the best my friend. the old buzzard. god speed my friend

Great stuff David. I really like content and info you share with us. Take care brother.

I can’t stop watching this channel even though I’ll never be bushcrafting.

Great Video ! You even make knife sharpening interesting. You have a way of keeping ones attention. Thank You for sharing another wonderful video. ATB

Thanks for the info on sharpening and taking care of the blades.

I have to add this is just a great awesome all around saw video too!

Hi David.. Great video.. Thank you for all you do.. Lucky B was commenting about the Heat Treat Process he uses.. Well it really quite amazing.. I have two of his custom blades and Ill never part with them .. Just seems I can do practically anything with them and they take it and ask for more with an edge that doesn't quit.. He is the real deal.. a true Master Blade Smith.

That's how people used to sharpen farming tools, back when they used them for work. It works.

Finally a real world knife sharpening video. Top notch!

Great video as always! Looking forward to the next!

I think I luuuv you!! Really, though, thanks for being down to earth, I'd rather learn how someone actually does things in real life. And I appreciate that the entire time you explain WHY you're doin what you do. EXCELLENT...Seriously.

i got bored yesterday so i watched ur survival vacation videos again. You still have good content to this day. keep up the good work :)

another great video! thanks and a big hello from Newfoundland Canada. cheers and God bless!