TUTORIAL 2 - Basic Knife and Tool Skills and Safety

In this lesson we learn how to use a knife to play to the strengths of how that knife was created. Also covered in this tutorial is how to use a knife, axe or saw safely.


What you will need for this tutorial:

  • A knife. (If you have a hatchet, axe or saw you can use that too).

  • A log or cut off tree stump or even kitchen chopping board to work on.

  • A few logs about the width of your forearm.

  • Some straight looking logs that are about the same width as your wrist.

  • Some thinner sticks about half to a quarter the size of your wrist.

Don't forget to bring your survival game face!