I have finally contributed to YouTube

I went for a walk in the woods today and decided to test out my camera's video capability to record some of my bushcraft follies. I happened to have 2 knives for testing today, a Fallkniven F1 and an RTAK II. The RTAK II made quick work of chopping through a fallen log I came across. I did discover a couple of hotspots and decided that a large 10 inch chopper should be paired with some leather gloves. I made a mental note of the gloves and went back to the task at hand. The Fallkniven is a good little knife and has a convex grind. It has a thick 4mm spine which is fairly large for a 4 inch bushcraft knife but does a good job with carving tasks. Batoning is easy since the thick convex grind splits wood apart with little effort. The tip is stout and drills holes with ease and this is what I decided to test.

A nice cut stump acted as an impromptu tripod (note to self: buy tripod) and a second stump acted as a work station. I then proceeded to repeatedly stab the knife into the stump and exert a lateral force to the blade until the tip ripped out of the wood. I'd say this went on for about three and a half minutes until I got bored. I threw in a bit of drilling for good measure also.

The knife performed surprisingly well today. I expected some rolling of the edge at the tip or perhaps a bent tip but saw none of that. The tip looked just as it did before I started. The edge close to the tip was even able to shave hair despite my best efforts to accomplish otherwise.

Just as surprising as my knife's performance was the fact that I was able to figure out the editing process on my Mac's iMovie program. It's rather intuitive and I was able to add music, titles, and even fade in and out. I wouldn't say this is the worst video on YouTube so I'm ahead of the game! All in all it was a good day since I squeezed in a bit of bushcraft, played with knives, and made my first movie. Now if you'll excuse me I have to go attend to a blister on my hand.

Fallkniven F1 field test