Ultimate Cutting Tool Battle! - Have we finally found the one?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 เม.ย. 2018
- Kukri versus Knives, Saw and Axe. All tools have their tasks, but can the kukri outperform the others in multiple challenges?
We do all from chopping, bucking, splitting, carving of wood, fire lighting and cooking.
Inspired on our popular Axe vs Knife video, in the freezing rain in Poland, during our winter bushcraft trip! After a long and exhausting day, the bean burgers made a lovely meal!
Hope you guys liked it, Please tell us what you think! Cheers. Julius & Dylan
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Thanks a lot for the support folks!:) Next up is the Extreme Winter Survival Challenge: th-cam.com/video/chDNrLdugu0/w-d-xo.html, when we try to survive the night and make our way back to civilization after falling through ice. Enjoy!, Julius & Dylan
Smooth Gefixt 8:56 is actually really funny
I love ur vids i wach them every day,im in to this much love from ur subscriber: Ivana
Smooth Gefixt always welcome, your videos are always well worth the time and I'm always looking forward to new uploads. One of the few channels I can stop whatever I'm doing for and don't regret it afterwards. Also I think a short close up and brief explanation of the broken saw would have been great, it's always interesting to see gear fail and how it happened and what to look out for in the future
Smooth Gefixt komen jullie uit ned
@Robin Pohl. Actually we talked a lot more about things, however much is cut out to keep the video not too long-winded. It's quite hard for us to find the balance between length and viewer watch-time loyalty. Thanks for the great feedback. It's much appreciated. Cheers, Julius
My goodness finally a bushcraft channel that's not about eggs, bacon and steaks! Keep it up guys!
Lol! thanks alot:P Cheers. Dylan
Thats comfy too i think. But variety surely is the spice of life!
or a 300$ rod and reel
Love the way you guys show REAL BUSH LIFE the struggles the frkn cold, rain, snow & just the misery of the beautiful outdoors AWESOME!! Smooth Getfixt #1 in my book ✌
Nice!! Thanks alot:) Cheers. Dylan
Cheers mates, as always your filming, editing, content, quality, your dynamics together and the enjoyment of your videos are spot on. Well done gentlemen. Cheers
Thanks alot !!:) Nice to hear!
I dont know why but you guys are the BEST !!!!
:)
Nothing can replace the good old knife and hatchet combination
Dylan "Julius, where are your feather sticks?"
Julius, "I got some here, some there and mess there."
Dylan, "Uh-oh... it's raining (smiles) that's bad (chuckles)"
You 2 are awesome
Derek
Also immediately fell in love with this channel after watching the shelter build off, all was good fun amd good spirits.
Fun video, thanks!
Man, you guys are so entertaining, so lovely to see you guys in the bush doing crafts and challenges :) Keep up the vibes guys !
Cheers from Belgium !
Elie.
knife vs saw
>uses feet to break the things instead of sawing/cutting
Great video. Thank you so much for making it and showing. ATB
Great video guys!
You guys demonstrate a very high level of skill in your videos; surviving overnight with just a knife, making a burn bowl to rock boil water with, etc. Well done, true survivalists!
I'm waiting for the video where Julius falls into the water haha nice video guys!
Hahaha
I learn so much from you. Thanks for your hard work.
I love watching your videos guys!! I just got into backpacking and bushcraft. I would love to hang out and learn stuff from you guys. Keep it up!!
man have to say those editing skills and choice of music are perfect
Love the vids!!!
Still y'all are the greats .Love y'all so much.please keep post on videos
If you can only carry one, a Kuk isn't a bad choice at all. That one looks like it could have really used perhaps a touch better edge on it, or a dressing between jobs, but I always love watching these!
Man this is the dream. Two good friends just going into the woods and doing whatever they want. Great job guys. Great content.
Thanks alot !!! :) We sure enjoyed most of it hehe
Three words... this was amazing!!!
You guys are great!
I loved Julius's twin cameo at 1:5O
Weer een mooie docu mannen, echt leuk om naar te kijken.
Awesome video love the way y’all work together
Well done you guys even in crappy conditions you still keep at it 👍👍👍👍what more can you say All the Best J
Awesome. So funny and truthful....
GREAT VID thank you
Geniale battle! heb genoten van jullie doorzetings vermogen! kijk uit naar jullie volgende Battle. gr uit NL
Ik ook! Ga ik Dylan weer eens verslaan:p
I love how you always challenge yourself Julius
Thank you for the info it helps and also camera views are great
Awesome vid again guys!
man, i loved this video.good one, lad's.
Great cinematics
Awesome new video as usual! 😃👍
I had thought about upgrading some of my outdoor tools; I thought I had my mind made up until I watched y’all’s video. Now I can’t decide. Thanks.
Ohoooh, of great help we are then..... what tools did you plan to upgrade?;)
Smooth Gefixt just some time to make an overall evaluation. Such as, do I need to improve the quality of knives, axes, or maybe switch to what I’ve always heard called a Kurka, but you call it something else. In the past when I would camp I only took a small hatchet, so if I could not cut it with the hatchet or break it with my hands I would not worry about it. At the cabin or home, I always had several tools to select from. But I think I might get a small hand saw for camping, but I cannot decide which kind.
great vid guys
I love your production value 👍 keep it up guys
Priceless video. The missing fire steel had me laughing. I really appreciate the adverse conditions you had to work in because it was a realistic portrayal of a less than ideal situation. Your video was most enjoyable to watch and your running commentary kept me cued in as to what you were thinking about the experience. Great job. :)
Nice one:) Glad you liked it!
Watching this in spring...
I love this channel ♥️
Man I love this channel so much it deserves more than 36 thousand subscribers it needs millions for what you guys do
Like woooow, what an Amazing video.
Nice job!!!
today I was having a bad day with two grade 8 tests but I came home went to my dads watched this video and my day got a lot better thank you Dylan and Julius for making my day
You are welcome ! Thank you for watching!:) Cheers. Dylan
"Things got bad....things got ugly"
-Julius
Lmao
Great Video. I like the KuKri
Am happy a found this channel ik ben ook Nederlands lekker bezig ouweeee
I love you guys 🙌❤🙏🙏🙏
Good vid guys
Excellent video guys! The kukri might beat any one of the other choices but not all of them. Given the choice of packing a kukri or everything else I would have to pick the kukri. That said, my personal first choice is a 8-10" camp knife. Get a backyard blacksmith to make you one from a truck leaf spring and you have a knife you can baton through a 1/2" rebar without significant damage to the blade.
Great entertainment with there being two of you compared to other solitary channels and enjoyed seeing the ottos at 1:10
watching you guys strugling is fun from the comfert of my home
even though these tool battles are always kinda silly because its always apple vs peach i still enjoy those videos :D
and how is it dylan always wins them? better step it up or use the better tool for once @Julius ;p
Like you said, its silly battles. so it isnt about winning! :) Cheers. Dylan
yeah you can say that because you win em :D haha jk
Great stuff guys. The kukri combined with an Opinel #8 or a small Mora makes for a great combo. The kukri looks very cumbersome trying to perform small camp tasks.
I don't even know why people use kukri for anything woodwork beyond branch chopping.
Brilliant lads! Ye are gas craic and brilliant video!
Thanks buddy! :)
Nice to see that you're actually cooking something. We always bring somtehing that only needs cooked water. maybe you could do a show on easy to pack and cary meals that taste nicer then instant noodles ^^
Awsome
SMOOOOOOOOTH GEFIXED jonge!!!
Please do more challenges 🙏 they are your best videos
Like it, good job guys, earned a sub.
Thanks!
Nice vid
Great video funny and entertaning
Thanks joseph:)
Gj guys! I do the same stuff with my cuzzz :) just in Denmark - cheers
Great video! New subscriber
Love your videos, keep up with the good work! Greetings from Brazil.
Thanks alot:)
tree, two, one. Action!
can i axe u a question DO U LIKE TURTELS
You guys should test out a Nata style hatchet, it’s a bit like a kukri but a more even shape and slightly smaller. Love the videos guys, keep it up!
kukri yes but a real one what you have got looks nice but does not have enough weight to compete with the cutting power of a good hatchet thanks 4 sharing
Nice guys, Im really enjoying your videos! Ive peronally got some bad experiences with using a kukri, I mean its fun to work with one, but only for a couple minutes, after that it gets tiring and I always wish I had my scandinavian axe or at least the skrama. But thats no problem I think, as these things are more of a weapon-tool hybrid than a multitool, just like a tomahawk. Keep it up guys!
Yea fair point, the kukri is famous for being used in an army regiment in asia isnt it:) still a decent working tool too tho! Cheers. Dylan
Sick
Thanks for such a great channel I'm from Australia wish we had forests we could explore
We do mate? Australia has some amazing forests
Where are u from guys? Lovely Land u got there looks like Ireland! Where is it? Cheers from bs as Argentina!
Just subscribed.........great vids guys. The kukhri is great for chopping and batoning but needs a small knife for food prep, fire prep and all the smaller camp stuff.
Welcome Elwha!
Nice front kick on the tree felling Julius 😁🖒. Great job in some tough conditions which could be miserable if you two weren't so positive. I'll give the Kukri a miss though ☺. Stick with my other kit ✌. Great job lads 🖒🖒🔥
Thanks alot ! Kukri is fun to play with,.. i prefer the other more traditional tools too!
You forget that a traditional kukri also came with a small knife in the sheath that would have been easier to use for firelighting and feathersticks.
Unfortunately I don't know about a traditional kukri
you can grab the kukri by the spine for cooking and finer carving knifes. The way you would sometimes grab a chefs knife. Use the 2-3 inches closest to the tip as a rocking blade
Crazy challenge. Good thing we don’t have to bring only one tool out.
On the kukri during the cooking, there’s a technique to put the lanyard up your forearm and then grab the tip with your hand for finer work. I never tried but I’ve seen it shown before.
Actually I feel the kukri shines in a jungle environment the most.
Entertaining as always.
This technique was suggested a couple of times now!! sounds helpfull and will check it out:) Thanks alot! Cheers. Dylan
Great video man, don’t know how you made a fire in the rain, but I enjoyed watching you do it! Keep up the good videos😁
It was a struggle! Very rewarding eating the food and sleeping out under the tarp after!:) Cheers. Dylan
Have you considered trying this with a Skrama bush tool ? I am fairly sure it would do better than the kukri. Great video guys, showing the misery of camping and bushcrafting in the rain. Memories of backpacking trips when I was a lot younger... ;-)
Nice and funny video. One tool vs a box of tools. Now give that Opinel to the kukri guy and he will win almost all challenges. Than compare the combined weight of the tools. It's why I carry a small camp knife and large knife/machete.
Wowoowowowowowowow soooo cool dude tight
You guys are amazing i always wanted to do survival stuff i have all the tools but i dont do them
Nizar KoubbXOXO I have none of the tools, but do them every day. Which do you think is better?
On "reasonable" 3-4 inch limbs, try hitting slanted with the knife hitting always in the same slot: It will go through faster than a hatchet of the same weight if the limb is attached and rigid (and even better than that on loose limb), but the blade has to be 2" wide and at least a pound (10"), and also a Full Flat Grind. Alternating sides is the method for hatchets and axes, but a knife wide and thin enough from being Full Flat, with a thin edge under 0.030", can hit the bottom of a single cut, and save energy this way.
Love the channel! I think maybe you should try to color grade this thumbnail and edit it some more so all the layers blend better. I think that’s partly why the Axe vs Knife video did so well - it had a great thumbnail. :)
good suggestion lucas!" thanks alot:) Cheers. Dylan
If you also keep in mind that a lot of kukris come with a super small knife and a sharpener, both can be stored in the handle or sheath, I'd take the kukri with no questions asked.
Interesting! :) Cheers. Dylan
Can you do a video of what kit you take around with you in your bags?
We did exactly that! check out the gear alert video from a couple weeks back, where we show all we brought on our winter trip! :) Cheers. Dylan
I always wanted to be in wilderness and try to survive...
So I started playing minecraft😆BTW AWESOME CHANNEL
And i like that german accent 😜 XD
Kyle Jorgensen thanks
Isn’t it a Dutch accent?
You Guys are so cool i like you so much good job
Ps: ik ben ook nederlands
Just curious, did you sharpen the khukri inbetween rounds at all? I'm just curious since a different tool was used generally per round but the khukri remained the same and didn't start with a fresh edge
For ultimate fair testing, maybe we should have, but to honest this day we had quite some stress with the wheater and daylight and all, so other things at mind;) Cheers, Julius
Hungry now. :D
I like how the narrative voice is just Julius with a proper accent
Subbed. I really like your channel!
Remember, the conventional method is not always the best method. Batoning an axe is definatley a thing. Yeah, I know. People will go "Thats enough youtube survival videos for this guy" but it will let you work at a steady pace in less than ideal conditions, without risking injury or dinging up the edge by hitting dirty wood or ground. Its every bit as fast as batoning a knife.
Same thing with the big blade/kukri. Its often more efficient to fell larger trees just using a baton to beaver through. As you chop towards the center of a log more of the blade gets engaged as the contact surface widens, slowing you down. This isnt necessarily a bad thing but without the momentum of an axe it quickly becomes an ordeal.
Thanks a lot, dude! I can see you points:)
Hey guys! I love the content, really good stuff. I was wondering if you could make a video about some intricacies of survival. Like in the 72 hour survival you burnt the inside of that log to make it store water better. Small things like that. Also, a guide to edible plants would be really nice:). Don't wanna get poisoned. Thanks for the great content :D
Okay! we will keep you in mind;) Cheers. Dylan
I wish you guys would upload more camping/survival videos
Next week blitch!:)
Honestly pretty good channel
Thanks alot Noah!:)
Usually a kukri has a smaller companion blade in the same sheath for more precise tasks like feather sticking or whatever.
Try our local parang, where Malaysia GGK commando training use parang to survive in tropical jungle. about 12 inches long machete. The cheapest I can find is around MYR 50. Pros : Multipurpose. Cons: Heavy, makes my hand get sore, blister.
Fun challenge guys! Julien, there are some techniques to using the kukri that makes several of your struggles in the challenge much easier, but you both soldiered through like champions!
Sean Lewis His name is Julius. But what kind of techniques are you refering to?
menno graafmans thank you for catching my mistake. My apologies Julien!
I'm no expert, but these certainly make certain tasks easier.
-feathersticks/shaving: place the tip down on a log, hold the kukri in your weak hand, and with your strong hand, draw the wood against the blade. Tip the angle of the knife to find the sweet spot for curls and shavings.
-detail work standing: a) lock the handle under your weak arm and with your weak hand, hold the spine so the kukri is blade up. You move the object you are working on against the blade or tip with your strong hand, and guide the blade with the weak.
B) hold the blade by the spine with your strong hand, basically choking up on the blade. You can do surprisingly fine work by gripping the spine close to the tip, and some people think it helps to lay your index finger on the spine using the same grip. This technique would have made the food prep much easier, and in this grip, the belly of the blade can be used like an Ulu knife.
Chopping using the pinch and grab or snap cut technique. Rather than gripping the kukri tightly in a hammer grip. You hold it loosely between your index finger, middle finger, and thumb, more pinching the sides than squeezing it. Your bottom fingers are loose or off the handle completely. This makes a sort of pivot for the knife at your thumb. On your backswing, allow the momentum of knife to pivot it backwards a little, and keep your bottom two fingers open through the down stroke. As you are about to strike, snap your wrist forward, and close your bottom fingers quickly around the handle, both of which will pull the blade forward and give you a secure grip for control for the strike. Let the handle pivot in your pinch grip as your bottom fingers grab the handle and pull it to your palm causing the blade to snap forward. Admittedly, this works better with the traditional handle which is why it has its unusual shape but it will still work ok the handle you use. I don't know if I have explained it well...but if you look up pinch grip or snap cutting technique, I'm sure someone can explain or demonstrate it better. It works with most bigger blades and is a very common technique with machetes, parangs, golocks, etc. It cuts down the strain on your arm and hand a lot, and adds a bit more blade speed to the chop. It does not feel natural at first, but a bit of practice and your chopping will be less fatiguing, less hard on your hand, and the extra blade speed equals deeper cuts.
'show less' hehe! Thanks alot!! Those are some great tips that i wouldntve came up with myself:) Gotta bring out the kukri more i guess!:) thanks:) Dylan
Smooth Gefixt , sorry for the long, blathering reply guys! I think Joe Flowers did a pretty good video on these techniques, though the video itself was about using big knives and machetes rather than kukri specific. Black Oracle also has some excellent videos on using the kukri for Bushcrafting and general utility. Both those gents are far more experienced with the kukri and techniques than I am, and are definitely worth the time to watch if you get a chance.
Smooth Gefixt in case you wish to delete from your Chanel I thought I would post the links separately. Joe Flowers on big blades: th-cam.com/play/PL5184867B47ACC81C.html