💥Next Friday i upload an other axe modification Video: 👉 👉 👉th-cam.com/video/4Pq1cOL5Z_g/w-d-xo.html There i modify an axe with just a file and a drilling machine. I show you how to blacken the blank axe head steel , i make a paracord handle protection and i darken the handle with a gas burner... 👉 👉 Please subscribe my channel: @UCKqoiG45T1OkQkUEq5dEMzA
Thank you, Felix. I have never before learned this wonderful trick. I like to do things with my hands rather than with machines. Maybe it is that I'm 63 years old. I remember when doing things manually was the norm. I'll use this trick often. Thank you again. You taught me a valuable life skill today.
@GunGuyTV : Ha, I was thinking the same thing, and I'm also 63, lol. Maybe it's a generational thing? But then, we did grow up in a time when it was common to see a person grab a hand tool to go do something. Anyway, I think this video proves that there is always something new out there, and that you are never too old to learn. 👍
What a pertinent comment. I'm 51 years old, i sometimes feel stupid asking friends to show me skills that I should already know, but soon realized how few people have even my level of skill.. After retiring at 48 y/o and have been cutting down trees to clear land for my new home. Well, the home is here, but I realized that I've wasted soooo many great pine trees by just letting them sit (doesn't take long for them to get bug-eaten and rot here in the Georgia swamps). So now I get the bark off as soon as the tree is down and set the entire log up off the ground so I can cut it up how I want when I want. Entirely by trial and error, I've developed rudimentary skills, but I have to say that this video applies so much to things I've been trying to learn on my own, I feel compelled to subscribe and watch all the other videos. Felix, if you ever find yourself in Southern Georgia, I'd love to have you over for a barbecue . . .
You sir are a master. Much respect from a 62-year-old American that lives out in the country and does not always have electricity and is need of ways to keep things sharp.
Thank you Mister Immler. My father didn’t teach me a thing about tools and my Grandfather died before I was old enough to learn anything he would’ve taught me, because of that almost everything I know about tools I’ve learned through trail, error, and helpful men like you. God bless you and your family. Stay safe.
“You put so much patience and love and time into this machine made axe that you give it back a soul” beautiful words. I’ve had people say they’ve never thought of things like knives and axes as having character or life. They do indeed have the pieces of your soul and life you put into them. Great video. ✌️
I can be your e-dad if you want. "Go to your room and do your homework!" ... "When you're finished, go to the garage and sharpen my axe" (pats head in loving approval) lol
@@gemmibear sorry sweetie, daddy had a rough day at work that day. Marc in accounting really bungled things up. I'll tell you what, let's go to the garage together and we can sharpen as many axes as you want. :)
I just wanted you to know that I really appreciate your cheerful attitude. I launched the video and your smilling face lit up the room. And knowing that you will bring me a new useful and effective technique for my edged tools backs up that smile with truth.
Just learned more from my mans here then I did in my entire tech class through school. I have never been able to get a fine edge. Your a champion Felix thank you
So many people when "teaching" others to do something, use concepts that are imprecise, based upon their subconscious interpretation of "muscle memory". You have given a measurable, repeatable & fully explained process that is a comfort to witness. Thank you. Ok the final polishing isn't as laid out, but hey, learning to rough convex a blade with the rag is a game changer.
I drilled through the moving jaw of my vise on one side, and then tapped the hole. For holding something in the 2" to 3" range, I just screw a bolt into the tapped hole, from the face of the vise jaw, so the head of the bolt is between the jaws. If I need to grip something much longer, I use a piece of all-thread, (threaded rod) from the outside of the moving jaw. Once I lightly grip the item in the jaws, just enough to hold it, I screw the bolt or threaded rod out, until it touches the face of the fixed jaw, and tighten up the vise. Having it adjustable, keeps me from having to cut a piece of something to the right size when I need to hold something on one side of the jaws. I did the same thing on the fixed jaw of my horizontal bandsaw.
I love working my own tools from scratch or modifying them. You'll never feel the same with one you simply purchased off the shelf. Like you said Herr Felix, it gives your tool a soul. Very good analogy that I never thought of.
Love that it was all manual. Most people aren't going to buy expensive power tools to grind a single axe, and don't want to buy a super expensive artisanal axe. I only need to buy a file. This is a great technique. Thank you.
I've been sharpening about 10+ years and the first thing I learned is to never believe you've masterd or learned it all as to do so is do decide not to become more, thank you for sharing this unique interesting and effective method I appreciate it very very well done
Thank you Felix, never been into metalworking. Gave myself a challenge to restore an old rusted axe I found. Your video was clear and easy to follow. Love your accent, keep it up!
Very useful sharping trick, Felix. I was impressed that you knew the Rockwell hardness of the ax head and the file. It was almost like you were reading my mind! Your carving axes are things of pure beauty.
your old methods resurrection is well appreciated I'll be moving to the forest land, totally off-grid (I will have solar panels though etc), and I will need more of the old tricks. I'm 50 years old and I had enough of the rat race. I'm leaving the city for good. it's a very hard call for me. it will be hard for a couple of years, but I'm excited and looking forward to it. few more months to go.
"Patience, love and time to give the axe a soul" Well said! The axe will thank you for its soul by years of companionship and service in the wilderness.
A old friend of mine told me about this way of sharpening a axe. I tried to visualize this and played with but with not much success. Now with a detailed explanation/demostration it is clear. I will try again😊 thank you so much. As a machinist I like to recommend Mill Bastard file, its a single cut file and excellent for draw filing . Draw filing is drawing the file sideways over the workpiece. Excellent vid thanks again Martin
Off to the cabin today for a nice long weekend. Got some axes there that are in an absolute dreadful state so I know what I'll be doing next to the campfire! Danke schön!
I watched this video on sharpening an appleseed grind originally when it came out, and then again today to refresh my memory for the rag trick. This'll come in handy when I tune up my neighbor's axe a bit later for when they chop wood. Much appreciated.
Great demonstration. These types of manual skills are being lost with modern machinery. Thank you for preserving the craft. I love how you said you gave it back it's soul. So well said!
Ciągle mnie zaskakujesz praktycznymi pomysłami. Dziękuję Ci za to, że dzielisz się swoją wiedzą. Bardzo pozytywny i wartościowy film. Ja też lubię metal i pracę z nim . Aż do Twojego filmu, miałem problemy z ostrzeniem siekier... Bardzo Ci dziękuję i pozdrawiam.
Great trick. I saw the previous video and was kind of wondering and voila here is the "in depth". Completely understand you want to do it by hand. Once finished it gives a great feeling of pride and sadisfaction. Well done
As a self modifier, I think you hit the nail on the head! Being taller than average I always felt cramped in cars and trucks so I started lifting seats and bodies to make life simple and more useful and practical. It is definitely an uplift to one’s self perceptions
I THANK YOU FOR A KEWL TRICK. I've sharpened semi-professionally for over 50 years, have seen and experienced many kewl tricks from all nationalities, but this is the first time I've seen Radial Draw-filing done with a shop-rag as an angle pivot bearing! The rag protects the side finish of the steel as well as giving a uniform cross-angle spanning the entire side surface. It is a perfect solution to an age-old problem! I applaud you, sir!!! An addition to your rig, a tip from me to you; cut off one finger of an old glove and slip onto the tip section of your file, to cushion your palm from the sharpness of your file teeth. This way you don't have to loose the FEEL of your file. THANK YOU FOR POSTING !!! Bill from Tn. 🇺🇸
So good. The best thing about this is that not everyone has access to power tools and grinders and whatnot. Or even the space for them. This makes it accessible for everyone. Brilliant.
Je suis partisane de l’affûtage manuel. Bravo pour cette vidéo bien expliquée étape par étape. Nos outils de base méritent le plus grand soin. Merci pour le partage Félix. Michèle
Pure genius. That turns a simple splitting axe into an actual tool. (Along with the lightening up and response you get from the bearding.) Eager to do this to my own red-bladed whatever hatchet. Thanks for the very useful video!
What a fantastic video ! Watching you work is a joy, the way you explain and show so clearly the details of each step... Thanks for the most educational video on axe/edge sharpening on TH-cam ! Definitely looking forward to more hatchet-related videos on your channel :)
just bought 2 axes at a flea market. I want to sharpen them. I found this channel and was very pleased with the no machine way you did what I just saw. It was foken Awesome. Thank you.
Great trick with amazing results! It's amazing how much basic common sense we have lost due to machinery and tooling taking over "menial" tasks. Things use to be 100% hand made with a very limited number of tools. This is definitely a whole lot of work per modern standards, but one could easily just make some series of wedges (from cloth, leather, wood, flattened dead frogs, whatever) and standardize grinding angles that way. Come to think of it, making these types of standard tools is probably how we forgot that we can improvise wedges out of rags in the first place...
I commented yesterday that I was going to try this method today. I went out to the garage with my morning coffee, a rag and a file. The first hatchet I worked on, an old beat up yard sale refugee went so well, I wound up spending 4 hours at my vice sharpening 4 more. A very satisfying, accurate method. It was such a pleasure watching the rust pits, old grinder marks and chips from decades of previous abuse slowly disappear. I used a mechanics "grease rag" which is a thin fabric. Interesting how precise the edges came out using such simple tools. Thanks again for the idea. My turn of the century C. Hammond carpenters hatchet thanks you too.
This is another awesome video! Turned 60 and just recently started working with wood.. This old girl is learning so much. Thank you, Felix, for taking the time to show these videos.
I was looking for rag-and-file since for me, it would be the most practical way to put an edge on my Feldspat that I recently got, for some historical accuracy with an outfit I'm looking to make. How wonderful that I found an enthusiastic and endearing German brother to be taught this by!
I watched your channel a few times in the past. I never thought that Swiss army tricks/techniques were so vast. The more I watch you the more interested I get. You have a lot of common sense and ingenuity. Not very common anymore. Thank you for the tricks and entertainment
Greetings Felix, I too have never seen this trick, I sharpen my hatchets in a similar manner using different wooden blocks but the rag trick you've just demonstrated is in my mind simpler than holding a block and filing. Thank you for posting this, I'm 62 and never too old to learn new tricks. Regards Al, Northland, New Zealand.
@@FelixImmler For information, I have a friend that has an old and rusty axe. I don't have enough tool to transform it in carving one, but I will try to sharpen/reprofile a convex edge. So thanks to your video, I have the opportunity to try it.
I knew this technique but I forgot,my father carpenter/mason was sharpening axes 🪓 like that 40 years ago when he was still alive,too bad he died young and I couldn’t learn nothing from him since I was barely 9 years old...RIP Tata Petar...
I've recently started restoring old tools and am working on an axe right now and this is perfect. I'm also a huge fan of your accent and enthusiasm and can't wait for more videos
Hi Felix, this was great! I've seen similar methods in principal, but this was a very simple method using inexpensive, common items for most folks. I use the "Rooster Method" of maintaining my axe which is to put wet/dry sandpaper on automotive bodywork sanding blocks and using a sort of "J-stroke". It works very very well, but is not ideal for setting up a new grind on a store bought axe, certainly not as quick as your method. Thank you, I have 3 axes to restore and I will be using your method to set the grind on each! As for more axe videos, yes please! Actually, any woodsman, bushcraft videos would be great since you find such wonderful and innovative ways to do things, plus can explain them in a clear and fun way.
Your knowledge level is at total mastery level. I cannot imagine what you have went through to gain your knowledge and skills but I am certainly grateful you choose to share with us. Thank You Sir.
Great video Felix! I like your philosophy about hand-working instead of using machines. It takes more time but is a Zen moment for meditation and building a connection with your tools. If you are in the forest and need to sharpen your axe there are no machines to help you, but a sharpening stone fits in your pocket and you are wearing a leather belt for stropping. I have exactly such a blunt cheap axe - I am looking forward to using your rag trick on it! All the best, Rob im Fricktal.
this is a glorious method for establishing a proper convex!! you're a champion, this is amazing, i can't believe how much i've learned form you already!! thank you so much!!
Haha I watched that axe video and took notice of that little bit with the rag! Handy little trick! I’m sure it delighted most and repulsed a few machinists 😆
Very effective for an apartment dweller like myself. Did some preliminary work and with a new file tomorrow both hatchet & axe (free, used, abused with no bevel or edge) will be ready for the bush in the spring. Thank you for sharing.
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💥Next Friday i upload an other axe modification Video: 👉 👉 👉th-cam.com/video/4Pq1cOL5Z_g/w-d-xo.html
There i modify an axe with just a file and a drilling machine. I show you how to blacken the blank axe head steel , i make a paracord handle protection and i darken the handle with a gas burner...
👉 👉 Please subscribe my channel: @UCKqoiG45T1OkQkUEq5dEMzA
yes this kind of modification i wait for. :)
can you please make videos for tips and tricks for victorinox paring knives,love from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Looking forward to this 👍🏼
Can't wait
I want to see how you get the shape of the axe head. I hope you cover that in your next video.
There may be faster methods, but this one has the benefit of being therapeutic.
I agree! 😁😁
Thank you, Felix. I have never before learned this wonderful trick. I like to do things with my hands rather than with machines. Maybe it is that I'm 63 years old. I remember when doing things manually was the norm. I'll use this trick often. Thank you again. You taught me a valuable life skill today.
Your feedback makes me happy!!!!!!!!
@GunGuyTV : Ha, I was thinking the same thing, and I'm also 63, lol. Maybe it's a generational thing? But then, we did grow up in a time when it was common to see a person grab a hand tool to go do something. Anyway, I think this video proves that there is always something new out there, and that you are never too old to learn. 👍
@@FelixImmler You have a new subscriber. Thank you for your efforts and quality.
@MichaelKingsfordGray What?! Why would you say such a thing?
What a pertinent comment.
I'm 51 years old, i sometimes feel stupid asking friends to show me skills that I should already know, but soon realized how few people have even my level of skill..
After retiring at 48 y/o and have been cutting down trees to clear land for my new home. Well, the home is here, but I realized that I've wasted soooo many great pine trees by just letting them sit (doesn't take long for them to get bug-eaten and rot here in the Georgia swamps). So now I get the bark off as soon as the tree is down and set the entire log up off the ground so I can cut it up how I want when I want.
Entirely by trial and error, I've developed rudimentary skills, but I have to say that this video applies so much to things I've been trying to learn on my own, I feel compelled to subscribe and watch all the other videos.
Felix, if you ever find yourself in Southern Georgia, I'd love to have you over for a barbecue . . .
Literally just exclaimed "of cooouuurse!!" Out loud when you placed the rag, you sir deserve a medal
Thanks a lot for your comment!
You sir are a master. Much respect from a 62-year-old American that lives out in the country and does not always have electricity and is need of ways to keep things sharp.
Hello John. You comment makes me happy. Thank you!
Thank you Mister Immler.
My father didn’t teach me a thing about tools and my Grandfather died before I was old enough to learn anything he would’ve taught me, because of that almost everything I know about tools I’ve learned through trail, error, and helpful men like you.
God bless you and your family. Stay safe.
“You put so much patience and love and time into this machine made axe that you give it back a soul” beautiful words. I’ve had people say they’ve never thought of things like knives and axes as having character or life. They do indeed have the pieces of your soul and life you put into them. Great video. ✌️
Speak to a Japanese samurai sword maker about blades that have a soul.
A man gives something of himself, and it goes into what he makes.
My axe definitely has a piece of me in it considering I bled all over it lol.
As a woman who doesn't have a dad, this was incredibly easy to follow and do. Thank you so much.
I can be your e-dad if you want. "Go to your room and do your homework!" ... "When you're finished, go to the garage and sharpen my axe" (pats head in loving approval) lol
@@brazoon1 lmao well I'm too old for homework and I would want a nicer dad who can show me how to sharpen it 😝
@@gemmibear sorry sweetie, daddy had a rough day at work that day. Marc in accounting really bungled things up. I'll tell you what, let's go to the garage together and we can sharpen as many axes as you want. :)
I love and hate this comment
Yo this got hella weird immediately when the first reply got here.
I just wanted you to know that I really appreciate your cheerful attitude. I launched the video and your smilling face lit up the room.
And knowing that you will bring me a new useful and effective technique for my edged tools backs up that smile with truth.
Hallo martin. Vielen dank für das wunderschöne Feedback!!
I know that I’m 3years late but I have to say that this tutorial has helped me immensely and it’s been really useful. Thank You 😊🎉
Thank you for your positive feedback! Even 3 years later....😊
I love your videos! You are THE super karate monkey ninja edge sharpener. No fluff. No BS. Just "how to sharpen an edge". ANY edge.
Just learned more from my mans here then I did in my entire tech class through school. I have never been able to get a fine edge. Your a champion Felix thank you
Thank you so much for this wonderful roses!!
Agreed. And “you’re”. 😉
So many people when "teaching" others to do something, use concepts that are imprecise, based upon their subconscious interpretation of "muscle memory". You have given a measurable, repeatable & fully explained process that is a comfort to witness. Thank you.
Ok the final polishing isn't as laid out, but hey, learning to rough convex a blade with the rag is a game changer.
Putting that dowel in the vice helps keep from over stressing the vice and breaking it. Something people should always remember.
Yeah I needed to know about this!
So simple yet helpful
I think that was the main trick. I hadn't considered giving the vise a better life before.
@@Freeknickers24 R!ght?
I drilled through the moving jaw of my vise on one side, and then tapped the hole. For holding something in the 2" to 3" range, I just screw a bolt into the tapped hole, from the face of the vise jaw, so the head of the bolt is between the jaws.
If I need to grip something much longer, I use a piece of all-thread, (threaded rod) from the outside of the moving jaw. Once I lightly grip the item in the jaws, just enough to hold it, I screw the bolt or threaded rod out, until it touches the face of the fixed jaw, and tighten up the vise.
Having it adjustable, keeps me from having to cut a piece of something to the right size when I need to hold something on one side of the jaws.
I did the same thing on the fixed jaw of my horizontal bandsaw.
Ganz Großartig..Tolle Arbeit Gratuliere und vielen Dank habe was dazu gelernt
Danke für den netten Kommentar!!
I love working my own tools from scratch or modifying them. You'll never feel the same with one you simply purchased off the shelf. Like you said Herr Felix, it gives your tool a soul. Very good analogy that I never thought of.
Love that it was all manual. Most people aren't going to buy expensive power tools to grind a single axe, and don't want to buy a super expensive artisanal axe. I only need to buy a file. This is a great technique. Thank you.
I've been sharpening about 10+ years and the first thing I learned is to never believe you've masterd or learned it all as to do so is do decide not to become more, thank you for sharing this unique interesting and effective method I appreciate it very very well done
You are my Axe Guru Now. Thank You For this great manual technique.
I saw you doing this on the last video, and I'm glad you went through it in detail this week. Top tip!
Glad it was helpful! SUPER!
Thank you Felix, never been into metalworking. Gave myself a challenge to restore an old rusted axe I found. Your video was clear and easy to follow. Love your accent, keep it up!
Woww, thank you so much for this wonderful compliment!
So much passion and dedication to manual work. Great trick Felix!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot Giuseppe!!
One of the most informative video on YT . Thanks
Even though I'm an urban dweller, I just learned an invaluable skill. Excellent presentation!
Genius! I'm going to steal your technique and sharpen my axes. Thank you!
Very useful sharping trick, Felix. I was impressed that you knew the Rockwell hardness of the ax head and the file. It was almost like you were reading my mind! Your carving axes are things of pure beauty.
Hello Jaffrey... thank you so much for your wonderful feedback!!!
This is the most valuable tip I found on how to sharpen an axe....thanks brother
your old methods resurrection is well appreciated
I'll be moving to the forest land, totally off-grid (I will have solar panels though etc), and I will need more of the old tricks.
I'm 50 years old and I had enough of the rat race. I'm leaving the city for good. it's a very hard call for me. it will be hard for a couple of years, but I'm excited and looking forward to it. few more months to go.
Good luck for your plans!!
Four months later, how is it going for you?
Thanks felix! managed to get my cheap splitting axe to slice paper smoothly using this technique. Saved me a fortune!
😂 Super, that makes me happy!
"Patience, love and time to give the axe a soul"
Well said! The axe will thank you for its soul by years of companionship and service in the wilderness.
Thanks a lot for this nice words...
I am 64 years old and it just goes to show you, you are never too old to learn a new trick. thank you from an young-old timer...
A old friend of mine told me about this way of sharpening a axe.
I tried to visualize this and played with but with not much success.
Now with a detailed explanation/demostration it is clear.
I will try again😊 thank you so much.
As a machinist I like to recommend
Mill Bastard file, its a single cut file and excellent for draw filing .
Draw filing is drawing the file sideways over the workpiece.
Excellent vid thanks again
Martin
Thank you so much Martin!
Passion. Beauty, simplicity and patience all the ingredients to return the soul to both ax and its master. I’m grateful to have found this channel.
Brilliant! I've been sharpening axes and knives for years and I've never thought of this technique for re-profiling! Thank you for sharing!
Off to the cabin today for a nice long weekend. Got some axes there that are in an absolute dreadful state so I know what I'll be doing next to the campfire! Danke schön!
OUTSTANDING! I’ll be using this trick this weekend on my axe!
Super... i am sure you will like it!
I watched this video on sharpening an appleseed grind originally when it came out, and then again today to refresh my memory for the rag trick. This'll come in handy when I tune up my neighbor's axe a bit later for when they chop wood. Much appreciated.
Thanks a lot!!
Great demonstration. These types of manual skills are being lost with modern machinery. Thank you for preserving the craft. I love how you said you gave it back it's soul. So well said!
Hello Patrick. Thank you very much!
This is the best sharpening video i have seen. Thank you my friend.
Ciągle mnie zaskakujesz praktycznymi pomysłami. Dziękuję Ci za to, że dzielisz się swoją wiedzą. Bardzo pozytywny i wartościowy film.
Ja też lubię metal i pracę z nim . Aż do Twojego filmu, miałem problemy z ostrzeniem siekier... Bardzo Ci dziękuję i pozdrawiam.
Dzięki za super miły komentarz!
I want to say that you are an artist. Thank you for showing the rag trick. You didn't cut any corners and took the time to do it all by hand.
Great trick. I saw the previous video and was kind of wondering and voila here is the "in depth". Completely understand you want to do it by hand. Once finished it gives a great feeling of pride and sadisfaction. Well done
that's 100% my opinion!! Thanks a lot for your kind comment!
As a self modifier, I think you hit the nail on the head! Being taller than average I always felt cramped in cars and trucks so I started lifting seats and bodies to make life simple and more useful and practical. It is definitely an uplift to one’s self perceptions
This is probably one of the best axe sharpening videos I’ve seen. 👍
Thank you so much!!
Felix your contributions are getting better and better. I am happy every time I see something new from you. Greetings from Vienna
Thanks a lot for your compliment!
It was a pleasure to spend time with a craftsman. Thank you.
Thanks a lot Lawrence!
I love to sharpen tools by hand. I’ll have to try this.
Thanks a lot Ronald...👍
I watched your video, and my whole day got even better. Thank you for showing me. All my peers showed me was how to make sharp tools dull.
Glad I could help! Thanks a lot for your comment John!
I THANK YOU FOR A KEWL TRICK.
I've sharpened semi-professionally for over 50 years, have seen and experienced many kewl tricks from all nationalities, but this is the first time I've seen Radial Draw-filing done with a shop-rag as an angle pivot bearing! The rag protects the side finish of the steel as well as giving a uniform cross-angle spanning the entire side surface. It is a perfect solution to an age-old problem! I applaud you, sir!!!
An addition to your rig, a tip from me to you; cut off one finger of an old glove and slip onto the tip section of your file, to cushion your palm from the sharpness of your file teeth. This way you don't have to loose the FEEL of your file.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING !!!
Bill from Tn. 🇺🇸
I shared this on the Bark River Facebook page as most of their knives have convex edges. It seems to be well received and appreciated!
Thank you so much for your valuable support!
So good. The best thing about this is that not everyone has access to power tools and grinders and whatnot. Or even the space for them. This makes it accessible for everyone. Brilliant.
Thanks for this wonderful compliment!
That's a good common sense approach to getting a result wanted. Nice work Felix.
Thanks a lot !! Greetings from Switzerland
Thank you for demonstrating you don’t ned expensive tools to do excellent work and to start and learn with what you can easily obtain.
Hi, you're skills are very professional and definitely and most important: are doable and effective. Good job. As we say in the navy: BZ !!
Je suis partisane de l’affûtage manuel. Bravo pour cette vidéo bien expliquée étape par étape. Nos outils de base méritent le plus grand soin. Merci pour le partage Félix. Michèle
Pure genius. That turns a simple splitting axe into an actual tool. (Along with the lightening up and response you get from the bearding.) Eager to do this to my own red-bladed whatever hatchet. Thanks for the very useful video!
Thank you very much!
I know this is 2+ years old but I just tried your rag trick and am impressed on how well it works. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for your positive feedback!
Very good! This makes me appreciate my power belt machine, but also reminds me what I can do with simple hand tools. 👍
Very true! Thanks for your comment!!
What a simple and ingenious method for sharpening an ax. Thank you.
What a fantastic video ! Watching you work is a joy, the way you explain and show so clearly the details of each step... Thanks for the most educational video on axe/edge sharpening on TH-cam ! Definitely looking forward to more hatchet-related videos on your channel :)
Thank you very much! I finally found a no frills way to sharpen my axe for basic carving work! This is an amazing technique.
Thanks a lot for your positive feedback!
Outstanding by far the best axe sharpening tip
Thanks a lot for your nice feedback!
just bought 2 axes at a flea market. I want to sharpen them. I found this channel and was very pleased with the no machine way you did what I just saw. It was foken Awesome. Thank you.
Great trick with amazing results!
It's amazing how much basic common sense we have lost due to machinery and tooling taking over "menial" tasks. Things use to be 100% hand made with a very limited number of tools.
This is definitely a whole lot of work per modern standards, but one could easily just make some series of wedges (from cloth, leather, wood, flattened dead frogs, whatever) and standardize grinding angles that way. Come to think of it, making these types of standard tools is probably how we forgot that we can improvise wedges out of rags in the first place...
I agree 100%. Thanks a lot for your comment!!
I commented yesterday that I was going to try this method today. I went out to the garage with my morning coffee, a rag and a file. The first hatchet I worked on, an old beat up yard sale refugee went so well, I wound up spending 4 hours at my vice sharpening 4 more. A very satisfying, accurate method. It was such a pleasure watching the rust pits, old grinder marks and chips from decades of previous abuse slowly disappear. I used a mechanics "grease rag" which is a thin fabric. Interesting how precise the edges came out using such simple tools. Thanks again for the idea. My turn of the century C. Hammond carpenters hatchet thanks you too.
“You give it back its soul.” Boom, subscribed😆
Thank you so much Michael!
Awesome training for sharpening axeheads!!! ThankYou for Sharing this gem !!!!
Yes! This is awesome! Love that rag trick, reprofiled my hatchet with this trick the other day after watching your last video. Come out wicked sharp!
That is awesome! Thanks for your feedback!
This is another awesome video! Turned 60 and just recently started working with wood.. This old girl is learning so much. Thank you, Felix, for taking the time to show these videos.
Thank you very much for your kind comment!
Excellent! So simple, I can't wait to use this trick.
Have fun!
I was looking for rag-and-file since for me, it would be the most practical way to put an edge on my Feldspat that I recently got, for some historical accuracy with an outfit I'm looking to make. How wonderful that I found an enthusiastic and endearing German brother to be taught this by!
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@@FelixImmler danke für das schöne Video mein Freund!
I watched your channel a few times in the past. I never thought that Swiss army tricks/techniques were so vast. The more I watch you the more interested I get. You have a lot of common sense and ingenuity. Not very common anymore. Thank you for the tricks and entertainment
Hello Joseph. Your comment makes me happy. Thank you very much for the roses!
Greetings Felix, I too have never seen this trick, I sharpen my hatchets in a similar manner using different wooden blocks but the rag trick you've just demonstrated is in my mind simpler than holding a block and filing. Thank you for posting this, I'm 62 and never too old to learn new tricks. Regards Al, Northland, New Zealand.
You are amazing and so sympathetic.
Thanks for all your great videos.
You are so welcome. Thank you!
@@FelixImmler For information, I have a friend that has an old and rusty axe. I don't have enough tool to transform it in carving one, but I will try to sharpen/reprofile a convex edge. So thanks to your video, I have the opportunity to try it.
I've never seen the rag trick before. The technique and your patience and enjoyment all work together for great results!
Thank you very much!
I knew this technique but I forgot,my father carpenter/mason was sharpening axes 🪓 like that 40 years ago when he was still alive,too bad he died young and I couldn’t learn nothing from him since I was barely 9 years old...RIP Tata Petar...
Thanks a lot for this interesting story!
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Gob bless you sorry you lost him at such a young age😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
thank you Thank You THANK YOU you r a GENIUS Sir PLUSS your SMILE and PERSONALITY make the axes even SHARPER
Regards Richard 🇿🇦
As often, I appreciate the practical approach, and once again I learned something from it. Greetings from the Jura-Mountains!
Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback!!
I've just tried this sharpening method on a random OBI axe and it worked. Thanks!
I just cut my eyes just looking at the edge
Thanks for your feedback!
@MichaelKingsfordGray wtf dude
Hahaha
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@MichaelKingsfordGray another douche.
I've recently started restoring old tools and am working on an axe right now and this is perfect.
I'm also a huge fan of your accent and enthusiasm and can't wait for more videos
Thank you very much dear Jack!
Very similar to my tomahawk that I paid about a hundred dollars for. Very nice!
Thank you very much!!
Wonderful video. Thanks Felix
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot John!
You simply solved my problem Felix. You are a Genius.
Das freut mich wirklich sehr! Danke Udo!
Awesome job Felix, I've been thinking about this for my axe since your last video. Thank you for going through the full process 🍻😎👍
Hello Richard. Yes do it! Thanks for your comment!
Love your Axe Design!!
Thanks a lot Daniel!
Hi Felix, this was great! I've seen similar methods in principal, but this was a very simple method using inexpensive, common items for most folks. I use the "Rooster Method" of maintaining my axe which is to put wet/dry sandpaper on automotive bodywork sanding blocks and using a sort of "J-stroke". It works very very well, but is not ideal for setting up a new grind on a store bought axe, certainly not as quick as your method. Thank you, I have 3 axes to restore and I will be using your method to set the grind on each! As for more axe videos, yes please! Actually, any woodsman, bushcraft videos would be great since you find such wonderful and innovative ways to do things, plus can explain them in a clear and fun way.
Hello Sean. Your comment makes me super happy!
Your knowledge level is at total mastery level. I cannot imagine what you have went through to gain your knowledge and skills but I am certainly grateful you choose to share with us. Thank You Sir.
Wow, thank you! Super happy to hear that!
Great video Felix! I like your philosophy about hand-working instead of using machines. It takes more time but is a Zen moment for meditation and building a connection with your tools.
If you are in the forest and need to sharpen your axe there are no machines to help you, but a sharpening stone fits in your pocket and you are wearing a leather belt for stropping.
I have exactly such a blunt cheap axe - I am looking forward to using your rag trick on it! All the best, Rob im Fricktal.
Haaa ha haa, hallo Rob vom Fricktal!
Lass mich wissen ob und wie es funktioniert hat!
Liebe Grüsse vom Bodensee
this is a glorious method for establishing a proper convex!! you're a champion, this is amazing, i can't believe how much i've learned form you already!! thank you so much!!
That's a very good rag trick! I will try this with my old axe too! Also like your axe modifications! Greetz
Yes, go for it! Thanks for your feedback!
People pay good money to go to metal shop to learn such things. Thank you for taking the time to teach. Good man!
Greetings, I had never seen the rag trick. Brilliant! Thanks. pax, Puffin Little
Glad you liked it! Thank you!
You are the most cheerful person and a real pleasure to watch.
Thanks a lot for the roses!
I agree, it's great that he's teaching us something but he's also fun to watch. Thanks Felix
Haha I watched that axe video and took notice of that little bit with the rag! Handy little trick! I’m sure it delighted most and repulsed a few machinists 😆
Thanks a lot for your funny comment! 👍
@@FelixImmler You bet, Keep up the good work Felix! I always enjoy your videos and learn something useful.
Very effective for an apartment dweller like myself. Did some preliminary work and with a new file tomorrow both hatchet & axe (free, used, abused with no bevel or edge) will be ready for the bush in the spring.
Thank you for sharing.
Very good job Felix, I'll try on my axe :)
Super cool, thanks a lot Frederico!
Tryed this early with an old axe.......its working great. Thanx for the tip 👍
Gerne mehr Videos wie du die Axt besser machst 👍 Lg
Vielen Dank für Dein Feedback!!
thanks Felix
I do sharp my convex knife by hands keeping arms angle
and now I know another way to sharp the axe
Super Video wieder! Viking Felix 👍
Haa ha haa, dankä Manu!!!