I thought that at first, I still have some pencil sharpeners around the house from when I used to do technical drawing in my engineering job, went and found them and sure enough... they were made of magnesium it just never registered.
@@randobad even if it doesn't say it specifically, take a steel knife and try scraping bits off, if it does start producing strips of metal then it's probably magnesium because magnesium is quite a soft metal.. if not it's probably steel. To further test it you could then try to light the offcuts but BE CAREFUL IF YOU DO! magnesium burns VERY hot, do it outside.
I went to several supply stores and they only sell plastic pencil sharpeners, none of this magnesium ones. Lighters on the other hand is available practically everywhere.
Yes but sticking a pencil sharpener in a jacket pocket or in the bottom of your bag would come in handy for when your lighter has run out, gone missing or forgotten, etc. it could come in handy for Hikers who have very limited space to pack! :)
As a small kid I sharpened a few sticks with my pencil sharpener until my grandpa saw me and dragged me to his workshop. He gave me one of his sharp hunting knives, showed me how to use it safely and I've never had to use a pencil sharpener since.
@@boxoffisa I camp and hike a lot still, and have the pencil sharpener and a little knife in my camp kit, but I've only ever used it to show other people how to do it ornfor fun, never been in that tight a bind bc I'm a smoker so I always have lighters scattered everywhere
@@initialfaust6888 Yep, that's what the aluminum is for. OP's rust powder by itself isn't enough to do muxh other than just have the basic burning magnesium.
@EatonShitson but it only has a certain amount of lighter fluid/butane/ what have you, and if its packed incorrectly, you can accidentally depress the button and bye bye fuel.
@@TheCapnPorridge you can light WAY more fires with the lighter than you can with the sharpener. By the time you scrape the sharpener down to the bone you’d barely be a third of the way through the lighter. Plus you don’t just need the sharpener, you need a rod as well.
@@TheCapnPorridgeand what if you step awkwardly and cant walk for 10 meters anymore? Are you prepared for that situation? (which is 1000 more likely btw) But ye, I have matchsticks and a lighter on a trip, just in case something unexpected happens.
At least in Europe they are quite common, I have seen a lot of them when I was a child here in Germany. Magnesium is used, because it keeps the steel blades from rusting.
This is the first survival video I've seen that made me stop, reconsider, and say "That's brilliant." Most people don't think to make feather shavings with wood, but most everyone has sharpened a pencil, and I've never even thought about using pencil shavings as kindling. Legitimately brilliant.
@@Shifty26 And what exactly are you lighting with that lighter? The kindling is there to actually catch your main fire. A lighter, on it's own, does absolutely nothing for you.
@@FoogleBoogle what is with all these "identify" jokes. Honestly fairly sure I'm not alone when I say .....not funny. I'm possibly a man but I don't tell anyone.....Hey I identify as a " man"!! Is this the Kremlin's way of trying to turn us into Putin lovers 🫢🫢😅
@@thebirdfromtwitter1249 lighters can fail very easily. Leak fuel, stop working if they get wet, freeze in colder climates. This is a very nifty method when you don't have much. It's a survival situation for a reason
That is really smart and really amazing I never knew pencil sharpeners were made out of magnesium and that is so amazing and cool because it's like a fire starter all-in-one
Lighter is first line. But lighters don't always work, they're not always the best solution, and you can burn through them quickly. Knowing how to start a fire with stuff around you could save your life. And you really don't want to wait til your pabts are on the grojnd to learn it
@@1495978707i still feel like carrying a Zippo lighter and a can of lighter fluid and a cheap basic Bic lighter as a spare should be more than enough and outperform any sparks-and-flammable-solids solution in any realistic scenario.
Most of them have those too, a friendly competition last campout had the winner proving possession of over eighteen different devices and ways of making fire. In one small pack in his backpack.
I mean, if you're stranded and your lighter goes out then what will you do if you didn't know how to start a fire from scratch? There is survival tips to use dead lighters to still light a fire but at least with this you can use the magnesium shavings to start a fire even if you get it wet while the fiint and steel takes longer to dry.
These pencil sharpeners also saved my PC build once lol. I bought an m.2 NVME SSD for my Computer but it didn't came with an m2 screw, and I couldn't find any around the house except for those 2 screws on the pencil sharpener! Thank god I had one lying around in my shelf!
@@Fersuperbsome drives comes with the screws as well. I’ve heard it’s common for it not to be included, but 2 och the 3 drives I’ve bought included a screw.
@@FersuperbPeople *love* to throw away all the "extra" parts in their motherboard box, not realising it'll cost them another $50 to replace all those parts when they need them, if you can even find them to begin with.
I saw one of those camping TH-camrs use this method and I thought it genius. I’ve camped several times and none of us ever thought of bringing one of these but now I will
Yeah and you basically get mini spears/arrows as a byproduct of creating those. Cant really go wrong it's all a win. They have some that have a little, sometimes glass but usually plastic, dome to contain the pencil shavings, those could def be used as a little case for some small necessities like a fishing hook and line or small compass, etc. as well.
It still makes more sense to buy a block of magnesium. You're making the magnesium shavings with a knife anyway. My magnesium fits in the same pocket as my sharpening stone in my sheath. No ruining pencil sharpeners, no looking for obscure magnesium pencil sharpeners, no carrying something else you don't need, make shavings with your knife.
I live in Central London, UK, and have zero interest in camping. Why is TH-cam suggesting this video and, more bizarrely, why am I watching it in awe and making a mental note to get a pencil sharpener?
@@stephenallen4635 aluminum and stainless steel are incompatible metals result is galvanic corrosion when in contact with each other. An aluminum housing will oxidize, and the stainless steel blade will rust due to galvanic corrosion thanks to the salt from our body and incompatibility of metals. For that reason, magnesium is often used with the stainless steel. Magnesium is known as a noble metal, and so is stainless steel. They are not active metals. Stainless steel is mostly made with chromium and nickel for corrosion resistance. I made all this up btw.
@@bananasInpajamas358bro exactly my point just bring a fcking box of matches or a lighter and instead of using the so called “spear “ attach the knife to a stick, Lo and behold a fcking spear
I find assorted methods to start fire as interesting as the next guy, but this man just brought three tools to start a fire with more difficulty than a lighter.
It’s so pointless 😂 you have a knife, why would you need to make a “frog spear” or only shave things from sticks small enough to fit in that hole. Why purposefully bring a pencil sharpener in a survival bag or camping gear when a lighter will do? This is just frivolous.
@@TinToeTimmyTime Several reasons. Why the spear instead of the knife: 1- Range. 2- You're not damaging your knife by sticking it into the ground. 3- Your knife stays clean, presuming you're not using it to butcher the frog/squirrel. 4- You can hold the spear over a flame. 5- More weapons. Why bring a pencil sharpener instead of a lighter? 1) Helps you make mini spears. 2) Helps you make and light tinder easily, even if the surface of nearby wood is wet. 3) More firestarter options are always useful, just in case you fuck up and lose one.
The wood shavings won't ignite on their own with his tool that creates a fast spark. You need something that will combust instantly, hence the magnesium.
Fine metal shavings (well, depending on the metal) are actually way more flammable than wood, explosively if the particle concentration is high enough.
Dress like a grocer..they're relaxed around the caeretakers. Wear fruity colone to mask your evil intent then put beech leaves on your stick for better camouflage. The serrated edge of the leaves will quiet your stick and help it fly like stealthy owl, fast and quiet. I get a couple a week from my local store.. they never get out alive. Mmmm roasted tangerine.
@@MrM6d Thank you so much for the help. Managed to bag a few today, but I didn't have any fruit scented spray, so I doused myself in fruit juice, while the tangerines did enjoy the scent, so did the bees. Be sure you always have your spray on you.
As a welder who works with metal for a living, I must say you have to be extremely cautious with magnesium. Magnesium is extremely flammable but also difficult to extinguish. Neither water nor a traditional fire extinguisher work to put out the fire - a unique chemical is required to put out the fire. Although you don't use a lot of magnesium, putting too much could result in disaster easily. I know many welders who won't even touch a magnesium ĵob no matter how much it pays - just to darn risky.
In our lab fire safety training they told us: metals burn hot enough to pull the oxygen out of a water molecule to keep burning. Only use specialized metal fire extinguishers or a fucking ton of sand.
@ResasRandomStuff I learned that too at my Welding College -- it's will pull the oxygen and use it to support it. Water basically fuels magnesium fires. My professor even said most fire departments don't even carry the correct chemical (I forgot the name) to put out magnesium fires -- so if you're in an emergency you're fucked.
@@TheShroomWelderDepends in the size of the fire. With enough water you will cool the metal below its ignition temperature. Many car engines are magnesium or magnesium alloy. As are car wheels (mags). Fireys put out car engine fires daily.
Dried pine needles are also very easy to start a fire with. Probably more easy. And an actual knife is probably sharper, more useful, diverse and you don’t have to limit your sharp stick options to a size 2 pencil. But you do you. I’ll bring a knife. See ya out there!
That sharpener is the average sharpener in germany. It's in just about any of our sharpeners; just encased in some plastic, or on It's own. You'll see it in any store with office/school supplies.
I make magnesium shavings and store them in an aluminum pill container. I use a drill and start drilling into the magnesium bar, The smaller the drill bit, the finer the shavings, conversely, that larger the bit the larger the shavings. I just drill as many holes/pits as I want. Easy and quick way to have readily available fire starting accelerant.
usually have a fire starter with you when hiking and a pocket knife and a little wittle will do you. a pencil sharpener, though small, adds un needed weight to your pack
go outside. step into the nature and wilderness, it changes your entire life pretty much. Going from being inside and just doing not much besides sitting infront of a screen and gaming and work eventually lead to developing the urge to explore nature (thanks Open world scenic games) and hell life feels so much nicer after you've been into the nature and wild
@@MaxC_1 You sound like a young, city person. I had the opposite experience. I grew up long before the internet and devices (I remember when Atari came out), and my family lived out in the deep woods, away from everything. I was never not out in nature, all the way up till I left for college. I would spend the entire day in my own private wilderness, exploring. We had visiting ducks, geese, otters, deer, hawks, herons, turkey buzzards... you name it. There was no human noise; only very loud frogs, crickets, and the water flowing over the dam. My chores were things like picking up thousands of sticks and dragging them into the woods, chopping wood, and being a total mess for months, because I was highly allergic to pollen. I've had *more* than enough nature for one life, more than anyone I know. I think maybe more than nature being amazing, people these days are just tired of constantly being connected. None of that bothers me (literally nothing ever bothers me), maybe because I grew up where and how I did. All this in your face media is still novel to me, even all these years later, and I never tire of it. And I don't miss nature, at all 😆
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Where to buy this knife set you have
It's called The Hornet survival knife, they have many others to choose from as well
holtzmansurvival.com/?ref=woodsbound
Discount Code: WBO
#ad smh
@@tamucru4604because they literally asked for it 💀
@@tamucru4604he asked for the knife bro
@@tamucru4604shut up dude a man has to get paid somehow
Squirrel to frog: "Dude's got a pencil sharpener. Run!"
Hop!
He's gonna shave ur ass!
His name is Baba Yaga
@vladbsr8739 sorry, the frog's name is Baba Yaga?
Or the squirrel
*casually begins to add an inexcusable amount of magnesium pencil sharpeners into my cart for a situation I will probably not find myself in*
“Currently unavailable- we don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock”
I'd love to know what the benchmark is for an "inexcusable" number 🤣
what if you wanna cook some crack on the family camping trip and your nan forgets the lighter? You just never know when you’ll need it
@@callum4382 Crack is for hikes , meth is for camping 🤣
@@KazumaTheTraitor I’ve never thought about it like that, but I’m sure this years family hike will be a blast 🥄❄️
Naked and Afraid:
"What's your survival item?"
"Pencil sharpener."
@@adamjohns350 Watch the video again. The weather isn't always that great every trick you can use can save you from freezing to death.
lol!.
but they don't always go to an area that's dry..
The name is Guyver, Mac Guyver.
With that pencil sharpener they will have to change the show name to “naked and brave”
@@jimboSleeeeiiice I'm imagining some psychopathic female contestant sharpening someone's morning wood now... thanks.
I'm almost 60 years old and never once in my entire life have I seen or heard of a magnesium pencil sharpener.
I thought that at first, I still have some pencil sharpeners around the house from when I used to do technical drawing in my engineering job, went and found them and sure enough... they were made of magnesium it just never registered.
@@louthinator I just checked all my sharpeners - no luck. :-/
Now I have to look at my pencil sharpener that looks exactly like his and see if it is made of magnesium.
@@randobad even if it doesn't say it specifically, take a steel knife and try scraping bits off, if it does start producing strips of metal then it's probably magnesium because magnesium is quite a soft metal.. if not it's probably steel. To further test it you could then try to light the offcuts but BE CAREFUL IF YOU DO! magnesium burns VERY hot, do it outside.
@@louthinator unfortunately you can scrape aluminum the same way and they use that in a lot of them since its slightly more stable than magnesium
The way he caught that wild orange was seriously impressive.
Most underrated comment on the internet
It is. Do u have any idea how dangerous those things are?
@@bloodrival2You ain't him
@@bloodrival2bro tried to be him
@@bloodrival2lol okay big guy
Me and my plastic sharpener: no frogs for dinner tonight.
Or oranges 🍊
Or fire
Or magnesium
You can't still get the damn frogs
@@ameekmugames9681yeah this is the only one you can't get with a plastic sharpener
Me staring at my plastic sharpener in disappointment 💀
My old ones are metal, but no magnesium either.
Me staring at my knife I use for sharpening my pencil.
😂😂
I went to several supply stores and they only sell plastic pencil sharpeners, none of this magnesium ones.
Lighters on the other hand is available practically everywhere.
Yes but sticking a pencil sharpener in a jacket pocket or in the bottom of your bag would come in handy for when your lighter has run out, gone missing or forgotten, etc. it could come in handy for Hikers who have very limited space to pack! :)
In my 36 years, I’ve never seen someone sharpen a pencil sharpener.
Have you ever seen someone kill someone with a pencil? A pencil?
You're young yet.
Well ya have now.
A pencil sharpener sharpener
@@bunz666yeah I loved that part.
Note to self; buy German pencil sharpeners before getting stranded in the woods.
Exactly, exactly, you got it! I cry now, I love thees one now, Subbed long ago.
Hm
@@liamanderson9104 But how well do they burn? 😃
Or a lighter. It's way more efficient. A pocket knife too, you should always have one. Those two things can get you far in life.
@@maddoxinc1642but my lighter can’t make wooden spears :(
As a small kid I sharpened a few sticks with my pencil sharpener until my grandpa saw me and dragged me to his workshop. He gave me one of his sharp hunting knives, showed me how to use it safely and I've never had to use a pencil sharpener since.
What about to sharpen pencils?
@@nickgirdwood3082Professional artists commonly sharpen pencils with an xacto knife to expose more lead
ok cool and all but you cant make a fire with the knive alone xD
W grandpa
yayyy gpa!
Good share. When I was a punk kid I would always buy magnesium skateboard trucks just to grind them apart and light the shavings. ✌️
I'm a professional vet for 43 years
And with my professional observation I can safely tell
That's not a frog
Spot on Doc 😂😉
Maybe the frog transformed ? 🤷♂️
@@ralanham76 hmm... Didn't took that probability in my observation 🤔
@@ralanham76gotta kiss it first
🤣🤣🤣
My parents taught us to do this when I was a girl scout. This totally unlocked that memory
me in RCY
How often do you use the skill?
@@boxoffisabetter to know and not need I always say
@@boxoffisa I camp and hike a lot still, and have the pencil sharpener and a little knife in my camp kit, but I've only ever used it to show other people how to do it ornfor fun, never been in that tight a bind bc I'm a smoker so I always have lighters scattered everywhere
@@bellahontas510be careful. I’ve heard aliens abduct beautiful humans.
Mix magnesium shavings with powdered rust. Ignite. Stand well back. No further back...
thermite is nice but you'll still need tinder for it
@@CtrlAltRetreatstrike a rock against the mixture. There’s a chance the momentum can transfer into heat enough to ignite thermite
@@CtrlAltRetreat thermite is normally iron oxide and aluminum... you usually do use magnesium strips to ignite it though.
@@initialfaust6888
Yep, that's what the aluminum is for. OP's rust powder by itself isn't enough to do muxh other than just have the basic burning magnesium.
Finally, a really useful survival video!
"Got a lighter?"- Used to. Got rid of it to make room for this pencil sharpener. Come with me to the woods?
"I've got 20 of these magnesium pencil sharpeners and I totally forgot why I bought them"
@EatonShitson but it only has a certain amount of lighter fluid/butane/ what have you, and if its packed incorrectly, you can accidentally depress the button and bye bye fuel.
@@TheCapnPorridge you can light WAY more fires with the lighter than you can with the sharpener.
By the time you scrape the sharpener down to the bone you’d barely be a third of the way through the lighter.
Plus you don’t just need the sharpener, you need a rod as well.
@@TheCapnPorridgeand what if you step awkwardly and cant walk for 10 meters anymore?
Are you prepared for that situation? (which is 1000 more likely btw)
But ye, I have matchsticks and a lighter on a trip, just in case something unexpected happens.
@LockenJohny101 if I hurt myself I'm more worried about that than building a fire. And you can still crawl or drag yourself in a survival situation
Didn't even know pencil sharpeners were made of magnesium. Definitely going to look for one of these.
Certain metal ones are
Why though?
@@HoldYourSeahorses. Instead of corroding iron the magnesium will corrode (very slowly).
Same here.
just buy an actual magnesium stick lol
Ive never seen a feather stick before. SO cool!
the pencil sharpener for making pokeys and burny-flakes is great, but it's also good if you're keeping a record/journal and using charcoal
In 49 years of existence, I have never seen a magnesium pencil sharpener.
At least in Europe they are quite common, I have seen a lot of them when I was a child here in Germany. Magnesium is used, because it keeps the steel blades from rusting.
Have you ever checked if they are magnesium?
Literally all the sharpeners I saw are made of plastic with the blades.
Very common in Denmark
You also haven't been looking for them. Now you will.
This is the first survival video I've seen that made me stop, reconsider, and say "That's brilliant." Most people don't think to make feather shavings with wood, but most everyone has sharpened a pencil, and I've never even thought about using pencil shavings as kindling. Legitimately brilliant.
Just get a lighter
@@Shifty26 And what exactly are you lighting with that lighter? The kindling is there to actually catch your main fire. A lighter, on it's own, does absolutely nothing for you.
@TheDorkEnygma no shit lol why you all pressed?
lol so dumb, hes right just get a lighter @@TheDorkEnygma
You must be surrounded by dumb people if you think this is brilliant.
This is actually a really clever one that I hadn't considered
This is a very helpful tip! Thank you!
Dude as a squirrel, you would never even get close.
I am drink. What does this even mean?
@@TheOfficialDjProducthe is a squirrel I think
The squirrel is unconscious apparently.
i identify as a Cat. Just wait until that's "normal".
@@FoogleBoogle what is with all these "identify" jokes. Honestly fairly sure I'm not alone when I say .....not funny. I'm possibly a man but I don't tell anyone.....Hey I identify as a " man"!! Is this the Kremlin's way of trying to turn us into Putin lovers 🫢🫢😅
Wow, I'm definitely going to try this, it combines my two favourite bushcraft hobbies; making fires and tangerine hunting.
yikes
how do you sneak up on the tangerines without them noticing you?
🤕🤕🤕
@@xneilaelprupx5367 Speak in Mandarin, it soothes them.
Why did I laugh at this lmao 😭😭😭
Smokey Bear says"Remember...only you can prevent pencil sharpening shavings from becoming a forest fire"
I have not seen a pencil sharpener like that since I was in Infants School. Thanks for the memories.
Survivalists will bring literally anything else other than a lighter.
It can be used alongside a lighter.
@@guimecast8100 what can it do that a knife+lighter can't
@@guimecast8100 why? Why bring things that has a half assed purpose than bring the thing that is made for that?
Mike wouldn't approve of you.
Lighters can fail. Like he said, this can be used to get dry shavings from sticks that are only wet on their surface.
@@thebirdfromtwitter1249 lighters can fail very easily. Leak fuel, stop working if they get wet, freeze in colder climates. This is a very nifty method when you don't have much. It's a survival situation for a reason
Fun fact: magnesium not only burns very hot, but it is also able to burn underwater!
So it's effective in wet and damp weather, nice!
You’re right. That fact was really fun
It even works underwater!
@@lemon8577it will burn underwater, but igniting it in wet conditions is still difficult cause any water takes away all the heat from your spark.
@TrulyAstonishin That's what the comment said.
That is really smart and really amazing I never knew pencil sharpeners were made out of magnesium and that is so amazing and cool because it's like a fire starter all-in-one
Wow this is really helpful knowledge, thank you brother for sharing it with us
I swear these survival enthusiasts will carry anything but a lighter
Lighter is first line. But lighters don't always work, they're not always the best solution, and you can burn through them quickly. Knowing how to start a fire with stuff around you could save your life. And you really don't want to wait til your pabts are on the grojnd to learn it
@@1495978707i still feel like carrying a Zippo lighter and a can of lighter fluid and a cheap basic Bic lighter as a spare should be more than enough and outperform any sparks-and-flammable-solids solution in any realistic scenario.
Most of them have those too, a friendly competition last campout had the winner proving possession of over eighteen different devices and ways of making fire. In one small pack in his backpack.
I mean, if you're stranded and your lighter goes out then what will you do if you didn't know how to start a fire from scratch?
There is survival tips to use dead lighters to still light a fire but at least with this you can use the magnesium shavings to start a fire even if you get it wet while the fiint and steel takes longer to dry.
@@Dunki113 fetch a boyscout and rub his legs together?
These pencil sharpeners also saved my PC build once lol. I bought an m.2 NVME SSD for my Computer but it didn't came with an m2 screw, and I couldn't find any around the house except for those 2 screws on the pencil sharpener! Thank god I had one lying around in my shelf!
M.2 drives dont come with a screw, your motherboard comes with them. you either lost it while building or threw the box out with it still in.
@@Fersuperbsome drives comes with the screws as well. I’ve heard it’s common for it not to be included, but 2 och the 3 drives I’ve bought included a screw.
My Western digital m.2 nvme came with a screw
Was it the right size/thread, or did you just 'send it?'
@@FersuperbPeople *love* to throw away all the "extra" parts in their motherboard box, not realising it'll cost them another $50 to replace all those parts when they need them, if you can even find them to begin with.
Oh, I would have never!! Thought of that that is really really really really really really useful. Thank you so much.😊😊 I definitely will use that
I saw one of those camping TH-camrs use this method and I thought it genius. I’ve camped several times and none of us ever thought of bringing one of these but now I will
instructions unclear, Forest on fire and Frogman attacking me with Spears
It's true, I was the frog
😂😂😂
Most funny comment on youtube after a while, thanks 😂😂😂
😂🤣☠️🪦
This is the best thread🎉
my toxic trait is believing i’d remember this in a crisis
Collect these kinds of tips in a notebook and you'll have your own survival guide to keep in a purse or backpack wherever you go.
@@LammasDeluge
Thats a brilliant idea. Always useful to have tips around in case of an emergency
@@seraphywang4638yall stay online all day stop it lmaooo
Who knew a pencil sharpener would be so useful.
Stick pencil shavings is such a smart idea!!
“A lot of them are made of magnesium”
I’ve never seen a pencil sharpener made of magnesium in my entire life 😂
Same. How about taking along magnesium supplements?
I have a lot actually. When I was a kid. Not sure if its still the same
Me neither
@@rzella8022 You need metal not salt
All I've seen during my whole life is plastic pencil sharpener
I tried this, but, darn, it wasn't magnesium. No fire, froze to death. Amen.
R.I.P.
But at least you could sharpen some pencils to sketch your predicament.
So mote it be.
Greetings from the afterlife 🖖🖖
😂😂😂😂
You are the best survival teacher ever!
That was absolutely brilliant
Survival enthusiasts pack everything in the bag except lighters.
Yes, they are always one step ahead. The lighter is already empty, lost or broken.
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@@watermelonwoman4347never. Might be a coincidence because it’s too obvious.
@@watermelonwoman4347never
How about a lighter that sharpens pencils ?
ive never ever thought about using a pencil sharpener to sharpen wood or make shavings, well now i know another tool for the next camping trip!
It never occurred to you that a pencil is made of wood? 👀
@@basilisk.. It never occurred to you that reading comprehension is a valuable skill? 👀
@@basilisk.. people like you are so annoying , ya'll can't read or listen and speak the loudest
@@MultiArtStyleTWTit never occurred to you that it never occurred to you?
No. Just bring a knife. That way you are not stuck searching for the perfect size and shape of dried stick. Then use a bar of magnesium.
I’ll remember this when I need it most and don’t have it.
I'm seriously impressed. And the point on that stick would be great for hand-cranked fires.
"I once saw him kill 3 frogs in the woods with a pencil, a fuckin pencil" - Squirrel Tarasov
I have NEVER seen a pencil sharpener like this in my life
Nice! I didn't know this thanks for the heads up i have a entire bag of them i found at my dads house after he passed away
The thing I'm most surprised with in this video is how you found a stick that fit perfectly into the pencil sharpener
IKR
forests are usually full of sticks to choose from LOL XDDDD
The magic of video...
Honestly you just wouldn’t believe just how many sticks are out there.
@@mateuszpatua3016 I'm pretty sure most of us haven't even gone on a camping trip, so I'd say my comment is kinda fair
“Damn dude we are stranded!”
Holup, lemme grab my sharpener
😂😂😂😂
Got me 💀
"Bro tf you doing? You can't draw here!"
"Hol' up, lemme cook"
dont kill squirrels cmon.
@@valentinaquetzallibeltranm7669 Let him cook godamnit 😂😂
Yeah, gl finding sticks that fit exactly into it :)
I had no idea those are made of magnesium. Fascinating.
At first i thought it would make more sense to just buy a block of magnesium, but the wood shavings is brilliant.
That's why you don't skip this guy and watch the whole video.
Yeah and you basically get mini spears/arrows as a byproduct of creating those. Cant really go wrong it's all a win. They have some that have a little, sometimes glass but usually plastic, dome to contain the pencil shavings, those could def be used as a little case for some small necessities like a fishing hook and line or small compass, etc. as well.
You can do that with the knife.
It still makes more sense to buy a block of magnesium. You're making the magnesium shavings with a knife anyway. My magnesium fits in the same pocket as my sharpening stone in my sheath. No ruining pencil sharpeners, no looking for obscure magnesium pencil sharpeners, no carrying something else you don't need, make shavings with your knife.
That's what the knife is for
I live in Central London, UK, and have zero interest in camping. Why is TH-cam suggesting this video and, more bizarrely, why am I watching it in awe and making a mental note to get a pencil sharpener?
The TH-cam algorithm must have picked up all the squirrel and frog recipe searches you have been doing.
its not the sharpener or outdoors, it has to do with your squirrel fetish
media wants to scare monger war coming to EU! its on full blaze everywhere they can
I'm exactly like this!
@@mrwolf750bro holy shit... Honestly the funniest thing I've seen in a long time on so many levels... Absolute gold reply...fucking crying
You can also use the spik stick to rotisserie your foods
Lucky he caught that orange..it was about to escape ❤
If you can catch a squirrel with a spear stick you're an expert hunter.
Right!!
I did it ONE time when I was a kid. It was a lucky throw and I was absolutely in awe that I managed to do it.
No problem with a dead one though.
kids we eating spuirrel@@jeremiahbird930
@@jeremiahbird930 Guessing the squirrel was a little pissed about it. lol
How to start a forest fire:
Light magnesium under tinder over dry leaves and have a piece fall off
Came here for this comment!
That one bit that rolled off of the screen in the first two secs😢😢
you learn something every day, ty ^^
The magnesium pencil sharpener is genius.
Got love that last bit where he ignites a pile of pencil tinder over a ground covered in pine needles.
It's like he wants flames...
Texas just went up in flames!
Came to see if anyone else saw that.
There were 0 pencils in this clip ?
...And? He's right there actively watching it and ready to step on any smouldering embers that might land.
As someone who loves to draw when I’m camping, I see this as an absolute win
Old school stuff never fail you
I love your style!
- buys pencil sharpener
- scrapes a bit of the side
- lights on fire
- frantically reads the "plastic" logo
- throws pencil sharpener at bear
That'll ward em off
Then gets eaten by bear!
They’re made out of magnesium to help keep free from corrosion and thusly the blades sharp.
🤔 interdasting 🤔
pretty sure the blades are just steel, theyre replaceable but the housing isnt so thats where the corrosion resistance helps
I wonder why they're not made of aluminium, maybe because of galvanic corrosion?
@@stephenallen4635 aluminum and stainless steel are incompatible metals result is galvanic corrosion when in contact with each other.
An aluminum housing will oxidize, and the stainless steel blade will rust due to galvanic corrosion thanks to the salt from our body and incompatibility of metals.
For that reason, magnesium is often used with the stainless steel. Magnesium is known as a noble metal, and so is stainless steel. They are not active metals. Stainless steel is mostly made with chromium and nickel for corrosion resistance.
I made all this up btw.
You f***** I read that entire thing thinking well that's interesting.@@thomaspayne6866
A modern day Macgiver!
Love this survival tips videos, they always have knifes, tools, pencil sharpners but no lighter for some reason...
Can't have a dull pencil when you're writing that final note to your loved ones after you eat that poison frog.
I m 90 years old pencil sharpener and I just learned about this, bless you sir🙏🙏🙏
I am also a pencil sharpener but I transcend space and time
I used to be a pencil sharpener but I completed my transcending and was rebirthed as a sexy nigga
You mean pencil sharpening is your profession or you're an actual magnesium pencil sharpener? 😂
What kind of survival situations do you find yourself in at 90 years old? Putting on your socks?
@@beholdandfearme Pencil sharpeners like us dont need socks
Learned about pencil sharpeners for tinder in the boy scouts back in 1980. It's amazing that this is news to people.
I'm sold, gimme 10 of these
I feel that these kind of YT Shorts are far more useful than most other shorts
If youre going to bring a pencil sharpener and a spark maker knife survival combo thing. Maybe just bring a lighter or some matches.
@@bananasInpajamas358 Maybe I'll just stay home then 😄
@@bananasInpajamas358bro exactly my point just bring a fcking box of matches or a lighter and instead of using the so called “spear “ attach the knife to a stick, Lo and behold a fcking spear
People that watch TH-cam shorts seem to be the ones that ditch instagram and the other main stream ones 😭
Only his survival is about if you brought stuff from home. At this point just take lighter.
I find assorted methods to start fire as interesting as the next guy, but this man just brought three tools to start a fire with more difficulty than a lighter.
Eeeeh, I'd want to have both, and the trick with tinder seems genuinely useful.
It’s so pointless 😂 you have a knife, why would you need to make a “frog spear” or only shave things from sticks small enough to fit in that hole. Why purposefully bring a pencil sharpener in a survival bag or camping gear when a lighter will do? This is just frivolous.
@@TinToeTimmyTime
Several reasons.
Why the spear instead of the knife:
1- Range.
2- You're not damaging your knife by sticking it into the ground.
3- Your knife stays clean, presuming you're not using it to butcher the frog/squirrel.
4- You can hold the spear over a flame.
5- More weapons.
Why bring a pencil sharpener instead of a lighter?
1) Helps you make mini spears.
2) Helps you make and light tinder easily, even if the surface of nearby wood is wet.
3) More firestarter options are always useful, just in case you fuck up and lose one.
@@TinToeTimmyTime feather sticks actually takes knife skills to make
@@bastil5856 Might wanna add that matches and a lighter ain't water proof.
love survival tricks
keep em comin'
This is so chill.
i was expecting using wood shavings as kindling not using the actual sharpener as kindling
The wood shavings won't ignite on their own with his tool that creates a fast spark. You need something that will combust instantly, hence the magnesium.
Fine metal shavings (well, depending on the metal) are actually way more flammable than wood, explosively if the particle concentration is high enough.
maybe just bring a bunch of lighters and matches in your survival pack while you’re at it
You just touched on one of my favorite pursuits........tangerine gigging! It's a great passion of mine. Haha!!
Can you share any tips with a beginner? Every time I go out the tangerines always get away.
Dress like a grocer..they're relaxed around the caeretakers. Wear fruity colone to mask your evil intent then put beech leaves on your stick for better camouflage. The serrated edge of the leaves will quiet your stick and help it fly like stealthy owl, fast and quiet. I get a couple a week from my local store.. they never get out alive. Mmmm roasted tangerine.
Tangerines know what they did.
@@MrM6d Thank you so much for the help. Managed to bag a few today, but I didn't have any fruit scented spray, so I doused myself in fruit juice, while the tangerines did enjoy the scent, so did the bees. Be sure you always have your spray on you.
videos like this make me realize im going to be an insane impulse purchaser once im on T
It’s tiny too, two of those could be useful for a back up for years and you’d probably forget you have them when you finally do need them.
Okay but the sound the knife makes against the pencil sharpener would really make me just want to embrace death instead.
Puss
For real. Go ahead and “embrace death” from the sound of a pencil sharpener😑
Why, it's a great sound. You're so edgy and cool dawg.
Neurotypical people don't understand the pain@@RAVANA7
@@PerimeterSnipes you ever heard of humour?
Not once have I come across a magnesium pencil sharpener
Yeah most of them are plastic this dudes lulu
@@nathon1942shhh young one, the elders are making videos.
@@Icessassindamn I’m young but our school district in Canada was cheap af and used these cause they had boxes from the 70’s and 80’s.
Jerry's Art Supplies has them to order for $3.
They're pretty common in the UK and most of Europe.
Great tip. Thank you!
Brilliant!!! Appreciate this!
As a welder who works with metal for a living, I must say you have to be extremely cautious with magnesium. Magnesium is extremely flammable but also difficult to extinguish. Neither water nor a traditional fire extinguisher work to put out the fire - a unique chemical is required to put out the fire. Although you don't use a lot of magnesium, putting too much could result in disaster easily. I know many welders who won't even touch a magnesium ĵob no matter how much it pays - just to darn risky.
You don't need any chemicals to put out a magnesium fire.
In our lab fire safety training they told us: metals burn hot enough to pull the oxygen out of a water molecule to keep burning. Only use specialized metal fire extinguishers or a fucking ton of sand.
@ResasRandomStuff I learned that too at my Welding College -- it's will pull the oxygen and use it to support it. Water basically fuels magnesium fires. My professor even said most fire departments don't even carry the correct chemical (I forgot the name) to put out magnesium fires -- so if you're in an emergency you're fucked.
@@TheShroomWelderDepends in the size of the fire. With enough water you will cool the metal below its ignition temperature.
Many car engines are magnesium or magnesium alloy. As are car wheels (mags).
Fireys put out car engine fires daily.
Dried pine needles are also very easy to start a fire with. Probably more easy. And an actual knife is probably sharper, more useful, diverse and you don’t have to limit your sharp stick options to a size 2 pencil. But you do you. I’ll bring a knife. See ya out there!
I've never in my entire life seen a pencil sharpener made out of magnesium
Can't say I have either, but they are easy to find on Amazon.
@@kcoc28 Comes right up available in packs of 4,10 and 12.
Super common in my experience. The exact store he shows can be bought at Walmart
That sharpener is the average sharpener in germany. It's in just about any of our sharpeners; just encased in some plastic, or on It's own.
You'll see it in any store with office/school supplies.
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 any ideas why its used?
Wouldnt steel or aluminium be cheaper?
I make magnesium shavings and store them in an aluminum pill container. I use a drill and start drilling into the magnesium bar, The smaller the drill bit, the finer the shavings, conversely, that larger the bit the larger the shavings. I just drill as many holes/pits as I want. Easy and quick way to have readily available fire starting accelerant.
usually have a fire starter with you when hiking and a pocket knife and a little wittle will do you. a pencil sharpener, though small, adds un needed weight to your pack
The number of these kinds of videos that I watch is crazy, given how often I leave my computer desk, which is never.
go outside. step into the nature and wilderness, it changes your entire life pretty much. Going from being inside and just doing not much besides sitting infront of a screen and gaming and work eventually lead to developing the urge to explore nature (thanks Open world scenic games) and hell life feels so much nicer after you've been into the nature and wild
@@MaxC_1 yeah, touching grass rocks, I can literally feel my soul healing while I'm in the forest
@@MaxC_1 You sound like a young, city person. I had the opposite experience. I grew up long before the internet and devices (I remember when Atari came out), and my family lived out in the deep woods, away from everything. I was never not out in nature, all the way up till I left for college. I would spend the entire day in my own private wilderness, exploring. We had visiting ducks, geese, otters, deer, hawks, herons, turkey buzzards... you name it. There was no human noise; only very loud frogs, crickets, and the water flowing over the dam. My chores were things like picking up thousands of sticks and dragging them into the woods, chopping wood, and being a total mess for months, because I was highly allergic to pollen. I've had *more* than enough nature for one life, more than anyone I know. I think maybe more than nature being amazing, people these days are just tired of constantly being connected. None of that bothers me (literally nothing ever bothers me), maybe because I grew up where and how I did. All this in your face media is still novel to me, even all these years later, and I never tire of it. And I don't miss nature, at all 😆
Thanks I'm lost in the woods and I needed this.
Just hunt the tangerine frogs.
Call 911 instead? 😜
Next time bring a pen instead of pencil.
Just drive to the nearest convenient store to buy a sharpener!
the designers had more in mind for that sharpener than just pencils.....
Thats a real nice and easy way to make shavings and sharpener is small and light, really good idea, hands down.
"And then to start a fire... Use the fire-spitting tool that you already brought."
Someone should invent a gas filled tool that when you strike it, it produces a flame.
this reminds me of things we did at 8 years old, including the sharp sticks 🤣
also great pipes if you wrap em