20 FORGOTTEN Old Timer Knife and Axe Tricks That Make $200 Sharpening Kits Look Like a Scam

In 1902, a blacksmith named Hoyt Buck started making knives in Kansas, and every knife he sold was meant to be sharpened, oiled, and carried for a lifetime instead of replaced every few years. Today a guided sharpening kit runs two hundred dollars, a new axe costs another eighty, and the shelf is full of gadgets promising a razor edge in thirty seconds. These are the 20 forgotten old timer knife and axe tricks that make a two hundred dollar sharpening kit look like a scam: the oil stone circle, the mug bottom hone, the wet wedge fix, the away from body rule, and more. Knives and axes are dangerous. Cut away from your body, wear gloves for axe work, and keep children supervised. New episodes every day. Subscribe for more forgotten American skills the modern world left behind.