A knife is the most useful tool you can carry in the outdoors, and the one most likely to put you in hospital. Every year people who know perfectly well how to use one cut themselves badly, usually because they were tired, cold, rushing, or doing something they have done a hundred times before without thinking. Far from help, a deep cut to the thigh or wrist is a life-threatening…
In this lesson
Knives and the law
The blood circle: the habits that prevent injuries
Common mistakes
Knife grips
Batoning
Sharpening and tool care
Saw safety
Axe safety and use
Processing deadwood safely
Check yourself
Key points
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The rest of this lesson is in the full course
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