I had a great number of you ask to see a review on my Crawford Hiking Staff, so, here it is! Thanks for watching and please leave me a thumbs up (or a thumbs down) and a comment in the section below. I really appreciate it!

@DarkMetaOFFICIAL

2 жыл бұрын

Man bro the video was really good, but the part where you had the darts? You really blew it. 😂

@edwardfletcher7790

4 ай бұрын

What a fantastically clever bit of kit 👍 I'm amazed how much you can fit ! I'm sure you"ve already done it, but those threads need petroluem jelly or grease 👍 A peanut lighter might be a better long term item than matches...

If a bear is that close to the walking stick , he’s going to use it as a toothpick after he’s done with you lol😅

@WayPointSurvival

4 ай бұрын

It depends on the size of the bear and the size of the man with the spear.

@tr33m00nk

3 ай бұрын

@@WayPointSurvival I would think it also depends on how strong (resistant to bending or breaking) that skinny metal handle & blade are. Not to mention the attachment to the staff.

@DannySanders-nj8xn

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@elijahkraan4034

3 ай бұрын

​​100% -and anyone who has doubts about the thin spear blade's effectiveness only need to look at a Roman pilum (spear) or almost any other stabbing weapon for that matter@@WayPointSurvival

Wow! A 21st century version of a shepherd's staff I saw when I was a kid. It was amazing! It had most of those things and it even had a flask and a shepherd's clock, a kind of ring-inside-a wheel sundial that not only told the time of day, but also the day and month. And could be used as a fishing pole, spear, or shepherd's slingshot. Those were very personalized by the user. Most shepherd's staffs were just a stick. Edit: I would replace the foam grip with leather boot laces and wrap the sections in paracord. You could probably get 200 feet or so on there and it wouldn't affect anything.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Some good suggestions! Glad you enjoyed the video.

@carlosspeicywiener7018

2 жыл бұрын

@@WayPointSurvival It was great, as always. Fun and informative. But I just looked up the price and holy cow! I'll just stick with a solid stick and a field belt.

@captainfragger6295

2 жыл бұрын

Yes that smaller size paracord makes a really good hand cushion and you could get quite a bit of it if you went the full length of the stick. I use leather straps on my knife handles. But I have an old axe handle I wrapped in paracord. I didn't think it was worth my leather. But it really turned out to be pretty comfortable

Jim, a good addition that would fit inside could be an oven roasting bag. You can collect a large amount of water and the boil it suspended over a fire.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's a good idea. Thanks for watching.

@Ram-1231

2 жыл бұрын

You don't need to suspend. I've thrown water bottles right in the fire and on coals. The trick is simply to have almost no air in anything plastic for direct fire. Any sections that have remaining air will melt at a temperature a bit above the normal melting point of said plastic. However, I don't boil water for purification but rather for coffee or ramen, rice, etc. Thankfully, I've never had to purify water..... yet

My great grandfather, and former neighbor, both have passed on now, used walking sticks while walking. It helped them with balance and helped with things like snakes. In their day in eastern Kentucky, there was not all these paved roadways and good hiking trails like we see today. They spent much time in the great outdoors working,gardening, gathering firewood, overseeing their properties and etc. A good sturdy wooden stick to aid walking was much desired by some. Because of that, I'm a believer in having a good walking stick for balance and defense. Thanks for sharing.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Walking sticks were indeed very popular among people of bygone days. They were also in much better shape than we are today as a general rule.

@captainfragger6295

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah my grandmother was the same way. She hated snakes and she always carried a stick to whack at a bush or pin down a snake whenever I go walking I use a walking stick instead of my cane. From what I heard everybody commonly carried a walking stick way back in the days

@stephen8433

Жыл бұрын

For at least the last 15 years of my Dad's life he used a 48" long Bamboo walking stick. He had a cane patch out behind his workshop next to the woods so he always had a good cane walking stick.

I think this is _the best_ survival kit I've seen.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Innovative! I'm sharing this video to all the local Crawford's I know.

Thank you again James for your time and effort 👌

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Absolutely love this!! What an amazing idea!! Great video!!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

What an awesome tool for any backpacker, hiker, bushcrafter, or avid outdoors person!! Thanks for sharing James I always enjoy all your videos and helpful tips diy and gear videos and your historical videos are a favorite of mine and the family!! God bless you and yours brother 🙏 🙂👍🌳🔥⛺🌲🤜🤛

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much and God bless you too!

Very nice walking stick. When you break it down for storage you could pick up appropriate sized rubber corks from a hardware store to temporarily plug the open ends.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. Thanks for watching!

Thank you, Thank you!!! For the video on the walking stick.. Very cool and what a great idea. Thank you once again!!!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Wow, very cool. When you break it down for travel add a cork on a cord and S beaner to plug the staff so your tubes won’t fall out. When assembled clip the cork to the lanyard. The cork will also double as a fishing bobber.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas, thanks for watching!

That's an awesome walking stick Jim. Great demonstration, thanks for sharing!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Awesome video, and looks like an awesome product. Been thinking about a survival walking stick lately. Might need to look into this.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks for watching!

That's the greatest thing I've seen in such a long time! Amazing hiking staff! Super impressed, Jim. Thank you for these awesome videos

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you liked it!

He has a lot of really cool items on his website. I saw a couple of things I will save up for. Thank you so much for showing your survival walking stick and putting the link in to his website. God bless and stay safe.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it, and God bless you too!

I was one of your requests. Thank you for doing this video!

@surman3853

2 жыл бұрын

One thing I would add. Wrap that crappy foam handle in paracord. Or not lol

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you could definitely wrap it in paracord if you wish. However, I feel like the foam handle is just super comfortable and I have hiked fairly long distances with it.

@surman3853

2 жыл бұрын

@@WayPointSurvival understood! To each his own I guess lol. Thank you again! I binge watch when I have time & your vids are more informative than most on KZread. Keep’m coming!

Thanks for sharing this one enjoyed the information on the staff !!!! 😀

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks for watching!

No había visto nunca un bastón como este. Una maravilla , me ha encantado. Gracias por compartirlo 🙏. Un gran saludo desde España 👍

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Gracias!

Thanks, James great hiking staff!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Great review James. That is a great looking and useful tool. Great video..

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

What a great idea. I think it could always be used as a pole support for a tarp' shelter. Thanks for the excellent upload 👍

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Thanks for watching!

I knew this was going to be a great video as all ways I kind of figured that stuff was tricked out very nice probably out of my price range too even for the basic the phone is going to get it I'd get everything that you have in it and then some all depends on what all the extras were again a very good video very informative God bless my friend

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It is kind of pricey, but then again, it's made in America and it's made very well. Glad you liked it and thanks for watching!

What an amazing piece of equipment. I cannot afford one, but it's awesome.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it!

I can't believe how much stuff it does and how much stuff you can put into it , that is awesome , thanks for the demo , stay safe , God Bless , till next time

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@greekveteran2715

2 жыл бұрын

That's why they call them hiking staff, because it can do a lot of stuff!!!

Hello James! Ur channel always gets a thumbs up, they’re worth it! That is a really cool survival walking stick. I had a customer show me a spear head he had and said it would screw onto any mop or broom stick, I thought that it was cool when I saw it, but urs, beats it big time! Thank u

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you liked it!

Awesome video, I'm definitely going to look into getting one. I'd love to try it spearfishing

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great, thanks for watching!

It’s definitely as you said a awesome walking stick ! Lol grandsons said they definitely have to find more yards to mow. That’s for the great video keep up the outstanding work.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and happy mowing!

That was a really useful product , gonna check out website now . Thanks .

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Very clever, very interesting package !!!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

James , good looking staff and review , thanks for sharing ,God bless !

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

That is a cool staff. Very thoughtful design

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It is indeed. Thank you for watching!

that's a hell of a survival hiking staff. expensive enough too, gotta go DIY on this one. good review video, short and sweet

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

James thanks for this information. Nice looking staff.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, my friend!

Very cool piece.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

This is really 'Unique' , so many different functions...for defending, hunting, cutting....etc...worth getting one .

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Thanks for watching!

That's a awesome design.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is, thanks for watching.

Pretty neat . I’ve never heard of them before but I don’t really hike much . Not normally a gadget person but I like it . They stole my thunder . First thing that popped in my mind at the first was frog gig . The extra blade is a good idea . I have one of the shovels with attachments but I’ll check these out . Have a great evening

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you liked the video!

@chickenleg442

2 жыл бұрын

ive actually yes till soon for may could actually no but and i frog gig but i could not should not till i got have could for till more for may yes ive exuberant, that is awesome, stay safe, God bless, till next time, have a great and blessed evening.

ThankYou that was an Awesome Survival Video - Boston Massachusetts

@WayPointSurvival

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Very nice simple Multi- Tool! I inherited a small knife just like the one you showed! It is in brass. I use it for my DEC when at Formal events!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks for watching!

Good information. Thanks.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

That's a great idea .seen others made from plain wood and stuff stored on the outside but this is way more useful

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very cool survival/hiking staff, very informative video

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Glad you liked it.

Hi from Syracuse NY brother thank you for sharing your adventures and equipment

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Earl.

Excellent. Thanks. I use a couple of antique wooden swiss hiking poles with gorgeous carving I found many years ago. Well, I would usually use just one. I bloody have to use just one now. -Some arse pitched one of them recently. I do use a blowpipe and it's a bit weird to carry around in England, so I may well look into one of these.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. I think that you will find that they are a remarkably well made piece of gear.

I like that staff very much, it's packed with utility.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Glad to see someone review the Crawford Survival Staff!! I have had mine for almost 20 years. I rarely go out in the woods, or hiking, or anything outdoors without it. I need to pick up some of those tubes. Thanks for the ideas!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent! I am extremely happy with mine and I think that it is a fantastic product!

I love using a walking stick for hiking I make my own out of bamboo I have several section with useful items in them it is easy to do with the natural sections of the bamboo I put a inner sleeve to make a strong connection I have never had them come apart.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great, thanks for watching!

Very cool, could’ve used it back in the day in my hood growing up. LoL

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty useful tool!

Guess it is too late to call this Penguin's Umbrella....Walking Stick. This is awesome! Love and blessings from Ontario Canada!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Great video and tips....

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Absolutely excellent I've done a lot of backpacking in my years and that's including walking across the United States and I sure wish I'd have had a staff like that. That thing is beautiful and useful. The fishing point that you showed on that I have one just like it on an Arrow oh, I've had that thing for over 15 years and they work great although I have had to sharpen the blades from time to time but they still work fantastic. Thanks James I'm so glad you showed that and I will be getting one but I also am thinking I might try to make one out of wood. If I get it done I'll show it to you. Thanks again for showing this video and the staff that was fantastic. Have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry! P. S. I went and checked out the survival staff and you were right it certainly is a pretty penny even the minimum would hurt a poor person wow I wish I was rich.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds great! It really is a very well made staff even though it's pricey. But, as with most things in our world, you get what you pay for.

@terryqueen3233

2 жыл бұрын

@@WayPointSurvival amen James amen. Have a great day James and may God bless!

Very cool! 🤠👍💯

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Nice, great item ty

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

This was awesome!!!!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That is really cool

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Sold me, I’m on my way to get one ordered!

Hello James how are you? I had seen them years ago, but I already had a custom staff made out of a grape vine with my name birth date and other engravings on it. Every year it gets straighter and longer as it unwinds. I think I may attach a threaded metal end that I can use for a fog gig or spear point but for right now it helps me go through rough terrain. I have used it to hold up a tarp in a plow point and a roll up stick on a super shelter and at one time I had a compass that was tied to the 5/50 cord I had on the handle for a grip but it stopped working and I removed it from the grip. It is not a versatile as the Crawford Survival Staff is. It is special to me it was a gift from my daughter. She gave it to me because she knew how much I liked the outdoors and I was recovering from having the swine flu and needed help with walking at the time.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you for watching!

Great demonstration!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great review.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Saw the price and thought omg!! After seeing this... I'll be getting one!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It really is an amazing product!

This is pretty cool

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow that's awesome thanks for sharing stay safe and God Bless

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Coolest! Best hiking stick I've ever seen! However, I would choose my wooden, lightweight hiking staff, instead of this (not because of the high price). It is the best indead, Great thoughts and a lot of logic put into it. Hope maker sells them all out!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Wow!! That's pretty amazing James!!! That's gotta be the coolest hiking staff I have ever seen. Thank you and keep up the awesome content!!!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and I'm glad you like it!

That's really cool I like how it's a blow gun too

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think it's pretty cool feature too!

Neat looking stick

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

It doesn't have a chisel to make a hole in the ice,in case you have to survive in cold weather.Great design, I like it a lot. USA 🇺🇸 made warranty for life.

@nicolasruelas1746

2 жыл бұрын

Free dom

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure that you could add a threaded chisel if you wished. Probably any machine shop could take an old chisel and thread it to the right size for you for a few dollars.

I love it

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

as a practitioner of dojo (japanese short staff) and kendo ,i am so in love with this design !if crawford would like to send me one ill do a video of me doing some kata ! wow its the crawford ninja staff to me !very cool as usual j!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It's a very cool design indeed!

Free Free free 😁 I got to have one thanks I'll look it up 😊

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

That is really cool 😎 👌 👍

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@michelleeldridge9896

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome. Have a wonderful day 😊

Thank you.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

love it

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Love your stuff . I am a Buckeye also

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Very hunting focused. Very cool.

@WayPointSurvival

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Awesome 👍

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

the naginata tip is amazing!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Very good review

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Cool staff

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Great instruction

@WayPointSurvival

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I will order this in the Spring time Very nice Boston Massachusetts

@WayPointSurvival

7 ай бұрын

Excellent!

looks like a good piece of gear.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It truly is.

I can see how that would be handy as a pocket on a shirt. Since I'm toting a flintlock I don't have enough arms to carry everything lol. Nice video and interesting to say the least. I guess my wife could carry one? Hmmm now you have me thinking out loud hahaha 😁

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Right? It's pretty handy tool to have around for sure.

I second your high recommendation of this staff! I have owned one for years. Pat Crawford and his son Wes are excellent craftsmen and fine people. You've given me some good ideas of items to stow in mine that I hadn't thought of. I have found when hiking that the joint in the center of the staff just below the foam piece will sometimes loosen up. I solved that by doing a tight paracord wrap starting just below the foam piece, over the joint and down another five or six inches. Solves the problem of that joint loosening up, gives me a few feet of paracord as part of my kit, and gives me another secure place to grip the staff (it can be slippery). I did the wrap in bright orange to make it easy to see the staff if I drop it and it bounces off the rocky outcrop where I like to hike. 😉

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, I have never had any problem with any of the joints coming loose when hiking. However, I do like your solution!

@captainfragger6295

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's bound to happen, if you consider how it is used. You put it out in front and then touch the ground and as you step corded you lean on it which causes a twisting motion. It could loosen any of the lower screw on connections. That does not mean it will that's a chance is still there. Maybe a piece of black tape around the joint covering both sides around the connection would work pretty good. Something like black electrical tape. Just once around would do it.

James another great video. Very interesting hiking staff. Going to have to check it out. I also watched your latest Ohio Trip video. You have done a very good job on those. Is the series over or will there be more?

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! We are currently filming for episode 13.

Probably bar-none one of the best things you could ever have. When I can afford one I will get one!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, glad you liked it!

Jim, I have this staff in the pathfinder version, it is very well made and yes expensive, I have used for years…

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks for watching!

I was hoping you’d review it! It’s everything I hoped it would be!

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

It's a really cool piece of equipment!

Very nice 🙏 thanks

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I made my hiking stick straight out of the boys scout book from the sixties

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, thanks for watching!

That is a cool piece of gear. I think it costs more than I would pay, but I'm handy enough to make a DIY version, maybe using some different materials. The blowgun darts were especially innovative along with that retractable blade/scalpel.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

I understand, however, buying something that is this versatile, handmade and machined here in America is always going to cost more. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for sharing

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Damn lol, all these years I just had a stick to help people up who fell, maybe a splint or kick a snake out of the way. What will they come up with next ha ha great video

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

1:46 Ok now I'm interested!...vid title lured me in...

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

That's quite a piece of gear! I'd say it's only missing a notch to turn it into a staff sling, although they do have the slingshot rifle option, which is a lot easier to aim.

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there are quite a few things about this that make it very versatile.

Wohoo! WayPoint~ wow, you made perfect ~ see you on my side,

@WayPointSurvival

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

I just bought another walking staff, also made in the USA, for one third the cost, the tactical staff. It is also machined and is a very good competitor to your staff, having 12 or 13 tools, plus hollow space for your own kit additions. I like those small plastic tubes, and hope to find the same type to fit in my staff. These are so much better than some flimsy walking sticks and much more versatile. I took some martial art training a few years back called cane kungfu. And do agree any quick draw weapon to deter both 4 legged and 2 legged animals and keep them at bay, giving you time to get your pistol out is worthwhile.

@WayPointSurvival

3 ай бұрын

Excellent!