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@tigerpilz1

3 жыл бұрын

yes this kind of modification i wait for. :)

@knifediy4979

3 жыл бұрын

can you please make videos for tips and tricks for victorinox paring knives,love from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

@oecher_boeschcraft

3 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to this 👍🏼

@gk6993

3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait

@twatmunro9563

3 жыл бұрын

I want to see how you get the shape of the axe head. I hope you cover that in your next video.

I love this guy's genuine enthusiasm!!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@guicohj

2 жыл бұрын

Deutschland !

@ricker76er

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I love Felix for that!

There may be faster methods, but this one has the benefit of being therapeutic.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! 😁😁

As a woman who doesn't have a dad, this was incredibly easy to follow and do. Thank you so much.

@brazoon1

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

@@brazoon1 lmao well I'm too old for homework and I would want a nicer dad who can show me how to sharpen it 😝

@brazoon1

Жыл бұрын

@@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. :)

@JHizzleinthebizzlePNW

7 ай бұрын

I love and hate this comment

@JVlalice--

4 ай бұрын

Yo this got hella weird immediately when the first reply got here.

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.

Literally just exclaimed "of cooouuurse!!" Out loud when you placed the rag, you sir deserve a medal

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment!

Putting that dowel in the vice helps keep from over stressing the vice and breaking it. Something people should always remember.

@Nobody-11B

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I needed to know about this! So simple yet helpful

@Freekniggers

3 жыл бұрын

I think that was the main trick. I hadn't considered giving the vise a better life before.

@Nobody-11B

3 жыл бұрын

@@Freekniggers R!ght?

@throngcleaver

2 жыл бұрын

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 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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Hallo martin. Vielen dank für das wunderschöne Feedback!!

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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Your feedback makes me happy!!!!!!!!

@garysmith9818

3 жыл бұрын

@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. 👍

@TheCourtJester1956

3 жыл бұрын

@@FelixImmler You have a new subscriber. Thank you for your efforts and quality.

@elizabetholiviaclark

3 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray What?! Why would you say such a thing?

@charlesnelson6299

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@FelixImmler

2 жыл бұрын

Hello John. You comment makes me happy. Thank you!

“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. ✌️

@campbelltown3065

2 жыл бұрын

Speak to a Japanese samurai sword maker about blades that have a soul.

@dallastaylor4888

2 жыл бұрын

A man gives something of himself, and it goes into what he makes.

@JB-pu6ek

Жыл бұрын

My axe definitely has a piece of me in it considering I bled all over it lol.

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 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

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful roses!!

@gailordroberts

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. And “you’re”. 😉

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...

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this interesting story!

@bobanmilisavljevic7857

3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@Freekniggers

3 жыл бұрын

Gob bless you sorry you lost him at such a young age😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Genius! I'm going to steal your technique and sharpen my axes. Thank you!

What a wonderfully unique and friendly tutorial. I will forever use this!

I saw you doing this on the last video, and I'm glad you went through it in detail this week. Top tip!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! SUPER!

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 KZread ! Definitely looking forward to more hatchet-related videos on your channel :)

One of the most informative video on YT . Thanks

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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Jaffrey... thank you so much for your wonderful feedback!!!

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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck for your plans!!

@astoltzfus4

2 жыл бұрын

Four months later, how is it going for you?

"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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this nice words...

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.

I like how happy you are doing this.

So much passion and dedication to manual work. Great trick Felix!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot Giuseppe!!

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

Straight to the point! I really enjoyed this video Felix. I just received my viking style axe in the mail and now I know how to get a nice edge on it. Thank you very much 👍

Great video! Thank you for taking the time to make this video

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!

“You give it back its soul.” Boom, subscribed😆

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Michael!

Großartige Idee! Vielen Dank fürs Zeigen!

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...

You are amazing and so sympathetic. Thanks for all your great videos.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome. Thank you!

@houarnevcadranier7034

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Excellent! So simple, I can't wait to use this trick.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

OUTSTANDING WORK Felix !!!!!!!!!! Thank you Sir !

That is one of the best ideas to sharpen an axe that I have seen.

That's a good common sense approach to getting a result wanted. Nice work Felix.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot !! Greetings from Switzerland

OUTSTANDING! I’ll be using this trick this weekend on my axe!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Super... i am sure you will like it!

Thanks for the great tip! Handworking metal, wood, fabric, really anything is so emotionally satisfying.

Awesome way to sharpen an axe, I’ll be doing it this way for now on! Simple and easy. Thanks 🙏

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!

@FelixImmler

Жыл бұрын

Woww, thank you so much for this wonderful compliment!

Felix your contributions are getting better and better. I am happy every time I see something new from you. Greetings from Vienna

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your compliment!

Super Beitrag, Felix. Das Feuer in deinen Augen und dein Lächeln sind magisch🥳😃❤

I love you Felix. I bought your book and I didn’t even know it was yours! Thank you for teaching me stuff I desperately want to learn

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.

Even though I'm an urban dweller, I just learned an invaluable skill. Excellent presentation!

This is the most valuable tip I found on how to sharpen an axe....thanks brother

That is a very useful trick! Thank you for sharing it with us Felix!

Outstanding by far the best axe sharpening tip

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your nice feedback!

Awesome job Felix, I've been thinking about this for my axe since your last video. Thank you for going through the full process 🍻😎👍

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Richard. Yes do it! Thanks for your comment!

Best tip I've ever seen on KZread thanks

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!

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!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Thanks for your feedback!

I just cut my eyes just looking at the edge

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback!

@fishtheusa

3 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray wtf dude

@IMKINDOFABIGDEAL13

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

@mkoprc

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

@douglasforman9274

2 жыл бұрын

@MichaelKingsfordGray another douche.

Great Job Felix Thank you for sharing your skills with the world

I love the technique and great job walking us through it sir. Much appreciated as I am about to get two axes profiled and sharpened. Thanks again!

Wonderful video. Thanks Felix

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks a lot John!

I love to sharpen tools by hand. I’ll have to try this.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Ronald...👍

This is the best sharpening video i have seen. Thank you my friend.

Excellent!! Exactly what I needed. Thank you!

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!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your valuable support!

Very good! This makes me appreciate my power belt machine, but also reminds me what I can do with simple hand tools. 👍

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Very true! Thanks for your comment!!

Different sharpening techniques for different purposes. Loving your passion for hand tools and hand maintenance. Very Zen, very therapeutic.

Thank you for your time on this video! Very interesting trick/technique!

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 !!

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

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

that's 100% my opinion!! Thanks a lot for your kind comment!

@mgwgeneral6467

2 жыл бұрын

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

You are my Axe Guru Now. Thank You For this great manual technique.

TY Felix . This is now my next project . Im loving your vids . Thanks again

Very similar to my tomahawk that I paid about a hundred dollars for. Very nice!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!

As often, I appreciate the practical approach, and once again I learned something from it. Greetings from the Jura-Mountains!

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful feedback!!

Procedural axe sharpening... with a towel. Brilliant!

I've tried this today and have to say it works very well indeed. Thanks Felix.

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

@FelixImmler

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Martin!

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!

@FelixImmler

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Patrick. Thank you very much!

Great tip!! Thankyou for showing us...I can say, it works wonderfully!!

That is about the slickest idea I have ever seen Thanks

That's a very good rag trick! I will try this with my old axe too! Also like your axe modifications! Greetz

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, go for it! Thanks for your feedback!

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!

@FelixImmler

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Amazing video. Many Thanks to you so much for showing this. Has totally changed my method of sharpening my axes and hatchets.

Brilliant Technique! Thank you!

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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Sean. Your comment makes me super happy!

Super Video wieder! Viking Felix 👍

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Haa ha haa, dankä Manu!!!

That might be the best thing I learn all week. ...maybe month or year. Bravo. Amazing.

Thank you,Felix! Perfect!

Oh Yes ! I liked it !

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dennis!

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

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Hello Joseph. Your comment makes me happy. Thank you very much for the roses!

I get such a kick out of seeing someone doing something really well. Not sure what is better your attention and patience to sharpening the axe or the quality of your video tutorial. Thank you so much for the inspiration. I'm going to get a new axe and file and do one myself.

This trick for sharpening works wonders. Thanks for posting it.

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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Haaa ha haa, hallo Rob vom Fricktal! Lass mich wissen ob und wie es funktioniert hat! Liebe Grüsse vom Bodensee

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.

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Dzięki za super miły komentarz!

Holy cow, that is genius. Thank you!

Excellent technique! Thanks for sharing.

Greetings, I had never seen the rag trick. Brilliant! Thanks. pax, Puffin Little

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

Very good job Felix, I'll try on my axe :)

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Super cool, thanks a lot Frederico!

Awesome training for sharpening axeheads!!! ThankYou for Sharing this gem !!!!

Great tips. The dowel in the vice jaws is looking after your tools. The rag layering is clever. All simple but great technique. Thanks Felix.

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...

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. Thanks a lot for your comment!!

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 😆

@FelixImmler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your funny comment! 👍

@sandstorm6605

3 жыл бұрын

@@FelixImmler You bet, Keep up the good work Felix! I always enjoy your videos and learn something useful.

Love the manual labor, awesome trick, and thick accent....SUBSCRIBED!!!