Hello and welcome to vinniesdayoff today we're having a look at this knife
This is the Great Eastern Cutlery hayn' helper or number 47 two blade knife with the orange delrin handle
I'm going to quickly give you my first impressions of this
and we're going to feel tested by carving an axe handle
This knife came with this rather attractive sheath, leather sheath
I've also been tagged with the eight question tag by Mickey Wilson so I'm going to do that
and I'm going to give a shout out to some channels that I think deserve it
Just let me rearrange things first so
So here we have the hayn' helper with a couple of other knives I've bought recently
and I just want to talk about my first impressions when I opened my package
This is the Buck 110 ultimate hunter
with a drop-point blade s30v steel and rosewood handles
with nickel silver bolsters. I should have paid more attention I thought this these were brass
I really love the brass bolsters on the Buck 110's but this is a nice knife
It comes with this rather beautiful sheath
When I took this out of the package I just said wow!
It's a robust, strong and beautifully made knife
The Victorinox Rangergrip 78 I did a review on this
This is a most capable knife, and again when when I took it out of the package
it's a good hand filling knife. I said wow! This ticks all the boxes
with the Hayn' Helper I must admit I felt a little bit disappointed
Just let me give you a rundown of prices as well the Buck 110 is 78 euro, 65 cents without postage
the Ranger grip, 54 euro 63 cents
and the Hayn' Helper, 60 euros and 20 cents, again before postage
I know it doesn't all boil down to pennies and pence
but it does factor and I was just a little disappointed when I got this
Am I being ripped off with the designer product
just in case you think I'm down on gec, I also bought this this is the number 54 GEC Big Jack
with the Red River acrylic handles
and I think it's a stunner it's a beautiful knife
It just feels lovely in the hand, this to me is the perfect pocket knife
Although a little pretty for the likes of me what could you not do with a knife like that?
what the steel is like I'm not sure yet but we're going to find out
So as I said, I'm going to use the Hayn' helper the carve an axe handle
or a large hatchet handle in this case so let's get to work
This is my little hatchet I want to make the handle for it's a one and a quarter pound head
and I find with normal hatchet handles it's a bit short, and they don't give you the power or leverage
that this deserves. It's not a super steel or anything, I don't know who the maker is
all I remember is Made in America was written on it
It's not super hard but it's not super soft and what I like about this little axe, is it cuts very well
every now and again you come across either a knife or a hatchet or an axe
that just cuts well this one cuts well, and I want to give it a good handle
The timber I'm using is a piece of ash, this came from a bow stave that I had in my attic
and it's been seasoning up there for about 12 years
When I had a look at the staves there were some knots and imperfections that wouldn't make it
suitable for a bow so I cut a piece off, and I've sanded it down with my electric sander
and here you can see hopefully I have my basic handle shape
It's going to be fairly straight and we're going to carve this out today
This handle is 21 and a half inches long. I did get a 16 inch handle for this little hatchet
but again it wasn't, it just wasn't long enough to give you the leverage and power
okay so we're going to try this one
As I said this is well-seasoned so it should be pretty hard, so let's see how we get on
Oh yeah, it's hard, I should also say this hayn' helper didn't come very sharp
I had to do a bit of sharpening on it okay
okay so we can get a grip by getting in here in the corners
I'm kind of half starting to regret this already this is quite tough
It doesn't give that easily
Should be a good test of the knife though, I have to say so far
the handle is quite comfortable I like that
To be honest, I thought it would be easier to get some shavings off this
but it is really really hard. This knife is sharp now
It's actually razor sharp
it's taking hair with no trouble at all
But it's having troublebiting into this I'm not getting good
feather sticks as it were
we just have to work away
As I said I was tagged by Mickey Wilson
With the eight question tag
So I may as well carve away as I deal with those questions
Mickey has quite an interesting channel with some good videos in my in my opinion
He has some very very good videos on wild edibles, plants and fungi
He also did some some very good videos on navigation which I found very interesting
Plus he has a lot of other outdoor general stuff, that us kind of people find interesting
so he has quite a good channel so go check him out
I'll leave a link in the description to Mickeys channel
Anyway, first question is
what was my most memorable camp
There were a few from back in the day that involved going to music concerts
and many many flagons of cider, and ending up in a four man tent
with maybe eight or nine people but I think that's not the kind of camp he's on about
I'm going to say my most memorable camp was when I made a
shelter from ferns and I was planning on having a nice camp out
and it started raining heavily and I discovered a ferns are a rubbish shelter material
despite some people using them on YouTube
That was an eye opener to what a shelter should actually do or what you need in a shelter
Next question do I like solo or social camping?
I must say social camping, with my family
and it's mostly what you call car camping, but I really enjoy it
I enjoy getting away with the lads, I enjoy kayaking and traveling around and seeing stuff.
so social camping
question number three what is my favorite knife? I'm going to give you my favourite fixed blade knife
would be this little one. okay
This is a puukko from Kellam knives
and I love this this is this is my idea of what a knife should be
it's my favorite knife, but it's not my most used knife
Mainly because of the sheath. It's quite firmly in there, and it's a little bit awkward to get it out
and I find when I'm using a knife it's in and out of the sheath constantly
so this sticky sheath doesn't suit me
My most used fixed blade is this thing
It's a Frost's of Mora. Frost's and Morakniv were both based in the same town of Mora
and Morakniv bought the Frost's knife company
This was my first fixed blade and it's over 32 years old
It's a hollow plastic handle, which I've filled with some kind
of filler I forget what it's got maybe a half an inch of Tang
They tell you on YouTube that nothing but full tang will do
Well this tang is set in about a half an inch of plastic.
I've done everything with this knife
and it's still here none the worse 32 years later
I keep picking this one up from long association and it has very handy sheath, in and out
I wear it as a neck knife, because that's the handiest place when you're actually working with the knife
I find that extremely handy when you're finished
tuck it inside your shirt
So that is my most used fixed blade
From some of the comments I got on YouTube and from some posts I found and the Internet
where as being discussed, I think people have the impression I don't have any
fixed blades. I have some fixed blades
including some big fixed blades.
Question four, where did I learn my bush craft skills?
I don't consider myself a bushcrafter
I don't know that I have any amazing skills I have a fair idea how to use a knife
I know some basic knots I know how to put stuff together that's about it
I don't consider myself a bushcrafter, I just consider myself a country guy
If you asked me where I got my love for the outdoors from , It was from my dad
I've been following him since I was very very small boy for as long as I can remember
I've been following him hunting and fishing, trapping, all kinds of outdoor persuits
they ware the happiest times of my childhood
and it was from my dad Joe, that's where I got my love for the outdoors
what's my favorite fire-starting method without a doubt your Bic lighter
I live in a country with a very high rainfall everything everything I find is damp
So lighting a fire with a spark is not going to do it. You need direct flame
and you often need to hold direct flame to your material for a good long time
before it actually burns
There's a lot of what-ifs with your Bic lighter
What if they get wet and all that
Both of these were in my pocket and went through the washing machine
okay, this one I simply left in my pocket for half an hour
and it worked no trouble, after going through a full cycle of the washing machine
This one I rubbed on my pants and kept rubbing and flicking it
and left it in my pocket for half an hour and it worked perfectly
I don't see why you should make things harder than you need to, so for me is Bic lighter all the way
question six, what's my most essential piece of kit.
I thought about that one for a while
but as I say I live in a wet country and for me it has to be in my wellies
These are the Aigle Parcour two Wellington's,bit expensive for wellies
and I thought about it for a long time before I bought them
but I'm glad I did, they're about as close as you come to a walking shoe or boot in a Wellington
Quite comfortable, not ideal for long-distance walking with what I do is
bring spare pairs of socks with me and change them during the day
Even in Summer time, if I want to go everywhere I need to wear these
You could get waterproof boots, it would be just such a pain cleaning them, cleaning the muck and mud
off them afterwards with these you just rinse them under tap
The most essential piece of kit? My wellies
Question 7 do I carry a bug-out bag in my vehicle
I don't. I do carry what I think I'm going to need
I do carry a large bottle water and some small amount of food
If I'm facing very wet weather or or floods I bring my waders
If I'm facing snow, or I think I may have to leave my vehicle
I throw a sleeping bag in it or I bring my wellies and some walking sticks
if I think I have to walk home
I'm quite skeptical of the the bug-out bags
you see presented on YouTube with lots of guns and knives and axes
But they carry no food, they carry no water
most of them carrying old nor bedding
No form of mat to lie on at night, many of them carry no proper shelter
I think many of them are owned for the bragging rights and they're not meant to be used in anger
if you're going three days living off your own supplies
You need a lot of food, you need a lot of water or the means to get it
You need a sleeping bag you'll need a mat to lie on
You need a proper tent or shelter to keep the rain off you
okay, guns and knives in a bag with no food or anything else you need
I don't buy it
okay final question, question eight, do I prefer alcohol, gas, or wood for cooking?
without a doubt I prefer alcohol. I make my own stoves from coke cans, drink cans
pop cans if you like. It's a great hobby in its own right
It's very very interesting, there are many different types of stoves you can build
They're very easy to build, they cost nothing. They work very well
I don't like cooking on a wood fire because it dirties your pots.
They get very dirty after it
Gas, not so convenient for me
we don't have the large outdoor stores that you have in other countries
gas is not so so readily available for me
I can walk into any hardware shop and get a bottle of alcohol there, this is 2 euros 95 cents
It's very cheap I can get it anywhere and it works very well so alcohol for me
I'm not going to tag anybody else, often when I see guys doing tags
I say please please don't pick me. Now I didn't mind doing this I quite enjoyed it
and I want to thank Mickey very much for mentioning me and for picking me out
I appreciate it, as I say he's got a good channel
So go check Mickey Wilson out, okay
I also want to do a few shout outs on this video. I normally don't do it
because you can't possibly cover everybody you want to acknowledge, or give a shout out to
but I have three chaps who I watch and enjoy
and who deserve to have a lot more followers
These three chaps have also mentioned me in their videos
So it's time for me to pay back okay
The first chap I want to mention used to be called headcase 82
but he's recently changed his name to just Tom. Tom has videos on a good many subjects
He has quite a few kayaking videos as well as some product reviews
What I enjoy is his long-range shooting videos
He has one video where he's shooting a subsonic .22 at 400 yards
I don't know what he trajectory would be, it must be something like that
He also sets up his camera so you're able to see the disturbance
created by the bullet and follow the path of the bullet
The first time I saw it, I got a bit excited I taught my Jedi powers had finally matured
but no, it's just the way he sets up his video. It's very interesting to track the flight of the bullet
so I recommend you go and watch Tom
link in the description again
Another chap who I like watching is Peter Tampsett
Peter does a bit of bushcraft and various outdoor things
but he's a very knowledgeable chap, again on plants, fungi and just knowledge in general
country knowledge and in many cases you find that, that old time knowledge is disappearing
I very much like to watch his videos
Next channel is Johnny Juke. Johnny is a very interesting chap
He has a fantastic collection of knives he had he has some beautiful knife videos
and he has some beautiful knives well worth, well worth looking
He also has his own unique take on our knives and he likes the outdoors
He has some lovely outdoor videos and he shows some fantastic scenery from his part of the world
He's also a bloody fine musician and he has some some very good music
He's even started a series of lessons on the harmonica aimed at people like me
and it's called harmonica for dolts. So it's a great honor, I think
Anyway, Johnny Juke, well worth a look, again link in the description
And finally I'd like to recommend MrOtterdude or Joe
I've just finished watching one of his videos. It's called a pocketknife for life
and man he really sums up people like me and I presume you if you're watching this video
I thought it was a great video
He also covers different topics including cooking
he's going to put one up shortly of making primitive arrows
which I'm very interested in seeing so check out MrOtterdude
okay so we need to move on with the carving in this video guys
So I'm going to fast forward for a bit okay
Music by my niece Maura and my daughter Aoife
alright guys you're seeing the condensed version of this video but trust me on this one
this went on for quite a while this wood is very very tough and hard
I'm about at the stage now where I'm ready to put my wedge in
So that's the handle, it's not quite finished. I'm going to slim it down some more
I'm going to bring this hook down a little bit lower as well
I need to slim it around here
but for, for the video, we're finished.
it also needs a bit of ah,it also needs a bit of tinning on one side as well
this wasn't a plank,this was a piece of natural wood that I planed out, okay
anyway let's get the wedge in
okay guys, it's not perfect, it's not even fully finished, but there you have an axe
handle whittled with the Hayn' Helper
It should make my little hatchet much more useful to me
my opinion of the Hayn' Helper has gone up while I was doing this task
The handle is quite good
now my hands are little, a little sore because there's a lot of cutting, But
this left hand which was holding the wood has got a blister
Whereas no blisters over here, none to speak of anyway.
So the handle is good
The steel is hard and holds an edge and it's a good working knife
As I say my opinion has gone up quite a lot now that I've actually used it
So guys, that's our first look at the Great Eastern Cutlery Hayn' Helper.
I still haven't made my mind up about this knife
about Great Eastern Cutlery, but I'm going to have fun finding out
What I found from this task, is that it's a decent working knife
with decent steel, so I'm going to wrap it up for now I hope you enjoyed this video
We'll look at this some more so thanks very much for watching
and bye bye from vinniesdayoff
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