4 Tricks to Transform Your Budget AXE - Minimal tool modifications ! - Perfect axe for hiking trips

one thing I learned in the Army is, if you wet the paracord, like soak it, then wrap whatever it is, it will shrink as it dries, and makes it easier to work with. It may work better for some, others may choose to use paracord dry, it is totally up to the person doing the project. Whatever works better for you!

As a child, I watched my grandfather make many blades, axe heads and other parts he needed out on the family farm. He was an accomplished blacksmith and bladesmith as well... I learned MANY curse words in German back then too... watching you transform these axe heads brought back many wonderful childhood memories! Thank you!

What a great channel. What I enjoy the most is Felix has a smile on his face all the time. How do you not like a guy that smiles that much and knows what he's doing?

I like your approach to making these modifications with just hand tools. I understand your need to use the stand drill. With that said, bushcraft, survival, off grid is the objective to get back to how many of us and our forefathers once did. A skill almost lost to most areas or the world. Learning to live as they did reminds us how hard their lives we're then compared to ours today. I'm 68 and I still remember struggling to put an ice block in the top of our ice box. Before we had electricity all over the house. We still have large ceiling fans that drawer air from the front to back of our house. We lived on 640 aces and grow ever thing we needed except sugar and coffee. My grand father showed his own horses castrated his calves. My great, grand and mothers made our own fabric. The spun yard from wool from our sheep making our coats. Canned our food. It was a total family affair. There were 16 of us living in five bedroom house. Our water had to be pumped in buckets and carried inside. I was born at a time we were coming in to the modern age. We still road horses to school. I guess looking back I am one of the lucky ones to remember how we lived and still remember how to do it. I gain knowledge of my forefathers everyday from people just like you that refuse to let the old ways be forgotten. We must make sure it never does. Thank you. Your family is blessed having you keep their heritage a live. As we go into globalization, we must retain our national identity as well. To honor our ancestors.

Mad scientist Felix, Your laughter when You made the coffe/vinegar mix!

I enjoyed every bit of this. To watch you realize obstacles you didn't expect. To try something different. Each challenge I asked myself what would "I" do? It was a learning experience for the both of us. Congratulations on achieving what you set out to do. And a great tool too. Exactly what I'm looking for.

basically this Guy turn something ugly and ordinary into something beautiful..... ART! I LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS! Just amazing

Love how you keep it real! Thanks for looking out for all us people who don't have the expensive machinery.

I envey you for living in switzerland, So nice of everything my son went there and went on a tour of the victoria swiss Army factory and he said he would take it over again next time he's in switzerland, anyway I respect you for being so Great and ingenious and humerus, Thank you again SIR!!! -GARY 🇨🇭

That was an elegant solution to create "French Curves" for your bearded axe pattern. An Impressive presentation, Sir!

Hello from the US! I have been watching a lot of videos on modifying axes and your design is my favorite. Thank you for taking the time to show us how to do it. Wish I could give you a thousand thumbs up!

Well done. It takes a humble man that listens to comments/criticism and then finds a way to accomplish the project another way. Also love your enthusiasm.

Thank you felix for understanding your audience and making a great follow-up video!

Felix, please don’t take the comments or criticisms of viewers to heart. 99% of them have zero video uploads and are not qualified to share their ideas about how you do anything. A lot of people are “keyboard commandos” and say things as if they are some kind of authority, but when you look, they have zero to show for their vast knowledge and criticisms.

Felix, I'm so sorry for not watching this until last week because I showed it to Molly who is being apprenticed by a blacksmith. When she came home, I showed her this tutorial, so she and I got to work. Her axe was made almost identical as yours, and I am very proud of her achievement! Thank you so much for this excellent tutorial! Hugs Wendi 💛

Felix, you forgot to cut the slots in the handle butt for the tweezers and toothpick, lol!

I love your enthusiasm for your craft - looking forward to following this guide in the near future!

Great to see you Felix accepting the challenge to do such modification with other tools. I think that an angle grinder and a Dremel, as you showed in the previous video, are more common tools than a column drilling machine required to drill hardened steel surfaces, and the manual work with file is much less. Thanks for the show 👍🏻

Thx for bringing me here. It's not just the tools but even much more the talent and the patience you are gifted with. Mad respect 🙏.

You say it is far away from being perfect. I say your modification is a huge improvement both for the head and the handle. I love it & plan to do that with mine. Thanks again, Felix!