How to shave properly with a K-bar knife ?

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Knifesharpener

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Hi, I have been looking high and low for a really good website explaining how to shave my beard with a K-bar knife ?

I realize this may sound like a dumb question but actually many people don't know how to shave with the K-bar knife, Safely and properly with good techniques.

I already saw the end result of somebody shaving with his K-bar knife last weekend and he was in the woods, miles and just miles away from help. It was a very terrible sight to see that in real life. :eek:
 
Here's my philosophy about this:

1. If you are out in the woods, why do you care how much stubble you have?

2. If you are out in the woods and really care how much stubble you have, then shave with a razor.

3. if you don't have a razor but you really want to shave, try a variety of implements, starting with the edge of a car bumper and work your way down to the end of the list, where you will find the Ka-Bar knife.

4. If you work your way to the end of the list and all you can find to shave with is the Ka-Bar knife, then put the knife away and wear your stubble proudly.
 
Knifesharpener said:
I already saw the end result of somebody shaving with his K-bar knife last weekend and he was in the woods, miles and just miles away from help. It was a very terrible sight to see that in real life. :eek:
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He did everything right, this is the correct result.
 
That makes alots of sense, especially after what I saw. I don't think I will ever be able to forget that or be able to get that out of my mind for the rest of my life. He was a very experienced woodsman.

He was near a stream and he was sitting there doing his morning shave then for some reason, he got up and started to shave again then he took a step forward. There were wet rocks around. he slipped and fell on his own knife. I saw the knife go right into his neck. I was cooking some trout by the campfire that morning. We did everything to save him. We had no cellphone or GPS. That was a very big mistake, even with Red Cross training, we weren't able to save him.

Here's a cold beer to him and his many years of hunting and fishing. My prayers and thoughts are with his family.
 
When you said this:
Knifesharpener said:
I already saw the end result of somebody shaving with his K-bar knife last weekend and he was in the woods, miles and just miles away from help. It was a very terrible sight to see that in real life. :eek:
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I was picturing a badly nicked face, not a fatal accident. Sorry... :(
 
TorzJohnson said:
When you said this:


I was picturing a badly nicked face, not a fatal accident. Sorry... :(
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That is ok, I feel really bad because if we had a cell phone with us then he would have been brought right out of the woods by an ambulance helicopter, Life flight.

I should have insisted much more harder to have my friends taking a cell phone with us. I don't own a cell phone.

The state policeman said that with a GPS and a cell phone, much more could have been done to save him.

One of the search and rescue guys were very pissed off that we were not that prepared. They told us, That is what a checklist of supplies for camping is for.

We tried to tell them that he was a very experienced woodsman and told us to leave our cell phones at home and just enjoy camping in the mountains.
 
The mountain man was a Vietnam Veteran, USMC He went to Vietnam twice, 2 tour of duty, WIA ( A grenade took out most of his back ) and he came home. He was a successful businessman, owner of a camping store. He is survived by his wife and three kids & several grandchildren. He was born Sept. 18, 1949 - Died April 21, 2007. He was also preceded in death by one brother ( US Army ) who died in the Korean war. Semper Fi to The Mountain Man. :(
 
What :confused: I am in mourning. :eek:

I am typing from the newspapers. It is a small town with no online newspapers.

I don't have any another way of proving it, and you need to take the advice very seriously with the GPS and the cellphone also bring your truck and camp very close within reach of your truck.

We went by water in a canoe. Nnot very ideal for emergency, no GPS and cellphone and we backpacked by foot.

We are college students and he was nice enough to take us up in the mountains.

I have not posted his name out of privacy and respect for his family. He will simply be known as The Mountain Man.

Please show respect. Thank you very much.
 
Name the town.

That is the kind of thing that makes state and national news. . . of course it doesn't when it is a total fabrication. :rolleyes:
 
Rat Finkenstein said:
Name the town.

That is the kind of thing that makes state and national news. . . of course it doesn't when it is a total fabrication. :rolleyes:
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Not necessarily, Alots of things don't make the news but they do happen daily. I am not going to name the town out of respect for the family. They want their privacy.

Alots of the people at the bar paid respects to him and quietly talked about how to shave with a K-bar knife properly. That is why I wanted to ask to see about how to shave with a K-bar knife.

I am sure in those days when America was still the Wild West. Men shaved with their Bowie knife and checked their clean cut shaven face on the mirror of the Bowie knife.

I can tell you this is a very vaulable lesson learned and it is up to you to believe this or not. It is not my problem.

It is alots better to take the GPS, cellphone and the truck with you, just in case of emergency. We all really feel horrible about it even though we did not know him that well.

He was a very nice man and very dedicated to the environment and it was very clear that he always liked to help people.

The least you could do is to respect the man and what his life stood for. He was the last of the Real Men, un-like you.
 
Unless he was stoned or drunk, any 'mountain man', or 'Vietnam Vet' would have tossed the knife before he got anywhere near the ground after slipping.

A quick Internet search reveals no such accident.
 
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