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https://survivaltek.com/?p=27 https://survivaltek.com/?p=27#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:59:20 +0000 https://survivaltek.com/?p=170 I was recently given a Swedish Mora Knife – a prized knife by those involved in bushcraft. After noting that the blade was carbon steel, I knew that I had to use it to create fire by striking the back of it against flint. Yep! it works. But then I noticed that it is REALLY sharp, and I tested it by shaving some hair off of my arm… and thought, perhaps this might be sharp enough to shave a beard. So, I grew a short beard and proceeded to shave! I wished that my grandfather was alive to coach me on that, but I proceeded gingerly, using aloe vera as a shaving gel. I learned to find the sharpest regions on the edge, and adjust the angle of the blade to the direction of the hair growth. It was rough going at first, but I succeeding in finishing half of my beard, knowing that what works on one half would work on the other. But like Crocodile Dundee… a twin blade works much easier! The photo was captured from the video that I took to document the occasion

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