The Swiss Army Knife Tricks Only Old Scoutmasters Still Teach

There is a Swiss Army knife in a drawer in your house right now, and you are using maybe a tenth of it. Most folks carry the big blade and never open the little tools beside it, and that is where the knife really earns its keep. I spent thirty-five years running a scout troop, and I handed a first knife to more than four hundred boys. This is a countdown of twelve old tricks the camps stopped teaching, the ones hiding in the tools you have never bothered to use. You will learn the can opener that drives a screw, the bottle opener that strips a wire, the screwdriver hidden inside the corkscrew, the sewing eye that mends a blown pack strap in the field, and the one safety lesson I taught every boy before he was trusted with a blade. One knife, about thirty dollars, doing the work of a whole bag of single-job gadgets. What was the first knife you ever carried, and who gave it to you? Tell me below. Subscribe for more old camp skills, handed down the way they used to be. Safety note: a Swiss Army knife blade does not lock, so never pry hard or baton with it, always cut away from your body, and close it slowly with two hands. #camping #swissarmyknife #bushcraft #campingtips #outdoorskills