Your knife is your best friend in a survival situation – especially if you are in the wilderness.

Keeping it sharp is paramount to it remaining your most effective tool; to see how to do that, check out the video below.

This video gave us two awesome tips – tying down your honing stone and using a marker to track where on the edge of your blade you have sharpened or need to focus.

Each makes it easier to keep the all-important knife in optimal condition!

What other knife sharpening tips to you know of ? Tell us below.