Buffing your knives may not seem like an obvious survival skill.

Keeping them in good shape, however, includes buffing out rust, dirt, etc.

In a survival situation, your tools are one major key to making it through unscathed – keep them in good shape, they will serve you well – neglect them and they will eventually fail you.

This method of buffing your knives as well as an other metal tools is one way of making sure your tools are always in as good a shape as possible – whether for the next time you need them or if you want to try and barter them for other needed supplies or equipment.