We run our spoon carving course a few times over the course of a year and we’ve got one coming up this weekend. Getting ready for a spoon carving course involves checking that all of the tools are sharp and also getting hold of the raw materials. So today we were in the woods felling a […]
Often when I’m out in the woods practicing my bushcraft I find that using power strokes with a knife is going to be the best way forward. The issue lies with the lack of control you often have when using a power stroke. This is because there’s a direct relationship between power and control, the […]
When I’m in the woods I’m always looking for the easiest way to do things so that I can conserve energy. I try to do this with everything and as we’ve been in the camp doing a few jobs recently I thought I’d share an easy way to carry firewood in the woods, a way […]
Whilst I’ve previously written about tinder bundles here, we decided to put together a short video showing how to make and use a tinder bundle showing some of the more important aspects such as construction, wind direction, posture and breathing. In the video I’ve used the inner bark of sweet chestnut but I could have […]
