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 […]
Some impromptu feedback from our students at the end of our latest 5 Day Bushcraft Course in October 2019. The clips were taken by Maria Hocking, one of the participants, on her phone and I’ve just joined them all together without any editing. It was a great 5 days with a great group of people […]
I’ve written previously about fire steels and as a fire lighting method they are invaluable. It doesn’t matter if they get wet, they don’t need the sun, no working parts to break, no fuel to run out of, so all in all an essential bushcraft tool. But there are many of them out there on […]
When we’re teaching knife skills on our courses we always start with knife safety. And one of the things we discuss is the importance of using a sharp knife. So here’s a short video of Bob demonstrating how to sharpen a bushcraft knife using a Japanese waterstone and leather strop. We teach how to sharpen […]
We use char cloth regularly on our courses when we’re teaching fire lighting. Char cloth is a tinder made from natural fabric that’s charred in a tin, a bit like making charcoal but on a much slower, and quicker, timescale. I generally use cotton as it’s easy to get hold of. And from the various […]
