Birch is an incredibly useful tree for us in bushcraft, from providing tinder and kindling, to sap to drink and bark to make containers. It’s the second most common tree in the Britiush Isles (after oak) and is pretty straightfoward to identify. If you can only identify one tree, birch would be a good one […]
Recently I’ve been working with greenwood and this often leaves a sticky residue behind on my knife. This is a common enough occurence that I deal with routinely. So in this video I show how to clean a bushcraft knife from residue, although it could as easily be resin from a resinous conifer or indeed […]
When we’re teaching fire lighting we often get asked about what should go in a bushcraft fire lighting kit. So in this video I talk through what I take with me for a few days in the woods. Without giving too much away, it falls into two broad categories, ignition sources and tinders. Take a […]
A couple of weeks ago we made a video showing you how to light a fire with a tinder bundle and afterwards I realised that whilst I mentioned the V Lay I didn’t go into any detail as to what it is. So in this video I go through the mechanics and benefits of fire […]
Generally my posts on our blog are around ‘How to…’ type scenarios, so how to light a fire, how to put up a tarp etc. I stick to practical posts and stay away from ‘philosophical musings’, but in this one I think I might have veered over a little which has surprised me as it […]
The Government has set out the local restriction tier system that will be in place from Wednesday 2 December 2020. The full text is available here https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-restriction-tiers-what-you-need-to-know This guidance provides information on businesses that can remain open across all tiers subject to them following COVID-19 Secure Guidelines. The guidance states that certain leisure and sporting […]
