I wrote this post on manmade tinders a couple of years ago so watch this video in conjunction with that post. Here I explain why I think carrying a few manmade tinders is a good idea and also show which ones I typically carry with me when I venture into the woods. We talk about […]
I’ve written about knife strokes previously but thought I’d make a little video showing the advantages of using the simple thumb push. If you’ve been on one of our courses, you might remember that we use the same technique with a firesteel. We teach using the thumb push with a knife, along with many other […]
I recently made a video where I demonstrated splitting with an axe onto a stump. Of course it might be the case that you don’t always have a stump around so in this video I show an alternative method. We teach splitting with an axe on the ground, and much more, on our Axe Workshop. […]
