I wrote this post on manmdae 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 […]
It was a glorious day in the woods yesterday and so I thought I’d have a little fun and make a quick video showing how to make a stick bow. And whilst I didn’t get any arrows to stick into the stump, they often do! We teach how to make a stick bow, and have […]
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. […]
When it comes to foraging for nettles, I find that picking nettle tips is best. We forage nettles regularly from the same few patches around our ancient woodland camp on the Kent Downs and by just taking the tips it seems to encourage new growth so that we can keep going back and harvesting right […]
I get asked regularly about carving tools for bushcraft so I thought I’d put together a video where I go through the various carving tools that I use and why; here it is! You can see photos from our carving courses, and all of our other courses, on our Facebook page.
