Last week I did a short video on how to use a folding saw, however, more often than not if you’re in the woods you won’t have a stump. You might find a fallen tree that’ll act as a stable platform, but failing that you’ll need some other way to hold your materials to saw […]
Last week I did a video around carving notches into a hearth board. This was because practicing your knife skills will improve your overall bushcraft game. So staying on the same theme, this week I’m taking a look at knife cuts for making a fire bow. We teach knife cuts for making a fire bow […]
Making a wedge is a useful trick to help out if your knife gets stuck in a piece of wood, of course you need to make the wedge before your knife gets stuck! Here’s a short video demonstrating how to make a wedge and how to use it to get your knife out of a […]
Last week I made a video showing how to make an improvised water filter. This week I thought I’d do one around the various chemicals we can use to purify water. We teach using chemicals to purify water on our 2 Day Bushcraft Course,5 Day Bushcraft Course and the Institute for Outdoor Learning Bushcraft Competency course. You can see photos […]
A short video on making an improvised water filter from a discarded plastic bottle and materials found in the woods. We teach making a water filter on many of our courses, such as our 2 Day Bushcraft Course, Institute for Outdoor Learning Bushcraft Competency Certificate and our 5 Day Bushcraft Course. You can see loads […]
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 […]
