Now in it’s 8th year, we’ll be starting Bushcraft Club on Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 6:30pm from our ancient woodland camp in Westwell, Kent, just a few miles from Ashford. Bushcraft Club is for over 16s only. It will run for 8 weeks on a Wednesday evening from 6:30pm until 8:30pm (or so) starting […]
Now in it’s 7th year, we’ll be starting Bushcraft Club on Tuesday 7th July at 6:30pm from our ancient woodland camp in Westwell, Kent, just a few miles from Ashford. After much thought we’ve decided that this year we will run Bushcraft Club for adults only; normally on Family Bushcraft Club we have more people […]
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 took this short video on our Nordic Crafts course. It was a bit blowy on the Saturday but much calmer on Sunday. What a unique opportunity to make your very own Viking style knife in a pit forge, complete with leather sheath as well as learn Swedish axe and knife carving techniques to carve […]
This video was taken on our Spoon Carving day course in May 2019. It was a beautiful day and the sun shone on us throughout. During the day we looked at knife and axe safety, use and maintenance as well as a variety of carving tools. We also covered different cutting techniques as well as […]
This video was taken on our 2 Day Bushcraft Course in April 2019. It was a bit of a chilly weekend, as you can see from us all wearing hats and scarves! But we still packed a bunch of stuff in, including knife safety and cutting techniques, fire lighting, cordage, foraging, tarps & hammocks, knife […]
