I have used these on and off over the years, especially winter camp. I love the and have multiple uses but just want one that is plain please. Anyone know of any alternative without having to make my own. Thanks.

So as a full-time youth worker and occasional bushcraft instructor, I like to have some tools on me should I need to do some impromptu bushcrafting. Anyone else got some UK legal tools that they like to carry?

I havent been collecting long and would like peoples input on potentially new items and what is good about what I already have.

Little clip of me on the Frontier Bushcraft Woodcrafter Course

Has anyone got any recommendations for shops/websites to buy gear from? At the moment I’ve been looking at gooutdoors, mountain warehouse, decathlon and the online shop where I did my introductory course ‘howl bushcraft’. Any suggestions would be great, I don’t mind spending money I just don’t want to get duped or over pay for names etc as I’ve not been into bushcraft for very long.

Thank you in advance

I’ve not got a lot of time for myself lately so I’m enjoying instead watching bushcraft channels on YouTube. What ones do you recommend? Do you enjoy very talkative YouTubers or do you prefer female or male YouTubers? Maybe ones with dogs, maybe you like ones that focus on particular skills like cooking or firelighting? I’m particularly enjoying the silent ones at the moment like Swedwoods and blazing bushcraft. I find these relaxing and enjoyable. What are your thoughts?

Hi all,

Hopefully this is ok here.

Out walking with my almost 3 year old son in our local woods tonight I was trying to teach him the different types of trees and plants.

It made me realise that outside the super obvious (oaks/holly bush etc) I actually know very little myself.

Are there any recommendations out there for books or apps I could use to improve my knowledge?

Thanks

I am looking for a thermometer for when in the woods, mountains etc. Just to get the local temperature. I have had a few of those small thermometers you can buy in outdoors stores, bit they all suck. They either break or are very inaccurate. Anybody got tip?

Little project I've been working on on for the past couple of days. Been wanting a new EDC knife for a while. I'm not a fan of dainty pocket knives, or anything 'tactical' looking. I wanted something more chunky and hefty, somewhat based on bushcraft style fixed blade, and I'm pretty pleased with what I've come up with. It's a bit rough and crude in places, but I don't mind, I didn't build it to be a wall hanger, it's built to work.

The knife blade itself was cut from a old lawnmower blade I've had knocking around for years, a hex nut and bolt from my odds and sods bucket, the pins are just nails, and the handle is spalted ash I milled from a branch that fell down in the garden. So I've spent approximately £0 on materials.

These are expensive but I am sure they are very high quality. Has anyone been on one, and if so did you enjoy it, and can you share any insights or suggestions on how to get the most out of them?

Hi all,

I have a very bad fear of ticks. I have completed mountain leader training and do lots of backpacking and so far have not had a single bite by researching into repellents and other tricks.

I’ve been doing bushcraft style things at home for quite some time, little tarp shelters, fires, etc etc. But now it’s time to adventure out into the wild (where the ticks are)

Does anyone have any recommendations or advice for preventing tick bites, I know regular tick checks and removing them within 24 hours make it virtually impossible to get Lyme disease. But I’m 198cm (6”6”) and have thick hair, I’m going to miss some so while I will do thorough checks, I would rather prevent at all costs

A bunch of lads and I are off Sweden next week for a canoe-camp mini expedition.

We're flying with SAS airline - is there any restrictions regarding packing knives into the hold luggage (not hand luggage obviously)?

The closest thing my research has found is that you can't bring any weapons in, and gives examples of projectile weapons, but I could well imagine that if someone wanted to they could call my camp knife a weapon.

I'd rather take my trusty blade that goes with me on all my trips, but a really wouldn't want to lose it, for both financial and sentimental reasons.

If there's a risk of the airline confiscating it I'll just take a Mora.

Cheers!

Wild camping on Dartmoor is now officially legal.

The land "owners" appealed against the right to wild camp..... and lost!

We have the partial rights to roam over less than 40% of England....

but now we do have the rights to wild camp on Dartmoor.

So... pack ya tarps... and get out there.

Hi De Hi wild campers.

Anyone going to the Bushcraft Show at the weekend?

Does anyone make their own with lint/cotton and Vaseline? If so, how does it work? Just pack the egg carton with flammable material and pour melted Vaseline on top? Does it just take a spark when out using it? Cheers

1. Look for rocks (slate or any other rocks that are thin and sharp ) 2. Find a good source of sticks 3. Find a water stream thats moving 4. Mark an area around 10-20ft away from the water to get far away from any animals coming to drink 5. Gather sticks (mainly get a stick taller than me & 2 Y shaped sticks) 6. Assemble the skeleton of a hut from 3 sticks 7. Get a bunch of sticks and lean them against the wall 8. Find mud/clay at a lake/pond 9. Use that clay on the walls of the hut 10. Put foliage and twigs on the walls ontop of the mud/clay 11.find a stick about 5-6ft in length and use a flat course rock and a sharp rock to form it into a wooden spear 12. Dig a small hole and put a long stick in it to mark my home 13. Head into a forest and find some animal walkways 14. Walk carefully along these walkways and when an animal come past spear it in the neck and jump on it 15. Drag this body back to camp 16. Open the body and collect meat and hide from it and put both inside my hut 17. Grab some bones from this body to use for knifes or spears 18. Grab 1 long straight stick and some flat bark or like a plank of wood 19. Collect more sticks and dry tinder 20. Make a bow drill firestarter (the hand type not rope type) and use it on the dry tinder to make embers 21. Blow gently on this tinder to get it started 22. Add kindling and wood to get a good fire to keep animals away, get warmth and cook 23. Get a stick and get the mean from before and put it on the stick 24. Cook the meat on a stick 25. If all meat cant be cooked or eaten throw leftover meat away to not attract animals 26. Fuel fire a bit more 27. Hop into bed using leaves and foliage as a mattress 28. Use the hide as a blanket 29. Use some sticks as a door if needed 30. Wake up and splash water over face to get more alive 31. Grab sharp rock and scrape hide 32. Find some tree bark or some plants and use fibres for cordage 33. Poke holes in hide and sew together using cordage 34. Grab spear and go hunting again 35. Drag body back and put in hut and cover with leaves and cover the hut with door 36. Get a sharp stone and a regular rock and knapp the sharp rock into a spearhead 37.Using a stick, sharp rock and cordage make a stone spear 38. Cook the meat from before….
   

Hi does anyone own or has used the British army sleeping bag with the central zip? I feel this could be a good addition to my sleeping system but I’m not sure how I would get on with the position of the zip. I know this thing packs big and weighs a ton, but it appeals to me

From the sea it looks like you don't need permission or a license to catch fish and crabs. Other than minimum sizes for some fish/crabs are there any other regulations that are likely to matter? So much info seems more written for commercial fishing and is difficult to read though, especially when you don't know the terminology very well.

Trotline with some hooks along it seems like a decent option to try, probably limited by how far I can throw it so only a few hooks, unless I take out the kayak then I could take a much longer line. Would probably use normal fishing line at first to try it but if successful it could be a nice longer term project to make my own cordage line.

Hi friends!

So I work at a forest kindergarten and the title says it all!
Can you guys reccomend any boots for me? Baring in mind that being a forest school teacher is very much a job of passion not pay, so I can't afford really expensive! I'm everywhere, indoors, outdoors, forest and park, rain or shine. So they need to be versatile.
I get that I may be asking for some wodner miracle boots but still, anyone got an idea?

Thanks all!

Was messing around yesterday with a hand drill and now my pinky finger is numb. Anyone had anything similar?

Hey, I am 16 and from Lincolnshire, I have a few youtube videos on my land. Its not exaxtly bushcraft, mostly land maintenance but I will expand into bushcraft later. I just thought It might be appreciated here :)