Recent content by typha

Fantastic stuff Stuart, Nice to see you have been keeping busy, bet you weren't popular with your wife when you went home after all that garlic.

Could it be a beaver?

Out of the many different methods to make fire I have tried so far and the variations within each I would have to say my favourite methods would have to be hand drill or fire plough. The hand drill and fire plough sets are relatively easy to construct even with a stone due to there simplistic...

Wow that looks something else, new I should have got up early to head for the mountains.

I've heard it's very good and there's a huge range of bushcraft skills taught, just a bit far away, 23 hours to get to Phoenix.

Is anyone going to this years Winter Count in Arizona? 10th to the 16th of February.

Thats a nice wee thing Stuart. I like your idea of using the resources that you have available.

I think Patrick at Backwoods will be at the springwatch event.

Thankyou for your help Eric it is most appreciated. I was hoping to make pottery using only what nature could provide me with. How could I eliminate the bucket? Forgive me If I am being awkward that is not my intention.

I have quite a bit of nice clay on the river banks in my area and would like to use it to make some basic pots.I have tried the clay just straight from the ground to see what it would be like and have come to the conclusion it has to many impurities in it.How would I go about improving the clay...

Thankyou to Wayland. Nice shelter photographs British Red, you must have cleared quite a large area of bracken collecting the thatching.What did you use to tie the thatch bundles on?

Would you recommend rawhide for use on canoes given its tendency to stretch when wet. What do you think would be the best alternatives if not using rawhide?

Are there any particular types of grass that are better than others?

The kit discussions are useful, but don't you think there is too much kit discussion when you consider the vastness of the subject of bushcraft.When I say vastness of the subject what I mean is everything that is involved in the subject, be it fire lighting, trapping,primitive fishing methods...

I am merely pointing out that the book "northern bushcraft" is what bushcraft is really about, I am not suggesting that everyone should ditch their kit and go out into the wilds improperly dressed with nothing or impact heavily on our already fragile environment.I would just like to see a bit...