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I used to have one of those web-tex machetes. Unfortunately, one day while chopping a branch off of a log, the tang shattered in the handle. :( It didn't seem to be very well made and had a poor grind. I'm not exactly what kind of steel it was made of either. I have a Martindale golok and I...

I was thinking the same thing. Something like a billhook or a golok.

This may help. :confused: In this video I found Ray Mears shows making one out of willow and covering it with buffalo hide.----http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFncDSAeqbk

One good tip I know to help you is to make a platform of sticks under your tinder. Doing this will help give air to the flame, keep your fire off the wet ground and then later form a good bed of hot embers.

:dunno::dunno::dunno: I would like to know more about it myself, but the only information I can find about it is that it's a "Dutch Army-issue, 25 liter, day pack".

The word Potjiekos translates as "food of a small pot". I'm having a bit of a hard time believing a whole elephant and 500 sacks of spuds :Wow::Wow::Wow: will fit in a small pot!

This is a really good site I think that not many people have seen before------- http://www.woodcraftwanderings.org/ SITE INTRO- I’ve started this website as a means of sharing my experiences of woodcraft. As a child I always had an interest in nature and the country side, growing up...

I don't know if any one else has done this, but I replaced the bulky webbing on my DD hammock with paracord. I dont weigh over 550 lbs so weight isnt that much of an issue;), and it doesn't slide down the trees either. Overall its saves more space and dries faster, so I dont see why not.

Your welcome! :D

You know I'm talking about the programme "tracks" not "country tracks" right?

This youtube channel has almost all of his programmes, including Northern Wilderness, Heros of Telemark and others---http://www.youtube.com/user/familyphotoshoot BTW--Is there any way I could find his orginal programme "Tracks" he did in 1993? I've looked most places on the web but can seem...

I found the video for it. That particular part starts at 7:09. You can also use it as a make-shift snow shovel. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79HcIyP-Gys

In one of Ray Mears' Arctic programmes, an Inuit man made one from a peice of sheet metal which was probably aluminum. He hammered it into shape over a wooden block.

This is an interesting method to try--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut3pXPyMze4

I had seen this video and was wondering if wiping your blade on a bit of moss would really sterilize it for safe use---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBiaoVw8UQ0 ----the particular part is at 3:38

I've heard of silky saws before. Alot of people claim it's better than a laplander but ive never really tried on out before

We might as well try bushcraft on all fours! :rolleyes:

In this video--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3lL-ofBcE&NR=1 What is the third adjustable knot Ray is describing to hold the ends taught?

Milk, honey and sometimes berries for me! :D

I have the the same vest thats hanging on that pole in the picture! :DThats a little of topic though.:rolleyes: