bushcraft+survival skills magazine would you renewal?

[kb31]

hi i got sent a subscrition renewal but i don't think i will
£29 for 6 issues is a bit much but looking at my bookself it would hard to find things i hav'it seen before every issue says the next will bigger with more pages
but it's more ads n less bushcraft same 50 pages
just wondered what others think about it as am still in two minds?

 

[torjusg]

hi i got sent a subscrition renewal but i don't think i will
£29 for 6 issues is a bit much but looking at my bookself it would hard find things i hav'it seen before
just wondered what others think about it as am still in two minds?

I haven't tried it, but if you are after things you haven't seen before, I'd recommend "The Bulletin of Primitive Technology".

 

[John Fenna]

I did renew - and I am not sure it was a wise move!
Mass reviews of "She Wees" and sports bras, descriptions (with awful sketches) of "what the kids got up to last week" and marginal items like this, plus adverts seem to outweigh mainstream bushcraft articles, though the wild food articles are good.
Is it that just that I am a childless bloke?
Or is it that the mag is not living up to its title and original promiss?
Or is it just that I am tired and p*ss*d off with the weather/life/everything today?
John

 

[British Red]

Me too John and I've never read the mag

I do read yours every now and again mind you

Red

 

[John Fenna]

Which one Red?
Theree are currently : Walking Wales (gear reviews ,walks etc) Gun Mart (gear reviews mainly) and coming soon Sporting Shooter (gear and knife reviews).
I have only just started writing for the later mag (the editor came to me!) and with lead times the first of my columns will not appear until around May/June. There is also a page of Bushcrafty bits by another writer - another new column, so maybe this is going to be of more interest!
John

 

[Stuart]

hi i got sent a subscrition renewal but i don't think i will
£29 for 6 issues is a bit much but looking at my bookself it would hard to find things i hav'it seen before every issue says the next will bigger with more pages
but it's more ads n less bushcraft same 50 pages
just wondered what others think about it as am still in two minds?

Mass reviews of "She Wees" and sports bras, descriptions (with awful sketches) of "what the kids got up to last week" and marginal items like this

Theree are currently : Walking Wales (gear reviews ,walks etc) Gun Mart (gear reviews mainly) and coming soon Sporting Shooter (gear and knife reviews).
I have only just started writing for the later mag (the editor came to me!) and with lead times the first of my columns will not appear until around May/June. There is also a page of Bushcrafty bits by another writer - another new column, so maybe this is going to be of more interest!

What magazine are we talking about?

 

[torjusg]

What magazine are we talking about?

I haven't seen it myself, but I think it is this one:
http://www.bushcraftmagazine.co.uk/

 

[Limaed]

I agree with you John, I wasn't keen on some of the articles prefering 'hard skills' instead of opinions on various environmental issues and plastic urinating devices (which incidentaly my wife thinks are a waste of time and money!).
Having said that I though Patrick McGlincheys articles were very good, as are the ones he's done on here.
As has also been said its alot of money for six issues, I think its better to spend the cash on some gear or a bushcraft book which I think I will do instead.
Ed

 

[jasons]

I looked at three copys of this mag its not bad BUT I find it verry shallow not much of a read .its ok if you new to bushcraft .I think the bc uk mag is more me. are there any more mags out there?

 

[John Fenna]

Stuart - I am sorry about the confusion.
1/ Magazine subscription discussed is for Bushcraft and Survival, this is the one that had a multi page reviews of female urination products and sports bras.
2/ British Red said he sometimes reads my magazine: I write for GunMart, Walking Wales and now Sporting Shooter, none of which have (to the best of my knowledge) reviewed female urination devices or sports bras - yet!
John

 

[ScottC]

Check this one out jason, www.bushcraft-magazine.co.uk , it has less kit content and more practical, back to basics skills in it than the other mags I've read.

 

[ScottC]

none of which have (to the best of my knowledge) reviewed female urination devices or sports bras - yet!
John

Well if they're good enough for Ray .....

http://www.raymears.com/shop_item_desc.cfm?id=541&itemType=Accessories

 

[British Red]

Sorry for the thread Hijack

To answer the question though, Gunmart - I always respect a fellow the opinion of a fellow "beardy". I have a regular "debate" with a previous colleague of yours on SWAT too

Red

 

[Lurch]

2/ British Red said he sometimes reads my magazine: I write for GunMart, Walking Wales and now Sporting Shooter, none of which have (to the best of my knowledge) reviewed female urination devices or sports bras - yet!
John

Butter my buttocks, I KNEW I recognised that name from somewhere but I couldn't put my finger on it!

Oh and back on topic, I wouldn't have renewed either if I didn't seem to be on automatice renewal.
It is a bit on the crap side, varying between a (poor) diary of 'what my kids did, aren't they great' and advertorial for some of the companies involved.
..but, and I hate to say it, it's better than the in house mag.

 

[Nomad_Of_Soul]

I subscribe to both of them, i like the size of the Bushcraft magazine as it can be taken anywhere without too much damage (i also like the free gifts ), both are very similar in content but i would like to see more history of bushcraft skills and bushcraft in different cultures but they are quite new on market and costs limits their content.
For more advance bushcraft then as torjusg recommends, the Bulletin of Primitive Technology is a superb bi annual magazine that wins hands down for in depth content.