Tag archives for bushcraft
Primitive Technology: Forge Blower
I invented the Bow Blower, a combination of the bow drill and forge blower to make a device that can force air into a fire while being easy to construct…
Primitive Technology: Freshwater Prawn Trap
Prawn (and fish) traps are simple traps designed to catch aquatic life due to their shape. It consists of a simple basket with a funnel shaped entrance. Prawns easily find…
Primitive Technology: Firesticks
Making fire sticks primitively from scratch, making a fire using the sticks and making and firing a small pot to test clay from the hut. The species of wood used…
Primitive Technology: Water powered hammer (Monjolo)
I built a water powered hammer called a “Monjolo” (see also karausu (からうす) on google images). I started by making a water spout from half a hollow log to direct…
Primitive Technology: Baskets and stone hatchet
I made 2 types of basket and a celt hatchet. The first type of basket made was a coil basket. Bunches of palm leaves where wrapped in thin strips of…
Weaving and fiber
Woven Bark Fibre I made a rough type of textile from bark fibre. This is the same tree I use for making cordage though I don’t know its name. It…
Solo Winter Cold Camp and Bushcraft – Ramona Lake, Western Uplands Trail, Algonquin Park
For two days last week, I took some time alone to backpack from the trailhead of the Western Uplands Backpacking Trail at the Oxtongue River Picnic Ground to Ramona Lake…
SOLO WINTER BEACH CAMP UNDER CANVAS COLD & WET
hey all this is one night camp on a stone beach with my Dutch army canvas tent cold to start with but then the rain started and the stone beach…
Catch and Cook, Canoe and Camp! Jackfish, cold night and warm fires, Hidden Lake, NWT.
So, it didn't go quite fully to plan, but after one cold night, and what proved to be very bad weather moving in, we went from a weekend trip to…
2 GIRLS IN THE WILD – DELAWARE RIVER – USA
My sister and me went with kayaks along the Delaware river, found a spot where we build up a fireplace and cooked some food. please be aware when you make…