We as bushcrafters do love a nice new “shiny”, and in a similar way to our colonial cousins with there attractions to firearms, we want [...]

Tutorial on fitting a handle to a stick tang knife

Pt 3 -  Making and fitting the handle. Since I don’t use factory made drifts to shape the eyes of my tools, they don’t take [...]

First impressions Cool bottle, great colour, look stable and feels robust. On the flip side, it's fairly big and it might be more complicated than [...]

Ok, now we have a lump of steel with a hole in it. Time then to turn it into an adze. (Link to part one) [...]

I was a bit unsure what to expect from this book, I've known John to be a top ranking bushcraft instructor to those attending his [...]

The Trent Field knife is one of the original offerings from the Trent knife & Tool company run by Elliot Trent. Elliot has taken his [...]

Making an Adze by Dave Budd Most folks that have seen me forging only get to see me making twiddly little things or a knife [...]

Elliot is a Furniture maker who has turned his technical skills to knife making (we'll have one of Elliots knives reviewed very soon) I met [...]

The Art of Fire by Daniel Hume Who doesn’t want to learn more about fire? if there is anyone I'm not sure I know them! [...]

What saw? by Dave Budd Whether it’s as mundane as cutting firewood or as involved as building an entire camp, there are lots of times [...]

As with most cool bits of kit that arrive in the office for review they are received with excitement, and an eagerness to get out [...]

    Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel - Back The Cold Steel Spetsnaz shovel – also known as their “Special Forces Shovel” and [...]

The knife I have most recently had to try out is the “Woodsman” Knife designed by Roger Harrington (of Bison Bushcraft) and produced by Casström [...]

Buck has a long history of producing quality knives and the latest model I have looked at is the Buck “Selkirk” which is described as [...]

First Impressions My first impression of the Ruike Trekker LD42-B Multi-Tool was that it looked like a super-sized Swiss Army tool – that is once [...]

When I take a folding knife into the woods, I like to take one that has a good strong, reliable lock – just to be [...]

I carve quite a few spoons and have tried various spoon carving knives from hand-made custom models to the mass-produced and more commonly available ones [...]

As the tracker moves up the hill towards the den the tell-tale signs unravel a story. The "spoor" (sign) at the entrance signifies a presence [...]

Review - Casstrom/RB Full tang scandi blade blank by John Fenna New to the range of knife-making “blades and bits” that Casstrom distribute and sell [...]