What is bushcraft ?

[Mandos]

So today the mrs was ''asking a question'' about what actually is bushcraft and said that isnt it about taking nothing and surviving.

i seem to look at it like you take as little as you need and survive, and what you dont have you improvise.

So come on guys ultimate basic kit list and what do you take that you dont need or could do without ?

mandos

 

[THOaken]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushcraft

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105364&highlight=bushcraft+definition

 

[Humpback]

"Meeting strange men off the Internet in the woods" was suggested on a previous occasion this was asked. It tickled me and rings true.


Alan

 

[Mandos]

Im really looking for a list of basics from each person and an item they take but have no need for ?
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[THOaken]

Im really looking for a list of basics from each person and an item they take but have no need for ?
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A list of the basics? Well... It's fairly obvious what equipment any Bushcrafter would need. A knife, a folding saw and maybe a small hatchet for splitting wood. It depends... How interested in Bushcraft are you? Are you a casual Bushcrafter? Do you spend more time outdoors than in? Do you like crafts? Do some research online or search this forum for the basics.

 

[Mesquite]

So come on guys ultimate basic kit list and what do you take that you dont need or could do without ?

Ask anyone who knows me and their answer will be 'Too much'

 

[Mafro]

Bushcrafting is about being comfortable. That means taking as much as is needed to stay comfortable. Anyone can rough it.

 

[Man of Tanith]

Ask anyone who knows me and their answer will be 'Too much'

Id not say too much.....
plenty o spares is perhaps a nicer way to put it

for me its reconnecting with my natural environment rather than staying inside a concrete box.
its about havin sufficient to stay warm (mostly) dry(mostly) and fed and watered (always) without having to employ pack horses.

basic items-
Rucksack.
sleeping bag bivi bag and roll mat.
cook pot. Mug. Spork. Eating bowl. Food. Brew kit
first aid kit.
head torch,pocket torch, lantern
knife (ok ok knives) axe. Folding saw. Spoon knife.

items I always take but dont use?
First aid kit.
assorted other random gubbins

 

[Clouston98]

A list of the basics? Well... It's fairly obvious what equipment any Bushcrafter would need. A knife, a folding saw and maybe a small hatchet for splitting wood. It depends... How interested in Bushcraft are you? Are you a casual Bushcrafter? Do you spend more time outdoors than in? Do you like crafts? Do some research online or search this forum for the basics.

I don't agree with that way of thinking. "A bushcrafter" and a "casual bushcrafter" make you sound like a dictator of the subject.

To me it's enjoying my self outdoors, unless your like the San bushman and live through native skills its a hobby. I don't think about 'honouring my ancestors' and that sort of thing I do it for purs enjoyment.

 

[John Fenna]

Something to sleep in, something to sleep under, something to sleep on.
Something to cook in, something to cook on, something to cook.
Something to wear, something to keep that lot dry if it rains.
Something to drink from, something to drink.
Something to keep me clean.
Some tools to make the above easier.
Luxury ... something to bring a smile to my face

 

[THOaken]

I don't agree with that way of thinking. "A bushcrafter" and a "casual bushcrafter" make you sound like a dictator of the subject.

To me it's enjoying my self outdoors, unless your like the San bushman and live through native skills its a hobby. I don't think about 'honouring my ancestors' and that sort of thing I do it for purs enjoyment.

I don't understand how you inferred from my post that you think I'm somehow being elitist or a "dictator", friend. I'm a beginner, remember? I simply meant that depending on one's own level of Bushcraft interest they will take more or less kit. I was simply trying to illustrate that the amount of kit varies from person to person. It's all about the individual. I don't think I was talking about anything that you think. I most certainly wasn't trying to advocate "roughing it". I didn't say you shouldn't enjoy the outdoors... We all should.

 

[Clouston98]

I don't understand how you inferred from my post that you think I'm somehow being elitist or a "dictator", friend. I'm a beginner, remember? I simply meant that depending on one's own level of Bushcraft interest they will take more or less kit. I was simply trying to illustrate that the amount of kit varies from person to person. It's all about the individual. I don't think I was talking about anything that you think. I most certainly wasn't trying to advocate "roughing it".

Fair enough, maybe I misinterpreted it. I wasn't on about the roughing it but more the term bushcrafter. Anyway it's probably just me, it's hard to understand what people mean sometimes on the Internet .

 

[Macaroon]

Something to sleep in, something to sleep under, something to sleep on.
Something to cook in, something to cook on, something to cook.
Something to wear, something to keep that lot dry if it rains.
Something to drink from, something to drink.
Something to keep me clean.
Some tools to make the above easier.
Luxury ... something to bring a smile to my face

Difficult, if not impossible to better that as a description of kit - I don't think I've ever left the house twice with the same stuff, it's always fitted that set of parameters though.......

 

[THOaken]

Fair enough, maybe I misinterpreted it. I wasn't on about the roughing it but more the term bushcrafter. Anyway it's probably just me, it's hard to understand what people mean sometimes on the Internet .

You're right though, I have said in the past that I would like to honour my ancestors and I take my interest in nature quite seriously. That's perhaps why you were predisposed to think that of me. However, I'm certainly not elitist. I'm a beginner Bushcrafter still and have more questions to ask than answers to give.

 

[Johnnyboy1971]

Are you looking for people to list individual kit lists or jus the minimum you could stay out with.

 

[Clouston98]

That might be it then. However everyone has an opinion and yours is just as valid as mine. Just my 2 pence about why I bushcraft. Sorry for the thread disruption.

 

[Mandos]

yes there individual kit everybody carrys different things

Are you looking for people to list individual kit lists or jus the minimum you could stay out with.

 

[mousey]

Well, in good weather I can [and have] been out with just the clothes on me a small pack with a litre of water and a few apples in it. But that wasn't really 'bushcraft' that was just spending rather more time outside than I had initianlly planned

 

[Mr Wolf]

Can do without the Mrs and kids

 

[rg598]

For me bushcraft is a set of wilderness skills, not a separate activity. As such, for me there is no bushcraft specific gear. You can use bushcraft in anything from a survival situation to car camping.

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