Hi again Guy's, I was PM'd this by someone in the know, he said i could show you:
yeeeeeeeeeh, I knew it!
Thanks for that Anon I actually have a few of those articles :You_Rock_
Hello Rappleby
You are of course right in your observations that Ray Mears is the author of the articles in the book Survival, it wasn’t a company though, just a pseudonym he used.
I thought you might find the following information from my book collection of interest:
the articles in 'survival' are actually a reprint of the 'stone age survival' series of articles he wrote for 'combat and survival' magazine in 1987.
In total he wrote 21 (perhaps more) articles for 'combat and survival' between 1987 - 1988, these were his first published survival articles.
his first article appeared in issue 27 (which is on eBay at the moment, search for 'ray mears') and the last article I know of was in issue 72 (There were only 100 issues total)
The titles of the 'freefoot' articles are as follows:
The search for water
purifying water
flint tools for survival
alternatives to stone
hunting with spears
using your survival knife
choosing your survival knife
working with rope
knots for survival
tracking for survival
Tracking: using the light
Advanced tracking techniques
Tracking: the follow-up
Navigating in hostile terrain
Fishing for food
Navigating by natures signposts
Preserving food in the wild
overwintering
food that doesn’t run away
Preparing plants and fungi for food
Edible and poisonous plants
much of the information Ray provides in these articles is very different to what he teaches now, in these articles he uses and praises to Wilkingson sword survival knife he designed, and teaches techniques which he now discredits, like the 'edibility test'. Some also contain picures of him dressed in full combat clothing and webbing and even carrying firarms.
Its a rare collection, though no where near as rare as the 'Alberta wilderness arts and recreation' magazine from the early 1970's for which Mors Kochanski was an editor, and every issue contains at least one article on Bushcraft written by him, many of which were collected together to form the book Bushcraft a decade later, but that’s another story.
Feel free to publish this information on the forums
yeeeeeeeeeh, I knew it!
Thanks for that Anon I actually have a few of those articles :You_Rock_