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Truly wonderful! Especially the second last picture.

Looks real good, Hibrion. But I am with Janne on the fire on a rock thing. Let's say :"Lesson learned", shall we? Around these parts is is generally not acceptable in the outdoor community. Period. Private land or not, but the unwritten rules of outdoor behaviour state that you don't. Before...

Very nice work indeed, Hamish! Looks real good! However.... a few remarks of an aesthetic nature; the flaps for closing the sidepockets etc. look shoddy/not finished/not on the same exquisite level as the rest of the pack. They are a colour mismatch too, looking at the dark brown and the reddish...

This sin't a discussion on what is bushcraft and what is not. This post is meant as a instigator to learn the basics. Mastering them and you can light a fire almost everywhere. If you don't mind carrying the weight, I suggest one of these...... although technically maybe not completely legal...

Specify tarp.... with all the bells, whistles and tiedowns or a large piece of undyed canvas/cotton fabric ready to be adjusted and adapted as wished?

I'd call it camping vs. bushcraft.

Nope, not a genius. Just using my brain. Common sense it's called, I think. True Laurentius, but such a tin in a decent size, does add to the weight carried. And is only useable as intended. Very little room to "manoeuvre" if you know what I mean But a very good idea nonetheless. I made several...

Not just a tinder source. But be careful. It burns quite fiercely and the flames are not always equally visible. I just stuffed one into my nose, when I had a pretty bad nosebleed after someone released a branch into my face. Looks stupid, but it does what it is designed to do. :) You can...

Nope, just unravel it and it will burn with one strike for a firesteel. Also good to have as an additional piece of band aid.

Business-like? How do you mean? When out I never go without a basic setup, which contains a cheap poncho, an emergency blanket, folding knife, rope, whistle, emergency firekit (containing tampons, waxine light, lighter and a hexamine block) amongst other things. Learned the hard way that you...

Learned the basics from reading; forums mainly like this one and BCUSA. Then replicated the steps, adapting them where needed. Then went out to try it and I am lucky enough that my garden actually replicates a forest. So I was "out" while being no more than 5 meters from the house. Practiced...

Done deal, Hamish!! Book the second weekend of september! It has become a tradition by now and I'd really like to meet you in person.

As copied from my blog. Apologies for the large pictures!! During my trip with Odd we decided to try and get a real fire going, despite having brought cooking sets. Lighting a fire in the fjäll or mountains was an absolute new for me. The conditions in case up there were wet, windy and just...

And after having slept in those fleece thingies for 3 days hand them over to someone else and ask them to smell them..... Wool is not only much more fire resistant than fleece (I really would never use fleece anywhere near an open fire) it also has some form of antibacterial features. It will...

We actually planned a hike up Sölen, but the weather was appalling, so we did a dayhike in the cabin area, where we made full use of a small break up in the clouds. Everything was soaked and the peaks were shrouded in clouds. Below that there was a strong wind and temperatures hovering around 5C.

Not really a trip, Arya. But fun nonetheless!! And educational too.

Just came home from a weekend in the mountains in the Koppang area. Something else in autumn weather....

I've been having a new favorite backpack; an LK35. Legendary and iconic within the bushcraft world, I managed to get my hands on one..... and was not overly impressed by it! Because I was not happy with the way it rode on my shoulders and back, I started altering the straps. I took a set from a...

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Bushcraftfestivalen 2017 - day 3, sunday Now the last day of the festival started of with a bit of an incident. one of those night owls previously mentioned, was dear Olli, who decided to call it a day at 04:00am. He thought it was pretty cold, as it actually was again, as well as very damp, so...