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I made a fire piston out of a piece of fatwood, found at the last bushcraftmeeting here in Holland. As fatwood is saturated with resin it is airtight, unlike most other woods, so it is fit for making a fire piston ;) The fatwood stick was cut in 3; one piece for the bore, one smaller piece as...

Time for a resurrection of this old thread! Thank's to OakleafNL at the Dutch Bushcraft forum who posted a youtube-link, here is some video material of Rudiger Nehberg making fire with cotton wool, ash and a flat piece of wood (it's in German & the firemaking starts at appproximately 31:50)...

Welcome from another Dutchie! We'll probably meet at some time in the future at one of the Dutch Bushcraftweekends or the meetings/walks that are arranged via the Dutch forum Cheers, Tom

Impressive post, thank's BB07 Cheers, Tom

Thank's for the recipes! Cheers, Tom

Does anyone know how to turn the roots of marshmallow (Althea officinalis) into well eh...marshmallows (as in the traditional sweet candy)? Cheers, Tom

Brilliant & very interesting post, thank's for sharing! Cheers, Tom

Wow! She must be very good in balancing! Cheers, Tom

So it's probably parasitizing on the clover plants? There's ivy broomrape in the park near my work, they're weird and wonderful plants. Cheers, Tom

Yep, great crested. The size indication you gave excludes all other British newts. They are protected & quite scarce here in Holland. Cheers, Tom

(the last) Part 3 Birecik/Euphrates After a long busride from Adana I arrived late at night in Birecik and booked in to a motel, West of the bridge crossing the Euphrates. At walking distance of the motel there are some nature areas where some species of wildlife occur that can’t be found in...

On the Demirkazik mountainside (I think it was at 2300 meters) it was chilly, 5 degrees C or so and we were close to te snow. I had expected it to be much colder but the weather turned out to be fine that very morning. In Birecik at the Euphrates river (coming up in part 3) it was hot, above 40...

Part 2; The Goksu delta After the mountain excursion the weather detoriated again but in the afternoon it got better and I was invited by the English birders to join them on a little ride, in search for two mountain bird species they had failed to find in the morning. The next day they were...

Part 1: Sultan marshes & Ala dag mountains (click on pictures to see them in a larger size format) From 30th of april till the 10th of may I was on a short solo holiday in Southern Turkey. I visited 4 area’s that were known for their wildlife and travelled by public transport. I arrived...

Fantastic post Ash! Are they the same as the badui? Cheers, Tom

These were used in Scandinavia and the Baltic states, here's a Swedish article about this method of firestarting: http://www.forntidateknik.z.se/IFT/litte/eldslag2.pdf And an earlier thread: http://www.forntidateknik.z.se/IFT/litte/eldslag2.pdf Cheers, Tom

I saw this a long time ago and it is an absolutely brilliant piece of film with lots of bushcraft in it. The part where they chase their game by running it to exhaustion on a very hot day is unbelievable. Cheers, Tom

Hi Delbach, I swapped the discs copies some years ago with you and with some other members as well. The first disc is the one with the 26 episodes that were taped by me on VHS and later transferred to disc. The other disc came from another member here, Bob. Here's an earlier thread on the...

Here's a tutorial on making a fire piston from hardware store material that I posted here long ago (I give workshops in making these in this manner at the Dutch bushcraftweekend meetings): http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35523 And here are some natural tinders that can be used...

Another clip of south seas fishing with spiderweb and kite as shown on a animal planet fishing program (select the clip called ´fishing with kite´): http://animal.discovery.com/videos/tribal-fishing-with-jeremy-wade