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Progress on my second birch cup. First is big - 12 ounces for beer. This will be 6-8 for coffee. Different approach from first time where I used only hatchet, pocket knife and fire. This time I'm using table saw to rough it out and square it up. Made a few cuts and just one dumb mistake over...

How to Attach Kuksa to Belt or Pack with Paracord & Toggle System A short while ago, I celebrated the near completion of my first real carving project with a drink from my own birch Kuksa. Kuksa's were "green" hundreds (thousands?) of years before the anti plastic bottle movement! When I set...

A few years ago, I came up with an idea involving cutting a ferro rod and drilling a hole to make a toggle closure for a bracelet that would also contain a scraping device, paracord and tinder (I posted it here in early 2011 Best paracord survival bracelet? -firesteel, tinder, scraper and sling...

DIY Breakdown Buck Saw Details – & new original design W.I.P.! Within the last couple months, I pretty quietly undertook a project to make my first buck saw. I posted pictures of it with a promise that I’d offer more detail when time allowed. Here we go! I started the process with the intent...

camping, Kuksa fire, bacon grease lamp disaster, birch carving supplies Another beautiful weekend family camping. When opportunity granted itself, I whittled away with my knife on the maple kuksa which I resigned to keep in a zip lok with a wet sponge when not working. I'm doing this based on...

Retired SAK Fieldmaster, First Kuksa I've had a number of fun outdoor / bushcraft related projects going on lately, from the restoration of old American Made (Collins and Coucil Tool), to the building of my own oak foldable buck saw (with paracord tension string), the creation of several knife...

Help ID Barlow from my grandfather I was given this knife in by my father in 1980 when I was 8. It was from his father. My grandfather was a Sailor during WWII so it is not likely older than that time frame. I've been cleaning it up and see no identifying marks. I'd love to know of anyone could...

This past weekend was our first weekend with the family at the campground. Not exactly wilderness camping but great family fun nonetheless! Hosted a few friends/families one evening so decided to go with the "upside down fire". My neighbor, a marine, said "this goes against everything I've ever...

I started this thread to document my learning process during my first time through the restoration of a council tool and collins legitimus. This is an ongoing process! Following my recent fail to acquire a GB SFA from LLBean and some unfortunate financial developments at tax time; I decided to...

I just experienced one of the most memorable and enjoyable family getaways in recent memory. Shortly after arriving one recent evening at a hotel in the White Mountains of NH with my family, I go out to walk the dogs behind the place. Tired of them tangling me in leashes I spy a craggy stump to...

How to use a primitive rock sling - an easy to learn and accurate technique Filmed this yesterday while exercising the dogs. Projectile was a golf ball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmso8KaC_Nk Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Rambler pack strap for hatchet/axe, Mora Bushcraft leather sheath, Fiskars leather This is a combo of items done by me, and my buddy Tony. I recently finished adding black nylon straps to my pack, hand stitched with one of those leather awl tools from Tandy. This was in anticipation of the SFA I...

Paracord and gorilla tape save the day on family vacation. Two of the most important things I bring on a trip have repeatedly proven to be paracord and gorilla tape. Many family vacations ago I completely rebuilt the bottom basket of our double stroller with gorilla tape. That gorilla basket...

This is the first of a three part video series on making the two color Monkey's Fist keychain fob. I've never seen any two-color monkeys fist how to videos, so this is my take on the process. Any similarity to someone else's approach is coincidental, and if I learn better ways to do this maybe...

My favorite Mora knife meets Paracord with this 14L5B Turks head handle! Will require a custom leather sheath since the plastic one they come with won't fit the paracord grip.

I put up a two part video series showing how to make a drawstring paracord pouch. This design has been made into a beer cozy, nalgene cozy, iphone case, purse and possibles bag already by myself and others. Its easy, give it a try! INTRO: http://youtu.be/Eh40mbLchp4 HOW TO PART 1...

Title should read "Roselli". This is the first of this sort of weave I've done.

Put together this slide show of all my favorite paracord projects to date. I've got how to videos for many of these. Give a shout if you have any questions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXOjAkNi50&feature=youtube_gdata_player http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGXOjAkNi50&feature=yo...

Another bola creation in the prototype stage Paracordist's Tactical Bola - YouTube