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Past - Daniel Boone, allegedly the even the Indians who captured him admired his hunting skill Present - tough one. Probably Les Hiddins. Mythical - Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) or Ayla (Clan of the Cave Bear)

I get mine from the SW. Thanks Chris

To me this is what bushcraft should be. Much respect torjus :notworthy

My most expensive piece of kit is a Grohmann #1 Full flat. It cost $115 (45 quid). However, I use my cheap kit just as much. These include a SAK, opinel and tramontina machete. I have other items worth almost as much as the grohmann but I picked them up at flea markets and inherited them.

My family is in Bunbury but I go to uni in Perth, so I basically have two homes. Are you currently living in Perth? By "famous" woods I mean the American and British woods that I basically had only heard of when I tried to work out fire by friction from net resources. I think some of the more...

That's the wood I use. The only ember I got wiht the two stick method with that wood actually formed underneath the hearth. I drilled til I thought I was gonna cark it and when I looked the hearth was still smoking with an ember on the underside. Have you used any of the other "famous" woods...

Erh... I can't be the only one who think the old barlows and stag handled slippies look better than a SAK, but a SAK just has more uses. :D

Definately not a traditional Scandi but it works. I love it.

I carry a SAK huntsman whenever I step out the door. I would rather carry a slipjoint or barlow (for aesthetic reasons) but I don't own one (yet) and I can't give up the extra uses of a sak.

WOW! When I finish uni I know where a lot of my money will go...

Thanks guys. Richard, are you the guy that did the wet tinder technique? If so :notworthy :You_Rock_ I've been using those principles for hand drill fires ever since even when things are bone dry its the BOMB!

:lmao: :lmao: :notworthy Sorry for doing this but I had to!

Absolutely gorgeous! I would like it better if the first part of the cutting edge was brought down to line of the deep part. Then you have a straight edge that would be useful for cutting notches in fireboards and traps. The only thing I don't think it could then do would be fine carving eg...

You sir are a king among men! I'm not interested (No, thats not true, I can't afford any of these items as I'm a uni student in Australia living of welfare) but I think I may have a solution to getting a true price that is regarded as fair to both maker and buyer. Run a poll with...

See my post above.I got the Idea from a pic in "Ray Mear's World of Survival" that I found in a library. It's of the bushmen of Namibia's technique. If you have access to this book it's on page 93. Anyway, the bushman is using a 'hearth stick' the same diameter as the drill with only a very...

My understanding is that the carnivores have more effecient (waterwise) ways of digesting food. The majority of energy that we get comes from carbohydrates or starches that contain glucose structures. To get the glucose structure off the carbohydrate a water molecule must be used so that and...

To stop the glazing/burnishing with the hand drill, I put a few grains of sand in the hole before I start drilling for an ember. I find it to be caused when no enough pressure is used. I think this is because wood particles are now flattened down instead of "ripped off". My understanding is that...

I've tried the two stick hearthboard a few times with a hand drill and IMO it's not worth it. I only got one ember out of five tries and was bloody knackered! I find it easier to use one stick about the same diameter (slightly larger is ideal) as the drill with a very small notch in the side. To...

Goose, I don't get them either. They're too big and heavy for anything but car camping and it doesn't get cold enough to warrant them in most places. The niche they have in Australia seems to be that sort of age around 18 like me where most Aussie blokes go camping and get ******. Still, they...

Hi, I've decided after lurking on-and-off for TWO years it's time for me to start posting. I'm 18 and really not that new to bushcraft. I've been playing with knives, wood, string, fire and tarps for as long as I can remember. Anyway, Hello! Chris