I recently carved a spoon from a green cut hawthorn for a frind of mine. While it was green it carved beautifully. I am working on a kuksa for my wife with a cured piece now, but I think I am gonna have to scrap it and get another green piece to work on. Hawthorns are a non-native invase here...
I would highly recommend this book. The author does sometimes put a spiritual twist on things but they are limited. I wish there wasn't such a lean towards native spitiualism here in the States when people head outdoors. It seems to give us a stigma. Why can't we all be bushcrafters?
I have heard of using spruce rootlets, but not pine. I think I have the same book in my library. I have never made rootlet cordage, but I would imagine for added strength you would want to twist the roots into cordage. I would try it both ways and test the strength.
Could you make a clay fly wheel for the pump drill? If you let it air dry for a day or two I thin it would be hard enough. I admire and understand you desire to keep the project as primitive as possible. I hope you find something that works, and that you will share your results!
Harvest the nettles after the leaves have dropped in the fall, or you can collect the dead stalks of last years growth. I collected some from last years growth an Monday and I am working on making some cordage. I'll be posting it on my blog when I get done (possibly this weekend)...
Has anyone ever tried River/Black birch Betula nigra bark as a fire starter?
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSpecies=y&searchText=river%20birch&curGroupID=10&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=1
I would like to find out what trail foods you pack for day trips, overnighters, weeklong trips, etc I am looking for homemade recipes for the most part.
C.M.A.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt
Hello All,
I live in the Loess Hills of western Iowa where I work as a Natural Resource Manager and an Outdoor Educator.
I lead bushcraft courses that are generally free and always open to the public. I have found that by teaching bushcraft skills to the visitors of the parks and wildlife...
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