Tree identification.
Knife safety.
Knife maintenance.
Basic carving skills.
Camp fire ignition.
Water purification by boiling.
Camp site selection.
Orientation with map and compass.
A few basic knots.
Poncho / tarp survival shelters.
Survival shelters made of natural materials.
Edible wild plants.
Perhaps fishing.
I highly recommend to stick with a basic equipment in the beginning.
We are talking here about equipment because we are bored. You don't need all that stuff. You need knowledge and skills.
A basic military surplus equipment is nice to have of course but there is absolutely no need to get into such a internet bushcraft kit addiction.
You see here a well thought through basic packing list for 3 seasons use. The kit suggestions are a selection of durable but relatively cheap available relatively idiot proof equipment. Your first goal should become to be able to go for hiking with it.
Later one can reduce the equipment and try to manage with less and less. But that's rather a summer project in the beginning.
Rucksack Dutch army Sting, used, or similar
Sleeping bag
Used Dutch or British army copy of the Carinthia Defence 4 or better the original new or something similar
Bivvy bag, used British, Dutch M 90 or German army version in good condition
Army closed cell foam roll mat, used.
Military poncho, used German, Austrian, Dutch or US army version in good condition instead of a larger tarp
Cordage
2x 3 metres to tension it as lean to shelter, and 1,50 metre to make a tripod.
Fleece jacket Solognac Fleece Recycled 500 or similar
in a dry bag as pillow too,
together with
Spare underwear 1X
Briefs and T-shirt, cotton.
Woolen spare socks 1X
Swimming briefs 1X
Toilet paper in a zipp lock freezer bag
Wash kit
Folding tooth brush, tooth cream, biodegradable soap in a small bottle and disposable razor (Wilkinson's) wrapped into a small microfleece towel and stored in a zipp lock freezer bag. Plastic signal mirror for shaving.
Food
In an olive green dry bag that you can hang mouse proof into a tree or in the
Mess Kit used from the German, Austrian, Finnish, Swedish, Russian or Rumanian army
(Or Lixada 750 ml stainless steel mug with bail and butterfly handles and nesting Nalgene type bottle)
Esbit stove used from the German army (or British army folding stove, especially if you choose a British army bottle with BCB stainless steel Crusader mug.)
Spoon stainless steel from the flea market
Candle In a zipp lock freezer bag, a few drips of wax can be used as a fire starter
Matches and 2 x Bic cigarette lighters
Head lamp Petzl e+lite
ON THE MAN:
Mountain boots Schladminger 100
Woolen Socks relatively thick
Underwear
Trousers or shorts, polyester-cotton blend, Solognac Steppe 300 or Shorts 100 or similar
Handkerchief , cotton
Several times folded usable as pot holder and pre filter before water purification by boiling.
Purse
House keys
Matches or Bic lighter
Belt Solognac 100 or similar
Knife, Hultafors GK, Mora Companion HD, Opinel No8 Carbone or similar
Canteen with mug and belt pouch
from any NATO army used
T-shirt
Shirt
Buttoned long sleeved shirt with two pockets and flaps over it. For example Austrian army, heavy version KAZ 75 used.
Compass Suunto Clipper or M-9 or whatever you have
Topographical map
1:50 000
If you already own other similar equipment you should use at first that of course.
I tell you here about an equipment system that you should learn to use properly.
One can of course also use other stuff.
Everyone of us owns a slightly different but generally similar kit. A good bushcrafter is able to use such stuff in all conditions.
