Paul Kirtley's axe book is good. It's very thorough which may feel a bit drawn out if you've been using axes for years but for beginners this makes it idiot proof.
Best Bushcraft books
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Woodcraft and Camping - Nessmuk
Outdoor Survival Handbook - Mearsy
Wilderness Survival Guide - Joe O'Leary
Food For Free - Richard Mabey
and a new entry to my bookshelf....Re-wild Your Mind - Nick Goldsmith. Thoroughly recommend this if you've not read it already.
Outdoor Survival Handbook - Mearsy
Wilderness Survival Guide - Joe O'Leary
Food For Free - Richard Mabey
and a new entry to my bookshelf....Re-wild Your Mind - Nick Goldsmith. Thoroughly recommend this if you've not read it already.
Check out the dump as there loads of scout books on there including some of the pamphlets which are a really interesting read.
I really want a copy of the BSA Scout fire and cooking book that Blackie Thomas keeps talking about.
I was listening to Mor's on Paul Kirtley's podcast talking about how a lot of what he did was work out what worked and what was rubbish. Paul also had a wild food provider who was saying that there a lot of dangerous knowledge out there with people going this old book said eat this and we know it full of poison now.
I really like the idea I have seen of building your own Bushcraft book as you can keep checking info and the latest thinking and add in ideas or even just combine stuff as I have never found a bird book which has every picture you need.
I really want a copy of the BSA Scout fire and cooking book that Blackie Thomas keeps talking about.
I was listening to Mor's on Paul Kirtley's podcast talking about how a lot of what he did was work out what worked and what was rubbish. Paul also had a wild food provider who was saying that there a lot of dangerous knowledge out there with people going this old book said eat this and we know it full of poison now.
I really like the idea I have seen of building your own Bushcraft book as you can keep checking info and the latest thinking and add in ideas or even just combine stuff as I have never found a bird book which has every picture you need.
Keep checking on eBay, I managed to get a copy of the same year that he said was the best one, copy, albeit, very battered with pages falling out.
Still haven’t gotten around to securing myself a copy of this, I really ought to. It’s sounds very good.Good comprehensive manual. No colour phots IIRC but very well detailed and plenty of B&W illustrations.
Survival Advantage by Andrew Lane
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It probably doesn't cover anything new ( not much under the sun thats new ) but its one of those books I would suggest to people if they were starting a delve into bushy/primitive world.
Just received this, a signed copy from bushgear.co.uk. Very impressed, it seems to be quite a bit more comprehensive than a lot I have, plus it’s geared towards Northern Europe rather than the American continent which is a plus. A very worthy addition! Also just sent off for Woodcraft Wisdom and Make and Do the Woodcraft Way by J.G. Cone, I think it was Broch who recommended one of them. I went for the first edition of one and I thing, a 1946 edition of the other, they are both available reprinted, but I do like old, dusty tomes with their dust covers; plus, in some cases, they can be got much cheaper which is always a plus.
