Book - Bushcraft, Mors Kochansky

[Salix]

I am currently waiting for this book to arrive from Amazon, has anybody read it and can recommend it, i now it's a bit late now but hey.
I have not heard of this guy before, only a few mentions on the forum, is he contemporary with Mr Mears. I ahve aso ordered Woodcraft by Nessmuk, any thoughts on this one. And is there a book dedicated to British bushcraft, as i am not likely to be off to Australia, Africa or any where else that exciting

Mark

 

[Abbe Osram]

I am currently waiting for this book to arrive from Amazon, has anybody read it and can recommend it, i now it's a bit late now but hey.
I have not heard of this guy before, only a few mentions on the forum, is he contemporary with Mr Mears. I ahve aso ordered Woodcraft by Nessmuk, any thoughts on this one. And is there a book dedicated to British bushcraft, as i am not likely to be off to Australia, Africa or any where else that exciting

Mark

I dont think you have to worry mate. He is the old father of Bushcraft.
cheers
Abbe

 

[tomtom]

its my favorite of all the field guides..

 

[Fenlander]

I am currently waiting for this book to arrive from Amazon, has anybody read it and can recommend it, i now it's a bit late now but hey.
I have not heard of this guy before, only a few mentions on the forum, is he contemporary with Mr Mears. I ahve aso ordered Woodcraft by Nessmuk, any thoughts on this one. And is there a book dedicated to British bushcraft, as i am not likely to be off to Australia, Africa or any where else that exciting

Mark

It's Mors who is standing next to PatrickM in his Bushcraft hat thread. We both spent a week with him last month. If you are on broadband, i can send you a Powerpoint photographic presentation of the course and you can see some of his work

Originally the book was called "Northern Bushcraft" but was then re-issued as "Bushcraft". Unfortunately Mors gets less royalties for the latter version

 

[Salix]

Cheers Fenlander, :You_Rock_

At home I am on dialup, but you can send it to my workplace addy as thats on BBand.

I 'le PM you.

Mark

 

[Fenlander]

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This is one of his scale models of a birch bark canoe.

 

[woodwalker]

in terms of a book for British bushcraft ray mears' book - 'Ray Mears Outdoor Survival Handbook'. It covers most things and despite its publishing date it is not out dated hardly at all. It is one of his first books and is in adifferent format o his later ones which are good (and in colour) but cover worldwide bushcraft.

Hope that helps
woodwalker

 

[Abbe Osram]

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This is one of his scale models of a birch bark canoe.

whow cool model!
//cheers
Abbe

 

[Fenlander]

How about these

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Are they what he made while you were with him last month? Did you have a hand in making them? They're pretty good

 

[Fenlander]

Are they what he made while you were with him last month? Did you have a hand in making them? They're pretty good

Unfortunately not due to there just not being enough time to do everything.

 

[Stuart]

I am currently waiting for this book to arrive from Amazon, has anybody read it and can recommend it, i now it's a bit late now but hey.
I have not heard of this guy before, only a few mentions on the forum

well congratulations Mark, you have just purchased one of the finest books on Bushcraft ever written.

Certainly on my top ten list and the first book I would recommend to someone starting to learn Bushcraft, you can choose to learn many things in Bushcraft but the things in this book should be mastered so as to become a foundation for everything else

 

[gunnix]

This book looks interesting, I might want to get it too. Is Amazon the best place to get it from? (I'm from belgium)

greetings,
gunnar

 

[Hoodoo]

well congratulations Mark, you have just purchased one of the finest books on Bushcraft ever written.

Certainly on my top ten list and the first book I would recommend to someone starting to learn Bushcraft, you can choose to learn many things in Bushcraft but the things in this book should be mastered so as to become a foundation for everything else

I'll second that!

 

[JimH]

Mors' "Bushcraft" is superb. Well worth having.

Nessmuk's Caming and Woodcraft is also excellent, though from an historical perspective (c19th). Still plenty of sage advice, though...

Horace Kephardt may be worth a look, too...

Jim.