Bushcraft bible
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Tough one, not sure there is a one size fits all Bushcraft book. That said Essential Bushcraft and The Outdoor Survival Handbook both by Mr. Mears are probably my two favourites.
As above, there's not enough consensus on just what bushcraft is to justify a single definitive book. Tha said, my vote would go for this 1967 edition:
Having dealt with University level biology/botany/dendrology textbooks for about 50 years or so, the harder they try to be all things to all people, the worse they fail.
I think it's practical to learn the same thing from three different sets of words/authors. Practice at home to use it in the bush.
Also, to thumb the pages in the pouring rain, looking for an answer, will spoil your day.
I've got the old classic: 'Wildwood Wisdom' by Ellsworth Jaeger, a 1992 reprint of the 1945 original. Many have built their strengths on this one, over time.
I say: "Good." With people like Mears adding continued popularity to the skills, they won't get lost.
Me? There's a chapter on making birchbark utensils/cups/bowls that I want to mess with.
I think it's practical to learn the same thing from three different sets of words/authors. Practice at home to use it in the bush.
Also, to thumb the pages in the pouring rain, looking for an answer, will spoil your day.
I've got the old classic: 'Wildwood Wisdom' by Ellsworth Jaeger, a 1992 reprint of the 1945 original. Many have built their strengths on this one, over time.
I say: "Good." With people like Mears adding continued popularity to the skills, they won't get lost.
Me? There's a chapter on making birchbark utensils/cups/bowls that I want to mess with.
Depends dunnit?
If by "Bible" you mean "Pure fantasy, written by people with vested interests generations after the events described may or may not have actually happened" I think I'll go with the Bushcraft Bible being...
The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh.
If by "Bible" you mean "Pure fantasy, written by people with vested interests generations after the events described may or may not have actually happened" I think I'll go with the Bushcraft Bible being...
The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh.
Another thumbs up for Mr. Kochanski's Bushcraft.
Perhaps not a 'bushcraft bible' but '98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your bottom Alive' by Cody Lundin is a much underrated book.
I like books, the more the merrier I reckon but I agree with the above comments on authors to look into, however, a huge resource is the internet with forums like this one. At least here you can ask a question and get an answer (sometimes a debated one) about an aspect that you can't ask a books author.
Rob.
Rob.
There is no book that can claim to be being the bushcraft bible because bushcraft is many things to many different people.
Bushcraft, the ultimate survival guide by Richard H Graves.
Northern Bushcraft by Mors L Kochanski
Wildwood Wisdom by Ellsworth Jaeger
There are far too many books to list that could go towards being part of the ultimate guide.
Bushcraft, the ultimate survival guide by Richard H Graves.
Northern Bushcraft by Mors L Kochanski
Wildwood Wisdom by Ellsworth Jaeger
There are far too many books to list that could go towards being part of the ultimate guide.
As above, there's not enough consensus on just what bushcraft is to justify a single definitive book. Tha said, my vote would go for this 1967 edition:
Are women and girls allowed to read it? Is there a separate guide for women?
J
Yeah their is actually they do a pink version for the girls ha
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The implication of the subtitle of that book seems to suggest so...
I wasn't aware that things were that different when out in the bush. But then I am only a woman, so what would I know?
J
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