Bushcraft Magazine

[Topcat02]

Having read the other post about a new Bushcraft Magazine, it occured to me that there are numerous magazines on every possible hobby, for example, if your into motorbikes, there is MCN, Bike, Ride, Fast Bikes, Classic Bikes, etc, etc.

However there arent any magazines (that I am aware of), that are aimed at Bushcrafters.

How do I create a poll to say the following:

1. Would you be interested in purchasing a Bushcraft magazine? Yes/No

2. What would you consider to be the best frequency?

Weekly
Fortnightly
Monthly
Quarterly

3. If you said no to the magazine, is it because of the following

Fear of increased numbers of fad following people wrecking the
countryside?

Worry about the "secret getting out"?

Possibility of increased government intervention, health & safety
guidelines, legislation about what we can and cant do.


4. If there was a magazine, what sort of articles, interviews, trips, etc would you
like to see discussed?

 

[Tony]

There's going to be a few bushcraft magazines, BCUK started in that way and then went to the website, the idea is to pick up the magazine in the near future. There's a few other people intending to start producing them and I'm quite sure there's more than one out now, although mostly in the forum of a newsletters to small groups.....I expect most will be large newsletters to start with.

 

[archiet]

Tony,

do you have a link to these existing/planned magazines?

I would be interested in getting hold of one.

Thanks

Clay

 

[steve a]

Borders stock this one, comes out 4 times a year
http://www.wwmag.net/core.htm
Check out the past articles to see if its to your taste

 

[BorderReiver]

What do you get in a magazine that you can't get from BCUK?

From my experience most magazines have a "roll over" effect in that after you have been reading them for a year the same stuff starts to re-appear.Also there seems to be a "manufacturer tie in" in which the articles seem biased towards the same few big name companies.

BCUK is always current,the reviews are thorough and impartial and you get to shout back if you happen to disagree with anything.Also it can't get lost in the post,the dog can't eat it when it's delivered and you don't have to go into a nasty town to buy it from Smiths.

 

[chris chris]

Totally agree with Borderreiver

I found after reading the outdoor mags they repeat themselves every few years,

 

[steve a]

Yep, all that, but then you would never buy any printed material, you could get all the information you ever need from some website or another. The question was about bushcraft magazines. Each to their own Happy days

 

[steve a]

Totally agree with Borderreiver

I found after reading the outdoor mags they repeat themselves every few years,

But then so do forums, do they not ?

 

[chris chris]

Reading this forum doesn't cost me a penny, unlike the mags at 30 plus qiud a year

 

[Hoodoo]

Reading this forum doesn't cost me a penny, unlike the mags at 30 plus qiud a year

No, but someone pays the bills.

 

[steve a]

Very true mate, but the question was about magazines, I replyed to the question, as I said each to their own

 

[elma]

Totally agree with Border Reiver
I used to spend up to £25 a month on magazines what with fishing, shooting and other things of interest.
The reviews are usually biased towards the opinion of the mag and are duplicated by other mags of the same subject.
At BcUK at least on the forums we can discuss kit, techniques and other subjects etc and get an open and more rounded view of things.
If you spent money on mags like I had go to Amazon and buy a book its more of an investment in the long run :bluThinki

 

[The Joker]

But then so do forums, do they not ?

Your not wrong

 

[The Joker]

So with what some of you are saying about preference to forums, if there was a bushcraft magazine you wouldn't buy it?

Magazine subscription about £30 per year or between 8 and 10 pence a day.

I like the forum, but I think magazines fill a place that forums cant, toilet, train, inlaws, swatting flie's and credit card application forms lol

 

[JonnyP]

I used to get Combat and survival magazine, which contains a lot about bushcraft, I dug them out recently and will probably put them up for swapping on the new forum........................Jon

 

[Kane]

New forum?????

Kane

 

[jamesdevine]

Personally I would like the idea of publication of all the articule, tutorials and thoughts that make up BCUK in a hardcopy. Sometimes it can be hard go search around for items and I often end up printing stuff off anyway if I want to do it myself.

Maybe something like the Primitive Tech I & II books would be better then a regular mag.

James

 

[stovie]

New forum?????

Kane

Oh Ohhhhh!!!!! Now the cat's out of the bag

 

[JonnyP]

Oh Ohhhhh!!!!! Now the cat's out of the bag

Oops, have I made a boo boo...............Jon

 

[stovie]

New forum?????

Kane

Oh Ohhhhh!!!!! Now the cat's out of the bag

Oops, have I made a boo boo...............Jon

No It's there for all to see (I think...)