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[Camel6]

Greetings all,

I am an outdoor writer in the US currently preparing a Bushcrafter knife story for American Pioneer magazine. I am also a knifemaker, avid hunter/fisherman and Eagle Scout. Please feel to reach out to me if you have any input on bushcraft as a tradition/discipline generally, and knives specifically.

Many thanks and stay safe,

Camel6

 

[ozzy1977]

Hello and welcome

 

[John Fenna]

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[Chris the Cat]

Greetings fella!

C.

 

[crosslandkelly]

Hi, Welcome and enjoy.

 

[Dreadhead]

welcome aboard

 

[British Red]

Welcome Camel - there is a lot of competition around here for who has the second finest bushcraft knife (clearly mine is the absolute pinnacle of the art but I allow others to squabble about whose is next )

Red

 

[rik_uk3]

Greetings all,

I am an outdoor writer in the US currently preparing a Bushcrafter knife story for American Pioneer magazine. I am also a knifemaker, avid hunter/fisherman and Eagle Scout. Please feel to reach out to me if you have any input on bushcraft as a tradition/discipline generally, and knives specifically.

Many thanks and stay safe,

Camel6

I don't see bushcraft as a discipline more a combination of traditional methods used when out camping and a knife is a good camping tool. Many grown men are still Schoolboys at heart and the 're-enactment' side of bushcraft appeals to many and why not, its good fun but lets not get all obi wan kenobi about it lol.

 

[Mick721]

Hi and welcome to BCUK

 

[sgtoutback]

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[Mesquite]

Hello and welcome to the forum

 

[Andy BB]

I don't see bushcraft as a discipline more a combination of traditional methods used when out camping and a knife is a good camping tool. Many grown men are still Schoolboys at heart and the 're-enactment' side of bushcraft appeals to many and why not, its good fun but lets not get all obi wan kenobi about it lol.

The definitive definition, Rik

Welcome, Camel6. Possibly because here in the UK we're rarely more than a few miles from Civilisation, and don't have bears, wolves, mountain lions, scorpions, Black Widows, Brown Recluses, rattlesnakes, water moccasins, alligators, deserts or Alaska temperatures to worry about etc, we probably have fewer concerns about the survival aspects of bushcrafting than our colonial colleagues. Hence the general preference for Woodlore-style/size knives rather than the much larger survival knives favoured in the US for example. Also, pragmatically, a smaller knife is much easier to carry, and therefore more likely to be with you. And if you need to chop wood, then a saw and/or axe is a better tool for that job anyway

 

[udamiano]

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[Perrari]

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[shaggystu]

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Cheers,

Stuart.

 

[sniper69]

Hello and welcome.