I think that a problem a lot of non-bushcrafters have (and I count myself as a non-
bushcrafter but hopefully not with this problem) is that a lot of the skills bushcrafters
develop seem absolutely pointless.
Even people who want survival skills have to admit that unless you put yourself there, you are
unlikely to be in the kind of danger where these skills will save your life. Even Bear Grills makes
his bed then goes to a hotel.
Making fire by rubbing sticks together is a good trick, but how many people here have ever
been in a situation where this skill has saved their lives? And what are the chances of
ever being in that situation? And if you *are* in that situation, did you put yourself in it?
A lot of the skills like that fall into the 'train-spotter' category as far as the general
public are concerned. Carving spoons might be useful if you are good enough to be able to
sell them at a craft fair or on the internet, but at a practical level, you can drink soup
and eat with home-made chopsticks (much easier to make than a spoon) or buy 20 plastic
spoons for a quid in Tescos.
I'll probably get flamed for this, and I'm really not knocking what anyone does, but I
think that you have to accept that bushcrafting is a hobby/interest and that most people
who make money out of it are teaching it to people who like/want to do it as a hobby.
I know how much closer to nature it gets you and what a great feeling it is to lie in your
sleeping bag under the stars alone at night and think about life, the universe and
everything, but to the average footie/lager/curry type, sitting in the woods in the rain
all night seems a pretty odd occupation when you could be in a warm pub nipping out into
the umbrella-heater for a fag now and again.
You have to expect the odd comment
bushcrafter but hopefully not with this problem) is that a lot of the skills bushcrafters
develop seem absolutely pointless.
Even people who want survival skills have to admit that unless you put yourself there, you are
unlikely to be in the kind of danger where these skills will save your life. Even Bear Grills makes
his bed then goes to a hotel.
Making fire by rubbing sticks together is a good trick, but how many people here have ever
been in a situation where this skill has saved their lives? And what are the chances of
ever being in that situation? And if you *are* in that situation, did you put yourself in it?
A lot of the skills like that fall into the 'train-spotter' category as far as the general
public are concerned. Carving spoons might be useful if you are good enough to be able to
sell them at a craft fair or on the internet, but at a practical level, you can drink soup
and eat with home-made chopsticks (much easier to make than a spoon) or buy 20 plastic
spoons for a quid in Tescos.
I'll probably get flamed for this, and I'm really not knocking what anyone does, but I
think that you have to accept that bushcrafting is a hobby/interest and that most people
who make money out of it are teaching it to people who like/want to do it as a hobby.
I know how much closer to nature it gets you and what a great feeling it is to lie in your
sleeping bag under the stars alone at night and think about life, the universe and
everything, but to the average footie/lager/curry type, sitting in the woods in the rain
all night seems a pretty odd occupation when you could be in a warm pub nipping out into
the umbrella-heater for a fag now and again.
You have to expect the odd comment
), the forum is a tool where we can create and renew social ties while fulfilling that need to learn and be social in a safe environment where we are all equal. So the author of the word cybercrafter must surely embrace this word and more to the point the meaning behind it or he wouldn't be here saying it. So I think you need a hug man as you must be having a bad day
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....just saying that as I own one of your pieces I must be tasteful and selective!
