Stuff to make in bushcraft camp!

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

I want to get a list started with items that can be made in camp it would give those who want projects to make a list.

So I will get it started:

tent pegs
digging stick
whistle
wood knife-fork-spoon
chopsticks - I like to make em pointy to stab my food..
walking stick

 

[w00dsmoke]

tent pegs
digging stick
whistle
wood knife-fork-spoon
chopsticks - I like to make em pointy to stab my food..
walking stick
Ask Eric, he made the list

 

[Pignut]

tent pegs
digging stick
whistle
wood knife-fork-spoon
chopsticks - I like to make em pointy to stab my food..
walking stick
cup/kuksa
Ask Eric, he made the list

 

[Ogri the trog]

A couple I'd add, would include.

Withies for binding bundles of things,
Cordage from thin fishing line to thick, strong cord,
Traps & Snares knowledge of triggers and springs help in all sorts of craft projects,
Pot hangers, obvious!

Probably more but that will do for now.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[Tony]

Seats, Beds, pot hangers, candle holders, tongs (for coals, food etc), flint tools, Priest, fishing hooks, containers, a mess , bowls, carved toys, throwing stick, needles (if you've got some bone), toothpick....

 

[Tadpole]

Flint Gravel, I did that last year, it was fun.

 

[irishlostboy]

dreamcatchers. nettle chordage (with red bark. dreamcatchers are supposed to have red cordage) willow or similar for the hoop and a slice of alder branch with the middle poked out woven into the web to represent the spider. feathers hung below. simple project which uses lots of bushcraft skills and materials to create something nice totally from natural materials.

suggestion; how about a pure picture thread of all the different things you have made while in camp using camp materials?

 

[Hoodoo]

Wood spirits are fun and easy to carve with a small carving blade.

 

[Andy2112]

hoodoo,
they look good, how did you do them ? It's something i would like to have a go at but have no idea how !!

Andy

 

[Hoodoo]

hoodoo,
they look good, how did you do them ? It's something i would like to have a go at but have no idea how !!

Andy

Andy, they are a lot easier to carve than they look. All you need is a good sharp carving knife. Preferably one with a straight edge and sheepfoot or wharncliffe style blade. I would not use a pocket knife for this unless you've put a lot of work into reprofiling the edge.
The thinner the blade, the easier it is to carve with. The wood is 1" by 1".

 

[Andy2112]

Thanks Hoodoo, now to convince the wife i need a new knife, and believe me it's not gonna be easy. I get complaints when i look through tent catalogs, probably cause my running tent total is now 6.

Do you think that my SAK would be suitable ?

 

[Chance]

Baton, bark-stripper, bull-roarer, bow, arrows (how long are we here?)...
Feather sticks.

 

[irishlostboy]

atlatl.
http://www.primitiveways.com/atlatl_branch.html

 

[clcuckow]

Thanks Hoodoo, now to convince the wife i need a new knife, and believe me it's not gonna be easy. I get complaints when i look through tent catalogs, probably cause my running tent total is now 6.

Do you think that my SAK would be suitable ?

I know that Martin uses the small knife blade on a SAK that he reground to a wharncliffe profile.

 

[Hoodoo]

I know that Martin uses the small knife blade on a SAK that he reground to a wharncliffe profile.

Sorry, I missed the question. Regrinding the small blade on a SAK is a great idea. And carving little critters out of twigs is another neat thing to do around the campfire.

 

[Lush]

here are a few more things you could make:

- needle (from bone or antler)
- snares
- drinking mug
- birch tar
- fishing hooks

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

Hoodoo I have always wanted to make Wood spirits thanks for the photos of em...

 

[clcuckow]

Wood spirits are fun and easy to carve with a small carving blade.

I must have a go at these when my Carvin' Jack arrives.

 

[John Fenna]

I also carve heads for fun - mine are more Easter Island meets Nigera with Celtic overtones than Gandalf crossed with gnomes...
I call them Juju sticks....

 

[Dark Horse Dave]

A couple more suggestions for things to make:

- a carved wooden spool for a hand fishing line (I'm talking about the flattened H shape thing - like some cable-tidys)

- lanyards for knives or whatever

DHD