What bushcraft tools and know-how do you use in your daily life?

[ex member coconino]

Reading your replies, guys, makes me wish I had a job which involved more bushcraft. I don't even have a wood stove at home, not possible in this block of flats. My teenage son is a keen spoon carver so we have a number of those around, and I've just saved him some apple and cherry so I'll put in an order with him for a teaspoon for my work cuppa

I sometimes use my Mora in the kitchen, not because I don't have enough good kitchen knives but just because I miss using it between outings. I'll know when things get really bad when I start chopping the spuds with a hatchet.

 

[11binf]

i'm an apartment maint. guy and live where i work so if i needed something i could just go home and get that item ..but the items i use on a daily basis are my water bottle ,G.I. pocket knife ,German Jager ruck, T.P. and 1st aid kit...also use alot of (commonsence) which in most places is very uncommon...vince g. 11B Inf...

 

[luke_s]

I keep a Mora stuck in my desk at work next to my biscuits and mouse. No-one ever pinches my biscuits or uses my computer.

I'll get my coat

You don't work at the airport do you jackcbr??

 

[luke_s]

Knowledge!

 

[markal]

i use cotton wool balls to light my log fire and have my jack pike knife with me all the time
great knife

 

[Innes]

Feather sticks to light my wood burning stove, and I am making excuses to use my Small Forest Axe to split some small logs for the stove.

I am quite new to this so practising some skills at home is a good way of getting used to my new tools.

It is really satisfying lighting the stove with your own feather sticks, they look good stored ready to be used as well.

 

[Stringmaker]

Was it meant to be a teaspoon when you started out or a canoe paddle?

I know the feeling!

I must finish at least one of the assorted stumpy "spoon blanks" I have got in my garage. A bespoke teaspoon is a must...

 

[Stringmaker]

I just remembered.

I used a mallet I made out of field maple to tap in a picture hook!

 

[jackcbr]

You don't work at the airport do you jackcbr??

errrr.... I do work for an airline and have a good view of the runway. But not beyond security.