Bushcraft Basics Series So, I've just come back from another amazing WinterMoot, and as ever, it was great fun, full of learning and laughs. The thing [...]
I've now had a bit of time to get to know my M23, so I offer this little review with my findings. I find myself [...]
Carving is great social fun for all and an inclusive task. Still, steps and considerations are needed when working with young children, and even inexperienced adults.
Cold formed hook tools No bushcrafters’ tool kit would be complete without a spoon carving hook or three. Normally these would be formed hot, when [...]
Hobby knifemakers often turn large circular saw blades and industrial bandsaw blades into knives, but even cheap handsaws will make decent enough knives.
We as bushcrafters do love a nice new “shiny”, and in a similar way to our colonial cousins with there attractions to firearms, we want [...]
The Trent Field knife is one of the original offerings from the Trent knife & Tool company run by Elliot Trent. Elliot has taken his [...]
Elliot is a Furniture maker who has turned his technical skills to knife making (we'll have one of Elliots knives reviewed very soon) I met [...]
The knife I have most recently had to try out is the “Woodsman” Knife designed by Roger Harrington (of Bison Bushcraft) and produced by Casström [...]
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Buck has a long history of producing quality knives and the latest model I have looked at is the Buck “Selkirk” which is described as [...]
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First Impressions My first impression of the Ruike Trekker LD42-B Multi-Tool was that it looked like a super-sized Swiss Army tool – that is once [...]
I carve quite a few spoons and have tried various spoon carving knives from hand-made custom models to the mass-produced and more commonly available ones [...]
Review - Casstrom/RB Full tang scandi blade blank by John Fenna New to the range of knife-making “blades and bits” that Casstrom distribute and sell [...]
Review By John Fenna Horace Kephart was a famous travel writer in the later 1800s and early 1900s and is best remembered by bushcrafters for [...]
Review Casstrom Forest Knife By John Fenna The new No 10 Swedish Forest Knife from Casstrom is a general purpose, full-tang knife ideal for the [...]
I am always interested in bits of kit that are slightly different, and when I saw that the Fieldcrafter-UK knife had a spine thickness of [...]
Review Woodsman Folding Knife By Craig Birse-Johnson The woodsman is one of the smaller bladed folders from the Jack Pyke range of knives. What drew [...]
Review I recently took delivery of one of Mora's latest knife offerings The "Bushcraft Black Carbon". Following on from their range of recently released "Robust" [...]
Review Mora Bushcraft Survival Knife By John Fenna Mora Knives are renowned for being excellent cutting tools at a reasonable price, delivering quality without costing [...]
