Bridging the gap between “survival” and “primitive living”. Editors note - We first published this article back in 2007 and it inspired some great projects [...]

It is great to have all the modern convenience of a Ferro rod, a lighter, or even a box of matches, but if you want to connect with history and have some fun doing it, making up your own tinderbox is a fantastic exercise.

This is a great activity with the kids or to just while away some time, especially during this lockdown when we're struggling to get out [...]

Well, what can I say, it’s a brown bag that filters water! But, as that wouldn’t be much of a review, let’s look a little [...]

First impressions Cool bottle, great colour, look stable and feels robust. On the flip side, it's fairly big and it might be more complicated than [...]

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 [...]

Spring Wild Food Foraging By Rhoda Mcgivern Spring is my favourite time of the year. I love to explore the countryside as the sun shines on [...]

Please tell us a little about yourself and how you would describe who you are. I was born in rural Suffolk in 1989 and have [...]

What saw? by Dave Budd Whether it’s as mundane as cutting firewood or as involved as building an entire camp, there are lots of times [...]

It's essential that you get your head engaged! I've sat around many campfires, had conversations on forums and answered emails about survival and what constitutes [...]

Bargain stove or money down the drain? by Lee Clarke After perusing the depths of the internet to fill another hole in my outdoor kit [...]

"TEA, TWO SUGARS PLEASE" This is an idea which I suppose was born from a conversation I had with Mors Kochanski about a year ago. [...]

So which woods are good for burning, and which aren't? We often have a range of wood that we can burn and because we don't [...]

As with most cool bits of kit that arrive in the office for review they are received with excitement, and an eagerness to get out [...]

    Cold Steel Special Forces Shovel - Back The Cold Steel Spetsnaz shovel – also known as their “Special Forces Shovel” and [...]

  For a long time I have preferred a head torch to a hand-held torch in most circumstances – after all, it points where you [...]

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 [...]

When I take a folding knife into the woods, I like to take one that has a good strong, reliable lock – just to be [...]

ePub version of “The Ten Bushcraft Books” by Richard H. Graves Mobi version of “The Ten Bushcraft Books” by Richard H. Graves PDF version of [...]

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 [...]