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Survival Knives vs. Bushcraft Knives… What’s the Difference?

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the difference between wilderness survival and bushcraft as outdoor disciplines. You can check that post out here, but the bottom line is that wilderness survival is a tactical skill set, and survival is inherently an emergency. Bushcraft is a way of life that’s committed to keeping old-school skills

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Wild Edible Wednesday – Creeping Charlie

This week’s plant for Wild Edible Wednesday is Glechoma hederacea, or Creeping Charlie. It goes by a whole host of weird alternate names, including Ground Ivy (the most common one), Gill-Over-the-Ground, Hedgemaid, Tun-hoof, Runaway Robin, Lizzy-Run-Up-the-Hedge, Catsfoot, and Alehoof. No, not kidding. And don’t ask how those names came to be, other than people in

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Wilderness Survival vs. Bushcraft: What’s the Difference?

Open up almost any survival manual, and you’re likely to see a lot of drawings of bushcraft projects – primitive shelters, friction fire, traps, even how to build crude cabins. And most bushcraft books have at least a brief discussion about the value of bushcraft skills for wilderness survival.  Obviously there are a lot of

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