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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I confess, I can be an axe snob. SARCRAFT is a dealer for Hults Bruk and Council Tool, after all. And I probably brag a little too much about the vintage Gransfors splitter I rescued and restored. I’m also a shameless hoe for any classic American axe I come across at an antique store –
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If you’re familiar with the 9 c’s of survivability that are popular in certain bushcraft videos and literature, you know that one of the items on the list is a candling device. Most people take that to mean a flashlight and leave it at that. And you do definitely need one of those. Unless you’re
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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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