Chit most of knew when we were 12. At least if we wanted to go go hunting we have prove we could deal with basics like starting a fire in pouring rain, basic shelter, using a compass, navigation, sharpen a knife, field dressing.
Yep but you had someone who taught you. These modern "bushcrafters" did not have anyone, It is because many did not have family who went outside.
It's the modern word that is a substitute for the word woodcraft which is a better word. Yuppies use it and the rest of use are kinda forced to so people will know what we are talking about. Also another way to get a premium price for something. Bushcraft and tactical are two words that people have taken a huge [bleep] on.
I don't use anything but wood wedges. My reasoning, right or maybe wrong, is I don't want anything to cut across the grain in the direction of the most force. I cut the slot for the wedge until it is around 2/3 the way through the eye of the head add Swell-Lock and set the wedge. Saw of the excess and call it done.
Agreed....I use a wood wedge and then soak it in BLO.
I'm not familiar with Swell-Lock but I'd bet it has a good deal of BLO in it.
Originally Posted by crossfireoops
I've been using them for a growing collection restored, re-hafted blacksmithing hammers,...all sizes
I shouldn't tell you this for fear that you'll want to kick me in the balls but I had a neighbor weld a piece of lawn mower blade on an old blacksmith hammer I had buried in a box of tools so I could use it on the trap line digging sets and driving stakes. Well a couple years later when cleaning it up so I could rehandle I realized it has an anchor and USN stamped in the casting. Probably one of those famous $300 hammers the military was buying way back when. I'm really wishing I would have seen that insignia before I fugged it up.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Bushcraft is a term, I think British origin, used to characterize tools, methods and activities you would do on a primitive camping or survival outing. A bushcraft knife is a knife designed to prepare wood for a fire, make feather sticks, strike good sparks, make tent pegs, etc. If you build a shelter with items found in the woods that is Bushcraft. If you make a primitive deadfall trap that is Bushcraft.... and so on.
Reminds me of the new Insurance commercials, where the lady is standing there with a teenage son, taller than her. The insurance company "saved" her son by sending out someone to fix his flat tire. Apparently no one teaches kids to fix flat tires nowadays