Bushcraft Blog
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How to make a walking pole
In this blog I will be talking you through how I have made myself a walking pole. I will be using... A metal spiked tipped ferrule for walking sticks and...
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Cooking in the Wild: How to Make a DIY Thermal Flask Cooker
When you're out in the woods, every calorie counts and so does every bit of heat you can save. One of the most useful bushcraft tricks I have found is...
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Restoring an Old Axe
A side effect of people knowing I am a Bushcrafter is occasional gifts of odd tools. In this case I was offered a rusty axe but one that had an...
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It takes a village...
In 2022, during my long duration course with Woodland Ways, I decided to make an axe. A perfectly normal idea I thought. I had been dipping my toes in blacksmithing...
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A Khukuri Refurbish
A few months ago I found myself searching for some items in a neighbour’s skip having been given permission to remove anything I could make use of. I didn’t find...
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Making Herbal Capsules
Amongst all the instructors here at Woodland Ways we have a mentality of just knowing about something not being enough, there is a lot to be said for practical experience...
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Winter Woollen Trousers
In this blog I want to show you how I made a pair of woollen trousers. The material used was originally a white blanket with a check / tartan pattern...
