Making Tools, Knives, Nets & More

[Gray Wolf]

Here are more great projects for all:
* Making a knife from a saw blade
* Fish Trap
* The Stone Saw
* The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack Frame
* Hoko Knife
* Carved Dish
* Kuska Cup Tutorial
* Willow Tarp / Clothes Clip
* Net Making - Tatting Method
* Beech Bark Container
* Making Basswood Twine
* Berry Picker
* UCO 9 Hour Candle to Oil Burner
* Paracord Bracelet Tutorial
* Antler Needle
* Tudor Rose Bracer
* Five Hour Forge
* Cordage Backed Bow
* Grow Your Own Bowstring
* A Foolproof Method for Tillering Bows
* Hafting a Stone Blade the Old-Fashioned Way
* Making a Scandi knife
* Keltoi Moccasins
* Stone Age Arrow
* Bamboo Bow
* Clay Pot
* Spoonylicious!
* Knife Sheath
* How To Make A Shave Horse
* Crab Trap
* How To Make A Flat Pack Wood Burning Stove
* Sheath Making Tutorial
* Knife Handle Tutorial
* Antler Needle
* Fishing Hook Tutorial
* Bark Container for Hand Drills
* Bows - Yew
* Stone Age Sling
* Cartridge Case Matchbox
* Antler Tweezers
* Making a bow from a sapling
* Fletching By Hand
* Flemish Twist Dacron Bowstring
* Small Hook Case Tutorial
* Tinder Container Tutorial
* Tinder Fungus Tutorial
* Glue Stick Tutorial
* Inuit Thimble
* The Scapular Saw
* Jiffy Fletching Using Duct Tape
* The Primitive Sauna
* Turk's-head Knot Tutorial
* Braiding a Baldric Strap (Part 1)
* Braiding a Baldric Strap (Part 2)
* Quick Cheap Pocket Stove To Make
* All Thai'd Up?
* How To Make Char Cloth
* Making Leather Sheath with No Stitching

There are more at the tops and bottoms of the two pages- well written instructions for each.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/Table/DIY/

Enjoy!

Don't Forget there's also:

Making your own outdoor gear,

Great directions.
Use the Menu on the left for directions on making the following:
BACKPACKS
SHELTERS
STOVES (all kinds)
COOKWARE
SLEEPING
ACCESSORIES (Headlamps, Fishing gear, Rope bag and more)

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html


Tarp Tents - 2 more:

1) PONCHO TARP-TENT Project

http://royrobinson.homestead.com/PonchoPlans.html


2) Henry's Original Tarptent & Tarptent-for-2 Plans:

http://www.tarptent.com/projects/tarpdesign.html

Great lightweight shelter project for backpackers.

[tonester]

awesome site gray wolf. im gonna try some of those projects for sure.

[crashdive123]

Oh great! There goes the rest of my spare time.;)

[Woodland]

Yea, that is a great site.

[tim]

cool thinks

[Dave Johns]

Well, there goes my weekend. Awesome site! I am doing a short hike/camp next weekend, I am gonna try the flat-pack stove, see how it works.

[Runs With Beer]

Very Cool site, Gona have to try some of those projects.

[Gray Wolf]

I just got done making the Berry Picker, as a present for a neighbor who had helped me out with another project. This was a very simple project, that looks great, and seems very sturdy. I hope it works well.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/DIY/Berry-Picker.html

[Runs With Beer]

Do yuo have berrys there?

[Rick]

Always great posts, GW. Thanks!

[Runs With Beer]

This is a great site I put it on my Fav. list. I realy like the fish trap, Will have to try that one.

[Gray Wolf]

Sarge or Rick, this should be made a sticky so it's easy to find for those that are into "Making Stuff".

[Rick]

Consider it done!

[Gray Wolf]

Thank you, I hope the members old and new take some private time and make some of these projects. I've been making different ones for Christmas presents. Any of them make great personal gifts.

[Bladesypher]

Great site. I think I might have stumbled upon it before, but unfortunately missed the DIY section. ^_^

[wild kid]

I've have been making knives and would like tips on how to do it better:)

[flandersander]

Could you be a little more specific on what you're doing and how you're doing it? What type of knife? That sort of thing. Your question is really general, if you want a specific answer, you'll need to ask a specific question. But there are quite a few members that make knives and have all the info you'll need.

[wild kid]

I'm making stone knives by hand the chipping and flaking.

[wild kid]

Any tips at all?

[palm stalker]

save your money (just a tip)

[Sarge47]

Any tips at all?
1st, your thread has been moved to the appropriate Forum & thread that you need to study. We have "Flint-knappers here who have posted a lot in this forum on what you ask. Study & you shall be rewarded!:cool: (So saying the Wise old Zen-Survival Master wraps himself in his robes, steps back, there's a large puff of smoke, then he re-appears, coughing.) "Hack! Hack!" Okay, who's smoking?:confused::eek::D:cool:

[Gray Wolf]

1st, your thread has been moved to the appropriate Forum

Sarge why did my sticky of "Making things (Making Tools, Knives, Nets & More, with a sub-section of Making Your Own Outdoor Gear"), get moved to the " Survival Food: Foraging, Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping" Forum??? It does belong in the "Making Stuff" Forum, where it has been.
Thanks
Gray Wolf

[Sarge47]

Sarge why did my sticky of "Making things (Making Tools, Knives, Nets & More, with a sub-section of Making Your Own Outdoor Gear"), get moved to the " Survival Food: Foraging, Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping" Forum??? It does belong in the "Making Stuff" Forum, where it has been.
Thanks
Gray Wolf
I switched it Gray Wolf, sorry for the delay.:o

[Gray Wolf]

Thank you oh great one... :D

[wild kid]

Any ansers to my question?:confused:

[Gray Wolf]

I used the SEARCH BUTTON (like Sarge hinted to you) Search: Key Word(s): knapping , and low and behold there are 2 pages of info, tips and pictures! The SEARCH BUTTON is at the top of each page, nestled between "New Posts" and "Quick Links".

[RBB]

Enjoyed checking out the "The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack Frame."

I've made a number of pack frames over the years using one of my grandfather's as a model. Not too hard to make and very comfortable:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/pjjgirard/Tools%20and%20Camping%20Gear/DSC01998.jpg

Your back only comes in contact with the rawhide lace, so no sore spots, and in hot weather you don't end up with your back soaked with sweat.

[skunkkiller]

I made the three stick pack frame it worked every nice I also made a canvas pack for it. I did awalk in camp at the end of oct. last year .I rolled all my gear in my diamond fly and strapped it to the frame leaving the pack empty when I got to camp I unstrapped the diamond fly unrolled it and every thing is at hand when camp was set up the pack was empty and ready for a trek in to the woods no digging in the pack to find something

[Gray Wolf]

RBB, that's a fine looking pack frame.

[Gray Wolf]

I added 2 TARP-TENT Project Projects (Post #1)

[rebel]

Very nice sticky w/lots of good info. I look forward to making some of these things.

*Thanks Grey Wolf.

[canid]

well i know i'm slow about getting things done, but i'm working on a couple of things right now for pictorials, though not all on this list.

firstly, i'm making a pretty simple fletching jig.

next, and the reason for the fletching jig, i'm making a matched set of hardwood sucker arrow shafts. these include pitch and sinew mounted obsidian points, self knocks and turkey wing feather fletchings.

if i can get ahold of the canvas; i'm doing a sort of hybrid sweat house, using a canvas skin over tipi-frame lodge, and a cast iron pot belly sauna stove. i've been on the lookout for a suitable stove, and lo and behod, one was given to me the day before yesterday.

i'll be finishing a couple bows soon, so i'll show how i make my fishing line bow strings, including carribou fur silencers and coat-button thread serving.

for extended outdoors trips, i would like to demonstrate smudging, both body and clothing/bedding, with local plants. for example; we have an abundance of invasive eucalyptus around here witch i find is great at minimizing body odor. juniper and cedar are also great.

i wish the weather where on my side this winter, as i've not been getting in much mushroom hunting since i got my new camera.

[Runs With Beer]

Enjoyed checking out the "The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack Frame."

I've made a number of pack frames over the years using one of my grandfather's as a model. Not too hard to make and very comfortable:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/pjjgirard/Tools%20and%20Camping%20Gear/DSC01998.jpg

Your back only comes in contact with the rawhide lace, so no sore spots, and in hot weather you don't end up with your back soaked with sweat.

Very nice work on the pack frame, How long did it take you to make that?

[canid]

here is the simple fletching jig i've made, and the proccess of fletching arrows with it. the jig could even be made expediently in the feild, by using a neatly split wood.

at the top of the jig, where the twp pieces meet, the edges are beveled to 45 degrees, to allow clearance for the fletching feather's spine. all that is requires further is two lengths of cordage and some wedges of wood, bone, antler, or as in the images, whatever happens to be handy.

[canid]

last picture:

[crashdive123]

Great work Canid. Thanks for the pics.

[Runs With Beer]

Looks to me like you dont need a jig,LOL One arrow is left hand and one is right hand?

[canid]

yep. the turkey feathers i buy come in pairs, invariably one left and one right.

if i buy 4 black and 2 olive, i end up with two arrows with different irrientations. as long as the spine is appropriate and they fly true, it dosen't bother me enough to match the set to all one wing.

[Runs With Beer]

yep. the turkey feathers i buy come in pairs, invariably one left and one right.

if i buy 4 black and 2 olive, i end up with two arrows with different irrientations. as long as the spine is appropriate and they fly true, it dosen't bother me enough to match the set to all one wing.

I agree about them flying true, A friend of mine is a turkey hunt guide down here, And brings me Several sets of wings a year and I use both left and right, And they work the same to me.

[WgS]

Hey Canid, once registered I can see the pics. Great work!

[crashdive123]

WgS - Since you've gone to all of the trouble to register, why not head over to the Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself. Thanks.

[napoleon_bonaparte]

there is a great website called native american tech. ( www.nativetech.org) Its the basic for artcraft to clothes making and other great resources from native americans. I love studying about indian bushcraft because they are the best in wilderness survival and art. Basically, survival is a form of art. There is also inquiry (www.inquiry.net), another site. It concentrates in bushcraft art, navigation, games, food, shelters, trapping and snaring and other skills. Its between the westerners and indians activities. If you can help me with other great websites that is similar, which would be much appreciated.

[gryffynklm]

Thanks Gray Wolf, That is an excellent resource. I will be experimenting with some of the stove projects.

[jessielavon]

here's a link for a hobo stove darling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_3xDqzEgzE&feature=related

[Gray Wolf]

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/File-Downloads/File-Downloads.html

PDF Downloads include:

* Foxfire Book 1 (40.mb)

* Net Making. (0.9mb)

* Construction Plans for a Folding One-man Kayak. (0.15mb)

* In The Wake. (12mb)

* How to make old clothes et al. (0.5mb)

* How to make soap (0.15mb)

* Walden (0.8mb)

* Woodcraft and Camping(1.5mb)

* 14 Foot Canoe Plans (1.2mb)

* Bushcraft Notes (9.5mb)

* Tracking (.08mb)

* US Army Survival Manual (FM 21-76) (2.7mb)

* Nature Observation & Tracking (.03mb)

* US Army Map Reading and Land Navagation (Field Manual 21-26) (.07mb)

* Knots & Splices (1.3mb)

* The Art of Travel by Francis Galton 1855 (23mb)

* Aids to Survival - Western Australia (.7mb)

* US Military Survival, Evasion and Recovery (FM 21-76-1) (3mb)

* Peter McLaren Axe Manual (1930) (3mb)

* Solar box cooking (.3mb)

* Article about the Ethics of Gatherings (1mb)

* Canadian Scout manual (1.6mb)

* Pioneering knots and lashings (2mb)

* Essentials of archery (2mb)

* Hunting with a Bow and Arrow (2.2mb)

* Blacksmithing (4mb)

* Woodsmanship (1954) (5.2mb)

* Handbok OVERLEVNAD (7.5mb)

* Experiments on Knife Sharpening (8mb)

* Camp Life in the Woods and the tricks or Trapping and Trap Making (12.8mb)

* Prairie Traveler (1.9mb)

[Gray Wolf]

Rick, Sarge and Crash, I thing this is Sticky qualified. Lots of useful material, and information.

Thanking you in advance, as always.

[crashdive123]

It would be - or merged with the other Bushcraft UK links that are stickied, but this one has a dead link.

[Rick]

Fixed and Merged!

[WillDeerborn]

I have 3 books on simple livin', havin' to do with how folks had to make things if they needed it or go without...It has alot of neat **** in it...What wild edibles are good in which season, Knife makin' Hide tanning...If you can find them online I recommend the Foxfire books...They were printed in like the 60s or 70s

[Rick]

Yep. Do a search on Foxfire and you'll find plenty of threads that talk about them. A1 books.

[Justin Case]

Here are more great projects for all:
* Making a knife from a saw blade
* Fish Trap
* The Stone Saw
* The Three-Stick Roycroft Pack Frame
* Hoko Knife
* Carved Dish
* Kuska Cup Tutorial
* Willow Tarp / Clothes Clip
* Net Making - Tatting Method
* Beech Bark Container
* Making Basswood Twine
* Berry Picker
* UCO 9 Hour Candle to Oil Burner
* Paracord Bracelet Tutorial
* Antler Needle
* Tudor Rose Bracer
* Five Hour Forge
* Cordage Backed Bow
* Grow Your Own Bowstring
* A Foolproof Method for Tillering Bows
* Hafting a Stone Blade the Old-Fashioned Way
* Making a Scandi knife
* Keltoi Moccasins
* Stone Age Arrow
* Bamboo Bow
* Clay Pot
* Spoonylicious!
* Knife Sheath
* How To Make A Shave Horse
* Crab Trap
* How To Make A Flat Pack Wood Burning Stove
* Sheath Making Tutorial
* Knife Handle Tutorial
* Antler Needle
* Fishing Hook Tutorial
* Bark Container for Hand Drills
* Bows - Yew
* Stone Age Sling
* Cartridge Case Matchbox
* Antler Tweezers
* Making a bow from a sapling
* Fletching By Hand
* Flemish Twist Dacron Bowstring
* Small Hook Case Tutorial
* Tinder Container Tutorial
* Tinder Fungus Tutorial
* Glue Stick Tutorial
* Inuit Thimble
* The Scapular Saw
* Jiffy Fletching Using Duct Tape
* The Primitive Sauna
* Turk's-head Knot Tutorial
* Braiding a Baldric Strap (Part 1)
* Braiding a Baldric Strap (Part 2)
* Quick Cheap Pocket Stove To Make
* All Thai'd Up?
* How To Make Char Cloth
* Making Leather Sheath with No Stitching

There are more at the tops and bottoms of the two pages- well written instructions for each.

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/index.php/Table/DIY/

Enjoy!

Don't Forget there's also:

Making your own outdoor gear,

Great directions.
Use the Menu on the left for directions on making the following:
BACKPACKS
SHELTERS
STOVES (all kinds)
COOKWARE
SLEEPING
ACCESSORIES (Headlamps, Fishing gear, Rope bag and more)

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html


Tarp Tents - 2 more:

1) PONCHO TARP-TENT Project

http://royrobinson.homestead.com/PonchoPlans.html


2) Henry's Original Tarptent & Tarptent-for-2 Plans:

http://www.tarptent.com/projects/tarpdesign.html

Great lightweight shelter project for backpackers.

The first link doesnt work anymore,, Dang it :sneaky2:

[gryffynklm]

HEre is a link to BushcraftUK

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/

You may be able to find it moved to somewhere else in, I shudder to say their forum.

[whitewater4x4]

I'm curious , I looked at the site and didn't see anything in it about making bows or sling shots . I've heard of a device called a stone bow and am looking for a site that details the construction of such a device . I've read that Fredrick Remington (the painter in the 1800s) described stone bows in his travels among the native american tribes . He reported that they took up to fox size game at about 90 yards . The bow shoots small stones or marbles instead of arrows . I believe the clay marbles would be much easier to make than an arrow and if you are foraging you would be more likely to be bagging small game than large game .

[Rick]

http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/bulletbow/bulletbow.html

http://www.thebeckoning.com/medieval/stonebow/about-sbow.html

http://www.adrax.com/watsons/stonebow.htm

[artichowl]

It won't let me on the website ):