Thanks for the positive comments entherder, welderguy, BENESSE, adventurestrong, RoadLessTraveled, zeroed4x, and Nighthawk01.
I wish I could boast I was an expert at the bow drill by now, but I...
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Thanks for the positive comments entherder, welderguy, BENESSE, adventurestrong, RoadLessTraveled, zeroed4x, and Nighthawk01.
I wish I could boast I was an expert at the bow drill by now, but I...
Nice, nice, blade. I am not a nice collector or afficionado, and I'm not skilled or careful enough with my knives to invest in a really beautiful or custom knife, so I have always gone with...
Whether I'm enjoying a short 2-night backpacking trip or a longer canoe-trip, I consider basic hygiene and cleanliness to be a vital ingredient in health and comfort. I like having a way to wash...
Hello basicbushcraft and welcome from Ontario, Canada.
Cheers,
- Martin
Thank you all for those kind comments. I really would welcome any tips, strategies or suggestions you might have which have worked for you when you were learning or wish you'd known about when you...
This weekend my wife and I went backpacking on some nearby Crown land to take advantage of the summer-like weather before the black flies start biting.
It was a memorable trip on a number of...
If you want good feedback on specific knives, check out BladeForums.com. There will be people there who own or have owned the very models you are considering and they will be able to answer any...
I was out the night before last on a solo-overnight trip to test out my hammock. The spring peepers were all out in force and the noise was deafening in some places. Between them and the barred...
Ice is out in Algonquin Park, so if it's not out yet in the BWCA, it should be very very shortly. Your best bet is to just contact the park and ask them if it's ice-out in the park yet.
Have a...
This same stupid claim went viral accompanied by this photo on Facebook. A friend of mine uploaded it to illustrate the evils of fast food.
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I had to burst his bubble though. That's what...
Hi and welcome from Ontario, Canada. I'm sure you're going to fit right in.
Cheers,
- Martin
This was the first time I ever ventured to post in a thread on a political or religious topic and I don't expect I shall again as I would prefer if discussions of highly politicized topics were left...
I, for one, was not at all offended. Just very disappointed.
WWJD?
Who would Jesus Deport?
Since the point of the show was to put modern day people who had no specific knowledge of the period into a simulation of those times, it would have made little sense to put history buffs, experts,...
I watched this when it originally aired on PBS. I found it to be a very enlightening experiment.
I have also watched the YouTube version, which seems to be a copy of the DVD that was later sold...
Truly beautiful work.
One day...sigh.
- Martin
That's one of those stories that's terrible news but makes you breathe a sigh of relief at the same time. You say the vehicle was parked on the side of the road. Was it parked in tall grass? A hot...
Hello Oddmott and welcome from Huntsville, Ontario. Always nice to see a fellow Ontarian here.
Cheers,
- Martin
My wife and I enjoy dandelions as well. You can eat more than just the springs leaves though.
Shortly after the dandelions sprout their young leaves, the closed flower buds will emerge. They are...
My wife and I have been lifetime users of open fire cooking and Trangia (alcohol) stoves, but in the last three years we've come to favour the Vital Stove, which is a fan-powered twig stove. So far,...
Hello Ferg and welcome from Ontario, Canada.
Cheers,
- Martin
I don't think anyone mentioned the classic survival movie, Deliverance (1972).
My own favourite is a riveting documentary called Touching the Void (2003), based upon a book of the same title by...
Hello and welcome from Ontario, Canada.
Cheers,
- Martin
Hello and welcome from Ontario, Canada.
Cheers,
- Martin
Good point about squatter's rights, Payne.
The notion of squatter's rights exists to legally acknowledge instances where someone has lived on a piece of land openly and where this has been...