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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1234096 United States 01/20/2011 01:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Survival is a temporary means to endure a situation, bushcraft is the ability to live and endure the situation Quoting: Trench"The more skills you have,the less shit you need"? Alone in the woods for months and you could only have 2 items, what would they be? I would pick my knife and my hatchet. |
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User ID: 1115888 United States 01/20/2011 01:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Just being able to make fire ! how many people could do this without the use of their bic cig lighters, or a box of matches. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1236756I've used the stick thing before and it will wind you. Magnesium and flint are excellent if you are organized. Yeah I keep them in my kit. My sons were Boy Scouts and I couldn't be outdone by them. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1236756 New Zealand 01/20/2011 01:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I clicked on the thread before I understood what it was about. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1232966I was just going to explain my girlfriend will not allow me to come anywhere near hers with the clippers, a razor, or even a pair of scissors. It's like a jungle in there... LOL how very little miss leading lmfao |
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dookie stain User ID: 907535 United States 01/20/2011 02:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Yep....even made my own bushcrafter style knife.....It took a while to get used to the different blade shape compared to American patterns....I used O-1 steel hand filed with a scandi grind and heat treated in a home made forge.... Did lots of trips with just the items on my person....fun hobby with many fields to pursue....my faves being wild plants and gathered foods.... |
Lester
User ID: 1224433 United States 01/20/2011 02:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Not like I live in a rainforest, but having the tools to craft a life of moderate comfort from my surroundings has been a priority since 1988... ETA: Not like I am sure when I would resort to Bushcrafting as long as I have rope/cordage/nails/lumber and other gear I expect to serve in place of many of the skills outlined in the book. Great to be able to make rope and cordage from wild fiber and use them for construction with binding knots. I do gather rose hips, berries, take game and fish for food, plus we have wild mussels and many gourmet foods for the gathering. Moose in the yard I view as a Witness from God that HE Will Provide; of course I own weapons to harvest them and keep my family safe... Hoping it won't come down to the day when I am thrilled to find a deposit of clay that will work for pottery; but being able to recognize it and have confidence to use it, I have that. Have even been present when a potter fired his homemade kiln. It ain't rocket science to make things to aid your quality of life. Last Edited by Lester on 01/20/2011 02:11 AM |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1234096 United States 01/20/2011 02:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bushcrafters are studs. And possibly the leaders of the future. I took a class with Tony Nester. He's a good teacher. Also Christopher Nyerges. He knows a lot but doesn't communicate it as well. I feel much more at home in the wilderness even with the little I know. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1218297I only got classes from my grandfather and great uncle, they were trappers and I would not trade what they taught me for all the money in the world. I don't know it all either but I can hold my own in the woods. Too old to be a stud anymore... |
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Lester
User ID: 1224433 United States 01/20/2011 04:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bushcrafters are studs. And possibly the leaders of the future. I took a class with Tony Nester. He's a good teacher. Also Christopher Nyerges. He knows a lot but doesn't communicate it as well. I feel much more at home in the wilderness even with the little I know. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1218297Nyerges was one of the original Hood's Woods hoodlums. Ron Hood and all his primitive living and cave-cooking info is very informative. www.survival.com a link to the forum somewhere on the site. Lots of good info, gear reviews, discussion at the hoodlums... |
Menace2society
User ID: 1235294 United States 01/20/2011 05:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Know what the natives in your area used as their starch staple(s)....defiantly research primitive fire making(i.e the wood for hearth and the wood used for drill) and practice( over and over). the Native Americans in your area spent thousands of years perfecting the skills required live comfortably off the land...without magnesium and bush-craft knives All that we are is a result of what we have thought. The Dhammapada " your kind of a dick" is a understatement |
Lester
User ID: 1237230 United States 01/20/2011 01:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Know what the natives in your area used as their starch staple(s)....defiantly research primitive fire making(i.e the wood for hearth and the wood used for drill) and practice( over and over). Quoting: Menace2societythe Native Americans in your area spent thousands of years perfecting the skills required live comfortably off the land...without magnesium and bush-craft knives Well, a welding striker with a few pkgs of spare flints is a whole lot easier to use. Nest your tender and spark the striker and you are in business, will even light a propane torch... The premise of survivalism is not to live like some mud-encrusted aboriginal, but to have enough sense to gather and use tools to maintain a comfortable level of civilized living. Got no money, then get some! Pretty damn hard to work your way up the social ladder from kiling game with a sharpened stick spear to agrarian bounty. Unlikely you'd ever get there. Carry your bow-drill and baseboard with wherever you go? Guess you are a purist, but a Zippo lighter is about the most foolproof fire starter ever conceived, if you have spare flints and fluid. Compact too! Gonna sift sand and pebbles and use a system of gourds filled with varying media to reliably filter your water? I hope not. Living primitively is a luxury none can really afford. Maybe if you're in some drug rehab program learning the skills gives you self-confidence and self-reliance so you no longer resort to dope if you feel helplessly screwed about your life; but trying deliberately to live primitively is misguided. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1235294 United States 01/20/2011 03:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Know what the natives in your area used as their starch staple(s)....defiantly research primitive fire making(i.e the wood for hearth and the wood used for drill) and practice( over and over). Quoting: Lesterthe Native Americans in your area spent thousands of years perfecting the skills required live comfortably off the land...without magnesium and bush-craft knives Well, a welding striker with a few pkgs of spare flints is a whole lot easier to use. Nest your tender and spark the striker and you are in business, will even light a propane torch... The premise of survivalism is not to live like some mud-encrusted aboriginal, but to have enough sense to gather and use tools to maintain a comfortable level of civilized living. Got no money, then get some! Pretty damn hard to work your way up the social ladder from kiling game with a sharpened stick spear to agrarian bounty. Unlikely you'd ever get there. Carry your bow-drill and baseboard with wherever you go? Guess you are a purist, but a Zippo lighter is about the most foolproof fire starter ever conceived, if you have spare flints and fluid. Compact too! Gonna sift sand and pebbles and use a system of gourds filled with varying media to reliably filter your water? I hope not. Living primitively is a luxury none can really afford. Maybe if you're in some drug rehab program learning the skills gives you self-confidence and self-reliance so you no longer resort to dope if you feel helplessly screwed about your life; but trying deliberately to live primitively is misguided. Man Lester ..... you don't have to be mud encrusted to have primitive skills?.....in my neck of the woods the hearth/drill are easily had items..the drill wood is the same the natives used for arrow shafts(black elderberry) they don't even require hardening and very little straightening?...but your right bic lighter is best friend, and you correct on the water issue( which i did not mention?) but i know where the artisan springs are in the hills ..as I'm sure you have at your bug out spot.... drug rehab?? wtf your cracking me up( projecting maybe?), how do you get that from:....research native starches, know the local woods used for primitive fire, practice practice, and they lived comfortably while doing it...it's called a "Ad Hominem fallacy"... love your gun stuff though. |
Trench
(OP) User ID: 1202181 United States 01/20/2011 07:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Alone in the woods for months and you could only have 2 items, what would they be? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1234096I would pick my knife and my hatchet. “The difference between combat and sport is that in combat you bury the guy who comes in second.” "The more skills you have,the less shit you need" Philosophy of Liberty: [link to illuminati-order.com] email anytime: [email protected] |
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Ricfly52
User ID: 203277 United States 01/20/2011 07:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Over many years of hunting and hiking, both in summer and winter, in the mountians of central Idaho, I would like to think that I have gained a few skills to survive long term. I can tell you this, winter can be a bitch in a lots of places on this planet. I suppose if a person can learn to survive the first one, you might make out for awhile. But the longest I have ever been out there was 26 days. Fishing and skiing keeps me a little sane. |
Trench
(OP) User ID: 1202181 United States 01/20/2011 07:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bushcraft? Quoting: EnaidAre you sure that doesn't involve lesbians, shaving cream and razors? Last Edited by Trench on 01/21/2011 10:20 AM “The difference between combat and sport is that in combat you bury the guy who comes in second.” "The more skills you have,the less shit you need" Philosophy of Liberty: [link to illuminati-order.com] email anytime: [email protected] |