It is important to know and understand the current laws on buying and carrying knives in the UK before venturing out anywhere with a knife, whatever its size. The information below is taken from www.gov.uk/find-out-if-i-can-buy-or-carry-a-knife: Knives: the laws on buying and carrying The laws about buying and carrying a knife depend on the type of knife,…
Natural cordage is both vital to survival skills and a satisfying and rewarding process in itself. For those wanting to develop their wilderness skills, the process of making natural cord is an essential step to the further construction of fishing line and bowstrings for hunting, for lashing poles for shelters and bundles. As well as…
On our Bushcraft courses we teach game preparation and get students to prep their own food so they know how to, should the need ever arise in the wilderness. This is a walk through guide on how to skin and butcher a rabbit for food. You can learn more techniques like this by signing up to…
An essential survival skill and a great learning experience Four thousand years ago the ancient Egyptians were using hearth sticks to light their domestic fires. This long history of friction fire lighting continues to the present day, through Tamil Nadu fire drills and the foot-powered drills used by the Lhota Naga people in India. The…
In the bushcraft world, fire is one of the main things people want to master. This is easier when its nice and dry and sunny but much more difficult when it is chucking it down with rain. There is a paradox with making fire. The greater the need, the harder it is to achieve. This…
Coming from the Gaelic bannach, bonnach or bhannag meaning ‘morsel’, Bannock Bread is a simple flatbread that originated in Scotland. There are other opinions on where the word bannock came from, such as from the Latin word panicium which is thought by some to mean “baked dough”, however the actual translation means ‘to panic’. Now this…
To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world (Dudley Warner) Making & maintaining a campfire Fire is essential in the Bushcraft and Survival world, it keeps you warm, allows you to cook, provides you with a source of light and as the quote above alludes, keeps your morale up!…
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