A survival situation is one where your life is at risk. Although it does not necessarily require you to do anything to be a survivor, a survival situation does. The things that you could do could be physical or mental processes in order to survive. Essentially, it is where you have the opportunity to save your own life or a group of lives. Overview In this article, we discuss what a survival situation is and how they could be categorised. We will discuss the following: Survival situations Categories of survival situations Survival situations A survival situation is one where your life is a ..read more

A person with average fitness and weight could tread water up to 10 hours without a lifejacket. After being completely exhausted, the person would likely drown. If the person’s body weight and body form are favourable, they could survive much longer by floating on their back. Overview In this article, we discuss how long a person could survive treading water and what they could possibly do to increase their chances of survival. Either way, when going onto the ocean or a lake, it would be considered mandatory to have a life jacket for each person. We will discuss the following: How long you c ..read more

In some cases, you might need to cross a large river or you might want to travel along a river for your trip. But how do you build a canoe with what is available to you from nature? There are a few different methods to build a canoe. A dugout canoe is very solid and can last many years. You can make one by chiselling out a tree that has fallen over into the shape of a canoe. This is very time consuming, especially when a larger canoe is made. Overview In this how-to guide, we not only look into how to make a dugout canoe but also other things like how you can seal holes. We will look at the f ..read more

In the wilderness, you may come to realise that you can’t go to a Starbucks for a quick cup of coffee. So what can you use in the wilderness as an alternative or substitute for coffee? There are many alternatives and some may taste better than others. You can use acorn, burdock, California coffeeberry, carob, chicory or dandelion. Although you will need to process them in some way. Overview In this how-to guide, we explore the different ingredients that you could use to make a coffee-alternative in the wilderness. We also linked the scientific name of each plant to a map that shows where they ..read more

When you are out in the wilderness, you may be tempted to try eating mushrooms that you find. But how do you know if a mushroom is edible? It’s not as simple as you may think; you need to know what to look for. But even then it’s difficult to be sure you have an edible mushroom as many poisonous mushrooms have the same features as edible mushrooms. Overview In this helpful guide, we look at mushrooms that you can find out in the wilderness which are edible but also some other things you might want to know. We will explore the following: How to know if a mushroom is edible What edible mushroo ..read more

When you are out in the wilderness looking for food or just want something sweet you could consider harvesting honey. But how exactly do you harvest honey in the wilderness? You first need to find a beehive that has honey by using a worker bee as a guide. When you have located the hive you should go clean yourself and prepare for being stung. Make a small fire that produces a lot of smoke under the hive so that the bees stay put in the nest. You shouldn’t consider collecting honey if you are allergic to bees. Overview In this how-to guide, we look at how you can collect honey in the wildernes ..read more

Bushcraft is acting out the knowledge and skills to survive and live using nature itself to create and what you need. By definition, a bushcraft tool is something that you have made using whatever you have available to you in nature. This might seem contradictory to products branded with the bushcraft name, and it is. What they mean is, you can use that tool to do bushcraft (sometimes). We don’t want to point out the splinter in someone else’s eye, but we don’t normally label our products with “bushcraft” unless it’s something like a book that is on topic. But our ads are clearly titled “bush ..read more

Overview In this how-to guide, we explore a method we use to carve a spoon using only a knife. We will look at the following: What wood to use Soaking the wood Size of the spoon Carving the spoon Finishing off the spoon Making a hole at the end for a lace Cleaning the spoon after eating What wood to use It would be better to use a softer wood for your first try just to get the hang of it, but you should use a harder wood for spoons that you want to use more than once. Below is a table of some woods and their densities that can help you decide on what you will use: Alder 450 kg/m3 Ash 76 ..read more

Overview In this how-to guide, we look at how you can make solid arrowheads from aluminium or tin cans. This will require that you have a cast iron-pot and have already built a furnace with a bellow. In this guide, we will cover the following: How to make the arrowhead mould How to melt the aluminium or tin Casting the arrowhead Some useful knowledge: Melting point of iron: 1,538°C / 2,800°F Melting point of aluminium: 660.3°C / 1,221°F Melting point of tin: 231.9°C / 449.5°F How to make the arrowhead mould The first step is to look for hard dense wood that you can use to carve out the sh ..read more

Overview When you are going out bushcrafting, you might want some peace and quiet from the busy urban world. But if you are looking for something else to do in your free time that doesn’t have anything to do with bushcraft, we have some things we recommend trying out: Woodcrafting Mountain climbing Photography Video footage Reading Canoeing Writing a journal Mapping an area Bonsai garden Woodcrafting Instead of making useful bushcraft tools that can help you survive or your life more comfortable, you can make some ornaments that are nice to have around. Making chess pieces and a board is o ..read more