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Ancestral backyard of their mom.…guys that didn't regularly spend time in the outdoors decided they were missing something in their lives and wanted to get back to their ancestral roots.
Dude, get those best practices behind you. You need an “officecraft” knife, capable of batoning those armrests right off that chair. Obstructions to survival, is what they really are.A knife in a bushcraft situation can have a prominent space on my belt while having a large'ish knife dangling from there is something that is not considered best practice in an office.
My chair has arm rests and the knife could get caught there when I sit down or stand up.
Look at the tools Otzi, the iceman, had on him when he was discovered.Considering that humans successfully did "bushcraft®" for millions of years with no more than napped flint or chert, I'm thinking any steel object should be a vast improvement.
You are right. Do you have any recommendations for an officecraft knife? I was looking at the Fällkniven A1x or S1x, but I don't know how well they baton through arm rests - these are made of metal, but I doubt it has been heat treated.Dude, get those best practices behind you. You need an “officecraft” knife, capable of batoning those armrests right off that chair. Obstructions to survival, is what they really are.
Then check if your space has overhead fire suppression sprinklers, and choose your campfire location accordingly.
Parker
Look at the tools Otzi, the iceman, had on him when he was discovered.
He was shot in the back with an arrow.....no "super steel" nonsense involved...Look at where those tools got him. . .
If he had a proper blade made from modern super steel I am fairly sure he'd be dead by now, too - but they'd have never found him.
Discovered dead though.Look at the tools Otzi, the iceman, had on him when he was discovered.
Lofty Wiseman describes a knife as well.For those unfamiliar with this, Mors Kochanski and Ray Mears pretty much invented this silliness. Kochanski defined the "bushcraft knife" term in one of his early publications, and Mears "invented" what we now know as the bushcraft knife when he designed the Woodlore (Made by Alan Wood) in the early 1990s. Those had a 4mm thick blade with a 24° bevel more or less.
That was only 14 years ago. Mors wrote about "bushcraft knives" back in the 1980s......Lofty Wiseman describes a knife as well.
If that was my office chair, I’d pay a visit to the Axe, Tomahawk and Hatchet sub-forum…You are right. Do you have any recommendations for an officecraft knife? I was looking at the Fällkniven A1x or S1x, but I don't know how well they baton through arm rests - these are made of metal, but I doubt it has been heat treated.
SAS survival guide was 86.That was only 14 years ago. Mors wrote about "bushcraft knives" back in the 1980s......
Well, unless whoever shot him did it because they wanted his knife ...He was shot in the back with an arrow.....no "super steel" nonsense involved...
Well said..I think too many people get off topic when they hear bushcraft, im a woodsman. I always carry 3+ knives, i live In a rural area, and we regularly do country bumpkin things. All my knives are bushcraft rated, 1-opinel is for food only, 2-small heavy constructed gerber folder, 3-4inch puukko, or large buck folder, mora, small 4" bowie. If i am going woods walking, i add a large chopper, hachet, or machete. Each has its use and strength. Just today i used my cheap puukko to cut a walking stick, trim side branches, skin bark, then scrap it smooth. I can do the same thing and did last week with my folder, the week before i took 4 kids and we did the same with a tracker knife, puukko, mora, 3 different folders, a hand saw, and a bowie. All worked but we discussed the merits of each. I have carried a mora for years as a utility knife and i love the scandi grind for this cuts wood and baggs of concrete well, easy to sharpen. sucks for food, which is why i carry a opinel. Great for slicing food not good for cutting concrete bags or heavy tasks. It you walk the woods carry 3 knives and know how to use them.
Heres the basics for EDC or woodsman, bushcraft, hiking etc.
1- carry a knife for food that way there is no antifreeze on it from opening the jug.
2- carry a utility knife, this could be any small heavy constructed folder or a fixed blade like a mora or a bushcraft 4" or under blade, P.S. i carry 2
3- the chopper, here is the big knife, batoning, cracking bones, ect. Carry what you like to use or what fits the forest, desert, jungle you will be in. How i feel and where im at it could be: machete, saw, axe, hatchet, big chopper knife, chainsaw for those i have to build a cabin days.
Have fun and get in the out doors today, make a walking stick, a brush shelter, baton wood for a s'mores roast.
Thanks
Brian
Thanks for sharing, Brian. Would you say that a scandi grind is “essential” for a woods knife? Or do you think convex/full flat/hollow grind knives will get the job just fine?I think too many people get off topic when they hear bushcraft, im a woodsman. I always carry 3+ knives, i live In a rural area, and we regularly do country bumpkin things. All my knives are bushcraft rated, 1-opinel is for food only, 2-small heavy constructed gerber folder, 3-4inch puukko, or large buck folder, mora, small 4" bowie. If i am going woods walking, i add a large chopper, hachet, or machete. Each has its use and strength. Just today i used my cheap puukko to cut a walking stick, trim side branches, skin bark, then scrap it smooth. I can do the same thing and did last week with my folder, the week before i took 4 kids and we did the same with a tracker knife, puukko, mora, 3 different folders, a hand saw, and a bowie. All worked but we discussed the merits of each. I have carried a mora for years as a utility knife and i love the scandi grind for this cuts wood and baggs of concrete well, easy to sharpen. sucks for food, which is why i carry a opinel. Great for slicing food not good for cutting concrete bags or heavy tasks. It you walk the woods carry 3 knives and know how to use them.
Heres the basics for EDC or woodsman, bushcraft, hiking etc.
1- carry a knife for food that way there is no antifreeze on it from opening the jug.
2- carry a utility knife, this could be any small heavy constructed folder or a fixed blade like a mora or a bushcraft 4" or under blade, P.S. i carry 2
3- the chopper, here is the big knife, batoning, cracking bones, ect. Carry what you like to use or what fits the forest, desert, jungle you will be in. How i feel and where im at it could be: machete, saw, axe, hatchet, big chopper knife, chainsaw for those i have to build a cabin days.
Have fun and get in the out doors today, make a walking stick, a brush shelter, baton wood for a s'mores roast.
Thanks
Brian