Bushcraft?

[pjsjr]

Buck knives has been a term related to folding hunters, styles like the Buck 110, but nowadays we know that a Buck knife is a... Buck Knife. So I’d go pick up an actual Buck 110, 112, 55, whatever and enjoy a real Buck not a false designation. Cause if a hardware store knife is a “buck” then my Camillus Seize 2 is a buck.

Never broken or chipped a blade on my 110 S30V, and I use it for everything. EDC stuff to “bushcraft” survival-camping type things. (Not batonning...). I’d say you’re safe, obviously the Clip point is more fragile but besides that, it’ll live.

Welcome to the Buck Forum. You are right and make good points.

 

[Sam Brothers]

This guy gets it. Batoning wood has a place. It’s a valuable technique for wood working.

That’s awesome. I’d like to get my hands on a fro, now. Of course I’d have to make one of those mallets. My neighbor might wake up one day to see his dogwood ripped up by the gol dang roots and gone!! (Not really of course)

 

[Makael]

I have zero issues batoning kindling. Moderate to small. But Bushcraft is so much more of a skill set for outdoors. We should embrace the skills.
Bushcraft

Bushcraft A popular term for wilderness skills in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, the term was popularised in the southern hemisphere by Les Hiddins in Australia as well as in the northern hemisphere by Mors Kochanski and recently gained considerable currency in the United Kingdom due to the popularity of Ray Mears and his bushcraft and survival television programmes. It is also becoming popular in urban areas; areas where the average person is separated from nature. Bushcraft is about thriving in the natural environment, and the acquisition of the skills and knowledge to do so. Bushcraft skills include; firecraft, tracking, hunting, fishing, shelter building, the use of tools such as knives and axes, foraging, hand-carving wood, container construction from natural materials, rope and twine-making, and many others. These are the kinds of skills well known to our ancestors, many of which are still practiced today as an everyday skill amongst aboriginal and native peoples around the world.

 

[Sam Brothers]

I have zero issues batoning kindling. Moderate to small. But Bushcraft is so much more of a skill set for outdoors. We should embrace the skills.
Bushcraft

Bushcraft A popular term for wilderness skills in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, the term was popularised in the southern hemisphere by Les Hiddins in Australia as well as in the northern hemisphere by Mors Kochanski and recently gained considerable currency in the United Kingdom due to the popularity of Ray Mears and his bushcraft and survival television programmes. It is also becoming popular in urban areas; areas where the average person is separated from nature. Bushcraft is about thriving in the natural environment, and the acquisition of the skills and knowledge to do so. Bushcraft skills include; firecraft, tracking, hunting, fishing, shelter building, the use of tools such as knives and axes, foraging, hand-carving wood, container construction from natural materials, rope and twine-making, and many others. These are the kinds of skills well known to our ancestors, many of which are still practiced today as an everyday skill amongst aboriginal and native peoples around the world.

Dad gum I always thought bushcraft was what they did at those Brazilian wax places. Thanks for clearing that up for me

 

[skypeace]

Used to wear a Fro back in high school and college.
Buck has a fro as part of the compadre series. I don't do that much wood cutting other than for campfires these days.

I was brought up with the terms woodlore, woodcraft or woodsmanship. Never gave two thoughts about a bush.

Woodlore meaning
Skills relating to living in a woodland environment; woodcraft.
Hunting, fishing, camping.

Two important tools, hatchet axe, knife.
Should never under estimate the utility of a saw.