Nessmuk

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Pondoro2310

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Not the knife - the book. I found his book "Woodcraft" for sale at a Half Price Books store. It is classic outdoor writing - musings, advice, stories, tales of idiot tenderfeet who do not know how to live outdoors.

Most successful outdoor writers of the past were a bit arrogant - their knife, or their fishing lure or their recipe for stew was the only one worth having, and other people's stuff was ignorant rubbish. I can forgive them. I'm looking forward to reading the book through.

Then I'll probably buy a carbon steel cooking knife and make a copy of Nessmuk's knife.
 
I've seen some nice Nessmuk copies on this forum made from Old Hickory/Green River skinners.--KV
 
You'll enjoy the book. I have the Kindle edition.
While some of the equipment he recommends may be obsolete, the techniques he used are not.
 
Well, I ended up busy but dove back into the book recently. The chapter on travelling light is a hoot! Nessmuk carried two knives and a hatchet but no fork or spoon. He advises whittling a fork in camp and making a spoon from a stick and a half mussel shell! Personally I will keep carrying a fork and spoon. By the time I whittled a fork that was useful my trip would be over and I'd be so proud of it that I would carry it everywhere!

I actually made a spoon from wood once but it took an entire Saturday and involved files and power tools.
 
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