...so what is Bushcraft?

I don't think bushcraft and survival are synonymous.

Most of the time, your survival could be covered by sitting there in a garbage bag, drinking plenty of water, crying yourself to sleep waiting to be rescued.

Bushcraft is playing in the bush. Or having the skills to be comfortable in the bush.
 
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I am a simple country boy, to me Bushcraft is the skill or aptitude to accomplish life or hobbies off the beaten path. It is a freakin mystery to me why this would be worth debate approaching fist fights. I never heard of a Bushcraft knife or anything like that until it got to be the fad word that it is here.

A Bushcraft tool is any darn tool that will perform tasks required of a outdoor tool. Like I said, I am a simple guy, simpleton to some.:)
 
I'm a woodsbum and by the way your an ass!!!!!

Oh, and they like to refer to survivalists as neanderthal, nature hating, wood bashing bastards.

I wouldn't mind being called this either:thumbup::thumbup:KGD
 
Bushcraft:

a cliquey subculture of modern hippies who can be found in the woods talking to trees and rocks. Typical clothing of the bushcrafter is either a moth eaten wool blanket (called a "capote" which in sanskrit means moth eaten old blanket) draped over the shoulders, or a surplus store British SAS jacket. Wool pants or old jeans are worn, and a Filson style hat is a must. The bushcrafter carries a knife, but not just any knife - the only knife legally acceptable is a 4" (maximum length allowed under Bushcraft Law) long, .05mm thick scandi ground butter knife, or a cheap $1 "mora" knife. Knives over 4" , military knives, thick blade knives and big choppers are NOT allowed. A folding Swiss army knife is sometimes carried too. For fire starting, the bushcrafter only uses a fire bow or flint and steel, and scorns others who use matches, lighters or firesteels. Tinder used by the bushcrafter is strictly limited to the silken butt hairs of a gnat, harvested one by one during the peak of the full moon. This tinder is stored in a little leather pouch that smells like musty old shoes around the neck of the bushcrafter. Shelter wise the bushcrafter will use tarps, or build a shelter, exclaiming how much better they are than anyone else by doing so. Bushcrafters do not carry backpacks or sling bags, but instead use "ruksacks" which must, under Bushcraft Taliban Law, be made of waxed canvas with leather straps.

The bushcrafter can be often found preaching his bushcraft, on YouTube. Due to assimilation into the Bushcraft Cult, all the videos look and sound the same. One must have a "bit of a british accent" when speaking in these videos. It also helps that everyone dresses and looks the same, has a APPROVED knife hanging from their neck, and show the same thing over and over, holding up a smoking bundle of grasses and blowing into them to get a flame going, a tarp shelter in the background, a cup of water boiling in a rusty old tin can etc. The bushcrafter will also ramble on endlessly, using the word 'bushcraft' over and over and over again, as well as qouting passages from their Bushcraft Bibles written by Smores Kachinksy, Ray "paps" Mears and other authors.

Bushcrafters are very rigid in their lifestyle. They refuse to use any gear or knives other than what is allowed under Bushcraft Taliban Law. While they seem to well educated in outdoors skills, their lack of thinking outside the Bushcraft Box (most likely woven from grasses and reeds and sealed with pinepitch mixed with animal crap) makes them irritating to be around, although compared to the Toronto Maple Leafs, bushcrafters can be tolerated somewhat.

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Marcelo...your a good guy:p
Whats "cookies and milk"?? Is it Milk with Chocolate chip cookies...or Oreos, or is it Goat milk and Sugar cookies? Everyone likes something different...thats just the way it is, and debating it, is a waste of learning time.....
Just saying.

I like the term Bushcraft, but if it will stop the madness..I will call it woodcarving in the outdoors,woodsmanship, woodsloafing, woodsbumming, Woodcraft, survivalism, or...my personal favorite...Outdoorsmanship.
Why Outdoorsmanship? Well, I like being outdoors, versus indoors. JMO
 
Bushcraft:

a cliquey subculture of modern hippies who can be found in the woods talking to trees and rocks. Typical clothing of the bushcrafter is either a moth eaten wool blanket draped over the shoulders, or a surplus store British SAS jacket. Wool pants or old jeans are worn, and a Filson style hat is a must. The bushcrafter carries a knife, but not just any knife - the only knife legally acceptable is a 4" (maximum length allowed under Bushcraft Law) long, .05mm thick scandi ground butter knife, or a cheap $1 "mora" knife. Knives over 4" , military knives, thick blade knives and big choppers are NOT allowed. A folding Swiss army knife is sometimes carried too. For fire starting, the bushcrafter only uses a fire bow or flint and steel, and scorns others who use matches, lighters or firesteels. Tinder used by the bushcrafter is strictly limited to the silken butt hairs of a gnat, harvested one by one during the peak of the full moon. This tinder is stored in a little leather pouch that smells like musty old shoes around the neck of the bushcrafter. Shelter wise the bushcrafter will use tarps, or build a shelter, exclaiming how much better they are than anyone else by doing so. Bushcrafters do not carry backpacks or sling bags, but instead use "ruksacks" which must, under Bushcraft Taliban Law, be made of waxed canvas with leather straps.

The bushcrafter can be often found preaching his bushcraft, on YouTube. Due to assimilation into the Bushcraft Cult, all the videos look and sound the same. One must have a "bit of a british accent" when speaking in these videos. It also helps that everyone dresses and looks the same, has a APPROVED knife hanging from their neck, and show the same thing over and over, holding up a smoking bundle of grasses and blowing into them to get a flame going, a tarp shelter in the background, a cup of water boiling in a rusty old tin can etc. The bushcrafter will also ramble on endlessly, using the word 'bushcraft' over and over and over again, as well as qouting passages from their Bushcraft Bibles written by Smores Kachinksy and other authors.

Bushcrafters are very rigid in their lifestyle. They refuse to use any gear or knives other than what is allowed under Bushcraft Taliban Law. While they seem to well educated in outdoors skills, their lack of thinking outside the Bushcraft Box (most likely woven from grasses and reeds and sealed with pinepitch mixed with animal crap) makes them irritating to be around, although compared to the Toronto Maple Leafs, bushcrafters can be tolerated somewhat.

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LOL. I am disqualified on so many fronts. I'm old, scruffy, and carry whatever seems like a good idea at the time, almost all of which is old and worn, too. Oh, and my knife certainly doesn't fit in the approved category. I do, however, boil water in old tin cans.

Damn, Bushy! I posted before that picture loaded. That's scary!
 
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SOme great stuff her guys... I see bushcraft (at least for myself) as the practice of skills one might utilize if placed in a longterm wilderness living situation...as opposed to the practice of skills or preparation for an event or circumstance that one might have to endure for a certain amount of time....
A few examples....Creating cordage (an essential bushcraft skill)-not nec. an essential survival skill if you've got a well stocked kit... Friction fire can be seen the same way, so might carving an implement such as a spoon..
I see bushcraft as the practice of integrating ones self as much as possible to be a part of the natural mechanism,
as opposed to practicing to live despite the hardships of the natural world..
(puts the insence and the bong away..enough hippie talk)
I thinka survival practicioner by his nature is propbably more prepared for specific emergencies,
I also think a bushcrafter could make a decent survivalist, but a survivalist may or may not make a particularly good crafter

in the end its a judo vs. jujitsu thing.. The both come from the same source They share many skill sets yet differ in others.. including perhaps philosphy.

Thats my 2 cents fwiw

ALso Paleojoe.. Great posts... I always love your posts dude
 
All I know is that when I drink my coffee from my squishy cup, I do so with my pinky finger raised. Can I help being so suave???? Besides, how often do I have to say this. THE CHICKS DIG THE BOWDRILL!!!!!
 
G'day Marcelo


Being lazy, I have quoted a smaller section of one of my posts in the "Bushcraft blade" topic..

IMO, the best description of what "Bushcraft" is meant to be is described by Richard Harry Greaves when he wrote:
"Bushcraft" describes the activity of how to make use of natural materials found locally in any area. It includes many of the skills used by primitive man, and to these are added "white man" skills necessary for survival, such as time and direction, and the provision of modern "white man" comforts. The practice of bushcraft develops in an individual a remarkable ability to adapt quickly to a changing environment". (Note: this quote has come from the dust cover to his "10 Bushcraft books", which BTW was available long before Korchanski was supposed to have "coined the term Bushcraft" and can be found here: http://tions.net/CA256EA900408BD5/vwWWW/outdoor~03~000

To be honest, the Bush component of the word is simply the name we here in Australia (& I believe in parts of Africa as well) have given to natural areas outside of human settlements.

From what I understand, "Woods" or "Wilderness" would be the words used to describe the same areas in the Nth Hemisphere.

If this is the case, then the terms: Bushcraft & Woodscraft; Bushman & Woodsman; Bushwalking & Woodswalking etc,etc,etc all describe the same thing :thumbup:




Kind regards
Mick
 
I'm just feeling a little cantakerous today, sorry. :grumpy:

You may start your post with "Marcelo, you're an ass" if you like.

Well you are an ass. Cause if you are gonna use big words that I have to look up, you can at least spell them correctly...:rolleyes:

Cantankerous- difficult or irritating to deal with or argumentative.

By the way, this nonsense of my way is better than your way is BS.. I see no problem with someone calling them self a "bushcrafter" or making a knife and calling it a "Bushcraft knife" Use what ever you want to, call it what ever you want to, and do it how ever you want to. So survivalist, bushcrafter, mountain man, woodsman, or what ever you want to call yourself and your tools is irrelevant. We all share the same love for being outdoors; so just get out and get er done:thumbup:
 
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Bushcraft:

Typical clothing of the bushcrafter is either a moth eaten wool blanket (called a "capote" which in sanskrit means moth eaten old blanket) draped over the shoulders, or a surplus store British SAS jacket. Wool pants or old jeans are worn, and a Filson style hat is a must.


Beats a tactical foldout laptop desk on one's chest....:D:D:D
 
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