Using my Shadow IV for Bushcraft

[markwood]

I've just spent the day here in the UK on a Bushcraft course learning to make a container from Ash bark. This entailled:

• felling a tree
• making a 'spud' to prise the bark off
• making a digging stick to dig up spruce roots
• making a striiper to remove bark from the roots
• digging up, cleaning and splitting the roots
• cutting, shaping and sewing the container

All in all a good day's work! I used my Shadow IV extensively along with a Fiskars hatchet, a folding saw and a Leatherman Core.

Here's the bark being cut from the Ash tree (felled with a saw)

Here's the spruce root and digging stick

Here's the finished container (with blury Shadow IV):

Here's a better picture of the finished article (although I did stich the sides after the picture was taken)

I'm very pleased overall for a first attempt. The root was too thick, hence the rough finish, but I found splitting the root and keeping it running true was a slow process so I used it thick.

The Shadow performed admirably, no problems with the grip or handle. I held it's own amongs a large company of Moras and Sandi grind bushcrafters!

Mark

 

[westllen]

Awesome pic's thanks for sharing, the shadow IV is one of the very best CRK one-pieces ever made:thumbup:

 

[markwood]

It certainly did the trick and was comfortable to use. The edge also held up really well - can't fault it at all (the orange cord is a must in dingy overgrown woodland though!).