What's your next challenge for yourself?

zhangmaster12 said:
On my next overnight outing, I plan to:

1) Use only the saw and my 5.5" Breeden or my (not yet here) Ontario Pilot's Survival Knife to process all my cutlery needs.

2) Built an upside-down fire

3) Build fire without use of non-natural firestarters / tinders. Ie use feathersticks.

What about you guys?
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I suggest you do it with the pilots knife, it's not great at any one thing, yet good for a lot of things. It will definitely put edge geometry and cutting ability into perspective for you. While it's definitely not the worlds greatest slicing and whittling tool it will function in that ok, and what it lacks in cutting ability it makes up for (IMO) in all around utility and general toughness.

As for me, I think my next challenges are going to be other techniques of friction fire starting...ie, hand drill, and different hearth board types.

Then I'll move on to flint and steel....

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RescueRiley said:
My goals for this year..
1) get to the point where I can start all my fires witha bow and drill made on the spot..
2) successfully catch fish with a fishing kit made of all natural materials and cordage
3) master the throwing stick
4) condense my 2 night campout gear into a buttpack
5)make a sleeping mat from weaved reeds
6) sleep primarily in shelters made of natural materials (when time, and resources allow)
7) begin flint knapping
8) perhaps make my first bow out of all natural materials

its a bit ambitious on all of them..... but we'll see
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RR,
Do you know anything about historical trekking? From reading your posts it seems like something you might be interested in, I know I am. Google Historical Trekking and Mark Baker and check it out. Chris
 
My goal is just to get out there more often this year . Then I can practice all of my skills more .
 
mistwalker said:
I suggest you do it with the pilots knife, it's not great at any one thing, yet good for a lot of things. It will definitely put edge geometry and cutting ability into perspective for you. While it's definitely not the worlds greatest slicing and whittling tool it will function in that ok, and what it lacks in cutting ability it makes up for (IMO) in all around utility and general toughness.

As for me, I think my next challenges are going to be other techniques of friction fire starting...ie, hand drill, and different hearth board types.

Then I'll move on to flint and steel....

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Can't make it too easy for myself huh? :D

I was actually planning to do that, hopefully my knife will arrive this week, and if time allows, Ill take the trip this weekend or next weekend. I think I will hold off from convexing it, I want to experience using the stock angles (but sharpened, ill make a vid on that).

Flint and steel, that just seems so damn hard, good luck, for now, Ill use my ferro rod:thumbup:.
 
my $0.02....

i got myself a nice compound bow for christmas and i'm looking forward to doing a little feral animal control.

pigs, goats, cats, dogs, rabbits and foxes are all on the local list.
 
zhangmaster12 said:
Can't make it too easy for myself huh? :D

I was actually planning to do that, hopefully my knife will arrive this week, and if time allows, Ill take the trip this weekend or next weekend. I think I will hold off from convexing it, I want to experience using the stock angles (but sharpened, ill make a vid on that).

Flint and steel, that just seems so damn hard, good luck, for now, Ill use my ferro rod:thumbup:.
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking...what does easy accomplish? :)

Sounds like a plan to me.

Yeah, I like my ferro rods a lot, and it'll be a while as I've only recently gotten a good fix on the bow drill and only done it to flames about seven or eight times now...so I still have the hand drill to go. I don't see me wanting to do flint and steel as an all the time fire method but I would like to get it down.
 
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