Tag: axe
A blade in the bush – axes, hatchets, tomahawks, and knives.
Pretty much everyone takes some sort of blade with them into the wilderness. It’s just common sense, there are so many reasons you might need…
7 Essentials To Surviving the Meltdown Of Civilization
Imagine that there’s a huge disaster looming over you. You and your family are faced with living in a world where the comforts of modern…
Hults Bruk axes: A work of art produced by a 300-year-old Swedish company
If you’ve spent any time camping or having to process wood for your fire at home you will appreciate a fine axe and one of…
Cutting Edge: The Basics of Axe Safety When You Camp
Safety when doing outdoor activities, including using axes, comes down to managing risk. Risk can be divided into two components: probability and severity. While the probability of…
Daisy Crockets Firewood Adventure
We’ve been gathering and chopping wood for the last 12 years and we’ve had some adventures with hills and winches, breaking ropes, trips and falls…
Need a new handle for your Axe – this simple step by step guide will help
In this straight forward ‘how to’ article Robin Wood shows us the simple steps needed to create a new axe handle. This is for a short…
Gransfors Bruks Mini Hatchet – Review
It started 5 years ago – my experience with Gransfors Bruks Hatchets & Axes. I’ve had a couple of them but the one to stay…
At last, a step by step guide of how to shave with an axe – Mike shows us how to do it
We have all seen the old black and white images of men shaving with axes. We have seen, outdoors-men, lumberjacks and WWII GI Joes shaving…
23,000-year-old fishing hooks found in Sakitari Cave in Okinawa
Recently on the coast of Okinawa, Japan, in the Sakitari cave, researchers and archeologists have discovered the world’s oldest fishing hooks which have been dated at…
Hults Bruk axes: A work of art produced by a 300-year-old Swedish company
Hults Bruk has been crafting beautiful axes for more than three centuries. The Swedish brand has long been known by European aficionados for its exquisite…