Category: Bushcraft (Page 2 of 33)
Id been looking around for a traditional looking haversack for a while. Even tried making an oilcloth one myself. There were just little things I didn’t like with the designs. Mainly zips. I wanted it all brass buckles and leather over heavy canvas. The only two that came close were the Blackbird by Blackie Thomas and the Campcraft Outdoors. The shipping from overseas being astronomical. So I decided to modify a Frost River Book Bag knapsack.
https://www.campcraftoutdoors.com/product-page/haversack
Frost River don’t make a haversack and no longer make custom designs, the book bag was the same size as a standard haversack.
https://www.survivalsupplies.com.au/frost-river-simple-book-pack-backpack-artifact-edition-839-a
Here’s a great idea from Ochoco Bushcraft for cooking with a canteen cup over a small fire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72cHr8CmxaA
“The more we know the eaier it is to survive. knowledge dispels fear.”
Great Ideas from Log Hoppers for hiding your free camp or for when bugging out.
Is the span loop better than a Alpine Butterfly for mid-line knots?
I couldn’t find any plastic or alloy toggles pre-made, for use on ridge-lines. So I grabbed a 12mm x 300mm piece of delrin and took it around to a mates workshop and we made up some. at 50mm with camfered ends. Ive made timber ones but these should last much longer.
A Yosemite if you don’t want to give up doing a bowline but want it locked.
Anglers Loop or :
Perfection Loop
Disadvantages of the Yosemite.
Perfection VS Bowline.
3 Lengths
Daisy Chain Three Ways
Dirty Civilian 11:30
I like to keep three different lengths. 3 feet, 6 feet and 12 feet. The 3 and 6 foot lengths I find the most practical, the 12 foot lengths I can always cut in half if required. The 6 foot lengths I place a bowline on one end and a double stopper on the other. I use method three of daisy chaining on the 12 footers , doubling them in half before chaining. The three foot lengths I’m going to purchase the paracord in orange after watching Dirty Civilian using the orange to blaze a trail.
Looks like a great idea. I keep changing the way I do ridge lines from not having the line attached to the trap to folding the tarp over a ridge line to using Prusic knots for attachment. I noticed Dave has started using Pile Hitches for the tent pegs which I mentioned in the blog some time ago. I still prefer this attachment method incorporating a Taut-line hitch on the tarp grommet.
Im going to play with this idea some more, but use a Siberian hitch on one end and the loop on the other as demonstrated for the “truckers” tensioning end. I have trouble with shoulder and hand injuries keeping enough tension on a ridge line that is 30 feet long with the weight of a canvas tarp.
