Last week I told you guys I would more than likely be taking
this week off to rest and recharge, and I am currently doing that. However, I
thought this would be a good time to recommend just 5 blogs for you to check
out. These blogs have been picked for their contents and how it will pertain to
the next blog series to come out, but more on that later. Also these blogs will
provide you with a lot of insight to the previous series “The 3 day camp” and
the reasons I choose the tools I did. Now you could of course check out all the
blogs, though if you don’t have that kind of time, just check out these 5.
First off from our combustion series I have to recommend “Cloth roasting on an open fire”. In
this blog I made char-cloth a key component to next fire mentality. Not only
that, but it was also a nice wrap up to the entire series. After the char cloth
was made I performed a few observations on it. I learned that super-hot
char-cloth will begin its embering process if a gentle breeze is present. This
make sense because of the 3 facts for fire which are heat, fuel, oxygen. The
fuel is already super-heated turning it into char then in the presents of any
airflow it begin to ignite. Lesson learned about letting your char-cloth cool
before using it. So make sure you check this blog out before next week
Following next was my container series. During this time I
spent a lot of times working with mess kits. Even going so far as to make my
own. However, the first blog was about your water bottle and its importance. At
the time there wasn’t much I could do in the way of an activity for this blog
so it turned about to be a lot of lecturing. However, some important points
came from there like “My criteria for a Bushcraft water bottle” as well as
“what your water bottle should do for you”. Definitely want to check those out
so you know which bottle to keep and which to pitch.
Speaking of “pitching”, a blog called “pitch the tent and
use a tarp” came from
the cover series. In this I used my square tarp that I had
made from a rectangle tarp in the previous blog, to demonstrate different
set-ups and flys that can give you great shelter options. Never in a million
years did I think I would recommend a tarp over a tent. However, my problems
with tents like: heat, moisture, and claustrophobia; these aren’t a problem in
the tarp. And with a good moisture barrier and some bug repellent would could
get all the benefits of a tent without the downsides.
Next in the cordage series, I wrote a blog called “time to
get a little knotty”. This entire series was plagued with puns and I apologize
for that. However, I do recommend this blog because it shows you the different
knots that your cordage should be able to do for you. In this blog, I highlighted
5 or 6 different knots with included a fishing knot and a hitch knot, which
lead in to the lashing blog the most popular blog on the website. Definitely will
be important so check it out.
Finally in the cutting tool series I have to recommend “Sharpest
tool in the shed”. Not only was it our first video episode. But it was the
longest blog in process. I very proud of this review. The cutting tools shown
in this blog all have specific purposes and different way of tackling a
problem. I recommend this one, because knowing what each tool “can do” and
“can’t do” will make more sense for the choices I’ll be making in the next
series. However, that’ll have to wait till next week.
Now as for the series itself it will be on EDC kits. I will
be going explain the importance of EDC kits and the problem I have with most of
the ones I see. If ya want a Sneak-peak then here it is: NO PLASTIC BOTTLE. As
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Lastly if video is more your style check out my YouTube Channel backpack bushcraft where there is a video version of this with the same title. Until next time, keep those
fires burning and put another log on for me.
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