A bushcraft/ homestead/ outdoors channel. Good honest content from a hobbyist outdoor lover who likes traditional outdoor stuff but will also film indoors too. My blog: austinlill.blogspot.com
Very informative video! Would have liked to see time lapse used so we could see the process, but great video nonetheless. Loved the jazz in the background!
Absolute legend, I still watch the birchbark canoe with pinnock, film and the whole northern exposure, book and series is my favourite of his many enthralling series. Should be knighted.Man love abounds.
It's a video I'd been meaning to do for a while. I had some time to do it...two days after a massive thunderstorm and during a super wet start to July :)
@@theoutdoortraditionalistwell,you done great, it's easy for everyone to catch up of how to fold, it's quite complicate though.and some are just making fun of it, nonsense.
Thanks for the upload! The insight into the presentation was really interesting, I understand why you cut it down, though I'd be interested in what else Mr Mears had to say - getting along to the Bushcraft Show unfortunately just isn't on the cards right now, shame to have missed it.
Pleasure. I did film a fair bit of it which would be a RU-vid goldmine for me but he said that a lot of the stuff he was telling he hasn't really touched on before so l de idea to respect his intellectual property. The Bushcraft Show is going from strength to strength so isn't going anywhere and the Wilderness Gathering has relocated to Kent which has been around for a fair few years. Thanks for watching sir.
love an atlatl, one combo i once saw was this 80 year old hunter, he used an atlatl with a rungu war club, hunt with the atlatl then finish the animal with a swift blow from the club edit: he also used to tally his atlatl for each kill, he had taken out 160-ish deers with it, and had 10 cross marks for bears and 4 circles for mountain lions
That's amazing and shows the potential multi role potential of an atlatl. The accuracy to take down a beast is something this hobbyist bushcrafter can only dream of. Thanks for swinging by.
It's a 3m x 3m tarp. The one l usually use is a Napsack Hammocks 3.35m x 3.35m which gives a little more room, s does tying the apex to a branch to negate using a pole. Thanks for watching.
I really enjoyed it, as did my non-bushcrafty wife. Thought l'd chuck a vid up (YT channel and Ray footage = no brainer) but l decided to omit tbe chat as he said it wasn't stuff he'd really discussed before. I didn't want to abuse his intellectual property and all that. Thanks for swinging by.
less is more when making spills, I made the mistake early on of putting too much sulphur on the end of my brimstone matches, I know better now. I like how you noted the pointed tip, that helps as well.
We went to the fare today in 2024. It's a shadow of what it used to be, somewhere to look forward to going to. Not now. There were a few knight's battling it out with each other, some archers having a competition between themselves. We didn't get to see one of my favourite things, the falconry display. There weren't the usual musicians and dancers, or the story tellers. There isn't a programme now, to tell you what is happening and when, and a lot of the stalls are selling absolute tat. It's also developed into a "Tarts night Out" , along with people dressed as fairies and girls with pointy ears. We won't be going again.
Oh dear, that doesn't sound good. I usually leave it a couple of years between visits and even last year noticed several quality stores missing. I also noticed tbe Romans have been squashed into it this year....And l noticed the pointy eared thing too.
Hiya. The one in the vid is a DD Hammocks 3 x3 metre tarp. My usual tarp is a multi-looped protype 3.35 x 3.35 metre tarp that l worked on with Napsack Hammocks which gives a little more space. If you can suspend it from the top instead of using a pole it certainly helps. Thanks for watching.
The salt draws the meaty odour out and is removed when you scrape it so no salt is left. I agree, salt in cream wouldn't be a goer! Thanks for watching.
Have discovered some some saplings in my local woodlands in West Sussex have taken to pruning the surrounding foliage so they don't get crowded out , It is one species that I do not have any experience of the lumber yet but have all my tree surgeon friends keeping an eye out for me
Great discovery and if you've got saplings hopefully you may find mature trees nearby. I haven't got hold of any big pieces but back in the day I helped Bushcraft and Survival Skills magazine cover Bear Grylls' Chief Scout investiture and found a small piece to make him a whistle from which was decent. Thanks for swinging by.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist been looking all over the woodland a few areas are inaccessible its heavily cratered woodland think it took some heavy damage during ww2 has a couple of big concrete plinths in there which I was told held anti aircraft guns to protect the RAF base near it , its mostly oak, ash and hazel in there but most of the large ash have dieback , will try to get some fruit off them this year and germinate some for the garden
I've grow about a dozen from a pot outside but for more detailed growing tips may l suggest looking up @@dugfired on Instagram, she grows dozens of them and often uses a fridge to do so.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist I will do that , I have been growing walnuts from a local tree and planting them in cleared areas of woodland the past two years one if up to almost 6 ft now
Thanks for the comment Edward and sorry for the delay in replying, I managed to overlook it somehow. is the spear called a nugaq as I've tried an internet search with no look. I am heading to Canada with my wife next year and hope to visit the recently reopened Anthropology Museum in Vancouver. and i'll keep a lookout for any examples. Thanks again.
If you search for flowers of sulphur you should find plenty of choice. As far as l know it's just a fancy name for sulphur powder. Try and buy tbe smallest amount because a little goes a long way. Thank you for watching.
@@theoutdoortraditionalist oh I see what you mean I thought there might have been different kinds of sulfur that you can get and I didn't want to get the wrong kind of Sulfur powder
Thank you for watching. I only use egg for tanning, I've tried to extract the Salmon brain but found it almost impossible, I reckon they must have enough grey matter to procreate and eat! I don't see that there would be a problem mixing but more skilled practitioners of the art would be better placed to advise. Look up Will Lord, Sarah Day (Memma the Cavewoman) and Theresa Emmerich Kamper to name but three.
@@jasonlowery1369 Ah I misread what you put. The egg or brain softens it and the veg tanning helps to actually turn it into leather (not sure of the egg head science though). the veg tan solution, such as Oak or Willlow bark, needs to be a weak solution first which can then get progressively stronger to prevent case hardening which means a strong solution first off forms a layer that prevents penetration.
It is very staining to make a usable shelter out if effectively a waterproof sheet. I've not seen any made with non-square tarps but l'm sure something could be done. That said, the room inside the 3 x 3 isn't massive. Thanks for watching.
Hi bud, thanks very much! I've had a quick gander at your channel and subbed, apparently mutual stuff like that is frowned upon when trying to grow a channel but l'm just a hobbyist, not a sub whore😄l have a few muruaks and we all support each other with an occasional gander and post. Cheers👍
Once you've squeezed in you use your arm to flick tbe flap to the side and reach under the tarp side to grab and secure it. You can use either side or run a length of cord from the flap under the tarp side if it is windy. HTH.
