Bushcraft Kitchen Part 4 Wooden Trencher 

And we thank you too Dave for the fine bushcraft you keep sending us. Much appreciated.

I have never heard of the Trencher before today, I learned something new about our ancestors way of life. Thanks for sharing as always Dave .

moved to Charleston, SC recently from a town two miles below the Mason Dixon in WV right on the Ohio river... I have two boys under three and don't have the time to really camp or do anything like this... But watching your videos takes me home and makes me excited to take the boys "home". Thanks Dave. More than I can express...

Just caught up on the last 4 as I just got home from a weekend camping trip with the wife and lil guy.......and already another new vid. Man you are crankin em out!

Hey Dave. Just wanted to say thanks for these videos. I'm laid up post op after knee surgery yesterday. Been out of the mix for 13 weeks since I got injured. Bored out of my mind until I came across your vids again. I'm really digging all of them. I've got something to be excited about now that I'm on the mend. I figured if I have to sit on my butt doing nothing, I may as well go to school, so to speak. Thanks for everything you do for us viewers, brother! I'm yearning for some woods for real!

I'm enjoying this series a heap. I love being the cook when our family is out in the wilds. Learning the primitive kitchen, utensils, methods and preparation of the food is an important part of the whole experience. By the way brother, you look good with your hair longer than you normally wear it. More mountianmanish ... is that even a word ? I'll bet Ms.Iris likes also.

Vids like this help remind us of history and our forefathers. Many who setted this country only had what they could carry in a trunk, or less. Had to make do with what was available to them from the land. We take so much for granted today. From cheap plastic plates at WalMart to fine bone china, how often do we think about what many people used in the eras of log cabins scattered in virgin forests and plains?

Great to see you posting new videos! I watch and learn from your videos daily! Thank you for all the information!

Thanks for the video Dave. I cant wait to buy one of those crook tools and make my own. Your video's are fantastic. I watch all of them.

that looks like a therapeutic hobby as well as a handy survival tool to know, i wish you carried on filming while sealing and sanding just so we can see the techniques you use/think is best. much love man

Thanks for another simple yet excellent video,as i watch this i see 188 thumbs up and 3 thumbs down, i cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would give this a thumbs down,like yourself Dave i was raised with the philosophy "if you can't say nothing nice say nothing at all!!" to just give the thumbs down just to be negative is not in my mentality. Keep up the good work brother your more appreciated than you probably realise!

Really good project idea Dave! That looks to be a very handy thing to know how to make. I like the new music as well. It gives your videos a very chill vibe. Thank you so much for all the time you put in for us!

really been enjoying the "bushcraft" style videos a lot.

Great job on that Dave. Looks like I have another idea for a wood carving project. Thanks.

Anybody else find this relaxing?

good video Dave I'm about 2 years behind but I'm trying to catch up

I'm really enjoying this series. Keep em coming and take care.

Really enjoy the wood carving videos. Keep them coming.

This would have been so useful last weekend when i forgot to pack a bowl, i will definitely keep this trick in mind for next time though, thanks for the vid

There is a similar kind of container in Germany, too, called "Molle". Traditionally, these are not made with spoon knives, but with a special kinde of adze which has a curved edge like a wood gouge - makes things much faster. You'd rough out the hollow with the adze and just use the crooked knife for the finishing touches before you start polishing the inside.

Some fine toolwork Dave.

hay Dave a trencher in England is made of bread and when they were really hungry they ate the trencher too lol love the video sir

Hey Dave. I noticed you were putting a lot of pressure to the knife while you were stropping. I used to do the same thing when I first started and would get frustrated when my blades didn't get sharp. Because leather gives when you strop, applying excess pressure actually rounds your edge instead of sharpening it. The weight of the blade is all that is needed and anymore is counter productive. Hope this helps buddy. More than happy to give back to a guy who's taught me so much.

Great video, Dave. You look so happy :). god bless you, looking forward for the next ones...

loving this series brother BUSHCRAFT.

Sounds like you have plenty of cicadas. Have not heard any here in SWPA yet. Love the music.

Really sweet Dave. Any possibility of you making a video in which you make a trencher by burning it out?

It is uncanny on how you and I are doing close to the same type videos. I have a carving...ish video that has about 2 hours left on the upload. Great series Mr. DC love the bushcraft series.

There are some great old black and white footage of Swedish men carving spoons with crook knives. It's amazing how skilled they were at that, but I suppose when you're doing this stuff for a living and your livelihood depends on it you're bound to be an expert at even the simplest things needed to survive.

amazing dave...as usual.

Thanks Dave. Nice Video

Really nice! Thanks and greetings from Italy!

Nice, nice Work, very cool Dave!

and it will last forever! Nicely done.

Good looking job. It would be a good project to work on while sitting on the river bank around a little fire fishing and sipping on pine needle tea. (I just ordered the Mora Companion from TPS. I've noticed many on RU-vid are using a Mora. I also watched your review on it. The Old Hickory B.K.is awesome but doesn't work as easily for fireboards, spindles, feather sticks, etc) Thanks!!!

also, another tip for people making these, when you have finished carving and all that, keep the wood shavings and put them in your kit to use as a base to start your next fire---2 birds with 1 stone!!

Another Awesome video, Dave!! Thanks for all of this priceless information & knowhow! I noticed 4 people who gave a thumbs down & I ask myself, in what world would ANYONE ever find something wrong with or "dislikeable" about this amazing video?!?!?! Only a total troll would give something like this a bad review.. One has to sort of pity people who hate themselves so much that they try to rub it off on the rest of the world. Keep up the great work man! I watch everything & enjoy every 1 you make

Awesome work as usual.

very good Dave!

Thanks Dave. Nice one.

Hard work but you did it, nice piece of kitchen Gear.

Great video, thank you for posting this.

Another cool video Dave... thx

Thanks I'm on my way to check it out! Hey just a quick note if I can make it out there next year I'm going to get you a special H&R made here in Remington Arms. But again great videos and I love learning that tribal knowledge

Nice bowl Dave. Thanks for the hard work. I guess it would not be any harder to keep clean that a wood spoon. That would be a disadvantage to having tool marks. I'd get a splinter licking that bowl. Haha.

Another great video. Keep em coming

Suggestion, I used to work for a wood tool company and maybe a notch and chisel would work faster and reduce calorie expenditure. Then finish off the the re-curved draw knife. I loved this video! just was thinking of other way's. Keep it up buddy!

Hey Dave, Great vid thanks for sharing but wouldn't it be easier to use the axe to make the trough and then smooth it out with the hook tool thing? I've only worked with metal never with wood so sorry if it's a stupid question.

Thanks dave

Watched a video yesterday on Netflix called "Happy People." They are Northern Russian Trappers that carve a dug-out canoe, ski's and a Primitive trap that I think you would enjoy watching.

Great video Dave! Love that bushcraft knowledge man! 2 opposable thumbs up. :-)

Alex, Dave made some hard tack and gave out the recipe in one of his teepee/yurt videos (the one where he lived in it for 30 days). Look through his Diary of the Tipi and Journals of the Yurt playlists. It's in one of those.

Can I make a request for a video? Basicly a series of videos of trees, their traits, how to tell them apart, and their uses. That would be cool. Other plants would be good to explain as well.

Roy Underhill would be proud

Nice project. I am inspired to give this one a try!

the reason it's harder to cut wood against the grain is the spaces between the rings, it causes you to stop instead of cutting through it consistently, the rocking from cutting through the grain is like driving on a rough road, hard on your hands.

Great stuff Dave, Wish I could spend some time at your camp.

Thanks Dave happy sopping!

I would love to do what you do Dave. Honestly reminds me of being a kid again. If you ever have a need to bring people on the "pathfinder show" please hit me up. Seriously... Pathfinder show brother you know it sounds right. I am sorry but your knowldge brings out my passion. Let me know what you think

I think I need a crook knife. thx for showing, Dave atb Markus

Hey Dave, much respect and awesome work on this video, but I have a slight critique/tip that you might find useful. I notice you carving with the grain using your hook knife. In general, when starting a to carve out a bowl, I find that this tends to cause the crook knife to catch in the grain, and I've broken a few that way as a kid just starting out. It's much smoother, much more efficient, and much more pleasureable, I find, to cut across the grain. As well as easier on the edge.

great video keep it up! i found that with green wood carving with crook knives cuts better cross grain.

really great video dave.salute and lord bless.

Nice Trencher. Thank You

I always enjoy coming home, after working in a nasty fast food joint. to one of you're videos, a bowl of home grown rice, and home grown chicken. could you show us how to make "hard tack"

Dave one of my books has this trencher bowl in it, but it was make using bark.it show using bark to make all kinds of containrs any ways thank again for making these vids

Hey Dave, you should auction off those trenchers and spoons you made to benefit your youth organization.

Wood has antiseptic properties. That's why wooden cutting boards are still used today. Research, last time I checked, showed that wood is safer than plastic cutting boards. Over time bacteria can become embeded in scratches in plastics. Deep enough that washing does not remove. This is where the properties of wood come into play. Antiseptic qualities of wood helps counter anything in scratches that thorough washing doesn't get.

747 videos and the first one ive seen Dave without some sort of hat or bandana.

It's just like scooping frozen ice cream out with a crappy spoon! :)

NICE WORK DAVE, I was hoping you would show some fine work with your greenland axe you sell at your store. I just got mine last week it seems to be a nice axe. KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEO`S

No hat today Dave, is it the rain or the 90s heat ? It not that bad today compared to 2 days ago, Hmmm don't tell me you cant find it. Always a joy to see your videos god bless brother.

thank you for your knowledge brother

great video again! Kind of digging the long hair brother... compared to the "high and tight" days.

Educational, and just down right cool video Bro!! Thumbs up!~~John

very nice job! i'm goint to try that myself!

how to make this easier: use your axe and chop into the center of the wood, it makes it easier to carve. also if you have it, use a drawknife to shape the outside.

Mad skills! Love it:)

Ok so I love his hair!

Quite nice... I like it. I'd be worried about health issues with that wood though... over time, especially when it comes into contact with meet, it may become a problem.

I would LOVE to see a demonstration of sanding something using sand in a creek bed. I've tried to do it before but it didn't seem to work. so while I'm sure it's a rather simple process, devil must be in the details.

Nice edge on your axe David....

Nice video. Got to make me one of these. Thx.

very entertaining video to watch, i also made my own ''trencher'' but with coal burning method it was very successful and much bigger but it took 3 hours to me to make it i only used knife for making mine:)

I have one like Dave's, don't know his brand, I got mine at Abercrombie & Fitch, has the long tail past the last hole. Nice heavy saddle leather, heavy buckle.

u should make a series wear u see how long u can live in the woods

A gouge would be faster/easier than the scorp. Use the scorp for finishing/smoothing. Good vid.

could u do a video on making a flint knife with a bone handle i know its alot to ask but i feel it would be a very rewarding video to watch

Dave have you ever heard of wooden utensil being seasoned like a cast iron pot, before or after using the fixing wax?

You should try making some wood burl noggins, or drinking bowls and make a video on it.

Great video. As I got to the end I was wondering if there was a company out there that makes a small forged adze set with tapered rings to use similar to a Tomahawk that would cut the time ;) on the trench shaping. A set of tools like that would shave the size and weight of the kit you brought and you would have a decreased chance of mechanical injury due to slippage of the blade in the time where you cut the feathered chip off towards you. Just curious

How difficult would it be making a trencher using a good camp knife (like blind horse)? Would making the bowl leave too many splinters or jagged edges? Just wondering. I love your work and admire your skills! Thank you so much for sharing :)

You're just the best. ;)

I love the smooth background music you have been playing. also I keep wanting to ask about your belt. ive never seen a leather one like it and why does it dangle down so low? nice work by the way. ive never seen that kind of container either.

I don't know why but I love this video, and I'm a big fan from you. Please reply? You are the best suvivar I know!!

Awesome project. Is there any danger in eating out of one made by the burning out method.

Just curious if using wet pine adds the flavor of Pine Sol to your hot stew? Great vid, thanks once again.

Awesome job this series has got me fired up on trying some of this also just a quick question are you ever going to do a review and usage of your new ss canteen kit like your ss bottle I only ask bc I'm thinking of ordering it just to carry on my belt for easy access and I love the 32oz ss bottle and cup which I carry everyday either in the woods or fishing or just going to work. Again great job and hopefully I get out to your basics class next year as long as I can save vacation time lol

Chisel. Vs crook knife. Do you see any major advantage / disadvantage of having one or the other. Seems like the knife would be more comfortable yet seems like the chisel would remove more material. Thoughts?

I prob would use a curved chisel instead of a crook knife fits better in a pack too.