Bushcraft Camp with Hand Tools: Full Build from Start to Finish
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Date: 2019-09-10
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Coherant bliss
back in the 60's when I was like 11 yrs old I used to go out in the woods (PNW) by myself all the time. sometimes a friend would go with me and we'd build a fir limb igloo/fort. Seeing the fir limbs on your vid brought back a lot of memories. We also built a floor up in trees about 6' off the ground using logs and one day we brought about 2 girls and 3 guys with us to show our tree house and we all got up there. Someone asked me if it was strong enough to hold all of us and I said yes and started bouncing up and down (we were all sitting) and after about 3-4 bounces the whole floor came crashing down. It was funny as hell as most of us ended up in the same indian sitting positions. The old wire we used to hold the main corners broke lol. Never forget that. Nobody got hurt luckily. I used to climb the tall fir trees and using my arms I would climb out a limb way up there and then fall to the next limb grabbing it and then the next one down waiting for it to bow to the next one and grab the next one. all the way down to the ground. was fun back then. I felt like Tarzan lol. I wish I could do it now lol.
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back in the 60's when I was like 11 yrs old I used to go out in the woods (PNW) by myself all the time. sometimes a friend would go with me and we'd build a fir limb igloo/fort. Seeing the fir limbs on your vid brought back a lot of memories. We also built a floor up in trees about 6' off the ground using logs and one day we brought about 2 girls and 3 guys with us to show our tree house and we all got up there. Someone asked me if it was strong enough to hold all of us and I said yes and started bouncing up and down (we were all sitting) and after about 3-4 bounces the whole floor came crashing down. It was funny as hell as most of us ended up in the same indian sitting positions. The old wire we used to hold the main corners broke lol. Never forget that. Nobody got hurt luckily. I used to climb the tall fir trees and using my arms I would climb out a limb way up there and then fall to the next limb grabbing it and then the next one down waiting for it to bow to the next one and grab the next one. all the way down to the ground. was fun back then. I felt like Tarzan lol. I wish I could do it now lol.
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Ron Tocknell
Hand tools. Interesting term, that, don't you think? To be fair, I suppose there are some treadle tools that you operate with your feet but I find they're very much in the minority. I very much doubt the term hand tools was coined to distinguish them from spring pole lathes and blacksmiths' power hammers. The term was clearly coined to distinguish them from all the other tools that are also used by hand but require switching on first. Anyway, I feel better now I've got that off my chest. Good video. nice use of hand tools (don't even get me started on natural materials)Ah Here's Nurse with my antipedantry medication.
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Hand tools. Interesting term, that, don't you think? To be fair, I suppose there are some treadle tools that you operate with your feet but I find they're very much in the minority. I very much doubt the term hand tools was coined to distinguish them from spring pole lathes and blacksmiths' power hammers. The term was clearly coined to distinguish them from all the other tools that are also used by hand but require switching on first. Anyway, I feel better now I've got that off my chest. Good video. nice use of hand tools (don't even get me started on natural materials)Ah Here's Nurse with my antipedantry medication.
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North Point Axe
Good work, personally I would have gone with a peaked roof with ridge post to avoid digging and offer a uniform height at center. OR found two living trees near each other and designed the raises platform to fit between the two trees, again to avoid digging and to offer a stronger stand, and built back from the two trees like you did with the two tall posts. But we each do our own thing, here in Maine we have super rocky soil so digging is often futile. Anyway well done, great video and sweet hand work.
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Good work, personally I would have gone with a peaked roof with ridge post to avoid digging and offer a uniform height at center. OR found two living trees near each other and designed the raises platform to fit between the two trees, again to avoid digging and to offer a stronger stand, and built back from the two trees like you did with the two tall posts. But we each do our own thing, here in Maine we have super rocky soil so digging is often futile. Anyway well done, great video and sweet hand work.
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KimiFur
I might be wrong, but I thought that pulling a full ring of bark off a living tree will kill it, since that's how food and water are transported up the tree? I was taught that you should peel bark vertically, leaving a bit so that the tree has bark running all up it vertically still. Am I incorrect in this thinking? Anyway, love your vids as always, great shelter ideas I'm returning to the UK next week after an 11 year absence and really want to get back into the bushcraft I learned as a child. :)
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I might be wrong, but I thought that pulling a full ring of bark off a living tree will kill it, since that's how food and water are transported up the tree? I was taught that you should peel bark vertically, leaving a bit so that the tree has bark running all up it vertically still. Am I incorrect in this thinking? Anyway, love your vids as always, great shelter ideas I'm returning to the UK next week after an 11 year absence and really want to get back into the bushcraft I learned as a child. :)
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Andy Kashu
If you already bring a saw and a hatchet and a knife, why not also bringing a collapsible shovel? Every common conscript used to have one when I served in our army, this thing was mandatory in the field, also usable as a cutlass when it has a sharpened edge, thus also as hatchet (back then as a weapon, some come even with a serrated side, but however it may be, first and foremost you can dig proper holes or entire pits with it. It makes totally no sense to have none. But a saw. 6: 05
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If you already bring a saw and a hatchet and a knife, why not also bringing a collapsible shovel? Every common conscript used to have one when I served in our army, this thing was mandatory in the field, also usable as a cutlass when it has a sharpened edge, thus also as hatchet (back then as a weapon, some come even with a serrated side, but however it may be, first and foremost you can dig proper holes or entire pits with it. It makes totally no sense to have none. But a saw. 6: 05
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Mira Bai
beautiful ta. i watch you all the time and your sweet papa also. i also watch joe robinet and many other bush crafters. iam learning alot its a bit hard for me iam 73 but iam not going to let that stop me. iam going to start in the back yard. tell your pappa hes a great roll model for me. thanks for the intro. to alex steele and will what, cute kids they makes me laugh and i love to laugh. sincerely great grandma mira
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beautiful ta. i watch you all the time and your sweet papa also. i also watch joe robinet and many other bush crafters. iam learning alot its a bit hard for me iam 73 but iam not going to let that stop me. iam going to start in the back yard. tell your pappa hes a great roll model for me. thanks for the intro. to alex steele and will what, cute kids they makes me laugh and i love to laugh. sincerely great grandma mira
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Maarten Lunenborg
A different type of video, definetly a nice in-between video. No commentary nor any elaborated deep-thought over coffee talks with Totally Awesome Dad. Or as I refer to your father: TAD. I don't suppose I would want only these types, but I did enjoy seeing the build process. I've seen enough videos with explanations on how to build a shelter so this was a nice change of pace. Great job Now gimme VIKINGS; -)
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A different type of video, definetly a nice in-between video. No commentary nor any elaborated deep-thought over coffee talks with Totally Awesome Dad. Or as I refer to your father: TAD. I don't suppose I would want only these types, but I did enjoy seeing the build process. I've seen enough videos with explanations on how to build a shelter so this was a nice change of pace. Great job Now gimme VIKINGS; -)
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Carole Pearson
Another wonderful film. The Sound of (Human) Silence, it makes your videos speak for themselves. Great little shelter, it was fascinating to watch. I bet you were rubbing balm in to your poor hands after that build You know, when you were walking back, dragging the ferns. You looked a little bit like a Peacock It did make me giggle, sorry Looking forward to more
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Another wonderful film. The Sound of (Human) Silence, it makes your videos speak for themselves. Great little shelter, it was fascinating to watch. I bet you were rubbing balm in to your poor hands after that build You know, when you were walking back, dragging the ferns. You looked a little bit like a Peacock It did make me giggle, sorry Looking forward to more
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Nicholas Kryger Nelson
Hey Mike This is Another bomb video. It seems like you really pay attention to your fans and you care about making great vids. Everything about this from top to bottom was great to watch. Its obvious you know what youre doing In the woods as well as with the camera. Great vids Please keep it up. Also, what knife do you use as your main bushcraft knife
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Hey Mike This is Another bomb video. It seems like you really pay attention to your fans and you care about making great vids. Everything about this from top to bottom was great to watch. Its obvious you know what youre doing In the woods as well as with the camera. Great vids Please keep it up. Also, what knife do you use as your main bushcraft knife
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TA Outdoors
I almost forgot about this shelter I've merged all episodes together and completed the build of this small raised bushcraft shelter which is built from entirely natural materials. I will be coming back to this shelter to spent a night or two soon VIKING HOUSE EPISODE NEXT Thanks for joining me on my adventures guys, what a community we have here - Mike
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I almost forgot about this shelter I've merged all episodes together and completed the build of this small raised bushcraft shelter which is built from entirely natural materials. I will be coming back to this shelter to spent a night or two soon VIKING HOUSE EPISODE NEXT Thanks for joining me on my adventures guys, what a community we have here - Mike
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