A lady asked me if I could make an axe similar shaped like the one shown here for her wood carving / processing hobby. So I went ahead, selected an old axe head from my small collection, and started cleaning it up, re-shaping it, and putting a handle on it. […]
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There are so many stories about what the best method is to protect your wood handle of an axe or knife. Therefore I wanted to see it for myself what works and what the consequences are. Small test on 3 pieces of an axe handle. – Number 1 without any […]
Recently I bought another medieval axe head, which had a lot of rust on it. I have restored as well several other medieval axe heads using the vinegar method, but this is very time consuming since the huge layers of rust are hard to penetrate, and it takes sometimes up […]
Previously I made a forge from an old standard bowl shaped bbq, but for longer knives or other longer items this is a bit complicated to heat it up evenly at the same time. So I decided to make a bigger forge from an old gas bbq that we won some […]
On a small day hike, trying out the new ‘backpack / saddlebag’ for my dog, and also playing around with a new Mora knife, as well as checking out my new sleeping bag that I will modify slightly at a later stage, to go around the hammock for my winter […]
On the following hike we planned a route which was about 19 km with lots of ascending and descending. The group of friends are from the same club plus additional 3 people who are friends of ours. After we parked the cars at the village close to the area, we […]
Friday we left after work, and this time Erik, a colleague of ours joined. He has quite some experience with the jungles of Guyana, but none with the European mainland. Below is the route we walked, starting at the green flag, first night at the blue X and second night […]
Some time ago I started making knifes from various objects like truck leaf springs, coil springs, files, horse shoe’s, etc. With every knife there is progress, and I decided to make my “ultimate super duper awesome perfect sharp as a razor” knife for my outdoor trips. Not so long ago […]
I took my new dog out on a 1 night trip to see how he reacts on sleeping over in the forest.Perfect time to test my new setup for ground sleeping.A tarp, and a Czech army bed roll.
With this trip we took only minimal gear, weather was suppose to be very hot, so not much sleeping gear needed. We took only our assault vests to carry what we needed. Due to the hot weather, we planned the trip to pass many natural springs where we could refill […]
For this trip, we took only wool blankets to sleep in, and hammock as backup.Mirek took almost no food with him, and just lived of the land.Due to his extensive knowledge of wild edibles this was quite easy for him.I tried to also eat the wild edibles, but in the […]
Here a quick overview of the typical setup I used. The hammock sometimes may vary as well as the tarp, but the way I set it up never changes.This method is my favorite after trying out several different kind of setups, and I’ve been using it now for several years […]
This morning, I decided that it would be a good time to test out the axes and knives that I made previously.– Click here for the knives– Click here for the axes It was during the night around -12 / -11 Celsius, and during the early morning hours around -6 […]
Last weekend I decided to try making knifes from a old horse shoe that I had. So I cleaned up the horse shoe which was all rusty, until it looked like this Then I put the horseshoe inside the coal basked together with an old file that I also […]
For a while I have been using my restored hatchet(s) on some of my hiking trips.They are nice for the small work, but chopping through a bigger tree (dead ones) was not easy.So I decided to restore a couple more axes but with longer handles, and use them for my […]
Together with Mirek, we went for a 1 over night snow hike in Czech nature. The hike was about 10 km in total. There was lot’s of snow, and plenty of meat on the fire 🙂Here is a video.
On this day trip, my colleague & friend Eric and myself went for a day trip into a beautiful nature area north east of Prague. At the bottom you can see the route we went and the distances etc. As soon as you enter the area, it rocks stick out […]
During the last week I have been cleaning up my “man cave”, since it was getting too full. I mean, who needs 7 hammocks, 5 tarps, etc. So during the cleaning process, I was thinking about giving some stuff away… A friend of mine in the UK, started also with […]
For this weekend, the weather forecast was somewhere between -10 & -15 celsius during the night, and during the daytime sunny. The plan was to try some more ice fishing. Here is my gear for the trip, with a total weight (including drinks and food) 20 kg. (I had way […]
To get more use out of my anvil, I wanted to add a towbar so I have the possibility to make also rounded shapes. I searched the local ebay version here in Czech Republic, and some towbars where available, but quite expensive as well.The I called my friend who works […]
With 9 people (4 couples & me), we planned to go for a hike, close to Prague so we would not loose too much time with travelling, for a hike from Friday afternoon till Sunday afternoon. One week before 1 couple cancelled as their plans changed. So we where left […]
Today afternoon I bought on the local ebay site here in Czech Republic an anvil. There are several for sale, but or very far away, or too big for my needs. This one seemed to be perfect, not too big and very close to where I live, so after the […]
On Saturday my girlfriend, me and 3 friends decided to go for a day trip. It snowed slightly in the days before, so everything was covered but not to thick, we could easily hike in the hills without special footwear. The area is called Kokorinsko, and lies north of Prague. […]
In this video I am showing several modifications I made to my Swiss Volcano Stove, plus 5 test burns: 3x with alcohol stoves, 2x with wood.The results turned out much better then I hoped for to be honest 🙂
How I made my forge from the bottom half of an old barbecue. I intend to make my own knife, so therefore I figured I would need a forge for the heat treatment, and who know what else I want to make in the future. A nice simple project that […]
On this trip Ondrej and me went to the deserted Russian military airbase at Milovice. But before I start with the details and pictures, here a brief history of this area. In 1904 a training area of 3465 ha land was constructed by the Austrian army. A surrounding village was […]
This weekend hike was with a group of friends that I know from the vaulting club. We started on a late Friday evening. We arrived in the dark, and missed an exit, and when we found out about it, we decided to take a short cut, by going straight up […]
A weekend out, 2 nights, mainly doing some fishing and spend time in nature, together with Mirek. At home I prepared some pork steak for on the fire. By the time we arrived at the location, it was already dark, so we setup our hammocks, gathered some wood, and made […]
During this weekend hike, Klara and Ondrej brought their quite young dog, named Kenji. It appeared he also listens to Kenny G. Our route was set by Ondrej, and he chose an area with a lot of nice hills. Here are some pictures to show you our view. After a […]
