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. […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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For a while I wanted to make a lightweight bucksaw from aluminium that would be easily taken apart for transport. In this video I am showing how I made mine of 2 t-profile pieces for the side pieces, and 1 square piece for the middle bar. Sadly enough it failed […]
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 treatment. […]
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 […]
We went for a weekend trip with our hammocks and fishing rods. Previous fishing trips where not so successful so we didn’t expect much of it, but surprisingly we did very well this time 🙂
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.
Previously I did this test successfully with my axe, so now it was time to try it with my knife. The wood was not perfectly dry so I could use only the inner part.
Since 2 months I have a dog, and I took him out on a trip to see how he behaves and reacts to these kind of trips and sleeping in the forest. That went all pretty well, and the next morning I decided to try out the 1 stick fire […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
In part 1, which I posted about 2 months ago, you can see me doing a burn test on a 70% wool blanket. Result was some burn marks. Now, in part 2, I did the same test again but on a 100% wool blanket, with the result again burn marks.. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Every wondered why everybody keeps saying that a 100% wool blanket is the best for outdoor trips and sleeping next to the fire ? Well, I was wondering about it, and decided to do a small burn test by putting 2 coals on my 70% wool and 30% other materials […]
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 […]
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 🙂