Every now and then I like to try my fire making skills with the firesteel, so today I took 6 different natural materials that are commonly available and tried to ignite them.
With a friend from Holland, here a small overview of the 3 day, 2 night trip in the west of Czech Republic. After parking the car, we left the path and went straight through the fields to a hill which has a ruin on top of it. In the fields […]
This morning I decided to make a new steak cooker (aka squirrel cooker), with the added value of having a pot hanger on the other side. Nothing too fancy, and all steps visible in the video.
For a friend in Holland, I made this spork from a 8mm thick metal rod, which is used in beton. It took about 40 minutes of heating in the forge and hammering it into the shape. The slices in the fork where done with an angle grinder. Quenched it in […]
For a very long time I wanted to make a bridge hammock. My normal hammocks are fine, but it happened twice that I woke up with a unpleasant feeling from the squeezing on my shoulders. So I wondered if a bridge hammock would be more convenient. On Hammock Forums are […]