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 […]
Went for a day hike with my dog, in the north of Czech Republic. Wearing my recently cleaned shoe’s, and took my recently made leather axe case + a sitting pad. Package of bacon in my pocked, and ready to go.
Some time ago I made a carrying case for the axe and bucksaw, being inspired on the Ray Mears version of it. I just had it not upside down, and added 3 pouches on it. It was nice, works well, but after a while I preferred something more sturdy, stronger, […]
For quite a while I wanted to make 2 bottle holders for my 0.5 Liter stainless steel water bottle, to attach to the shoulder straps of my backpacks. Also bought a couple of 30 cm zippers to make some “kifaru pullouts”. This is the results: – 3x ripstop nylon, kifaru […]
Maintenance in general is something I like to do, just not with my shoe’s.. My summer hiking shoe’s which I own now for 5 years or so, I cleaned them once properly, and twice put some leather cream on it. The winter ones I own 1.5 year now and never […]
Besides the spoon in the previous post, I also did a new handle for my Cold Steel Trailhawk. Everything was done with my carving axe. Surprisingly it was easier then expected. This is the piece I brought back from the forest yesterday. Chopping the rough shape. Then the rest was […]
From these pieces of wood, I chose the right one to be my new spoon. This wood I brought back from the forest yesterday while walking my dog there. With my carving axe, I cut out the rough shape of the spoon. Then with the Mora Spoon Knife 164, I […]
This morning I took my new “jager rucksack”, Cold Steel Trailhawk, DIY knife, and my dog for a walk in the forest. I parked the car, let the dog out, and off we went. Close to the path I noticed a young birch that had fallen over, most likely in […]
Due to receiving several questions lately about axes, which one to choose, which length, weight, etc, I thought I would post the below to give a clear picture on why I chose for this axe, why I modified it, etc. So this below is why it works for ME, and […]
Today I had finally some time for modifying a hatchet for a friend Chose the hatchet, and made a rough drawing. Transferred the drawing to the hatchet. Removing the dark parts. After every second cut I cooled it in the snow. It definitely didn’t over heat, cause after the second […]
On first christmas day I received a new backpack that I asked for, it’s the “JÄGERRUCKSACK” with about 35 liter capacity. I decided to try it out during a few hours walk in the forest with my dog, while looking for a nice burl for my future kuksa. From that […]
As a christmas gift I decided to make a rose from metal for a special lady. Did some ‘research’ on youtube on how others did it, and went ahead. Turned out quite good 🙂 And the video how I did it.
Hi, today I send 3 hours on the sewing machine, using the guide lines mentioned in the link below, to make a hexagon summer tarp. It’s easier then it looks, and the result is great 🙂 If you are thinking about making a tarp as well, use the linke below, […]
The plan for this trip was to relax a bit, do some fishing, and perhaps try some trapping. We arrived on Friday night in the dark, made a fire, and had dinner. The weather did not cooperate much, and during most of the saturday we had slight rain. My 2 […]
This winter I want to do a lot of metal works, so my simple forge and anvil needed some work I told myself. Also some protective clothing would be good, since I have holes in all my working clothes. On the local ebay here in Czech Republic I bought a […]
Winter is coming, and I have lots of wood to cut and chop again 🙂 Previously i always cut all the wood to size on the ground, which is far from ideal. At the hardware shops around here (3 different ones) to check on a sawbuck, they had mainly wooden […]
Here’s my review on the Czech Bed Roll. Mine was an un-issued one. Dimensions rolled out: – 195 cm long x 70 cm wide Dimensions packed: – 70 cm long x 30 cm wide x 15 cm high Materials: – Bivy bag, waterproof bottom, water repellent nylon top – Blanket, […]
I used a Italian bread recipe, but with a few personal adjustments, and made bread in the Dutch oven. Turned out quite well, but the crust was a little thick. Next time I will try to make it thinner. The chicken was also delicious 🙂
In March 2014 I made this knife, together with the neck knife which is not shown during build. For half a year I tested it on my hiking trips. Splitting, chopping and processing wood, processing food, fish, etc, was no issue. Now I am quite confident that the knife is […]
For this trip my friend Bart who is also a Dutch guy but living in Switzerland, joined me and my dog Buddy. We did the “Prättigauer Höhenweg”, which is a 72 km hike. Usually people who do the hike stay over in cabins or pensions along the route, but we […]
The original plan was to go for a hike with 8 people again, but 2 where not sure from the beginning, and 2 cancelled the day before departure. So here we are, with the remaining 4 participants, for a nice relaxed 3 day hike. We started out on Friday afternoon, […]
Once again on a hike where we found previously the grenade. The bomb squad detonated it there, but we found the place again en some souvenirs. and not far from that place, we found another one…. Other then that, we did a lot of skill testing / refreshing. Our camp […]
During the last night of this trip, it started raining and continued till the end of the next day. Next day morning it was only drizzling, so nothing a rain poncho can’t fix. I collected some smaller and bigger branches from the ticker forest next to us, since it was […]
For dinner on this trip I brought some chilli garlic pasta, for which I needed a spoon. So the carving started. A nice test for my carving skills.
First time that I tried the 1 stick fire with my axe it took me about 20 minutes. On this second try my goal was 10 minutes, but it took me 12 minutes and 18 seconds. Very close..
First time I did the 1 stick fire test it took me about 20 minutes. On this second try, my goal was now to do it within 10 minutes, and I just made it within the 10 minutes.
What started out as a 1 overnighter, turned out to be just a day hike. So only thing you will see in this video is some nice nature here in Czech Republic 🙂 I was not prepared at all for snow, and also was not able to find a dry […]
New winter coming up, so I took some time to make a new tarp with doors and a hammock with integrated underquilt. Tarp design is from www.diygearsupply.com and the hammock is my own design. Tested it last week, in a big windy storm and +1 celcius / 33.8 fahrenheit temperatures, […]
Hi, after being inspired by the canvas bag for the axe and buck saw, by ray mears, I made my own version of it from an old Czech army tarp, which I have for many years now, but during the last few years never got used anymore. While working on […]
And here the last diy aluminium saw. It’s a “browning clone” type. The materials: Everything cut to size with a hacksaw, and filed the sharp edges off. Superglued the side pieces into place, and then drilled the holes. the superglue was used to be sure that the holes and the […]
The materials. Put the screws on both ends of the sawblade, with some superglue in between to make sure they will not slowly come loose. The parts of the screw sticking out, I cut off with a hacksaw. The middle part cut to size, to fit in between the 2 […]
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. […]