AMBushcraft

Gear collector or gear user? Are you a person who love to read or watch reviews on for example YouTube, buying gear, building kits more then actually using the stuff? Well, it's OK - you aren't exactly alone. I have been watching a lot of YouTube channels where the trend is, and have been for some while, to review something and in most cases then state that it is a must have item. In most, that is in my opinion pretty much all, cases you probably don't need it. These YouTube channels constantly "review" gear, some are "sponsored" by the manufacturer, and it is in the channel's interest not to give a bad review on that item of gear. It is probably so that if they did they wouldn't be sponsored in the future right? Lets take knifes for example. Personally I have to confess that I got more knifes than I probably going to need during my lifetime. I also try to make my own knifes but that is more of a hobby of mine. I don't think of myself ...

Bushcraft in Sweden? Since I live in Sweden I find it interesting that we actually don't have a word for bushcraft in Swedish. Sure most of us do enjoy being outdoor either in the woodlands, mountains and such hiking, running, biking, skiing, hunting, fishing or whatever. Most people in Sweden have some connection to nature but far from all. Pretty much all do in some form enjoy the outdoors but we don't have a word describing bushcraft so we simply use the English term. Isn't that a bit strange? For me personally the term bushcraft describes at its lowest level some basic knowledge like types of plants, edible mushrooms, trees, fish, animals, insects, use of a knife, ax and probably some sort of saw, land navigation using a map and compass and how to get a fire going using matches. It might also be how to fish and how to cook it. The next level might be building shelters, deeper knowledge into use of plants and outdoor cooking. Since hunting is regulated in Sweden we g...