Bushcraft Skills , Crafts , Tips & Tricks - 6 Years in the Bush - HD Video

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paracord here uh we wrap uh some paracord around one stick make three knots uh then uh we uh wrap the cordage around the neck stick then three knots and so on until the end so after we are done making the bottom side then we go to the other side take all these five sticks together and wrap some cordage around it i made three half notches and burned the ends of the paracords together i also had some zip ties with me and i used the zip ties for extra protection and extra strength so after we have tied the bottom side and after we have tied the top side we need to find or carve two pieces of wood which will be about a thumb to pinky in length then we need to put the snowshoe on our hand to find where the center of gravity is then we place one piece of wood there and tie it then we need to do the measuring so after we have tied the piece of wood on the place where the center of gravity is we put our foot on it and then we put the other piece of wood uh on the place where our toes are resting and we tie it there we did it this way because when we will be walking we want our tips of the snowshoes to be raised up and not pushed down in the ground i carved out these notches so that when we uh tie the cordage around it uh it will be more sturdy and it won't be slipping around the snowshoe so as you guys can see both of our snowshoes are ready uh i have used zip ties because something really stupid happened to me i just realized that i don't have enough cordage uh to type to tie down all of the sticks to the snow shoes so that's why i use zip ties but i will be changing them with paracord when i arrive home then we need to make an improvised jig uh to bend the tips of the snowshoe so that they don't get stuck in the ground when we will be walking with it in the snow so the last step is to attach our snowshoes to our boots let's see how to make that now so to tie our boots to the snowshoe we take our cordage put it around the front stick do the same thing on the other side like this then we put our foot in this loop then we take this two pieces of rope tuck it under the rope which is on our foot tighten it really hard spin the to spin these two ropes put it around our leg and tie it like that and we are all ready to go [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] so uh so so so me so so so my primary knife in most cases is usually one of these two so this first one is the cudamon mt5 i just love this knife uh full flat grind it has a very sharp edge i always sharpen it and strop it it is very tough has a nice 90 degree spine even i think it is even more than 90 degrees so it catches a fair road very easily and makes some amazing sparks and it comes it didn't come it didn't came with this but i made this sheath custom for it for myself as you see the sheath which uh comes with it is not bad but it has a small belt loop so uh for my big belt i made this custom sheath because of that and i think it came out just great it is wet formed as you see so when you put it in it has that kind of snap and the second knife of course is the world famous mora heavy duty as you see it is also mirror polished it has quite a patina and even a little bit of rust from winter when i forgot to uh clean it i'm a really big fan of this knife i also uh filed the back of it to make a 90 degree swine and now it can strike a fair rod now on the sheath this plastic sheath also doesn't fit my big belt so i made a small adapter as you see which goes on the plastic sheath and this way it can fit my big belt i have even made a video about it so uh if you haven't seen that please click the card for my fire starting options i have two options i of course i don't carry both of them at once one is a ferro rod which was handled by me very very long time ago i think maybe two years or even more than that i have been using this farewell a lot and it still has a lot of life in it i also made this uh belt loop kind of sheath or holster for it as you see it is also well used all of my gear is well used and it is well trusted the next fire starting option i have this is the only thing that uh except the belt which i have not made on my belt it i think this came from flintandstill.com it is a flute and steel uh fire kit which comes with this uh high carbon steel striker some flints some jute wine and some char cloth i have also used this a lot and i uh flint and steel fire is my kind of favorite method of starting a fire then this belt loop for my hatchet actually is the first item that i ever made from leather i think it was like three years ago and this is what started my whole journey in leader making and in knife making also when i realized that i needed some kind of option to carry my hatchet i came to the decision to make it myself as you see it is by far not my beautifulest work but as long as it works who cares dude then comes my husqvarna hatchet i have this was also my one of my first projects a small leather collar to protect the neck and the sheath as you see the sheath also has a welt also not one of my most beautiful works but it works great and it fits great as you see i always mirror polish all of my blades at least i try to and i am a very big fan of this hatchet it is very cheap and i can recommend it to any one of you especially who are my subscribers you guys have seen me use this for a long long time and in many videos winter summer it doesn't matter hiking boot shopping or anything it has it is quite heavy because it has kind of quite thick profile and it is great for splitting but it is also a great chopper because it is very sharp the next item i have on my belt is this water bottle pouch half liter water water bottle goes inside this design i think was inspired by uh paul drillers he is an amazing swedish bush crafter it is also adjustable so you can put a bigger size bottle in it and one thing i still couldn't manage to get is a nesting cup for this so that they could both go inside together and it will be a great um kind of water filtration a hydration system but until i can get my stainless steel cup for this i'm using this uber 11 cuxa very high quality cook site is better than my older one so this is my primary one now it has a small carabiner and i usually hang it from my belt loop or in this case on this d-ring on my pants and it doesn't bother me a lot and when i need it if i uh come to a water source or something i can just take it off and drink water so if you don't have a kooksai another option is to get this kind of horn this is my father's horn which i was using until i got the kooksa it has a hole in the middle i mean in the bottom so you can attach some cordage and can hang it from your belt or something as you see it is a very old uh horn it is from 1979 and says mamuka which is my father's name so that is an also great option the next item on my belt is the buckle leftlander you guys have also seen this saw with me for years now i have used and abused it and it is really a bulletproof folding saw and i until i can afford the silky saw this works great this sheath i made it after i realized that i needed some kind of option to carry the saw with me so as you see it is saddle stitched all the way it has a dangler sheath with two snaps so that you can remove it uh from your belt if it is an emergency or if you want don't want to take off your belt completely now one of the latest items which i added on my belt kit is this uh dump pouch which i realized that i need a lot when i'm out in the woods it opens like this it has two snaps and when you open this a really big pouch comes out as you see this damp pouch i find it very useful if i'm walking in the woods i always have this on my belt last few months because for example if i'm looking for some firewood i will put in some kindling or if i'm looking for some mushrooms i can put in some mushrooms or strawberries or berries or millions of stuff which you meet on the trail you can collect it right here if you want to if you don't want to kind of make your pockets dirty and stuff when you are done when you are back to camp you just fold it like this and as you see it gets very small and it doesn't bother bother you at all just like that on the back side it has a big belt loop which goes on my big belt speaking about belts my belt has not changed this is the old soviet russian officer belt it is very durable quite high quality even though it is like at least 30 years old i would recommend covering uh any leader items which you have especially i always cover the items which i make with some natural beeswax when i make them and when i use them a lot then of course i cover it with another coat of beeswax because that makes it waterproof and that kind of brings back the oils in leader and it will last you a whole whole lot longer now of course this is a lot of gear and i don't care it at once on my belt but it really depends on the kit for example if i'm on a day hike or if i'm on a multiple day trip or if i'm on a kind of scouting mission finding some nice places for overnighters and stuff in the woods so guys i have gathered everything what we need so let's i'll give you a little bit kind of run down so you will need 10 pieces of have flexible long sticks which which will be about a little bit longer than you are and which have to be not thicker than your thumb on the bottom and not thinner than your pinky at the end and they have to be flexible so i have gathered a few hazels and a few peach trees so that's for our mattress now then we need two kind of a little bit over wrist thick pieces which will be which will go one under your legs and one under your neck and they have to be in length so that you can fit perfectly on them then we need four long pieces which will be the main base part of the pad which will be a little bit longer than you are and they have to be a little bit over wrist thick and they have to be strong enough to handle you and the two main things for which i spent a little bit over one hour harvesting this two big pieces which will be the base part which goes on the ground of your bed and you don't have to spend so much time gathering this you this bed can be done in a survival situation also as you know if you are off the ground for like four inches then all of the uh cold from the ground is illuminated and no uh heat is uh wasted from you to and going to the ground so a bed is a more important than roof on your top and sometimes many people just when they when they're making shelters in a survival situation i'm not in a serial situation i'm just building this i have a lot of time and i believe this for a long term kind of shelter so i'm taking my time harvesting all of this because i am not in a rush but if you are in a survival situation it is more important to be insulated from the ground than from the air because if you are insulated from the ground a little fire long fire will help you to travel survival with the night even if it's snowing on you or a little bit raining and then you have to build the roof that's in survival situation but now let's get started so first we will have to put these two big pieces then we need to put two long pieces on the top of them then we put these two pieces and then we put the other two pieces on the top of that so now i will show you and just like that the base of our shelter is ready then we need to measure we want to take any kind of stick and put it next to this us now this is the size from my knees to my neck and now i'll put the stick and i will know where to put these two cross pieces just like that that should be perfect then we put our then we take our big pieces and put on top of it and put it on this side just like that then we need to lash these two pieces together for this we will need to make a jam knot to make a jam knot you will make one knot on one end of your paracord take the other end and make a half hitch on it like this like this now we can tighten it down like this before we tighten it all the way we make sure we take this paracord and put it under this jam nut so that we can secure it after we are done tighten it just like that then we'll put this other side and make a half hitch and we secure it that way just like that cover this stick so that with something so that you don't slip between it and fall down and break the sticks and work the bed so i will be using some spruce balls to cover this so the tag will have more cushion and it will be more comfortable now if you are not in the spruce country you can use the twigs of willow the uk you have to put it in the same manner as i will put the pine as i put the spruce valves just you know make sure you uh gather only the really tips of the wheels like about this length and make a little kind of make a little kind of branches and put it like this on diagonal so now to put these root belt you have to put it on a 45 degree angle so that it is in a 45 degree angle to this stick like this like this and then we put the other one on a 45 degree angle or from the other side like this and then we continue to come down with that manner and just like that for now that should be enough it may look like a lot but it is really not hot because when we'll squish it down it will be about like this so even if we added more it would be even better so now let's give the bed a try oh man it feels like a home mattress and it feels really comfortable man it is just great and i'll for sure spend the night here because it feels just great man morris kohanski is a real genius and by figuring out how to build such a comfortable bed he did a really great job he's an amazing man we can learn a lot from him so uh so oh [Applause] okay today i will show you how to turn this into this here is everything we will need first of all two containers like this these are stainless steel a little bit of threaded rod you can find it in your local hardware store or you can make it by yourself if you have the right tools we will need a little bit amount of sheet metal a few nuts and bolts like this [Music] regular drill and one special tool which you may or may not have at home is this rivet maker it has rivets like this you put it into pieces of sheet metal and it rivets them together we will see how that works in a few minutes and that's it this is everything we will need to make a backpacking wood stove for our bushcraft trips in the winter [Music] [Music] so [Music] uh [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] sorry completely forgot to mention that you will need some kind of method to cut metal with you can either use a hacksaw or an angle grinder i'll be using both uh if you will be using a hacksaw i'll recommend a good quality blade something like a b metal blade which are very sharp very rigid and very high quality for cutting this stainless steel to cut out this piece uh i recommend drilling four holes in the corners with the size of drill bit which is your hacksaw blade and then you can install the hacksaw blade inside and cut it that way now to speed up the process i will be using an actual grinder if you have this then it is not a problem if you don't have an angle grinder you can do the method which i just told you and if you have an angle grinder make sure to wear eye protection and also a respirator would be good so now that we made two holes on both sides i cut out small piece like this from sheet metal i put i lined the holes so that when this is riveted in there is a little space over here left and this way we will close the door now we take the rooting tool you put the root inside put the metal in the way you want it to be put the rivet inside and squeeze the tool one it takes a few squeezes not much left now and just like that we have a rivet here's how it will look from the inside [Applause] do [Applause] now i used an angle grinder to do all of the cutting around the circle i measured it eight centimeters in diameter and made many cuts you can do the same for example with a drill just drill a hole around it but this was easier for me so that's why i did it now it is a matter of breaking it off and smoothing it with a hammer [Music] now i realized in the middle way that i was doing it wrong i had to push it punch it on the outside so that all of the teeth come on this side and then i could cut it off with an angle grinder or with the hacksaw if you have it now it's just a matter of hammering all this down and then putting the pipe in now let's make a stove damper if you don't know stow damper is the thing that controls the fire inside so this goes in the pipe i took the sheet metal cut out in this size a little bit smaller than the pipe made two cuts on each side and put holes which will take the threaded rod now let's feed the rod inside it has a snug fit so it doesn't move really let's bend it like this let's bend the other side as well like that let's fit this inside now just like that so now when i thread it it isn't easy to move and when we put this inside the pipe we can control the heat now speaking about pipes you really have two options one of them being buy a piece of sheet metal like this i think this is 24 gauge maybe gauging is different where you live but this is the thinnest stuff i could get you can go even thinner and uh one option for a pipe would be rolling this on the size that you want a wire around it to secure it on that size and put the pipe like that on the stove they do backpacking stones like that where they use titanium sheets and stuff like that which is where like paper weight and very strong so that would be one option and the second option is more lazy option which i did i bought this piece of sheet metal and i took it to a to the guy who works on sheet metal i had him make four pieces like this and you won't believe what it cost it just cost one dollar to make one piece so for four pieces it was four dollars i gave the guy five dollars and that was it of course i took my sheet metal to him and he made he made a ready pipe one size one side has a bit bigger and the other side is a little bit smaller he made it in like 10 minutes so i'm sure you can take it to your local guy who works on sheet metal and it will be very cheap to make it because there is nothing difficult even you can make this at home they just have already made jigs so to make these bands on the exact size that you want and other than that that there is no hard thing about it really you can make this at home as well so i went with that method had the professional guy made the pipe for me and on the pipe which will sit in the wood stove i made two holes i made two holes uh so that the smoked the smaller stove damper will go inside these holes now in case you are wondering how this pipe is made and you want to save that few dollars uh the top side is bent inside from bottom as you see and the bottom side is bent like this so when the two pieces meet they lock together like this and they don't come undone then you take just a punch and punch it or maybe a nail or it doesn't matter so that they stay together and this topper is not necessary but you can make it by yourself as well it is a lot easier to take it to a professional because they already have the jigs made which bend this so it is very easy i hope you can see it so i have finished threading it inside and as you see it works now on this side i jammed two of these butterfly wings to turn it and as you see it works great now let's put this inside the stove and i think we are ready to rock and roll [Music] and just like that we have a working stove here is the look from inside of the pipe there you see the damper is working so guys just like that the project is finished now all it is left to do is to try it out on a trip on a two-day trip or maybe even more i'm planning to take this wood stove with me to go hot hot tent camping in the mountains in deep snow where there is minus 10 20 degrees at night so this will help a lot now let's talk about the costs uh the whole project didn't cost more than 20 dollars i picked up these containers for seven or eight dollars a piece i picked up all of the sheet metal for like four dollars and all of the rest were like one or two dollars so that is very cheap project and uh you get a lot of value if you put a little bit of work if you want my advice i would recommend using uh cobalt drill bits to drill the holes because this is stainless steel but even if you don't have that special drill bits regular drill bits will work well if you put some tap oil and go slow don't rush it because you will overheat it like i did it over here when i was making the big hole but if you go slow you won't have any problems so if you like this video please give it a thumbs up subscribe to my youtube channel click that bell icon to get notified for more awesome videos new videos coming every friday 2 p.m eastern time make sure to check out my next trip video it will be somewhere in here and hope to see you guys in the outdoors take care and have a nice day you

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Length: 103min 3sec (6183 seconds)

Published: Fri Aug 07 2020