The picture in the beginning of your video demonstrates a shovel. It looks like a cold steel shovel. My question is, where did you get the kardex cover for shovel.
@@theaveragewoodsman6002and the other end doesn't have to come all the way thru to tie it off. The truckers hitch, like you tied in the other end, is very forgiving in that way. When I'm tightening a tarp to my load, I ratchet it, tie a slip knot with a short loop and tie it to another grommet or the trailer to do it again on down the tarp. Then a simple tug undoes it! Great vid! Thanks!
After leaving the military in 1986 I became a Bushcraft, Outdoor, Survival instructor and still am. I do know Primitive Living Skills but to me they are all LARP (Life Action Role Play) and not practical survival. Why would you make a mallet for an emergency camp? I understand making a big thick mallet for building a permanent shelter or fence where you have to pound big poles into the ground but that would have to be much bigger. I've never seen a backpack damaged that much it couldn't be fixed. It's usually a shouder strap breaking off but that can be easily fixed with an awl and some line or a tear with some duct tape. I did see people lose their backpack but with the gear inside so no need to make a packframe since you don't have gear to transport any more. And let's say you are on the move and want to take a coffee brake. How long does it take to untie everything, take out the stuff you need and later tie it back up again? I do teach lashing an A frame, as also used in the Roycroft packframe but has may other applications, and a ladder frame as used in ladders, raft and shelter building for instance. But I noticed your lashing technique is far from optimal. I can attach a clove hitch or constrictor knot by forming loops in the middle of the rope and shove it over the poles end so I never need to feed the complete line through. So no offense but something tells me you're at the beginning of learning and not ready to teach. I didn't give a dislike because I don't want to discourage you but the subject of your channel should be about you being a beginner and your learning curve.
Thanks for commenting. Bushcraft in and of itself is part of wilderness living skills. Just like it's part of wilderness survival. All of those skills are branches of the same tree. Both primitive and modern. Also, where did I specifically say that you should make a mallet for an emergency camp? I was stating that having a diverse skill set will aid someone in an emergency. Moreover, a permanent shelter, IS a wilderness living skill, and primitive skills are part of that. So, in your own comment you contradict yourself, as you claim that it's "LARPing." Well than you haven't spent too much time in the woods because I've personally witnessed backpacks, jackets, pants and boots damaged beyond repair. As for stopping to take a break. It only takes a second, as you're not starting from scratch each time you stop... I've made plenty of Roycroft pack frames and they have their applications. A ladder Pack frame has some advantages of a Roycroft like carrying heavy loads and IMO it's more durable. Lastly, my lashing is correct and optimal. As a long time survival instructor yourself you should know that teaching the correct way is important. Honestly, your commenting comes across as very ivory tower. You started off with a logical fallacy, and looking at your channel, let's just say that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. You haven't even posted a video in over 6 years.
@@theaveragewoodsman6002 Primitive living skills is a different branch because you are supposed to use primitive tools, make your own cordage, clothes, etc. 'Bush' means wilderness and 'craft' means skill so bushcraft and wilderness skills are the same. If it's bushcraft or survival depends on if you are going into the wilderness or are trying to get the hell out. Building a permanent shelter in the wilderness is called 'homesteading' or at least creating some 'permanent base camp'. I've spend plenty of time (and still do) not just in the woods but also other environments like for instance jungles. I'm talking 10 day hikes in the wilderness to teach bushcraft and survival and not just a weekend. I've stayed with families living in self made homesteads in both Colombia and Thailand for 6 months total just in recent years. Besides boots that were poorly made and the sole came off i've not seen failures beyond repair on backpacks or clothes, not even when I was still in the military. Did you see that happen? Did you serve in the military? Maybe I didn't see it because I had good teachers in the past and became a teacher later on. I was willing to learn (and still do) before I started teaching. And I'm a teacher, not a youtuber. You say your lashing is 'correct and optimal' but at 17.15 minutes you tried to do a clove hitch and failed. That is not a clove hitch and you hesitated and probably saw it was incorrect but decided to just go on. For lashing the poles you use the X instead of the square meaning your cordage is crossing on top of the wood and crossing op top of each other and the square way with some winding in between the poles is much stronger and more resistant to abrasion. So I don't call your lashing 'correct and optimal'. I don't think Dave Canterbury would call it 'correct and optimal'.
Totally unnecessary comments Stevan. Look for the positive - I'm sure he saved time on the backpack by crafting the mallet first, it's gonna last forever and he's got a backpack to carry it in. Let me check your channel. Oh dear, I could be negative about your number of followers after 15 years but I'm not going to. Good luck TAW6002
Really JUST for BEGINNERS...
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Go hard mate,anytime your outdoors,using your gear is a ' Damn ', great time.
Agreed, thanks!
The picture in the beginning of your video demonstrates a shovel. It looks like a cold steel shovel. My question is, where did you get the kardex cover for shovel.
I got it off Ebay from a guy called AnXietyCustomKydex.
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Toggle that bowline. Instead of runnin the whole line
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@@theaveragewoodsman6002and the other end doesn't have to come all the way thru to tie it off. The truckers hitch, like you tied in the other end, is very forgiving in that way. When I'm tightening a tarp to my load, I ratchet it, tie a slip knot with a short loop and tie it to another grommet or the trailer to do it again on down the tarp. Then a simple tug undoes it! Great vid! Thanks!
What is the chest rig? Looking for myself one
Hill People Gear SAR Kit Bag.
So where is your Pathfinder School credentials.
What would you like to see? My patch or certificate?
After leaving the military in 1986 I became a Bushcraft, Outdoor, Survival instructor and still am. I do know Primitive Living Skills but to me they are all LARP (Life Action Role Play) and not practical survival. Why would you make a mallet for an emergency camp? I understand making a big thick mallet for building a permanent shelter or fence where you have to pound big poles into the ground but that would have to be much bigger. I've never seen a backpack damaged that much it couldn't be fixed. It's usually a shouder strap breaking off but that can be easily fixed with an awl and some line or a tear with some duct tape. I did see people lose their backpack but with the gear inside so no need to make a packframe since you don't have gear to transport any more. And let's say you are on the move and want to take a coffee brake. How long does it take to untie everything, take out the stuff you need and later tie it back up again?
I do teach lashing an A frame, as also used in the Roycroft packframe but has may other applications, and a ladder frame as used in ladders, raft and shelter building for instance. But I noticed your lashing technique is far from optimal. I can attach a clove hitch or constrictor knot by forming loops in the middle of the rope and shove it over the poles end so I never need to feed the complete line through. So no offense but something tells me you're at the beginning of learning and not ready to teach. I didn't give a dislike because I don't want to discourage you but the subject of your channel should be about you being a beginner and your learning curve.
Thanks for commenting. Bushcraft in and of itself is part of wilderness living skills. Just like it's part of wilderness survival. All of those skills are branches of the same tree. Both primitive and modern. Also, where did I specifically say that you should make a mallet for an emergency camp? I was stating that having a diverse skill set will aid someone in an emergency. Moreover, a permanent shelter, IS a wilderness living skill, and primitive skills are part of that. So, in your own comment you contradict yourself, as you claim that it's "LARPing."
Well than you haven't spent too much time in the woods because I've personally witnessed backpacks, jackets, pants and boots damaged beyond repair. As for stopping to take a break. It only takes a second, as you're not starting from scratch each time you stop... I've made plenty of Roycroft pack frames and they have their applications. A ladder Pack frame has some advantages of a Roycroft like carrying heavy loads and IMO it's more durable.
Lastly, my lashing is correct and optimal. As a long time survival instructor yourself you should know that teaching the correct way is important. Honestly, your commenting comes across as very ivory tower. You started off with a logical fallacy, and looking at your channel, let's just say that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. You haven't even posted a video in over 6 years.
@@theaveragewoodsman6002 Primitive living skills is a different branch because you are supposed to use primitive tools, make your own cordage, clothes, etc. 'Bush' means wilderness and 'craft' means skill so bushcraft and wilderness skills are the same. If it's bushcraft or survival depends on if you are going into the wilderness or are trying to get the hell out. Building a permanent shelter in the wilderness is called 'homesteading' or at least creating some 'permanent base camp'.
I've spend plenty of time (and still do) not just in the woods but also other environments like for instance jungles. I'm talking 10 day hikes in the wilderness to teach bushcraft and survival and not just a weekend. I've stayed with families living in self made homesteads in both Colombia and Thailand for 6 months total just in recent years. Besides boots that were poorly made and the sole came off i've not seen failures beyond repair on backpacks or clothes, not even when I was still in the military. Did you see that happen? Did you serve in the military? Maybe I didn't see it because I had good teachers in the past and became a teacher later on. I was willing to learn (and still do) before I started teaching. And I'm a teacher, not a youtuber.
You say your lashing is 'correct and optimal' but at 17.15 minutes you tried to do a clove hitch and failed. That is not a clove hitch and you hesitated and probably saw it was incorrect but decided to just go on. For lashing the poles you use the X instead of the square meaning your cordage is crossing on top of the wood and crossing op top of each other and the square way with some winding in between the poles is much stronger and more resistant to abrasion. So I don't call your lashing 'correct and optimal'. I don't think Dave Canterbury would call it 'correct and optimal'.
Totally unnecessary comments Stevan. Look for the positive - I'm sure he saved time on the backpack by crafting the mallet first, it's gonna last forever and he's got a backpack to carry it in. Let me check your channel. Oh dear, I could be negative about your number of followers after 15 years but I'm not going to. Good luck TAW6002