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@@thunderusnight Historically we call Crochet (especially in viking clothing) by the name Naal Binding which is the English pronunciation of the Norse word for it. You can Naal Bind with wool or precious metal wire wich is how the stunning burial find neck and arm Torc's were made. There are some great youtube videos on how to do Naal Binding if you are interested.
i am no expert but in my limited experience, a lot of people "overcook" the charcloth. since i started being more attentive when making char i also catch the ember in a couple of strikes, i recently started using thin linen cloth (from ikea ) and it makes great charcloth
A good video of a great kit. At 9:30, when a small piece of lit grass fell on your sheepskin, I started saying out loud: "Oh, no!" and hoping you will see it.
@@VidarrKerr I tan hides of deer and other smaller animals and that looks like a real animal hide to me. You do realize you can do things to the hides as you are tanning them to make them darker in color? I have used may things before since deer tends to tan very light, almost a yellow color. Sad that with all you could learn, you have to make a nasty comment.
When the fire has died and food has run short at least there will always be the trusty cup to aid in surviving the storm. I found it to be an awesome addition. Skal!
The mittens are made with naalbinding. It's done with a yarn needle and wool yarn, basically making a series of knots into whatever you're making... socks, hats, etc.
As far as I know, the English language word for the process by which your mittens are constructed is often the same word as in your language. Many people use the loan word Nålbinding (or Nalebinding) though I have also heard people call it “knotless netting.” Thank you for the tutorial on how to say the word properly so I can try to copy your pronunciation. I love Nålbinding and think it has some significant advantages over the more modern arts of knitting and crocheting especially when looked at in the context of survival under very harsh conditions. Along with other preindustrial fiber arts skills, Nålbinding is an very useful skill to know. Cheers and thanks for this great video! -Allyson
Tusen takk Bjørn I like Scandinavian culture, traditions,music go on with your programs and good luck Sorry for being late but God Jul Greetings from Ukraine.
God jul and god nyttår (Happy New Year!) It is very exciting to me to get a comment from the Ukraine. I have actually been there, and I enjoyed my stay. I am a big fan of the old eastern European cultures. (So when my novel was sold to a Russian publisher, I was very excited!)
I've done furtrade era historical reenactments most of my life. From experience I learned that longer softer blowing into the fire bundle works a little better and leaves you less out of breath. Just a piece of advice. Great video.
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The weave of your garments is amazing. I think Viking age Scandinavian textiles were probably superior to just about anything in lower Europe at the time. Great video, great kit, very authentic looking!
Bjorn, you are skilled in many ways. Your practicality and common sense advice is good for the soul! Your plethora of knowledge is amazing! Please continue exactly as you are doing! Your stoic philosophy is intriguing and has enlightened my way of thinking and perceiving the world around me. By the way, your Viking Woodsman Kit is awesome! Take care. -Steve-
Glad you brought up the fungus for fire starting. Many are not aware that the tree fungus or mushrooms are great fire starters since they are so fiborous. Great video Bjorn. I will share on Marauder.
I'll just uh..I'll just put this uh..here... hahaha made my night! Very well done! Great video with lots of great learning and you are very pleasant to listen to! Tusen Takk!
It's called Nalbinding in English, and for those who don't know, it's basically making fabric out of knots instead of chain loops. It can be made thicker and denser than knitting or crocheting, and is far less prone to developing holes and ladder-runs. That's because it's knotted. If you cut knitting or crocheting along any side of the fabric, it'll unravel because it's technically not knotted anywhere but at the beginning and the end, but nalbinding will only unravel on one out of the four sides because it's knotted solidly.
Very nice Bjørn. Thank you for taking the time to make wonderful videos. They inspired me get back out into the wood during some tough times. Very helpful and very well done.
Thank you, John. Yes, you mentioned that and I am very glad to have inspired you! I think there are times when we must rely on inspiration from each other.
Thanks, I have been interested in Vikings ever since I worked in Minnesota and spent time around people of Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. But I became a lot more interested recently when I had a DNA test done and found out I have a lot of Scandinavian DNA myself. Thanks
That's great! I know many Scandinavians emigrated to that area. In fact, I read somewhere there are more Norwegian descendants in North America than there are Norwegians in Norway!
Only 1% if that were vikings. A lot this oh I'm Scandinavian so means I'm viking. They were only small villages and eventually were all through northern europe.
Great and very interesting video 👍🏻 I love your Viking woodsman kit. And it’s an inspiration for me that you stick to the old traditions an present your Viking gear 😊👌🏻
Thank you, mr Cimbrer! I know you have a belt pouch that looks very Viking. I find that what we call bushcraft today is not very far from the Viking ways.
Very interesting to see your kit; thank you! Greetings from a Montanan of Norwegian-Celtic heritage who is just beginning to make some Viking Age clothing and learning Norsk. God dag!
That's awesome !. I'm adding to my craft list and also telling my friends and family about your channel ! My oldest cousin's appreciate your wisdom and clever ideas and neat videos !. Their poor so we share one device to watch !. Hoping you have a great weekend and rest of the month Sir Bjørn. Sincerely a friend, Paul~.
Hi! I know this video is kind of old now but for people like me just finding it now the English word for the technique used to make his mittens is nalbinding.
Just stumbled on your channel today and I was very happy to see such a great video. I’m looking forward to watching the rest, I subscribed right away! It makes me feel very happy to see the historical respect and knowledge in your kit and videos. Where I live, it’s hard to find anyone who is interested in the old ways anymore so I’m so very happy you are making videos! Best wishes for continued success!
Another excellent video. It never ceases to amaze me how skilled you are with the flint and steel. One strike and... Bam! God Jul to you and your family
Hello from the U.S.A., state of Kentucky! I just discovered your channel and subscribed. You have an excellent kit and I will be watching more of your videos for sure. Thank you!
I love the norwegian (kjiba/kjibå) my grandparents used these up into the 90's when fishing crabs in norway to carry the crabs back home but it had 2 handles on the top
Yes, you have there all that you need to survive, except the blanket... Good man, God bless you! I see a lot of people with no use things... And the basket you use is also used in my country, in the S-S-W of Romania as "BRENTA"... Thank you for your movie!
Great kit Bjorn, ive been looking for a Viking Bushcraft kit video for some time and this ticks the boxes. thank you and "God Jul" to you and your family - Robb
I love the fact of how light you go into woods ..it seems others especially here in North America they have to bring a chair , table.stereo,and the kitchen sink so useless exept to weigh one down
Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday for you and yours as well. I'm from Maine, USA, and I have always wanted to go to Norway. I'm afraid that if I went I may never come home though! Take care my friend, and good fortunes.
P.s.s I love your channel ! This is a outstanding Viking kit ! Thank you for showing us this ! And for uploading the video !. Very nice of you !. Also,, to admit, I've always wanted to live a good life like you do, it's peaceful and something i plan to one-day do .
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen: if you have Cattail reeds (Typha Latifolia) this is a very useful plant, the roots are edible (tastes a bit like potato and water chestnut) the wool from the old flower heads can be used to catch sparks as a fire starter (the female flower head when new looks like a large brown fuzzy sausage) and the pollen from the male flower (above the brown sausage like female flower) can be used as flour! the dried leaves might also make good kindling for a fire, but i have not tested this. you can also take the female flower heads, and dip them in (or smear them with) pitch an make an impromptu torch!
Dear David, we have some of them along the ponds and small rivers. My friend ate one of those roots and said it didn't taste well... But I use it for tinder. The fluffy part on the top, that is.
I was going to challenge you to post a video eating a cattail root. I know from experience that no one would ever eat one of these things unless they were starving. And, I don't mean, I haven't eaten since breakfast starving. They are absolutely unpalatable and repulsive to a person with a modern pallet. IMO!
Because of you and the fact that I am Norwegian decent. I'm putting together my own bushcraft gear of all old style (primitive) with the help of grimfrost for my knife. A kuksa instead of a titanium cup ect. I will still keep of course all my modern gear but it just was lacking that smell of leather and wood and more natural materials 👍 thank you for the inspiration my brother
excellent video My kit is quite similar to yours...I’m waiting for my seax...meanwhile I use my puuko. My sheep skin, other then the main purpose to sleep on, just put on one’s soulders/back provides excellent cushioning for the backpack. Stay well, stay safe…!
Well done, beautiful video, it’s amazing... good job on keeping the tradition alive. Well done hope you have a good time...and can’t wait to see more of your videos
Fun stuff. The only thing I would change is maybe you could have some small compact cordage. Really like your bow and the bow video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Bjorn I just found Your Great channel and of course joined on the spot ! I was Born in the Viking City of Dublin and have lived in London for the last thirty years. I look forward to seeing all your Site and your Posts !
Very nice kit! Very similar to a buck skinners woods kit! I especially like your bow and arrows! I want to share something about fire making! You don't need to make char cloth there is a easier way use charcoal form your fire pit or your fire place wood stove, just collect some small pieces of dry charcoal and put them in your tin you are using for char cloth, when you want to make fire just open your tin of charcoal and using your flint and steel make sparks into the tin the char olé catches the spark like nothing else when you have some burning charcoal bits just take one out and use it to make your fire in your tinder bundle works great! Don't forget to close your tin of burning charcole. Just try it, much simpler than making char cloth. Anyways thank you for sharing.
Robert Brunston Hi there! I use charred punkwood sometimes, but ordinary charcoal seems to work only the morning after the fire died down. Normal charcoal seems to be too dense. Maybe it will be different with charcoal from woods found in other geographical areas.
Great kit Bjorn! You have given me some great ideas about what to expand in my kit as well as a few items to build myself in my forge. Thanks again for the videos and I hope you have a great Christmas with family.
Funny in LA lower Alabama U.S.A. we say it just that way. Mittens I speak Southern American. Your English is perfect to me.we us mush of the same words as you start fire the same way. Amazing.
God Jul! Thank you for another great video. And thanks for showing those mittens. I have been thinking about trying my hand at nalbinding, I just have to find the right instructions. Some people make it look overly complicated! But first I want to carve my own needle :). And yes please think about making a video on what you wear.
God jul. I am a new subscriber and love spending time watching your videos. They are so genuinely interesting and informative. Very straight forward and easy to understand too and I've gotta say I love your accent accent and the humility with how you present yourself and your life. So glad i found you on here. Have a wonderful day or night where you live. :)
...hello I recently subscribed, we (my family and I) try to live as much as possible as our forebears did, the permaculture sustainable living techniques, we recently purchased 80 acres of wooded lands that has 3 flowing water wetlands with a private lake, we are going to turn the forest into our food and our food is the forest...we are planting so that wild animals will come and o partake of the cornucopia and help spread the seeds...modern farms turn lands into deserts, our forebears did things right...also, my middle son's middle name is Andreas..very nice...I showed him your video, he is ten and you have inspired him to want to make a bow and arrows along with learning bushcraft... ...FORN SIDR...
My kits a little different , My dad was an Army Ranger , I run what I was taught , plus some fancy new modern things , like solar charger for my rechargeable flashlights , never in the dark , but old school does save your life
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The mittens are "felted" I suspect :) not sure if someone has said already. I'm still watching...love the video so far.
I like your video
I think the mittens were crocheted which is using a hook and yarn to make patterns of loops it's similar to knitting
@@thunderusnight Historically we call Crochet (especially in viking clothing) by the name Naal Binding which is the English pronunciation of the Norse word for it. You can Naal Bind with wool or precious metal wire wich is how the stunning burial find neck and arm Torc's were made. There are some great youtube videos on how to do Naal Binding if you are interested.
@@patrickbrett66 thanks! I love to learn about this kinda stuff
This guy is so pleasant to listen to. I'd want to be his friend.
Thank you. That is nice of you to say.
Cimbrer Bushcraft is the same way. Love that guy too! Subbed
Same here, absolutely!!
We're all friends in a way on youtube lol.
GamerEly yeah me too.
"This is going to catch fire. There it goes. I'll just put it here."
Subbed.
Some people cant even use a lighter to make a fire and you do it with flint in like 5 seconds. Got my thumb. Good job.
I was lucky with that one, haha. Honestly, some times I have to try a few times before the spark lands right.
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen i have tried a hundred times and even though i can get firework grade flares i cant get a spark to land at all.
Have you tried to make charcloth from a thick and soft cotton fabric? That should help.
So i tried a similar method like a charred rope and i tried lint from a dryer.
i am no expert but in my limited experience, a lot of people "overcook" the charcloth. since i started being more attentive when making char i also catch the ember in a couple of strikes, i recently started using thin linen cloth (from ikea ) and it makes great charcloth
One of my favorites.
The most polite viking ever.
A good video of a great kit. At 9:30, when a small piece of lit grass fell on your sheepskin, I started saying out loud: "Oh, no!" and hoping you will see it.
I don't remember that I noticed it! I tend to be a bit sloppy with that bundle once I get it burning.
real wool dont burn at all , just will be a nasty smell .
Yeah, and all spread out on a fake ass animal hide made of plastic.
the wind put it out luckily.
@@VidarrKerr I tan hides of deer and other smaller animals and that looks like a real animal hide to me. You do realize you can do things to the hides as you are tanning them to make them darker in color? I have used may things before since deer tends to tan very light, almost a yellow color. Sad that with all you could learn, you have to make a nasty comment.
You do your ancestors honor by keeping this tradition alive. I am glad for this opportunity. New subscriber from Tennessee.
When the fire has died and food has run short at least there will always be the trusty cup to aid in surviving the storm. I found it to be an awesome addition. Skal!
I love your Viking kit, Bjorn! Great way of living pursuing that what makes you happy. Respect! ❤
The mittens are made with naalbinding. It's done with a yarn needle and wool yarn, basically making a series of knots into whatever you're making... socks, hats, etc.
As far as I know, the English language word for the process by which your mittens are constructed is often the same word as in your language. Many people use the loan word Nålbinding (or Nalebinding) though I have also heard people call it “knotless netting.” Thank you for the tutorial on how to say the word properly so I can try to copy your pronunciation. I love Nålbinding and think it has some significant advantages over the more modern arts of knitting and crocheting especially when looked at in the context of survival under very harsh conditions. Along with other preindustrial fiber arts skills, Nålbinding is an very useful skill to know. Cheers and thanks for this great video! -Allyson
A true Viking is proud of his wears and very willing to share the beauty. Just no touching.
Love Northern Europeans. They can tear your head off, but are the nicest people you ever met. And so polite.
When one is free of being self conscious then they become there Natural selves like this Beautiful Man here 🙏❤️
Okay who would like to be just like this guy give a thumbs up? Thanks Bjorn your one of a kind.
Always great to watch Bjorn doing his thing.
I've been watching this guy for about a month. I enjoy his accent and his philosophies about life. I can picture him with a sword and a shield.
Awesome historical kit!
Charcloth is probably not historically correcnt though.
There is nothing historical about this kit. It is also made in China.
@@VidarrKerr Fuck off
The dried grass is a brilliant idea.
Tusen takk Bjørn
I like Scandinavian culture, traditions,music go on with your programs and good luck
Sorry for being late but God Jul Greetings from Ukraine.
God jul and god nyttår (Happy New Year!) It is very exciting to me to get a comment from the Ukraine. I have actually been there, and I enjoyed my stay. I am a big fan of the old eastern European cultures. (So when my novel was sold to a Russian publisher, I was very excited!)
Says " lots of videos on UA-cam about making fire with flint and steel" then does one of the best jobs I've ever seen.
You've gotten much more comfortable as you've done more of these. Always enjoy. I share regularly.
I've done furtrade era historical reenactments most of my life. From experience I learned that longer softer blowing into the fire bundle works a little better and leaves you less out of breath. Just a piece of advice. Great video.
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This man is starting fire with a flint faster than I can with matches or a lighter.
That hurts m feelings.
Char cloth works like magic.
The weave of your garments is amazing. I think Viking age Scandinavian textiles were probably superior to just about anything in lower Europe at the time. Great video, great kit, very authentic looking!
Thank you, Jamie!
Bjorn, you are skilled in many ways. Your practicality and common sense advice is good for the soul! Your plethora of knowledge is amazing! Please continue exactly as you are doing! Your stoic philosophy is intriguing and has enlightened my way of thinking and perceiving the world around me. By the way, your Viking Woodsman Kit is awesome! Take care. -Steve-
his shoes are fresh m8, they are the ting!
Using the tools your ancestors used brings you so much closer to nature. Very nice video by the way.
You rock! First guy I've seen on here to make a fire with Flint from one strike! Damn fine job!
Glad you brought up the fungus for fire starting. Many are not aware that the tree fungus or mushrooms are great fire starters since they are so fiborous. Great video Bjorn. I will share on Marauder.
I'll just uh..I'll just put this uh..here... hahaha made my night! Very well done! Great video with lots of great learning and you are very pleasant to listen to! Tusen Takk!
Love your kit, that bow is absolutely gorgeous.
Bjorn seems like a nice guy and a good man. I would trust him to be an honorable friend and have my back in the woods.
Wonderful Kit. And I loved the demonstration of flint and steel. You are the first I have seen to do it in one strike. Amazing
Thanks a lot, George. I get lucy with the flint and steel sometimes, haha. It will normally take a couple or more strikes.
It's called Nalbinding in English, and for those who don't know, it's basically making fabric out of knots instead of chain loops. It can be made thicker and denser than knitting or crocheting, and is far less prone to developing holes and ladder-runs. That's because it's knotted. If you cut knitting or crocheting along any side of the fabric, it'll unravel because it's technically not knotted anywhere but at the beginning and the end, but nalbinding will only unravel on one out of the four sides because it's knotted solidly.
Just binge watching some old videos. I hope to get a hold of some of your books in english (USA). Great man! Great man! Don't ever stop! Please.
Very nice Bjørn. Thank you for taking the time to make wonderful videos.
They inspired me get back out into the wood during some tough times. Very helpful and very well done.
Thank you, John. Yes, you mentioned that and I am very glad to have inspired you! I think there are times when we must rely on inspiration from each other.
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen you are very correct about that Brother. Thank you
Thanks, I have been interested in Vikings ever since I worked in Minnesota and spent time around people of Norwegian and Swedish ancestry. But I became a lot more interested recently when I had a DNA test done and found out I have a lot of Scandinavian DNA myself.
Thanks
That's great! I know many Scandinavians emigrated to that area. In fact, I read somewhere there are more Norwegian descendants in North America than there are Norwegians in Norway!
Minnesotan checking in. Blood of Ostrobothnia!
Only 1% if that were vikings. A lot this oh I'm Scandinavian so means I'm viking. They were only small villages and eventually were all through northern europe.
Great and very interesting video 👍🏻 I love your Viking woodsman kit. And it’s an inspiration for me that you stick to the old traditions an present your Viking gear 😊👌🏻
Thank you, mr Cimbrer! I know you have a belt pouch that looks very Viking. I find that what we call bushcraft today is not very far from the Viking ways.
I love your kit and channel as well😂
Just found your channel today. Your Viking 'kit' is awesome btw. Simple, practical, elegant and natural👍
Very interesting to see your kit; thank you! Greetings from a Montanan of Norwegian-Celtic heritage who is just beginning to make some Viking Age clothing and learning Norsk. God dag!
Chaga has great medicinal properties and is quite valuable makes a great tea as well
ryan taft Absolutely. That’s why I don’t want to use it for fire. Better to leave it growing in the forest!
lots of it in my area i harvested on one tree almost 2 kilo
you can use the horse hoof mushroom instead of chaga so your not wasting precious superfood
This man is so wholesome
That's awesome !. I'm adding to my craft list and also telling my friends and family about your channel ! My oldest cousin's appreciate your wisdom and clever ideas and neat videos !. Their poor so we share one device to watch !. Hoping you have a great weekend and rest of the month Sir Bjørn. Sincerely a friend, Paul~.
Hi! I know this video is kind of old now but for people like me just finding it now the English word for the technique used to make his mittens is nalbinding.
Thank you for showing us your kit some very nice tools
Thank you!
Just stumbled on your channel today and I was very happy to see such a great video. I’m looking forward to watching the rest, I subscribed right away! It makes me feel very happy to see the historical respect and knowledge in your kit and videos. Where I live, it’s hard to find anyone who is interested in the old ways anymore so I’m so very happy you are making videos! Best wishes for continued success!
Thank you! Very kind of you to say that. Glad to have you here!
Loved every second of this video. Thank you for showing your suplies and giving me inspiration to craft my own viking bushmans kit.
For a fearsome looking viking you have a very calming voice. Great video too.
Just discovered this channel and I have to say that this is one of my favorite channels. Keep up the good work!!
Thank you so much. Glad to have you here!
Great videos keep them coming very relaxing to watch. Hello from 🇨🇦.
Another excellent video. It never ceases to amaze me how skilled you are with the flint and steel. One strike and... Bam! God Jul to you and your family
Greg Loesche Thank you, Greg. I’ve had a lot of practice, but I guess I was lucky with that one! God jul til deg og dine!
Hello from the U.S.A., state of Kentucky! I just discovered your channel and subscribed. You have an excellent kit and I will be watching more of your videos for sure. Thank you!
I love the norwegian (kjiba/kjibå) my grandparents used these up into the 90's when fishing crabs in norway to carry the crabs back home but it had 2 handles on the top
Lovin’ that cup! Sentimental value always trumps practicality.
Yes, you have there all that you need to survive, except the blanket... Good man, God bless you! I see a lot of people with no use things... And the basket you use is also used in my country, in the S-S-W of Romania as "BRENTA"... Thank you for your movie!
Great kit Bjorn, ive been looking for a Viking Bushcraft kit video for some time and this ticks the boxes. thank you and "God Jul" to you and your family - Robb
God jul, Robb! Glad to help! This is very close to a traditional bushcraft kit, which is no coincidende.
Nice looking kit! I believe the English word(in regards to the mittens) is felted. Blessings upon your house!
I love the fact of how light you go into woods ..it seems others especially here in North America they have to bring a chair , table.stereo,and the kitchen sink so useless exept to weigh one down
Thank you for sharing your kit Bjorn. Nice presentation! Nice kit! Be well.
Cool nice kit. My friends and I follow Viking lifestyle and you are teaching us . Thanks
Thank you. If I can contribute in some way by these videos, it's all worth it.
Wow. One strike on the flint & steel and he has a fire within a minute or so? That's some serious skill!
Great setup. Really beautiful in it's simplicity.
Thank you!
Great job on all that lovely kit! Looks amazing and thankyou for sharing! I love how honest and genuine you seem. Glædelig Jul min norske bror!
Mackenzie Knight Thank you, brother! Glad you like the kit. And God jul to you!
I freaked out when that rug caught on fire briefly lol. I digress, this was awesome as usual.
Great video, very informative. I find any glimpse into what historical people used in their daily lives fascinating.
Great kit, Very relaxing to watch,thanks for sharing.Cheers from Australia
You're owesome i love the viking spirit that lives un ir soul! It's a deeply wonderfull dream for me this way life grettings from South América !!
Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday for you and yours as well. I'm from Maine, USA, and I have always wanted to go to Norway. I'm afraid that if I went I may never come home though! Take care my friend, and good fortunes.
P.s.s I love your channel ! This is a outstanding Viking kit ! Thank you for showing us this ! And for uploading the video !. Very nice of you !. Also,, to admit, I've always wanted to live a good life like you do, it's peaceful and something i plan to one-day do .
The gods guide you, my friend. Like from Gardariki!
HI! MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS PLEASE! COOL CONTENT AS ALWAYS.CONGRATS FROM CHILE 🇨🇱
Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen: if you have Cattail reeds (Typha Latifolia) this is a very useful plant, the roots are edible (tastes a bit like potato and water chestnut) the wool from the old flower heads can be used to catch sparks as a fire starter (the female flower head when new looks like a large brown fuzzy sausage) and the pollen from the male flower (above the brown sausage like female flower) can be used as flour! the dried leaves might also make good kindling for a fire, but i have not tested this. you can also take the female flower heads, and dip them in (or smear them with) pitch an make an impromptu torch!
Dear David, we have some of them along the ponds and small rivers. My friend ate one of those roots and said it didn't taste well... But I use it for tinder. The fluffy part on the top, that is.
I was going to challenge you to post a video eating a cattail root. I know from experience that no one would ever eat one of these things unless they were starving. And, I don't mean, I haven't eaten since breakfast starving. They are absolutely unpalatable and repulsive to a person with a modern pallet. IMO!
Because of you and the fact that I am Norwegian decent. I'm putting together my own bushcraft gear of all old style (primitive) with the help of grimfrost for my knife. A kuksa instead of a titanium cup ect. I will still keep of course all my modern gear but it just was lacking that smell of leather and wood and more natural materials 👍 thank you for the inspiration my brother
excellent video
My kit is quite similar to yours...I’m waiting for my seax...meanwhile I use my puuko.
My sheep skin, other then the main purpose to sleep on, just put on one’s soulders/back provides excellent cushioning for the backpack.
Stay well, stay safe…!
Well done, beautiful video, it’s amazing... good job on keeping the tradition alive. Well done hope you have a good time...and can’t wait to see more of your videos
Fun stuff.
The only thing I would change is maybe you could have some small compact cordage.
Really like your bow and the bow video.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Veldig fin video ... Takk Bjørn. Ønsker deg og din familie en fin fest.
Takk, Sören! Og god jul til deg og dine!
Bjorn I just found Your Great channel and of course joined on the spot !
I was Born in the Viking City of Dublin and have lived in London for the last thirty
years. I look forward to seeing all your Site and your Posts !
I’ve just started to get interested in bushcraft and backpacking and I’m in love 😍
Very nice kit! Very similar to a buck skinners woods kit! I especially like your bow and arrows!
I want to share something about fire making! You don't need to make char cloth there is a easier way use charcoal form your fire pit or your fire place wood stove, just collect some small pieces of dry charcoal and put them in your tin you are using for char cloth, when you want to make fire just open your tin of charcoal and using your flint and steel make sparks into the tin the char olé catches the spark like nothing else when you have some burning charcoal bits just take one out and use it to make your fire in your tinder bundle works great! Don't forget to close your tin of burning charcole. Just try it, much simpler than making char cloth. Anyways thank you for sharing.
Robert Brunston Hi there! I use charred punkwood sometimes, but ordinary charcoal seems to work only the morning after the fire died down. Normal charcoal seems to be too dense. Maybe it will be different with charcoal from woods found in other geographical areas.
ROCKING Kit! As a flint knapping enthuast I really get into this stuff!
Very interesting. Thank you. From Sussex, UK. Tak!
Great kit Bjorn! You have given me some great ideas about what to expand in my kit as well as a few items to build myself in my forge. Thanks again for the videos and I hope you have a great Christmas with family.
Funny in LA lower Alabama U.S.A. we say it just that way. Mittens I speak Southern American. Your English is perfect to me.we us mush of the same words as you start fire the same way. Amazing.
Good video.
Excellent kit.
I like the idea of a small axe and a big knife.
I keep a kit in the 1825 Fur Trade era.
I love your kit! Thanks!
God Jul! Thank you for another great video. And thanks for showing those mittens. I have been thinking about trying my hand at nalbinding, I just have to find the right instructions. Some people make it look overly complicated! But first I want to carve my own needle :).
And yes please think about making a video on what you wear.
God jul! Glad you like it. Naalebinding takes a special kind of patience, I think. I prefer woodworking myself!
Very cool video! I love “primitive “ camping videos keep up the good work!
I’m new to checking out this channel and I absolutely love listening to you talk! It’s relaxing and informative.
That's a really, really beautiful kit.
Thank you, Pete!
very nice nothing like all hand made stuff!
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I haven't made it all myself, of course, but it is all hand made.
Heyyy, from ten to almost two hundred thousand in a year.
Well deserved.
Enjoyed from Australia, tak.
God jul. I am a new subscriber and love spending time watching your videos. They are so genuinely interesting and informative. Very straight forward and easy to understand too and I've gotta say I love your accent accent and the humility with how you present yourself and your life. So glad i found you on here. Have a wonderful day or night where you live. :)
...hello I recently subscribed, we (my family and I) try to live as much as possible as our forebears did, the permaculture sustainable living techniques, we recently purchased 80 acres of wooded lands that has 3 flowing water wetlands with a private lake, we are going to turn the forest into our food and our food is the forest...we are planting so that wild animals will come and o partake of the cornucopia and help spread the seeds...modern farms turn lands into deserts, our forebears did things right...also, my middle son's middle name is Andreas..very nice...I showed him your video, he is ten and you have inspired him to want to make a bow and arrows along with learning bushcraft...
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My kits a little different , My dad was an Army Ranger , I run what I was taught , plus some fancy new modern things , like solar charger for my rechargeable flashlights , never in the dark , but old school does save your life
I really enjoy watching
Your videos, I am also
Of Viking origin.
Thank you! Awesome!
This Hillbilly has a folding saw and sawed oFF 12 ga also they both come in very handy for both the four legged Critters and Two legged Varmits !! 🍺🇺🇸
I've watched this video several times! Such a good kit my friend!