Hey Dave. I thought I'd comment on this video even though it's years old... Firstly you've been a great inspiration to get my brother and I out into the Aussie bush together, so thank you for that... But I wanted to add 2 tools or techniques that we've also picked up from another primitive tools videographer which we've found increasingly indispensable: 1) Chopsticks. A utensil that couldn't be more basic, but they're not only good for eating with. They're fantastic for manipulating small objects close to the fire with a great deal of finesse; which relates to 2) Using an ember and hollow reed to 'blowtorch' holes through timber. Our attempts at making stone/flint drills out in the field were exhaustingly unsuccessful and neither of us have a hand drill or auger, but this method is almost restful it's so low-energy. We can do it while taking a break from heavier tasks, or in the evening sitting by the fire.
This was a great one, Dave. Densely packed w/ key info, very well tied together. Thanks again for all the sharing you've been doing for years. You've inspired so many people to get that dirt time in, now I can learn from you and William Collins along with a bunch of others who passed through the Pathfinder school, Steve Davis, Sarge Ferria, Mitch from Native Survival, etc...So nice to see you're still living your motto of let's learn together!
I'm pretty into bushcraft, but I live in London and I'm surrounded by urban life that just seems so complicated. I am regarded as a phycopath just because I'm a girl who can look after herself and I find it hard to relate anyone. I can't wait to move to America.
I've been on bushcraft /outdoors all my life and the cutting tools i carry are a Fiskars X7, a 21"bow saw and my old Mora companion MG Green carbón... I have lots of other cutting gear, some items really expensive, but that trio is what i keep using every time.
I spent 2-1/2 weeks camping in northern Indiana this past July. Two wood tools I made and used every day for fire wood processing were a maul and a wedge, both to save my bush knife some batoning wear and tear. Didn't even think about it...
Awesome video Dave. Now I have been watching your videos for a long time and recently finished a Pathfinder Marathon of all your videos and was wondering what size tarp you were using in this video and the configuration. I don't recall seeing it before and it looks like a well thought out design. Thanks for keeping with your word and posting videos on this channel for those of us who can't watch Pathfinder TV overseas. Can't wait to return to the States to attend some classes and watch more detailed videos.
In the woods, you can make a saw(with a used band saw blade), a mallet, a make shift shovel, gluts, shave horse, carpenters mallet, reamer, a rake. a broom, and many other useful things with just a few tools....
I don't care about what was....what IS.....IS that you know your stuf!! And, you are a great teacher of an endless litney of bushcraft/survival/hoemstead skills, many of which are nearly lost to the 'efficent' 21st century lazy and dependant future victims of not knowing what our ancestors did and YOU teach! Keep it goin brother.....God has given you many gifts and you are doing as only a good Christian American would do....share! Got to find a way to support you beyond words on a youtube video!! You are a good man Dave Canterbury....God bless and keep you!
I love watching your videos on days like this when I'm home sick and relaxing. Thanks for keeping me entertained and filling my mind with knowledge *****
Dave, great video. Totally identify with this. Been using these tools myself for some time and until I've started reading and watching your stuff didn't even know I was using part of the 5 as you describe it. When ever possible I make and repurpose as many things as I can within reason. Thanks for a great video.
Great video dave... i actually just made a wood maul yesterday and im finishin it up tomorrow. Rufus looked like he wanted to be petted most of the video lol
You should make a prank-video one of these days. Like a survival pack show-and-tell and then have 3 nun-chucks in there for hunting and trapping. "Find the Fails" :)
How about a primitive type wheel barrow or wheels. Would be nice in camp to have a cart of some sort. Could use tree rounds and nails, bore an axel through center.
I'm ashamed of myself for forgetting how useful a simple stick could be. All I could think of was using it as a hammer or a throwing stick to take out small prey like ducks and rabbits. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
Boy, you've got that right! In our culture of constantly seeking the perfect tools for very specific jobs we get so distracted over analyzing tasks to the point of thinking we can't do certain things without certain tools. The simple stick is the original multi tool, we only need the knowledge to know how to unfold it's secrets!
Ah, stump anvil included in the 5 tools, and you do mention that in the intro sort of. My mistake, got it, thanks. Excellent videos, Dave. I've learned a lot watching them, especially from this Woodcraft on a budget series. Tx.
Slim salha I started to follow u. U seem pretty cool. Just so u know I've been into bushcraft since I was about 4 years old and now I am almost 11. I do not have many friends because I'm into bushcraft and survival and stuff. I have 2 machetes 1 tamohawk and a bushcraft knife but my parrents wont letter me have them until I am 14.
good on you. i'm 19 and ive been into bushcraft for a long time now. I can tell you, youtube is an amazing way to learn skills and information about bushcraft and camping. to try and answer your question, I do know that Dave uses lansky diamond rods which are similar. Have fun in the bush mate and be careful.
I like the idea of having a walking stick/staff with a Y-fork on one end and a spear (maybe a frog gig) on the other. I'll definitely start doing that from now on. What is the benefit of making it in the woods out of green material instead of carving one ahead of time, drying, and sealing it? Seems like it would be lighter and stronger, and assist you with the walk in to camp from wherever you parked, if you made it before hand. I don't tend to do much wooden tool carving when I go out, I'd rather just bring the tools I need, the exceptions being a cook setup, wedges/stakes, and a stump. I probably wouldn't ever make that digging/throwing stick because I tend to have at least 1 firearm on me and my E-tool is strapped to my pack, or the mallet since there is a hammer poll on my carpenter's axe. When I was a kid I used to carve stuff when I was in the woods, but these days I carry nearly everything I need with me. But its all great knowledge, and you are the man for passing it along so freely. Love the channel. Semper Fi
Wonderful stuff ! I've never carried a shovel/trowel backpacking. Always seen that as stupid when you can make a digging stick. Never considered these other things though. GOOD GOOD STUFF Dave !!!
I thumbed back and forth several times, and count only 4 tools here. (1) Throwing/digging stick. 2. Mallet. 3. Staff. And 4. Wedge.. Is the throwing/digging stick numbers 1 AND 2? Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
You talk about 3s and 5s in survival. These are Fibonacci numbers, and Fibonacci numbers appear all through nature. Pine cone spirals are in series of 8 and 13 or 13 and 21.
There's a lot to be said about wooden tools. Thousands and thousands of years ago, an early ancestor of man was hiding in a cave or seeking safety from predators up in a tree when for some unknown reason, possibly by accident, figured out how to sharpen a stick. At that very moment, the course of mankind was changed forever. He and his kind suddenly went from being the hunted, to being the hunters. A sharpened stick, which gave early man the means to consume more protein which allowed our species to develop a larger brain with the capacity to plan and reason, literally catapulted man to the top of the food chain.
I thought dead wood was stronger than green wood? Is it more of a "bending without snapping" strength rather than a "surface strength" (resisting chopping & cutting or being able to bash it into things without getting mangled-up)? Also, would you mind doing a video on making a camp vise? I know you did one for making a bow, but what about one for doing other projects around camp?
Digging stick, maul, staff, wedge. Did I miss something or is that only 4? Not trying to give you a hard time, Dave, but I'm wondering if you missed one of the tools on editing or something.
Skip Tabor The 5th tool was the stump anvil at the beginning of the video. Dave was showing that there's a progression of importance to the 5 tools, with the 4 tools showed, in that order, before the previously covered stump anvil should be made. At least that's what I got out of the video.
I did a search for the illustrated encyclopedia of colonial tools & found nothing. Is that the actual title? Looking to find that book and / or similar ones. Thanks.
DAVE WOODS SUCH AS ELM AND DOG WOOD THAT HAVE INTERLOCKED GRAIN ARE MUCH BETTER FOR MAKING MAULS AND WEDGES THAN WOODS LIKE OAK OR MAPLE THAT HAVE STRAIGHT GRAIN.
Any chance you can start promoting Zippo lighters? They are an American company, warranted forever and non- disposable. Bic is a French company, has no warranty and takes up space in our land fills. 5,000,000 bics go into land fills every day and are not recycled. Zippo is a 1930's technology and is a product to be proud of and support. No I don't work for Zippo!
i was watching this video with my four year old son, and the first "stick" tool, he said, " You can fetch a dog with it." LOL
Hey Dave. I thought I'd comment on this video even though it's years old... Firstly you've been a great inspiration to get my brother and I out into the Aussie bush together, so thank you for that... But I wanted to add 2 tools or techniques that we've also picked up from another primitive tools videographer which we've found increasingly indispensable: 1) Chopsticks. A utensil that couldn't be more basic, but they're not only good for eating with. They're fantastic for manipulating small objects close to the fire with a great deal of finesse; which relates to 2) Using an ember and hollow reed to 'blowtorch' holes through timber. Our attempts at making stone/flint drills out in the field were exhaustingly unsuccessful and neither of us have a hand drill or auger, but this method is almost restful it's so low-energy. We can do it while taking a break from heavier tasks, or in the evening sitting by the fire.
I love how Rufus was just snoozing in the shelter!
Folding Saw $20, High Carbon Knife $100, Fire Steel $15, Stick... Priceless!
correct me if im wrong, but that's only 4 items, not 5
This was a great one, Dave. Densely packed w/ key info, very well tied together. Thanks again for all the sharing you've been doing for years. You've inspired so many people to get that dirt time in, now I can learn from you and William Collins along with a bunch of others who passed through the Pathfinder school, Steve Davis, Sarge Ferria, Mitch from Native Survival, etc...So nice to see you're still living your motto of let's learn together!
never thought about making wooden wedges for processing trees, Thanks dave.
I'm pretty into bushcraft, but I live in London and I'm surrounded by urban life that just seems so complicated. I am regarded as a phycopath just because I'm a girl who can look after herself and I find it hard to relate anyone. I can't wait to move to America.
Stump Anvil Wood Craft on a Budget Part 22
Oohh, thought it was just for holding stuff while you saw it! Thanks.
Good video, I've been makeing these tools for my wood shop for years.
what the name of the music at the beginning Dave? and one GREAT vid good to know stuff..
I've been on bushcraft /outdoors all my life and the cutting tools i carry are a Fiskars X7, a 21"bow saw and my old Mora companion MG Green carbón... I have lots of other cutting gear, some items really expensive, but that trio is what i keep using every time.
Thanks for sharing Dave
Damn, your hands are like shovels. I like this channel very much, inspiring every time. Thanks Dave
I spent 2-1/2 weeks camping in northern Indiana this past July. Two wood tools I made and used every day for fire wood processing were a maul and a wedge, both to save my bush knife some batoning wear and tear. Didn't even think about it...
Awesome video Dave. Now I have been watching your videos for a long time and recently finished a Pathfinder Marathon of all your videos and was wondering what size tarp you were using in this video and the configuration. I don't recall seeing it before and it looks like a well thought out design. Thanks for keeping with your word and posting videos on this channel for those of us who can't watch Pathfinder TV overseas. Can't wait to return to the States to attend some classes and watch more detailed videos.
In the woods, you can make a saw(with a used band saw blade), a mallet, a make shift shovel, gluts, shave horse, carpenters mallet, reamer, a rake. a broom, and many other useful things with just a few tools....
I don't care about what was....what IS.....IS that you know your stuf!! And, you are a great teacher of an endless litney of bushcraft/survival/hoemstead skills, many of which are nearly lost to the 'efficent' 21st century lazy and dependant future victims of not knowing what our ancestors did and YOU teach! Keep it goin brother.....God has given you many gifts and you are doing as only a good Christian American would do....share! Got to find a way to support you beyond words on a youtube video!! You are a good man Dave Canterbury....God bless and keep you!
Love the dog being with you in the video. Thanks for all you do.
I love watching your videos on days like this when I'm home sick and relaxing. Thanks for keeping me entertained and filling my mind with knowledge *****
Ol' Rufus looked like he knew what he was doing there at the end of the video. Good looking dog and another great video thanks a lot Dave!
Dave, great video. Totally identify with this. Been using these tools myself for some time and until I've started reading and watching your stuff didn't even know I was using part of the 5 as you describe it.
When ever possible I make and repurpose as many things as I can within reason.
Thanks for a great video.
Nice one Dave, I'm dropping my trowel. That I've carried for the last 5 years
Great video dave... i actually just made a wood maul yesterday and im finishin it up tomorrow. Rufus looked like he wanted to be petted most of the video lol
Great ideas. Being resourceful and using your head is the best toolbox you can have.
You should make a prank-video one of these days. Like a survival pack show-and-tell and then have 3 nun-chucks in there for hunting and trapping.
"Find the Fails" :)
Excellent video.... True woodsmen knowledge thank you Dave....
How about a primitive type wheel barrow or wheels. Would be nice in camp to have a cart of some sort. Could use tree rounds and nails, bore an axel through center.
I'm ashamed of myself for forgetting how useful a simple stick could be. All I could think of was using it as a hammer or a throwing stick to take out small prey like ducks and rabbits. Thanks for refreshing my memory.
Boy, you've got that right! In our culture of constantly seeking the perfect tools for very specific jobs we get so distracted over analyzing tasks to the point of thinking we can't do certain things without certain tools. The simple stick is the original multi tool, we only need the knowledge to know how to unfold it's secrets!
Ingenious simplicity.
Ah, stump anvil included in the 5 tools, and you do mention that in the intro sort of. My mistake, got it, thanks. Excellent videos, Dave. I've learned a lot watching them, especially from this Woodcraft on a budget series. Tx.
absolutely brilliant video. i love the way you explain and teach in general.
Slim salha I started to follow u. U seem pretty cool. Just so u know I've been into bushcraft since I was about 4 years old and now I am almost 11. I do not have many friends because I'm into bushcraft and survival and stuff. I have 2 machetes 1 tamohawk and a bushcraft knife but my parrents wont letter me have them until I am 14.
Just want to thank you for what you're doing. Your knowledge shows and it's great watching :) Hälsar från Sverige.
Great ideas as always. Thanks. Your dog is awesome.
amazing video and very instructional. such simple tools that many don't think of.
Hey Dave have u ever used Smith's diamond bars to sharpen your knives I'm 10 so I only have a Swiss Army Knife, and the sharpener works great on it.
good on you. i'm 19 and ive been into bushcraft for a long time now. I can tell you, youtube is an amazing way to learn skills and information about bushcraft and camping. to try and answer your question, I do know that Dave uses lansky diamond rods which are similar. Have fun in the bush mate and be careful.
that is that thin metal pan called you had hanger their. thank you for any information
I like the idea of having a walking stick/staff with a Y-fork on one end and a spear (maybe a frog gig) on the other. I'll definitely start doing that from now on. What is the benefit of making it in the woods out of green material instead of carving one ahead of time, drying, and sealing it? Seems like it would be lighter and stronger, and assist you with the walk in to camp from wherever you parked, if you made it before hand.
I don't tend to do much wooden tool carving when I go out, I'd rather just bring the tools I need, the exceptions being a cook setup, wedges/stakes, and a stump. I probably wouldn't ever make that digging/throwing stick because I tend to have at least 1 firearm on me and my E-tool is strapped to my pack, or the mallet since there is a hammer poll on my carpenter's axe. When I was a kid I used to carve stuff when I was in the woods, but these days I carry nearly everything I need with me.
But its all great knowledge, and you are the man for passing it along so freely. Love the channel.
Semper Fi
You can also use the feather stick idea, to make a brush or broom to baste big meat, or brush things out of your shelter
Wonderful stuff !
I've never carried a shovel/trowel backpacking. Always seen that as stupid when you can make a digging stick. Never considered these other things though. GOOD GOOD STUFF Dave !!!
I use a sharpened shovel for chopping and hacking as well as for digging.
Hermann Kateri I don't know man . I believe I'd rather spend the weight on a good ax/hatchet.
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There is no law that says you have to have a shovel. Each pack is custom prepared for every person. yada yada yada
Hermann Kateri or each situation . I just mean in general as I believe that's also what Dave means.
Yeah
Great tips as always Dave, obvious... once shown...Ian
Love the channel and love to see Rufus.
Good stuff! TY!
Nice... But wasnt that only 4 items?
Would toggles be considered tools as well?
Thanks for the video, I'm loving The series so Far.
Trimming down a bit I see. Looking good, Dave!
Beautiful dog.
I often use a diggin' stick to tear up the dirt under my bed. Root it out and create a hollow for my hips and shoulders, as I'm a side sleeper.
You shoulda mentioned the toggles on your cup and holding up your haversack.
Like the way you think, thanks for passing it on
I thumbed back and forth several times, and count only 4 tools here. (1) Throwing/digging stick. 2. Mallet. 3. Staff. And 4. Wedge..
Is the throwing/digging stick numbers 1 AND 2?
Courtesy of Half Vast Flying
Now I'll have some projects to do the next time I go camping.
You talk about 3s and 5s in survival. These are Fibonacci numbers, and Fibonacci numbers appear all through nature. Pine cone spirals are in series of 8 and 13 or 13 and 21.
Great stuff again...
Nice video Dave!
There's a lot to be said about wooden tools. Thousands and thousands of years ago, an early ancestor of man was hiding in a cave or seeking safety from predators up in a tree when for some unknown reason, possibly by accident, figured out how to sharpen a stick. At that very moment, the course of mankind was changed forever. He and his kind suddenly went from being the hunted, to being the hunters. A sharpened stick, which gave early man the means to consume more protein which allowed our species to develop a larger brain with the capacity to plan and reason, literally catapulted man to the top of the food chain.
Great tips
most important wood tool for me is the poker stick for the fire
Hey Dave, what was Rufus getting into there in the tent? He looked plenty happy in the next shot...
very interesting ideas.
Did I just see Dave Canterbury strike a match!?!?
I thought dead wood was stronger than green wood? Is it more of a "bending without snapping" strength rather than a "surface strength" (resisting chopping & cutting or being able to bash it into things without getting mangled-up)?
Also, would you mind doing a video on making a camp vise? I know you did one for making a bow, but what about one for doing other projects around camp?
Nice tarp setup! How do you call something like that? And is it possible with a 3by 3 meter tarp?
Thak you
Cool.
thanks Dave ;-}
love the video Dave what's the tarp setup your using would love to see a vid on that,is it still with the 8*8 oilskin? *****
Digging stick, maul, staff, wedge. Did I miss something or is that only 4? Not trying to give you a hard time, Dave, but I'm wondering if you missed one of the tools on editing or something.
Stump anvil. He posted a link in the comments.
Skip Tabor The 5th tool was the stump anvil at the beginning of the video. Dave was showing that there's a progression of importance to the 5 tools, with the 4 tools showed, in that order, before the previously covered stump anvil should be made. At least that's what I got out of the video.
I did a search for the illustrated encyclopedia of colonial tools & found nothing. Is that the actual title? Looking to find that book and / or similar ones. Thanks.
nice vid.
DAVE
WOODS SUCH AS ELM AND DOG WOOD THAT HAVE INTERLOCKED GRAIN ARE MUCH BETTER FOR MAKING MAULS AND WEDGES THAN WOODS LIKE OAK OR MAPLE THAT HAVE STRAIGHT GRAIN.
good looking dog, mans best friend but what ever happened to Tanner? He loved you to. lol
Ever consider a giveaway??? How about a week, two weeks, 4 weeks!!! With you in your camp?!?!?!
He gives away free knowledge daily!
What the dogs name .
7:45 Dog stealing inside shelter :)
sir Dave i believe 7 is the very important no. in biblical days.....
Yes sir that ain't no tulapoplar. That's lighter nottfeathrr stick that 😅
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Any chance you can start promoting Zippo lighters? They are an American company, warranted forever and non- disposable. Bic is a French company, has no warranty and takes up space in our land fills. 5,000,000 bics go into land fills every day and are not recycled. Zippo is a 1930's technology and is a product to be proud of and support. No I don't work for Zippo!
TNX, you learn mee a five :-)
Really enjoy it. Let's check woodprix plans also.
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