BUSHCRAFT For BEGINNERS - TOOLS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- So here it is! The one you have been waiting for!!! Here is a guide for the right tools for a beginners in bushcraft, someone just starting out on that long voyage of learning and discovery.
Enjoy
Here is a list of gear I use:
ITEM
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Meraklon Gloves
Nalgene Oasis Canteen : amzn.to/426Varz
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Polymath Stealth Stove : amzn.to/3WgySzN
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Sofirn Head Torch : amzn.to/3C8epq3
One Wind Extended Waterproof Poncho : amzn.to/428Uv8U
Casio Tough Solar Watch : amzn.to/3PxW4Ww
BPS Finn Lite Knife
Falkniven DC 3 Diamond Stone : amzn.to/3C2ReNS
Hultafors Craftsman General Purpose Knife
Fabsil Gold Proofing Spray
Italian Army Base Layer : forcesuniforma...
And here is the link for the Greencraft Shop:
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Enjoy
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The best outdoor educators are the ones you probably have never heard of. Most that follow the super popular content makers have never heard of David Wescott, Paul Kirtley, David Holladay, Tim Smith, Jim Riggs or even Steve Watts. Those are some of the guys with the holy grail of knowledge. Most of the high subscription count, read something from a classic bushcraft book and present it as theirs. Be proud you give solid knowledge, not need for a play button!
Larry Olsen as well. I would love to go to Rabbit stick for classes
I like that you mentioned sharpening equipment. Freehand knife/tool sharpening using portable equipment is probably one of the first thing a beginner should learn.
🤣 “ I haven’t got a dog, I haven’t got boobs” best statement I’ve heard in years on TH-cam 👍
I personally love your channel mate, a no bollox approach to a fascinating topic. I’ve learnt lots from your videos mate, keep them coming 🤙🏻👊🏻
Always a pleasure😊
Another great video Neil, loads of excellent advice for everyone mate, and dont worry about that play button mate, it will come.
Regards
Moose👍
Brilliant advice as always sir. I took your advice on knives years ago, after many years with a couple of really good but very dear knives that I was overly careful with, I sold them on and bought a few cheap and cheerfuls (Hultafors OK4, Mora 2000, Companion and Flex knife) that I could really practice with and not be afraid to damage if things happened to go wrong, I have never looked back, I've not even thought about looking back.
And, right you are, my pocket knife (SAK Huntsman) is my absolute go to tool and after watching the one and only Felix Immer do incredible things with his Victorinox I figured I have many levels to go with the "simple" Swiss Army Knife before I exhaust it's potential 😀. Thanks for the video and great work as always sir.
I heard you say an interesting thing about a few of the tools you showed us - "I have had this item for 20, 25, 30 years". That tells me that it is not only good kit for a beginner, but will serve the seasoned veteran as well. That is the kind of wise purchase we should all make. Buy the tool, use it for 30 years, and spend those years learning how to use that tool well.
Good information. Hope you get your play button. Personally, I have not thought about owning one. I am just enjoying the process of making videos and chatting with viewers
What is a play button?
@@Mugwumps107 A plaque you put on the wall. The number of subscribers needed to get a TH-cam play button depends on the level of the button:
Silver play button: 100,000 subscribers
Gold play button: 1,000,000 subscribers
Diamond play button: 10,000,000 subscribers
Red diamond play button: 100,000,000 subscribers
I enjoy your videos Mark, and I do agree.
I have two young daughters (8 & 11) who follow channels. I think it's more for them than really....their heads would explode if they came home and there was a play button on the shelf!!
@@greencraft4783 Right on. For that reason, I do hope you receive a play button. I have two daughters and a son as well. Mine are all adults. They are just happy to see their old man has a hobby that keeps him out of trouble. Take care brother
More good info for the beginer Neil. Still prompts thought for those of us who have been doing bushcraft for a while.
You have a good solid following Neil, you don't need a play button.
Keep up the good work.
First knife i got at age 9 was a little dagger, and it started my love for cutting tools. Later i started with folders with just a cutting Blade. My father bought my first own fólder at age 11 It was Big, with Blade and saw and cork screw still have It with it's blade well worn out. Later i started with fixed Blades, till now that i'm 68 y. o.
I have a lot of knives, some of them really good and expensive, but my favourite is Morakniv Classic #2
Nevermind the button brother. You're making an impact on people's lives.
Congratulations for your clarity and your capacity to sum up the basics of the bushcraft world. Thanks for all we are learning from you!
I do wish I had had a great-granddad like you when I was growing up Neil.
Nice vid, great series so far! I have a very expensive custom blade and a lovely GB forest Axe but I can honestly say that I could easily do 90% of everything I do with them with a Mora Companion and Laplander.
Also, even while I'm chilling at home, in the back pocket of my joggers sits my Böker Atlas. With the belt clip removed it is so slim and lightweight! I like having a penknife on me at all times, and that Boker is one of the best budget knives!
Love my condor bushlore.
Great advice as always 👍🏽
Great advice Neil. I totally agree with your rationale regarding not rushing into having the greatest axe. Don't get me wrong, I have a nice one but rarely take it with me. A good processing knife and saw is the go. Keep well in the bush my friend.
hi neil, great video and thank you for giving us newbies plenty of options to explore along our journey into bushcraft.
kind regards.
Great video as always. Though I seem to be alone on this one, I've never agreed with a folder for food prep, at least not regularly. There's always a risk of bacteria getting in the handle where it can't be cleaned, and then we get transfer to other food.
My choice is a simple kitchen paring knife with a home made sheath for carrying safely.
Thanks for sharing! very informative
Always good advice.
Sound advice as usual Neil 👏🏻
I have all those BPS knives and more. My favorite is the Ray Mears Tribute knife the BPS B1 (sometimes called the B1CSH) in carbon steel, walnut handle, leather Sheath with a dangler $35.99 on my side of the pond on Amazon. I love that style so much I have 3 different companies versions.
Another good one. Thanks.
Great video and very helpful advice. Many thanks for your time.
I have to say Neil loving this series thank you I have a scarf is there a tutorial?
I like the way you dummy corded everything onto that orange cord and then just hang it from your belt that's how I do my Swiss Army knife
I swithered for ages on Bahco vs Silky Boy. In the end, I went with the Bahco. The Silky costs twice as much and I’m sure it cuts better but I bet it doesn’t cut twice as well? Blades seem easy to snap and replacements cost more than a brand new Bahco. I’ve bent the Bahco blade quite a lot now but it just springs back to shape.
Should be required viewing for anyone thinking they want to start this experience !
A nice folding knife option in the US is the Coldsteel Finn Wolf. It's one of the rare folders that has a Scandi grind. Puukko style. Of course, if a Scandi is what you want. You may like a flat grind better.
Probably not UK legal.
@bagboy1942 Definitely not. It's a locker and longer than 3". Not a problem here in America.
Hello Neil where in kent is your bushcraft school and woodland
Good info. Are you planning on making anymore scarfs? Sold out on Etsy.
Oh no there not!!! I just checked and there are five left.... be quick tho
@ thanks just ordered it 👍🏼
@@greencraft4783 Does it have the bug net on the corner?
@@BravingTheOutDoors no bug net. They are not that easy to do.
I must recommend having a look at the Fiskars SW73/75 saws, def prefer them over the Bahco.
And don't forget the excellent Hultafors OK4 knife...
My EDC is the Huntsman, it just needs sharpening aplmost weekly
Aren't you dulling your blade if you use it as an "Axe"? Maybe for beginners a small hatchet is also nice if you can spare the money?
Dear Neil,
Just a suggestion... better equipment.
A better camera will have an impact on the amount of people watching your channel.
Better resolution, better shots, the way a scene looks, etc.
I don't have BOOBS either, but I just subbed. 👍👍👍👍
but thar Illegal now Neil mate opennail any knife wicth can lock
You can't carry a locking blade knife in the UK? wow, just wow.
You can't carry a locking knife or a fixed blade knife over 3" anywhere in the world not names America. The UK is not special in that sense... it is America that is special for allowing it. I'm sure there are many third world countries where there are no regulations and no one gives a crap but anywhere in the west not called America... just about everything is illegal. The world is stupid. Trust me, if I could move to America I'd do it... like yesterday.
I have to say that an opinel lock is not illegal you have to justify why you have a lock.
I consider my own justification to be that it is a safety feature designed to stop the blade folding back on the fingers when doing more heavy tasks with the knife rather than just cutting tomatoes.
I’ve never been challenged but I’d welcome the test case to be honest so that precedent could be set in law to clarify a ridiculous, ambiguous piece of legislation.
Why oh why is your camera zoomed in to your hairy face all the time freaking out the camera auto focus..cant see what your describing very well my man.Not pleasant to watch to be honest.
Man you Brits make things way too complicated. I am NOT a bush crafter and only learned these words recently. The sooner you learn to use the axe the better and you can do more with an axe than a knife, helps if you learn what an ulu is. My first moose I processed was with a horrible gas station folding knife and a cheap axe and it worked. These where the wonderful days where people did not need to hit there knife with a stick and our fixed blades where ment to do everything from field to plate. And what’s always with you guys (world wide apparently) liking the Scandie bevel? I used one once and found that grind totally useless in the real everyday world. My best fixed blade was a Grohmann #4, but used many in my day before I when real custom about 15 years ago…and guess what? A modified #4.
Nowadays I would pick a leather man multi tool with the pliers to start with, the sheath will carry all you need. I would tell you what it can carry but my job ain’t to teach.
Scandis are more amusement to me but a good old buck ,case, western,shrade will do a lot of general woods work from whittling to skinning all sorts of game course i like blades that are more specialised for purpose intended fillet knives if im doing that an eliptical canadian style for dressing some biggame bigger blades to use on real biggame for me such as some of the old shrades .