Favorite gear

In response to the request of the Weekend woodsman, I am posting three of my favorite woodcraft items.  I say "favorite", but I have many tools, weapons, bags, and other things that I enjoy.  It's hard to choose.  I chose these three because I have searched for something like them for a long time.  I have been trying out different camping gear for a while.  And I will probably find something in the future that suits me better.  I have posted some about these items before so I hope I am not boring you.

 

 

 

 

I searched a long time for a sleeping bag or bed of some kind that worked for me.  Every thing I tried was not quite right.  Then a friend of mine had a wool blanket very similar to this, so I decided to give it a try.  So I a bought this one for around twenty or thirty dollars.  It is thin but very, very warm and it is light.  It weighs about three and a half pounds.  I usually carry some other blanket or sheet with it, but it is just right by itself if its warm enough; like it often is where I live.

 

 

 

 

 

I like this knife because it  has most of the qualities that I want in a knife, plus it was made by a friend.  I like its size, shape, and color.  The blade has that feel like you can carve anything short of  granite.  I made the sheath out of cow hide and artificial sinew, and it holds the knife in just by being a bit snug around the handle. The handle is made of walnut.

 

 

 

It has a nice feel to it.

 

 

 

This backpack is one of my favorites.  I have several backpacks including a nice Kelty backpack on a pack frame, and the Swedish rucksack.  This pack however has some qualities which are especially useful to me.  I like its smaller size, especially since I do lots of short walks around our property and need something to carry books or my camera.  I also have a haversack that I use for this purpose more than anything, but if I need something a little bigger this is what I use. I also like that it is somewhat rigid and holds its shape, this makes packing and carrying so much more pleasant.  It also has many straps that I can use for strapping blankets to or other things that are to big to fit inside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I am not sure of the dimensions.

Thanks for looking.  I have many more projects that I have done that I will post as soon as I get the time.

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Sheath knife

I have been looking for a knife that suits me for a while now and I finally found it.  One of my friends makes knives and I bought this one from him, he does a really good job.  I was looking for a smallish fixed blade knife that could do all the jobs I needed it to, so I just need to carry one. 

I split some wood with it, it worked great. 

Here is a tinder or fuzz stick I cut.

I cut some green hack berry.

This is the sheath I made for it. It is small enough that I hardly notice it when it's on my belt but large enough that I think I can do most any chore.  I still need to try it out on other things but it has done well.