quinta-feira, 16 de maio de 2013

The Journals of Richard Proenneke 1974-1980

Richard L. Proenneke—a modern-day Henry David Thoreau—built a cabin in Twin Lakes, Alaska, during the spring of 1968, sparking thirty years of personal growth in which he spent the majority of his time strengthening his relationship with the wilderness around him. Following in the footsteps of One Man’s Wilderness, a classic book compiling some of the mountain man’s journals, More Readings from One Man’s Wilderness chronicles Proenneke’s experiences with animals, the elements, park visitors, and observations he made while hiking in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. A master woodcraftsman, a mechanical genius, a tireless hiker with a keen eye, and a journalist, Proenneke’s life at Twin Lakes has inspired thousands of readers for decades.

Editor John Branson—a longtime friend of Proenneke’s and a park historian—ensures that Proenneke’s journals from 1974–1980 are kept entirely intact. His colloquial writing is not changed or altered, but Branson’s footnotes make his world more approachable by providing a background for names and places that may have otherwise been unknown. Any reader with a love for conservation and true-life wilderness narratives will undoubtedly admire and relish Proenneke’s tales of living in the wild. 57 color illustrations

SOURCE Amazon

http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/lacl/proenneke.pdf

quarta-feira, 20 de março de 2013

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is a 2010 documentary film that depicts the life of the people in the village of Bakhtia along the Yenisei River, the heart of the Siberian Taiga. Some 300 villagers whose daily routines have barely changed over the last century and live according to their own values and cultural traditions.

More info at Happy People: A Year in the Taiga - Movie Review

segunda-feira, 18 de março de 2013

KFU - Custom Knives




I have started a partnership with Chris from KFU to produce leather sheath for is knives. Chris is a knifemaker from the EUA and a great friendly guys.
Check him out and i guarantee that  you will not be disappointed

More details on his work can be found here  http://www.facebook.com/pages/KFU-Knives/119027924948726 and http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php/872-Backwoods-amp-KFU-Custom-Handmade-Knives

quarta-feira, 30 de janeiro de 2013

Sharpening

This is a simple video i made for showing the complete process of sharpening a knife from dull to razor sharp

terça-feira, 22 de janeiro de 2013

Mors Kochanski Talks About Survival Axes

Ross from http://woodtrekker.blogspot.pt as posted 2 videos of Mors Kochanski talking about axes. Very interesting

Mors Kochanski Talks About Survival Axes:
I think I mentioned before that Mors Kochanski, a well known survival and wilderness instructor has started posting videos on YouTube regarding different topics. Here I wanted to share with you two videos he put out on axes. They are good to watch just because they are put out by Mors, but unfortunately they don’t seem to contain too much information that the average axe user wouldn’t already know.
Part 1:
Part 2:


There are a few interesting things that struck me personally. The first was the horrible condition in which he keeps his axes. These are probably some of the most poorly taken care of axes that I have ever seen, and would personally consider unsafe to use. I think that at the point where your axe handle is held together with duct tape, it is time to rehang it.
The other thing is the size of axe that he recommended for survival. His choice was a Swedish army surplus boy’s size axe. The axe itself is great. I have reviewed it here before. However, under what circumstances are you going to end up in a survival situation, presumably without the rest of your gear, but at the same time carrying a 3.5 lb axe? Just seems unlikely. It is not a bad size axe to carry around with you, and perhaps that is what he intended to convey, but as a survival tool, it is just unrealistic that you would have it with you, but not your regular gear. Perhaps out concepts of survival differ.
And the third thing that i found humorous is that he pointed to some Gransfors Bruks axes and said that they are not his favorite, and are not what he would chose to carry, but that they became very popular because Ray Mears endorsed them. I thought it was a very interesting glimpse into wilderness expert “mine is bigger than yours”. 
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