About, and such
This blog is my attempt a creating a resource for those of us that have a passion for Bushcraft that have to spend most of their time in an urban environment. When practicing in the city, many of the basic skills of the hobby are impractical or dangerous at best and illegal at worst.
The very core of bushcraft involves using (usually large) sharp bladed tools, and starting fires. Both of which are rather frowned upon in most urban environments. Local parks and increasingly even campgrounds are no longer allowing fires or 'resource gathering.' Openly carrying a large fixed blade knife may be illegal in your area, and will often make other hikers at the local park somewhat nervous. I am lucky enough to currently live in a house with a small yard where I can practice some skills outside, but many people are more limited to indoor activities.
Short of attending expensive training courses or traveling long distances, what is the urban bushcrafter to do for practice? Arguably the core mindset of being a bushcrafter is simply being inventive and creative enough to accomplish a chosen task utilizing the skills you have and the tools and materials that you have in your immediate environment. Where there is a will there is a way, and there are many options available those that live in less wild areas to still practice the hobby we love.
This is a blog about those options that I discover .
