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New Slöjd knife from HSS steel
I have come to like that steel. Made a blade from an old machining hacksaw from HSS. The steel might not be a great choice for longer blades, but for carving, it really does work a cinch. Made a...
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Paleolithic breechcloth from Gunnera
The other day I came across some Gunnera and was pretty amazed about the pliability and durability of the fibres. Since there have been some new insights lately about paleolithic clothing, I thought I...
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Making Linden Cocoa with Black Walnut cordial
Yesterday, on a ride from a really shitty appointment, I came across some linden trees full of seeds. Took them to the kitchen, cleaned, and put them into the oven at 180° C for 40 minutes.After...
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Green Walnuts for Cordial, Sweets and Schnapps
Several weeks ago I found some green walnuts and wanted to try out to make cordial, schnapps and sweets (black walnuts) from them. The thing is, you can make it zero-waste if you know how to. I...
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How to clean and sharpen your knife - with dirt
I had used my beloved friction folder pretty hard. For those of you that are new to the blog, I made it several years ago, from a titanium handle and an O1 blade, and I do love it to bits. But it...
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Carving a coat hanger from yew
Sitting beside the creek, I brought myself some aged yew for a coat hanger. The branch needs to have another branch forking away asymmetrically. I split it with my bushcraft knife (Casström Sweden...
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A Slöjd knife from HSS steel and some thoughts
I had some HSS steel (DMo5) lying around, pre-hardened to 64HRC and gave it a go to make some carving knives from it. Now you often hear that this is a recommendeable project for beginners, but it...
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An iron age garment -does it work in the woods?
Some time ago I took out the old sewing kit. I had this felted wool cloth lying around not doing anything for ages, and I wanted to save it from the moths. Also, I have been pretty intrigued by an...
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Making mushroom patties from oyster mushrooms-delicious!
Came across a tree full of wonderful oyster mushrooms and took home some of them. I gave them a quick boil and boiled some red lentils (about one teacup) until they split. Added some all-purpose flour...
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Delicious Chicken of the woods Steak with wild herb spinach
On a recent hike I came across a really nice specimen of chicken of the woods (laetiporous sulphurea, in German: Schwefelporling), grown on some fallen cherry. Took home a good piece of it (please do...
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Nice and satisfying carving project: Carving a tea infusor
The other day I came across some wild bamboo that is invasive to Germany, so out came the pocket knife. I sawed off a section, carved off the bark and smoothed out the rings. With the awl I drilled...
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Weird licce carving knife
Dunno if you know that feeling... you got that idea nagging at the back of your brain, but it is just too weird, so you don't get started for ages. Well, until you don't don't get started anymore...😜....
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Carving a container from Bamboo
This is another really simple and rewarding project. Carving a container from Bamboo is well suited for kids and beginners, too. The containers are well suited e.g. for coffee, but can also provide a...
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Making historical oak gall ink
Some time ago I collected some oak galls because I was feeling inspired by medieval scribe culture. I had made the graphite pen holder and was asking myself whether I was able to make myself ink that...
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Carving a graphite pen holder (inspired by Conrad Gessner)
I had found an old graphite electrode in the woods and thought I would like to try to make a pen after the concept by Konrad Gessner (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Gessner ). For convenience...
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Carving a mushroom cup
I was feeling inspired by some Chinese guy making cups from Reishi mushrooms and thought I would give it a go. I used tinder conk/horsehoof mushroom/ fomes formentarius, though. Actually, carving...
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Autumn goodness: Making mushroom pâté that is plain friggin delicious
Now these days the woods are full of the abundance of autumn. It is the time to harvest and enjoy and be grateful. To haul ass in for winter, but also to feast. And these days I am almost obsessed...
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Autumn goodness: Forager's crème de Maron and Sahlep
This year is a good one for sweet chestnuts, and I cannot afford to buy food to date, so I hauled ass in. And isn't that beautiful?Also found myself a truckload of walnuts. Chestnuts peeled and baking...
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Forest resources: Making Iwan Chai
The other day I came across some beautiful rosebay Willowherb/fireweed , Chamaenerion Angustifolium, in German: Weidenröschen, and decided to make some Iwan-Chai from it. Legend has it that Tsar Iwan...
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Yet another fun little carving project: Whittle a hobo clothespin
This is another beginner-friendly crafts project. All you need is a Swiss Army knife again. For wood, I choose hazel, because it is easy to carve when fresh and dries out to be tough and resilient,...
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