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RE: Bushcrafting: Five Simple Tools that can be Made in the Woods
So good, so useful! I never went into that much detail in naming my sticks, but yes, sticks come in various lengths and shapes, for various purposes. What I like to do each evening when I have a small campfire going, is to temper my sticks above the embers. It makes them harder and stronger. Even small pieces, like the chopsticks I made, get much better once you let them char a bit, without letting them burn.
I guess my words reveal my inexperience in bushcraft. It is all sort of self-taught, based on stories and anecdotes, needing WAY more practice. But there is a lot of skills I like to apply, like yours, which I love to read and absorb. However, once I'm out there, I have to apply them myself, and turn them into my own craft.
Thanks @stortebeker - Yeah, I suppose names for the sticks make it easier for relaying information. Instead of saying 'the short stick with the pointy end', it's easier for me to say 'stake' ;) That's a good idea with the heat tempering, I'll be doing a series of posts about setting up this bushcraft camp, I'll be sure to include it when I get the fire going.
Of course, terminology is important, and bushcraft is respectable field with its own terminology. In bike-mechanics there is also clear a difference between barrel adjuster and spring adjuster, I'm learning now. Even though, as I would fix my own bike in the past, I'd just call them thingame-jigs.
:) Last week when there was no snow... I took my bicycle out of hibernation for a ride to town and added air to the back tire. I didn't get very far down the road and the back tire blew out :o I wasnt too surprised when I looked over the tire, the tube was probably poking through the wore down tire - time for me to get a new one :)