Bushcraft Illustrated by Canterbury, Dave -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Introduction 1. Packs

Choose a Pack Making Packs Making Pack Frames Pack Baskets In Addition to Your Pack

Haversack Belt Pouches Tumplines

2. Tools

Processing Wood Knives

Belt Knives Knife Anatomy Five Critical Belt Knife Skills Folding Knives Multi-Tools Large Knives Knife Grips Knife Steels and Sharpening

Axes, Hatchets, and Hawks

Anatomy of an Axe Axe Heads Types of Axes Using an Axe Axe Care Sharpening the Axe

Saws

Types of Saws Making a Woodland Material Bucksaw Saw Blades Safe Saw Use Saw Maintenance

3. Cordage and Knots

Cordage

Tree and Vine Cordage Plant Cordage

Rope

Utility Ropes

Lashings Knots and Hitches

Half Hitches Marline Spike Hitch Timber Hitch Clove Hitch Klemheist Knot Barrel Sling Half-Hitch Ladder Trucker’s Hitch Arbor Knot Bowline Knot Square Knot Double Fisherman’s Knot Alpine Butterfly Knot Knots and Hitches in Action

4. Containers and Cooking Tools

Water Bottles/Canteens Pots

Pot Hanging

Stoves

Cooking Fire Arrangements

5. Camp Craft

Camp Shelter

Tarps and Tarp Tents Natural Shelters

Sleeping Options

Hammocks Bedrolls

Camp Furniture Camp Lighting

6. Firecraft

Elements of Fire Tools and Materials for Fire

Fire Starting Tools Fire Lay Materials

Next Fire Mentality

Bird’s Nest Tinder Bundles Twig Bundles Feather Sticks Other Tinder Sources

Friction Fire

7. Navigation

Primitive Navigation

Plants Tracking Time Finding Cardinal Directions Lunar and Celestial Navigation

Compasses and Maps

Compasses Terrain Features and Maps Using Pace Beads

8. Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping

Animal Sign Hunting Trapping

Triggers Snare Traps Deadfall Traps Other Traps for Catching Mammals Bird Trapping

Fishing

Spear or Gig Fishing Rods Fishing Weir

Nets and Baskets for Trapping

9. Processing Game

Dealing with Live Food Processing Your Catch

Small Mammals Medium-Sized Mammals Fish Birds Reptiles, Amphibians, and Crustaceans

Preserving Meat

Drying Smoking

10. Plants

What Is Foraging? Other Plants to Know

11. First Aid

The Five Bs of First Aid

Bleeding Breaks, Sprains, and Strains Blisters Burns Bites and Stings

Harmful Plants

Poison Ivy Poison Oak Poison Sumac

Rescuing an Injured Person Natural Medicines

Preparing Herbs Keeping Plant Medicine Simple

Appendix. Next-Step Tools

The Five-Tool Rule Carving Tools Tools for Making Concavities

Spoon Knife Mocotaugan Hybrids Gouges Adzes Care for Bent/Curved Tools

Awls

Trade Awl Straight Awl Stitch Awls Bone Awl

Auger

Scotch Eye Auger

US/Metric Conversion Chart About the Author Index Copyright

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