Gear Reviews
Want to know more about products in the bushcraft community. Here I tell you my thoughts and opinions on outdoor products!
The Hidden Woodsmen
@thehiddenwoodsmen
Haversack: Ranger Green colour. I love the haversack because it is very versatile. I can have it over my shoulder when out in the bush or have it in my pack if I dont want to have it on me. It has a great zip pocket and the ftont of the haversack under the flap and has a axe sleeve at the back of the haversack. It is really well made and still has a traditional feel to it but made modern. This is a great addition to yout bushcraft or even your urban survival gear.
Day Ruck: Ranger Green colour. The Hidden Woodsmen Day Ruck 25L is perfect for an overnight adventure. The ruck has molle webbing on both sides of the ruck so you can customise you ruck with pouches. On the top and bottom of the ruck there are 4 molle webbing attachments to add a bed roll, wool blanket or a sleeping bag. The ruck is lined with bright orange so you can easily see your gear. With small pockets in the inside of the ruck. Malcom uses military grade buckles and 500D material for the outside of the pack.
If you want a great durable pack for adventures this is the pack for you. The Day Ruck is available in many colours and there are a few different series of the Day Ruck. I would highly recommend this pack. I also love this pack as I can use my ruck as a day pack for a day hike or camp!
Pouches:
Possible Pouch - This pouch is great for all the loss bits of gear floting around your pack. It is made really well and is great for food or even a pocket dumb. They come in many colours and again are made really well and built for the outdoors. Made custom for me.
Fire Bag - This is a great way to hold all your fire tinders and fire accessories. It comes with a velcro pannel on the front for all your patches you have and comes in many colours. Made with high quality 500D.
First Aid pouch - This little grab handle pouch is great for a first aid kit. I tend to use for first aid as it has a robust handle to hild on to if I needed to run somwhere fast.
Pocket Pouch - The pocket pouch is a small pouch for the smaller items in your bushcraft kit. I tend to put all my charging cables and phone accessories in it.
Patches:
Great Patches made really well and high quality designs.They look awesome of packs or haversacks.
There are many options for patches.
Bushcraft US
Tree of Life
Magnet - Camp Life
Smart Raven
Flett forge
@Flett_Forge
A hand Forged bushcraft knife from Scotland. A great starter bushcraft knife and great for light bushcraft work. Full unboxing video on my Instagram account. This is not a heavy duty bushcraft knife it is more for light work and making used as an eating utensil. Matty also makes knifes so if would would like an inexpensive bushcraft beginners knife this one is for you. This is a really great knife if you are wanting the next level from a pocket knife but not a proper bushcraft knife. For beginner bushcrafters this knife would be perfect for the job and with any beautiful features like the deer antler handle and the leather sheath!
Chris James
@cjknives
A hand forged custom bushcraft knife with a leather sheath. He makes the knifes in his spear time and they are made in Alabama. This is a perfect knife if you would like a custom knife that is well speced and works great. This is more of a heavy duty bushcraft knife. As a primary bushcraft knife I only have a silky saw and a hatchet on me when I am out in the woods. He takes care in the knifes and the leather sheaths are made to perfection. The knife is really nice to hold and it's fits my hand prefectly. On bushcraft knives this is on the smaller scale but does all that a woodsmen needs. The maple scales and oranger liners give this knife such a beautiful finish! This knife arrives to you ready to go and very sharp! With all the testing I have not yet had to sharpen this knife. This knife with my axe and saw is the perfect bushcraft tool kit!
Uberleben
@uberleben.co
A fire starter is one of the most important things in your bushcraft kit.
I love this type of fire striker because it gives you many options to strike it. It comes with its own fire striker and you can also use the spin of your knife. When you first get the striker you need to sracp the dark coating off the ferro rod to start the sparks.
Kates Hanks
@kates_hanks
A custom hanky for all needs when you are out in the woods.
The hank can have two different types of fabric or cloth and is sowen together very neatly. This is great addition to a bug out bag or even your bushcraft kit. It can be used for a cloth to clean camera equipment or as a genral hanky. Kate is great to deal with and gets the hanks shipped out fast. I is a perfect gift for someone or just if you want to treat yourself.
Valley Reb
@valleyreb
3 Great patches for on your bushcraft packs or pouches. They are really nicely made and have a smart and brave look to them!
The wolf patch, Smocking Rabbit patch and the eagle are very effective patches on a Coyote coloured pack!These are great patches for bushcraft! These would be one of my favourite patches! Well done Mark.
Scablandsbushcraftco
@scablandsbushcraftco
A Rabbit patch. This is a great little quirky patch for bushcraft. I love the design of the patch and the picture it portrays. Greg also makes a bushcraft coffee blend which is available at his website.
101 Skills You Need To Survive In The Woods - Kevin Estela
@estelawilded
01 Skills You Need To Survive In The Woods is a great survival book! The Bushcraft Daughter is bit of a slow reader so has taken me sometime to read! The Bushcraft book covers the many different versions on Bushcraft survival and Kevin Estela has done an awesome job of explaining his opinion in great detail! The book covers Fire Skills, Shelter Skills, Knife Skills, Cordage Skills, Illumination Skills, Navigation Skills, Signalling and Commuincation Skills, First Aid, Water Skills and Food and Gathering Skills! Very easy text to follow with great pictures and illustrations to go with the topic of the skill. Definitely my favourite Bushcraft skill book!
Perseverance Survival
@perseverance_survival
Type A Hoodie.
This is a poncho liner or also known as a hoodie. This is a great piece clothing to have on you or to carry in your bushcraft pack. I really like the design of the hoodie and how it has a modern look to it as well. It is really war and is great for winter. The hoodie is very lightweight and easy to fit in all the empty spaces in your pack. I really like the material used on this product as if you were caught out in a shower out in the woods this hoodie will keep you warm and dry until you get back to your shelter or find shelter! This would be one of my favourite jackets for bushcraft! Great product from Perseverance Survival!
The Bearded Outdoor Experience
@thebeardedoutdoorexperience
A great patch From The Bearded Outdoor Experience. The design is great and very effective. It looks great on different coloured packs and pouches and I love the size. It tend to swap the patches around my gear but I really like it on my Hidden Woodsmen fire bag.
He has made 3-5 patches designs and I have got his big green patch.
He is great to deal with and has a great Instagram page!
Bear Minimum
@bearbrowlcookpot
The Mama Bear Bowl. A great invention by Bear Minimum! A pot that can fold up all into 1 tiny square. The metal base gives it that extra protection to uses on a gas cooker. They say not to use it on a open flame but I do believe you could use it on twig stove such as the bush buddy stove. I love the fact that it is non-stick and very easy to clean and pack away with easy open and close clips. It is great piece of bushcraft kit for camping or even hiking trips to keep in your pack. I can't wait to use this on the trails, backpacking and bushcraft! This 64oz foldable pot is very easy to use! I love the paracord handle and how the pot folds up into itself!
Army and Outdoors 24 Hour Ration Pack
@armyandoutdoors
The Army and Outdoors 24hr ration ration pack is for Military and tactical use. Spaghetti Bolognese is the flavoured meal I chose.
The contents are
One main dish (of your choice)
Muesli cereal
Instant noodles
Crackers
Yeast extract
Jam
Cream cracker
Fruit bar
Cereal bars x 2
Candy chocolates
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Cold drink powder
Chocolate drink powder
Coffee and a tea bag
Sugar, salt and pepper sachets
Disposable spoon
The ration pack comes package and with instructions on how to use it. Army and Outdoors are great to deal with and have lots of military and tactical gear Available on their website
https://www.armyandoutdoors.co.nz
Looking forward to using and eating this ration pack on the trail!
14er Tactical
@14ertactical
The Admin pouch is a great pouch for all your odds and ends. The main compartment has capability to hold as much gear or as little gear you wish to put in the admin pouch. The pouch has molle webbing on the back to attach to a pack. Inside the pouch there are any molle webbing soft inserts to hold big and small gear. I really like the style of the pouch and the design works very well. 14erTactical offers this in black available on their website.
The Moral Patch Holder
This idea I think is great. As a bush crafter I collect many patches and I can't have all my patches on y pack at once so I really like this idea to store your moral patches in a fun and easy way. You can stick the holder wherever pleasers you while enjoying looking at your patches. It comes with D rings on the sides to attach it to a wall etc..
14ertactical offers this in Coyote available on their website!
Woodlanderleather
@woodlanderleather
A custom Mora Classic Shealth! Andy made this health so beautiful and crisp! The attention to detail on the health is amazing and the time put into making this would have been huge. The sheath came with it's own ferro rod is (with shock cord attached with his logo) in the front little pouch there is the striker) The Stitching is beautiful and clean. The shealth has a dangler belt loop and hangs really easily from a belt. The knife fits it like a glove and looks awesome when out in the woods. If you are looking for a guy to make you a custom shealth for your bushcraft knife this is your guy!
Hemlock Mountain Outdoors
@hemlockmoutdoors
Kurt from @hemlockoutdoors specialises in making top quality hammocks. I have the Black Coyote pack hammock. I use his 12x9 Light weight tarp for shelter and I use his new trail underquilt! I have used this setup in 0 degrees and I was very warm and had lots of room under the tarp and in the Hammock. The coyote pack comes with a removable bug net to suit your needs! overall the setup is very light and weights in just under 2kg.
The products are made to a very high standard and overall quality is great!
Features:
CoyotePack Hammock
- 11' Hammock made from 1.6oz HyperD XL ripstop nylon (approx. 300lb weight limit)
- Attached bug net with two double zippers
- Suspension: Whoppie slings and tree straps
- Removable fixed-length Ridgeline with organisers
- Slotted stuff sack
12x9 Rain Tarp
Dimensions: 12x9 opened (9"x5"x4" packed)
Weight: 1.35lbs (21.6oz)
Attachments: 12 tie out points, cordage included for ridgeline and corner tie outs.
Prototype Under Quilt
- 50F temperature rating
- Filled with 2.4oz ClimaShield Apex
- 70" Long
Bog Man Bennie
@bogmanbennie
The dark green Bennie is absolutely awesome!
Features:
- Made from 100% Donegal Tweed Yarn
- One Size Fits All Adult Heads up to 24 inches
- Knitted In a 2×2 rib for comfortable fit
I love the craftsmanship of this bennie! The bennie is super warm, does get a little itchy sometimes but that is what wool does!
The great thing about this bennie is the roll over top! This is great for many things! I like to use it when it is very cold and I can pull the over lay down on my neck and it keeps me nice and warm!
Overall this is a great bennie and I would highly recommend this Bog Man Bennie!
Also available in many other colours and designs!
Malone Knives
@maloneknives
MK98 - The Bushcraft Daughter Edition
This knife is absolutely beautiful!
The attention to detail is really good and the knife has a very nice finsih to it!
The MK98 is the perfect in between size of a bushcraft knife and Neal and Mason did a great job on designing this knife!
The engraving on this knife is epic!
It is very clean and tidy and does not effect or irritate your hand while using the knife!
Features:
Model: MK98
• 5/32" 0-1 tool steel
• 3.5" cutting edge
• 7.5” OAL
• 3/16” Carbon Fiber pin
• 3/8” Carbon Fiber lanyard
• Handle: Madrone with Orange G-10 Liner.
• Acid stonewashed finish
I absolutely love this knife and I would highly recommend Malone Knifes if you are looking for a bushcraft knife!
Exotac
@exotac
TitanLight:
Features:
High-Spark flint wheel
Waterproof to >1 meter
1-revolution quickTHREAD™ cap
Convection assist combustion
Machined aluminum construction
Easily replaceable flint
Lanyard attachment location
Flame guard
Lighter fluid not included
Made in the USA
The Titan lighter is great! Easy to use and very effective! All you need to do is add lighter fuel and you are good to go!
Great little invention from @exotac!
Fatwood Tinder Tin:
Features:
Durable, reuseable tin with screw on lid
Repurposed waste from lumber industry
Made from domestic organic materials
Ignites quickly and burns hot
Wind and moisture tolerant
Made in the USA
The Fatwood Tinder lights very easily and continues to burn for quite sometime allowing you get your fire started easily!
Great gear from @exotac!
Radix Nutrition
@radixnutrition
Nutrition: The Keystone to All Human Performance
We exist so that you can reach your fullest potential.
We do this by connecting you with the highest-quality natural ingredients, conveniently prepared in a nutritionally-designed meal.
Our passion for your potential drives us forward. That’s why we started Radix. We know that research-based diets for maximum health, performance and recovery are often complicated and time-consuming to prepare. To make these diets more sustainable, we craft easy-to-use meals that allow you to focus on the things that matter most.
We think big too. We question everything, consider every detail and refine our meals to achieve more significant performance gains. We look for improvements in simplicity, convenience, quality and reduced environmental footprint. Every gain, every day is measured against our values. - From The Radix Team
Radix has many food ranges including Wellbeing, Performance and Expedition and ore being developed!
I have tried quite a few of their meals and I absolutely love them! Having Freeze-dri meals that are easy to use, lightweight and delicious were my main things that I wanted in a meal that I could take out in the woods with me and when I go tramping!
For more information about Radix head to their website - radixnutrition.com
For the video review of Radix meals head to my Instagram IGTV!
Woodlander North
@woodlandernorth
The leather spartan is a great little belt pouch! The leather is good quality and nice and durable which I really like when out in the woods. The pouch has my logo on the front which gives it that extra touch and makes it that little more personal! The deer antler toggle is very stable and matches the colour scheme of the product! To be honest I do find the pouch a little too small as I cannot fit my phone in it and some other items that I would have liked to be able to store in that pouch!
Overall I really like the pouch and has been made to a really high standard and you can tell many hours of effort has been put into this little pouch!
Camp Fire Coffee Club
@campfirecoffeeclub
The Camp Fire Coffee Club Vintage logo t-shirt is a great t-shirt for bushcraft! Made from 99% Cotton and 1% Polyester is great for those summer bushcraft adventures! Lightweight and soft makes it a real pleasure to wear! I really like the colours and the design of the t-shirt and sizes ranges from S-3XL.
Great Bushcraft t-shirt!
Tegoda Outdoor
@tegoda_outdoor
The Tegoda Outdoor Pocketfire Beta - the product idea is great! The pocket stove is slightly difficult to set up! With only one set of hands you need to hold many different areas to keep the stove intact while piecing it all together, this also maybe due to me being tiny in stature (small hands). On a few occasions of testing I found that one side popped off! I have discovered that for this stove to work effectively you need to use it on a completely flat surface, like concrete or metal table or tree stump etc. Then I can say she works a treat and performs to a good standard!
Outdoor Vitals
@outdoorvitals
The Outdoor Vitals Ultra Light Camping Pillow! This Pillow is awesome! Super Comfortable, Ultra Light Weight and Easy to use and blow up!
I have used this pillow on many trips from more cold weather to warmer weather and this pillow performed perfectly!
The Pillow also comes with a small black pouch that singes down at the top!
The pouch is well made and whether you are rough or take care this pouch is made very well! The colour of this pillow is dark grey with a soft fabric for the most luxury stay out int the woods!
PNW Bushcraft Shop
@pnwbushcraftshop
- OD Cedar Bag
- PNW Patch
- PNW Stickers
The OD Cedar bag is an oiled canvas bag, that is very light but durable! I like to use this bag as my cooking kit! The pouch has a lot of space inside as well of side pockets on the sides of the pouch!
Great pouch as if you leave this on the ground the pouch doesn't get wet nor get damaged which I really like!
The PNW Patch is a black and white logo patch that is made at a high quality! A few stickers which I like the desgin of and they stick to objects well and have a very good look to them!
A-TACS CAMO - 0421 Tactical
@0421tactical
A-TACS CAMO Supplied by 0421Tactical
This clothing is epic! I love multiple storage pockets to hold store EDC Items!
The Pants have a good sized belt loop and 4 pockets on the pants and the sae for the shirt!
The clothing is a thick material so great for winter but I would not recommend using these pants and shirt in the summer.
Great clothing by A-TACS CAMO Supplied by 0421Tactical!
Work Tuff Gear
@work_tuff_gear
Knives :
Father and daughter knife testing Review!
Work Tuff Gear Lamigo XL 6.3 (My Review)
Work Tuff Gear Campo 6.3 (My Father's Review till come!)
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Work Tuff Gear Lamigo XL:
Full tang construction with 90 degree spine
Saber grind with Convex edge for longer edge retension
Vintage acid wash finish
Bowdrill divot and Skeleton handle
Custom kydex sheath and belt loop
What a big survival knife! This knife is an awesome outdoor robust survival knife! With a great design this knife alone is awesome for survival tasks and camp chores! This knife is great at batoning, Hacking at wood and your most difficult survival tasks!
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Work Tuff Gear Campo 6.3:
Bowdrill divot on the handle
Modified scandi grind with Micro convex edge for better edge retention
Vintage acid wash finish
Nature Canvas micarta handle
Custom kydex sheath and belt loop
2 Go Systems
@2gosystems
CAMO 12X9 Tarp
Survival Bivy
CAMO 12X9 Tarp:
- Comes with 5 ultra light tent pegs
- 6 Gide Ropes
This tarp is slightly more heavier than most tarps but is still light weight! On the underside of the tarp, it has a reflective silver material to reflect you heat back onto you so you have a warm comfortable night!
This is a great tarp as it is CAMO. So it will blend with the bush surrounding you.
Survival Bivy:
This bivy is a survival bivy. It does not have a "head part" at the top so you cannot use this bivy as I would like to but in a survival situation you will survive!
The Bushcraft Store
@thebushcraftstore
TBS AHMA PUUKKO KNIFE
- N690c Stainless Steel
- Curly Birch Handle
- Red Liners
- Leather Shealth
- Ferro Rod & Striker
- Wet-stone in pouch on the font of the sheath (Can be taken off)
This knife is awesome! I have tested this multiple times and it has preformed perfectly! There is one little nick at the top of the blade but other than that the knife is still very sharp and works very well! I love the handle, it is super comfortable and easy to hold! The edge is very sharp and holds the edge well.
TBS BOAR EDC
- Folding knife
- Curly Birch Handle
I love this EDC knife! It is very easy to use and hold! For a pocket knife is is very string and robust and sharp. I really like the scales because it gives the EDC knife a unique feel! Great EDC knife from The Bushcraft Store!
Hex Cam USA
@hexcamusa
The Westland and Echo Face Masks!
The Westland Facemask is the greener one of the two. This one is more for greener and wet conditions! I really like this one in the New Zealand Bush as it blends in really well! The Echo Facemask is more for suer and dry conditions! They both have really good sticking top & bottom which is really good as they won't fray! They both has breathing holes in the facemark so your body can breathe but in more colder conditions the facemark still keep you really warm! Great product from these guys!
Agawa Canyon
@agawacanyonic
Boreal 21 - Foldable Bow Saw
The Boreal 21 is a copycat foldable bow saw! Weighing in at 480g this saw is ultralight for its type! This saw you can take with you anywhere, Camping, Bushcrafting, Hunting, or just gradern use at your home! With a green handle and a black frame this is going to blend in with the bush around you! The saw is super easy to put and pack down with only a few simple steps and your saw is useable! The Boreal cuts through wood simple and easy and is nice and comfortable to hold!
What I really like about this saw is how easy and lightweight the Boreal 21 is!
Great saw from Agawa Canyon!
Vanquest Gear
@vanquestgear
Pouches: (All in Coyote Tan)
- HYDRA Bottle Holder
- FTIM 5X7 Gen 2
- EDCM-HUGE 2.0 Maximizer
- FATPack 5X8 Gen2
- 5 Molle Sticks
- 2 Logo Glow In The Dark Patches
- Medical Cross Patch
All these pouches have many pouches, Zip areas, Molle Webbing and loads of space! I can fit heaps of gear in these pouches and still have room for more! They have a patch panel at the front to put moral patches as you wish and space to sew other moral patches and logos! The bottle holder fits a 1L or a Naglene style drink bottle! I absolutely love all these pouches and they fit all my needs as a bushcrater!
Awesome Gear from Vanquest!
Petromax Gear
Hobo Stove:
The Petromax bk1 is a light and efficient outdoor stove to use on the way. It is delivered in a durable transport pouch made of ripstop fabric. Its design makes the most of the stack effect, thus branches burn both economically and still extremely hot. Stacked in the upper position, the Hobo works with a dry fuel tablet or a spirit burner. Moreover, the Hobo Stove made of stainless steel is highly resistant: Pots of every size and weight can safely be placed on the bk1. The bk1 is assembled thanks to a simple plug system, and its pieces can ideally be packed in the flat pouch. Due to its light weight of only 590 g and its compact size, the Petromax Hobo Stove bk1 fits into every trekking backpack. I really like this produt as it is made at a very high level of quality. Setup is very easy and when there is a fire inside the stove it preforms prefect.
Dutch Oven FT3:
The Petromax Dutch Ovens are ideal companions for outdoor activities such as travel, camping etc. Perfect for cooking over an open fire and in the home kitchen, they allow cooking food such as vegetables and meat very gently in its own juice. They feature a specially designed lid that can be used as a skillet or a platter. The Petromax Dutch Ovens are made of durable cast-iron and have a pre-seasoned finish ready for immediate use. With the Petromax Dutch Ovens one can prepare delicious and healthy food for family friends.
Persons: 1-3
Capacity pot (max.): 1.6 L
Capacity lid (max.): 0.4 l
Weight: 11.4 lbs (5.2 kg)
Material: cast-iron
Ø Bottom (outer): 6.3″ (16 cm)
Height
(w/o lid, feet): 2.8″ (7.1 cm)
The dutch oven is awesome. With so many options on what and how you can cook food. The oven is very high quality and Petromax has thought about everything in this product. I would highly recommend
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