Mors Kochanski and Jonathan McArthur join me to discuss the motivations behind, and the aims of, the Global Bushcraft Symposium. Along the way, More shares a few anecdotes too...

The Last Episode of APK. Some important announcements plus answers to questions on what’s inspirational about wild places, carrying a lock knife for bushcraft, why use two bags for canoeing, and some tree and plant ID on berries in Quebec.

Axe stones, sharpening stones, parang vs axe, quilt vs sleeping bag, bushcraft course demographics, North American bushcraft shows and festivals

In this episode, I answer questions about campfire safety risk assessment, use of cottongrass and what to do with your shoes while bivvying…

I answer questions about expanding from survival skills to broader bushcraft skills, sleeping bag liners and entanglement, fishing as part of a bushcraft repertoire

I answer questions about how to use the inner bark of sweet chestnut, Castanea sativa, for tinder bundles, ideas for minimising smoke from fires, first aid for young people, and some thoughts on every day carry (EDC) items…

I answer questions about how you know when it’s the right time to start teaching bushcraft, considerations for washing up after cooking when you only have limited drinking water and how to test how clean and pure the water is coming out of a water filter is…

In this episode of #AskPaulKirtley, I answer questions about featherstick material recommendations, remedying chipped axe edges, washing down sleeping bags and hydrophbic down...

Fire hardening of spears, froth in water after filtering, hunting in bushcraft...

Obtaining big sheets of birch bark, the benefit of identifying trees in bushcraft, bow drill polishing, deer carcass inspection, favourite made items