• Time and Direction- Using an Analog Watch to Find Cardinal Directions

    June 28, 2018 Comments (0) Field Craft

    What time is it? Timepieces are essential to most things we do. Technology is wonderful. It’s cool. Tech gives us the freedom to do a LOT of things and keeps us connected in this ever-shrinking world. The dominance of GPS and other technology in GPSrs, smartphones, smartwatches, and our vehicles is convenient

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  • Field Condiments Tray

    June 7, 2018 Comments (1) Camp Kitchen

    In my constant quest to be more slim-lined and organized with my overlanding gear, my mind was blown when I came across this hack a few years ago from a buddy and fellow adventure on a trip.  When I first saw this ingenious organized way of storing condiments I couldn’t help but think of Luke …

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  • Overland Expo West 2018 Round-up

    May 24, 2018 Comments (0) Field Facts

    Over the past weekend we attended Overland Expo at Ft. Tuthill Camp grounds in Flagstaff Arizona. The site itself is a recreation area with campgrounds, a rodeo ring and partly on an old Army installation that still has old barracks buildings intact. Just outside Flagstaff proper it is at approximately 7,000 feet

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  • The Narwhal

    April 19, 2018 Comments (0) Fauna

    The Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a member of the toothed whale family and most closely related to Beluga Whales and the Bottle Nosed Dolphin.  The most conspicuous trait which earned the Narwhal the nickname of “Unicorn of the Sea”  is, of course, the large spiral tusk that protrudes from the heads of

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  • Practical Fire Making Part 4: Get Lit!

    March 22, 2018 Comments (0) Field Craft

    We started this series with a post about the “why’s” of making fire – questioning and wondering about why we ought to learn and practice traditional fire starting methods. Between that post and this one, there were a couple of posts about a couple different methods of making sparks –

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  • Practical Fire Making Part 3: Flint and Steel

    February 8, 2018 Comments (5) Field Craft

    It’s often called “percussion fire making.” In today’s super high tech world, using a carbon steel striker and a piece of hard rock like chert or flint to start a fire is one of the most satisfying outdoor endeavors one can accomplish. You’ve seen it on pseudo-outdoor tv shows like

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  • Practical Fire Making Part 2: Ferro Rods

    January 18, 2018 Comments (0) Field Craft

    First, let’s get some funky nomenclature out of the way. The term “firesteel” was, probably for centuries, used to describe the carbon steel striker for flint and steel fire making. We’re going to talk about those in a future segment. They’re my absolute favorite way to make fire. In very

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  • DRB Wallpaper Pack 14 – Live Wild Wise and Free

    January 16, 2018 Comments (0) Wallpapers

    Check out our latest wallpaper pack 14 with the new design of DRB on a motorcycle. Desktop Laptop Smartphone Desktop Laptop Smartphone   SaveSaveSaveSave

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  • Practical Fire Making Part 1: The Why’s

    January 11, 2018 Comments (0) Field Craft

    If you camp, cook out, or just have a backyard fire pit, you likely understand the deep, almost primal satisfaction you get from creating fire where there was none before. Fire is a part of our species’ survival from the earliest points in our history, and a critical component of outdoor survival. In a prior

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  • Small But Mighty: Wenger Blades Wiglaf Tomahawk

    December 13, 2017 Comments (0) Gear Reviews

    Recently Prometheus Design Werx both released the SPD Edition Wenger Blades Wiglaf tomahawk and sold out of it. The photo previews of this modern tomahawk clearly connected with their followers and quickly sold out upon their release. The Wiglaf is a very capable little tomahawk that comes from a strong lineage of

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