Master Woodsman

A knifeless man is a lifeless manOld Nordic proverb So why carry a knife? I would argue there are three primary reasons for carrying a knife at all times: The simple need of a tool to separate ma...

https://masterwoodsman.com/2022/why-carry-knife/

Two great conversations about the upcoming Global Bushcraft Symposium which will be hosted in Alberta, Canada June 10 – 14. The first conversation is a podcast with Mors Kochanski and Jonathan ...

https://masterwoodsman.com/2019/why-gbs-kochanski-wescott/

A small group of organizers has slowly but surely been putting together a Global Bushcraft Symposium (GBS) scheduled for June 2019 in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. While the website (lin...

https://masterwoodsman.com/2018/bushcraft-symposium/

Big thank you to my Global Bushcraft Symposium partner in crime Dale Kiselyk, owner of Nature Alive Adventures, for putting this fantastic video together!

https://masterwoodsman.com/2018/firebug/

This past summer, Wilderness Living Skills/Survival Instructor and Author Mors Kochanski received one of the highest awards in Canada, Honorary Canadian Ranger into the 4th Canadian Ranger Patro...

https://masterwoodsman.com/2017/mors-honorary-ranger/

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​ FEATURING:  ACORN PATROL CLASSIC CAMPING DEMONSTRATION TEAM Where: Lakemont, GA Schedule of Events: Friday May 26, 2017  6pm – Let’s Talk Kephart Around the Campfire (bring chair/blank...

https://masterwoodsman.com/2017/horace-kephart-days-2017/

While enjoying some much needed alone time this past weekend in the Chattahoochee National Forest, I was cutting through a stretch of woods with tulip tree, white pine, hickory, and oak. As I usu...

https://masterwoodsman.com/2016/woods-whistles/

The internationally-followed, godfather of modern bushcraft — Master Woodsman Mors Kochanski! by Christian Noble & Joe Flowers In the modern era, there are only a handful of men who have signif...

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If you know me personally, or have been reading my stuff here and elsewhere, you know I push the Rabbitstick event that takes place in southeast Idaho every September (see my complete post on it ...

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