Anyone with an interest in bushcrafting knows the origin of the topic. Before it was camp craft it was necessary survival for those who came before us—like Horace Kephart. Which helps explain why the Kephart knife pattern is still a prolific design. The AA Forge Mini Kephart Knife While considering this article
A lot of people think of beadwork as being the quintessential Native American decorative art, but long before Europeans brought glass beads to these shores, tribal artists were crafting beautifully decorated clothing and objects. The media they worked with for hundreds of years were porcupine quills. Using these stiff, hollow hairs, native
This might come as a surprise, but the amazing pipe tomahawk in these photos isn’t from a museum collection. It also wasn’t made 255 years ago. It was made this year, exactly like it would have been made 255 years ago, by three artists in the Contemporary Longrifle Association. The Pipe Tomahawk
“That rifle looks like a fine piece of furniture. I would never carry it into the deer woods” was the first comment I got when I pulled my new Henry 30 30 lever gun from its case at my hunting club. A small crowd gathered around my shooting bench to admire the rifle. One old timer
Takedown rifles are guns that can easily be broken into two much shorter sub-assemblies that can be more easily stored or transported. Takedown rifles reached their peak of popularity in the decades on either side of the turn of the last century. Today’s Best Takedown Rifles But even today, takedown rifles have
Dick Proenneke lived a life many of us dream about but only a few hardy souls could actually pull off. He settled deep in the wild lands of Alaska, country well known for eating lesser men for breakfast. And yet, his is not a story of man pitted against nature, enduring one
