From Forest to Fire Overnight Bushcraft Workshop
- Duration: 2 Days (approx.)
- Location: Apsley
- Product code: BCSKON
First, you will forage for the necessary raw materials to build your kit, paying attention to species and level of decomposition, always through a lens of respect for the land and leave no trace ethics. Then, we will employ some of the basic principles of knife and axework to hew out the basic tools of your kit from the raw ingredients we've foraged. Then our instructors will demonstrate the method for using your kit to start a fire using friction, and help you acquire those same skills.
Each participant will…
create their own bowdrill kit to take home with them
learn and practice the technique used to create a coal using a bowdrill kit
create a tinder bundle and learn how to use it to generate a flame from a bowdrill coal
learn to feed and maintain a fire started from a bowdrill coal
learn to identify the trees and materials needed to harvest and create a bowdrill kit straight from a forest in the Kawarthas
Workshop Layout:
Bowdrill demo
Hike to ID materials and harvest bows
Gather tinder, kindling and firewood
Blade safety and maintenance
Blade skills - batoning and carving
Build bowdrill kits
Learn bowdrill technique
Practice!!
You should bring your own knife, but we can provide you with one, if you need.