Hidden Woodsmen, Frost River, Deer Creek Bushcraft Kit

[@golfdogjim]

Ben, great video. Love the details and tips you gave. Couldn't agree more about the "bushcraft" moniker. Bottom line, call it whatever you want, but get your ass outside and have fun!

[@livingsurvival]

my thoughts exactly.

[@davidbarclay3651]

Always enjoy the videos. Perfect blend of old and new.

[@livingsurvival]

thanks brother.

[@MITimberwookie]

Killer set up. All the makings for a fun day in the woods.

[@wesshepherd]

Wow, honesty in bush crafting! Thank you.

[@SUFFICIENTSURVIVAL]

Very nice load out Ben, that pack looked great!!

[@johnf7017]

Nice video sir. It doesn't matter what you call it or how "pure " your technique or materials are ,it's that you are outside and enjoying it. Many of my weekends are spent outside camping in 18th century clothes, with canvas and cast iron. Do I have a pillow on my cot in my tent ? Hell yes ! I enjoy what I do , but I also want to be able to walk in the morning. As far as 18th century fire starting , those kids on campaign did whatever they could to get fire . This includes their flintlock over some tinder that shot a fellow soldier in the hip two mess fires over. Totally happened ,found the first hand account ! Thanks for sharing !

[@jeremyb.1977]

Nice video. Great explanation of what bushcrafting is. Great gear also.

[@livingsurvival]

thanks.

[@davidafultz]

Good choices for basic kit! I like the haversack idea for scouting trips away from base camp

[@MrHowieZ1973]

I like that idea . Bushcraft is a backup to modern day life .

[@ChadMorgan709]

Lots of good kit there dude. Good choices.

[@livingsurvival]

thanks Chad.

[@REV0_01]

Nice kit Ben keep the videos coming

[@livingsurvival]

thanks brother.

[@Zedoutdoors]

An insightful and well thought out selection of kit, appreciate you sharing ~Peace~

[@livingsurvival]

thanks my friend.

[@FogDog68]

Great info. I agree you should be a well rounded outdoors-man. Any skill is a great skill to have. Nice Kit! Thanks

[@snaponjohn100]

Great kit my friend. Well thought out. God bless. John

[@eddonovan2488]

That was a pretty awesome video! Thanks for sharing.

[@livingsurvival]

thanks.

[@wanderingthewilderness]

looks like a nice collection

[@jasonharrison5520]

Excellent video, would you say with all this gear what you have here could last me a few mouths with skills & preparation? You have all the tools to build shelter with good coverage just need winter clothes from what I see

[@jordan-it2xf]

good stuff dude looks like nice bag and great gear cheers bro

[@livingsurvival]

cheers.

[@NorwegianWoods]

Good stuff! I like really like the style of the backpack :) Thanks for sharing - Martin

[@livingsurvival]

thx martin

[@oatiemoanie]

Thanks Professor. Great class. Can you cover char cloth, making and using?

[@PREPFORIT]

I agree Right now I choose modern equipment Over traditional bush raft. But for a long term survival scenario gear won't last forever but traditional bcraft skills will.

[@livingsurvival]

yep. skills in general will.

[@robertjohnson2586]

Nice kit!

[@letsgeterdone_]

Those Condors look pretty interesting.

[@livingsurvival]

yeah, excited about them.

[@darc1027]

Nice kit man

[@306heo]

Probably a first aid kit would be good to have with you out in the woods too. I mean, carving and chopping often ends with some cuts.

[@306heo]

+Living Survival Good, what about infection?

[@livingsurvival]

Heo comfrey, yarrow, plantain, black walnut

[@anthonygomez446]

I got the duluth wanderer pack very expensive but love it...

[@zaks3911]

Anthony Gomez I'm thinking about getting a Duluth pack but I'm worried about the seams coming apart, how is yours holding up?

[@turtlewolfpack6061]

There is a lot of interesting gear here.

[@livingsurvival]

thanks for checking it out.

[@jassenswisher]

Awesome info...thanks for posting bro

[@BarryDutton]

Good video, it is a bummer all the YT ppl. always get labelled or badgered for this or that. Live and let live unless someone is making a real mistake that could hurt them or someone else if the video is online. I feel for you guys, I see the trend and sometimes people just need to say nothing if nobody is getting hurt. Encourage one another more. Thx Ben

[@livingsurvival]

most just chatter from their keyboard.

[@y2daniel1981]

I love my Frost River full size, great video, haters gonna hate

[@livingsurvival]

they make some great stuff. lifetime quality.

[@stevegareau7163]

great video

[@CreativeRedundancy]

2:12 exactly :D thanks so much was really interesting. :D

[@livingsurvival]

;)

[@Cain0078]

Great video, dude... thank you!

[@livingsurvival]

thaks for watching.

[@medeiros3610]

You’re not a bushcrafter! What the hell is a bushcrafter? We are all just a bunch of old men trying to relive our time playing in the woods. 😂👍✌️

[@livingsurvival]

HELL YA

[@nelsonc5848]

Hey Ben! Great video! Where did you get your folding mat from any details would be great. Thanks.

[@livingsurvival]

it is a multimat comfie. hard to find.

[@doomsdaylonewolf2061]

I agree totally. I laugh when people complain about someone using a Bic lighter or even carrying one, it works, point blank, I carry a few, but I also carry a fero rod, would I use the lighter first? You bet I would, why use a harder and longer method when you can get the job done quicker? If I only had a fero rod then of course I would use that, but that's what practicing is for, I practice it and other stuff, but I'm ALWAYS using the lighter first, I have nothing to prove to anyone.

[@livingsurvival]

100% Agreed.

[@jamesaritchie1]

The ferro rod is even more modern than the lighter. And it's not about proving anything to anyone, but if it were, you wouldn't take a lighter, or a ferro rod, or anything made of cotton, or matches, with you.

[@jsmitty2047]

another fantastic vid. Solid load out I'd say. Completely agree bushcraft is a hobby, unless you live it everyday then it's a different story. Most situations or people require BOB's or GoB's which going to be for your get the hell out of dodge and stay alive packs. Everything you need seems to be in order with a good setup. Look forward to the next vid, keep em coming man. 1 question: You ever use or review any Benchmade Knives? I am purchasing a Arvensis knife within the next week, going to be survival knife in my pack, seen a lot of great vids and heard great things about it.

[@livingsurvival]

i have a few benchmade folders.

[@tomdunn6412]

Thanks Guy Fieri

[@livingsurvival]

youre welcome.

[@amgolfer3591]

Ben did you get that belt at Badgerclaw Leather? I couldn't find it on their website? I found another style of belt but not the one you showed in your video. I love that configuration. Pls let me know when you can. Would I need to email them and have them make it for me? Thanks! - Shane

[@livingsurvival]

yes, just send him an email.

[@kennethworde862]

Have you ever considered a 4-6" fillet knife, fire?! Try a 9v and steel wool, or potassium permanganate & suger, 4th July sparklers

[@DavidJohnson-nn2jc]

dude your intro was brutal... get to the gear!

[@livingsurvival]

dude sorry

[@zaks3911]

You act like you can't skip it

[@jay-rus4437]

David Johnson .....lol. I always just skip it, but because of your comment I actually started the video over to see the intro. Yeah...that was brutal. Whatever......🙄

[@bushcraftpreacher9590]

Tarp up top brotha, would suck to take everything out of your pack to get to it if some rain rolls through. Axe with no sheath? Good thing you don't have a first aid kit...

[@reb0254]

The axe sheath costs more than the axe.

[@CUtTHrOaT_GHOST]

nice...have you ever considered a tomahawk instead of the hatchet/ camp Axe style of axes? sometimes instead of carving spoons I like to mix it up and carve a tomahawk handle and put it to use

[@livingsurvival]

yep i mix it up too.

[@CUtTHrOaT_GHOST]

Living Survival I feel special...like a celebrity said hi to me...thank you

[@willrush1962]

Nice set up, what opinel knife you use?

[@watermain48]

Nice load out. I use a lot of the same stuff. I hope you just forgot to protect the blade on you crooked knife and your sheath for the Marble's Camp Axe. I really like the products I have from Deer Creek as well.

[@livingsurvival]

i gotta get a sheath for the axe made for sure.

[@watermain48]

I keep my carving knives wrapped in strips of soft leather.

[@RhysTucker2603]

Great kit Ben! think I'm going to pull the trigger on that marbles axe, a have a husqvarna and a gransfors bruks small forest axe but would like to get the marbles for splitting and chopping wood in the yard for my wood stove. keep up the good work!

[@kasenlalone7402]

ha ben when are you making the zombie kit video plz tell if you are or not making it

[@livingsurvival]

planning on making more. just don't know when.

[@davidbarclay3651]

BTW. I can never find that Marbles axe for $20. Wrnglerstar loves it too.

[@livingsurvival]

my bad $24.99 on smoky mountain knife works

[@kevinsprouse8046]

David Barclay I use to carry a tomohawk but now I carry a Condor village parang but I live in Illinois so it works for chopping , batoning and all of my heavier jobs

[@indianprepper2478]

V.good set up. but add some first aid kit

[@Rangersly]

+1 WAs going to say the exact same thing.

[@indianprepper2478]

+Rangersly campas, signal mirror

[@livingsurvival]

all good tips.

[@smokymountainoutdoorsman1991]

Living Survival doesn't need a first aid kit for the woods. . .The woods needs a first aid kit for him! Haha.

[@indianprepper2478]

SmokyMountainOutdoorsman ha ha ha. even first aid kit need it self first aid kit in case of Living Survival

[@forestrebock3545]

I like the belt kit

[@parkergeurin]

Very nice. Do you have the link for the axe? Thanks

[@livingsurvival]

amzn.to/2DhLL1S

[@parkergeurin]

Living Survival Thank you

[@anthonygomez446]

Awesome leather gear belt.

[@travishopkins57]

What kind of wool blanket is that?

[@livingsurvival]

80% utility style. $25 on Amazon.

[@SmallDarkSide]

Where's your first aid kit?

[@livingsurvival]

i should put a small one in there, agreed.

[@HaroldDGlez]

cool cool

[@zechariahhall2620]

Nice video but it is unlikely in a survival situation to have a chainsaw considering they take gas

[@livingsurvival]

So nobody you know or live close to has one? Everyone around me has one including myself. Believe me I plan on bugging in should SHTF.

[@zechariahhall2620]

Well that makes sense i was thinking of a car runs off a mountain survival situation and stuff like that stranded on an island

[@cooter2886]

You have more subscribers than MTV News. I hate their politics so thats awesome!

[@northwesthome4692]

In other words your a weekend bushcrafter

[@livingsurvival]

Lmao, as opposed to full time fantasy land?

[@jamesaritchie1]

Anyone would use a lighter first, in an emergency situation. I've never heard anyone say they wouldn't. But if you're going to use the lighter first in every situation, then stop acting like you're doing anything but camping out, just like kids in their backyard. People act like a ferro rod is some ancient way of starting a fire, but a ferro rod is more modern than a lighter. No frontiersman ever used anything made of cotton, not cotton char, and certainly not cotton balls, to start a fire in the wild. Cotton, even scraps of cotton, was far too valuable to burn. There is a difference between going into the woods to do bushcraft, and going in the woods to camp. There is a difference between actually doing something the way eighteenth century frontiersmen did it, and doing it by using modern methods. Right or wrong has nothing to do with it, but the two are very different things. There were only three basic ways of starting a fire in the wild in the eighteenth century; flint and steel, most often using natural char, or sometimes gunpowder in an emergency, a friction fire, and magnifying glass. That's it. Anything else is considerably more modern. The fact is that anyone who uses a ferro rod, or cotton balls, or cotton char, is just as modern as the person who uses a lighter, so they shouldn't talk. But the fact is also that there is a tremendous difference between going into the woods to do bushcraft, and going into the woods to camp out. It's not right or wrong, but is is two very different things. And simply put, you won't be tempted t use anything you leave at home. If you actually NEED a lighter, or cotton balls, or cotton char, or any kind of modern fire starter, then you probably should be in the wilderness by yourself. People shouldn't say you're doing something wrong, but when you light all your fires with a light, or cotton balls, or cotton char, you shouldn't say you're doing bushcraft, either. You aren't. You're camping out. There's nothing wrong with camping out, but it is not bushcraft. Leave all the modern goodies at home next time. As I said, you won't be tempted tp use what you don't bring. Then you can say you were out practicing bushcraft.

[@N0tRe1aly]

No med kit

[@jelkel25]

Come on, do you think the 18th/19th century trappers/mountain men said ''I'm going to stick with a muzzle loader and traps I have to make myself from wood and string or someone might call me not a proper mountain man/trapper''. They used the best most modern equipment available they could afford or what worked best for them in the circumstance or environment be it traditional or cutting edge. If you want to be more like frontiersmen use every bit of gear you have till it drops to pieces, then repair it till it drops to pieces again, repurpose it then just replace that item. Supply wasn't so great then and the further you got west the more expensive stuff became so you had to make do. Don't see too many ''real bushcrafters'' being that ''real''. Most of us are a little spoilt in that respect and should be thankful if the options are available to us.

[@livingsurvival]

yep, it's just a hobby to me.

[@mtgdustin]

2:29 Gear.

[@jorgschimmer8213]

Hey. I really do it similar. Just

[@jorgschimmer8213]

One difference. I Pack everything in a stronger plastic bag. So I have it waterproof and an additional bag. Thank you for these Videos. Ben

[@livingsurvival]

yeah a contractor trash bag or large dry bag would be a good addition.

[@satellite2696]

I'm sure this guys knows his stuff. But it's hard to listen to survival skills from a guy with gel in his hair and Jersey shades.

[@livingsurvival]

HAHA

[@satellite2696]

@@livingsurvival glad you can take a joke :)

[@greywolfwalking6359]

Shut up n do it!

[@citysurvival9426]

3rd

[@JonZDisability]

Hey Ben I'm available for adoption 😁

[@livingsurvival]

haha

[@JonZDisability]

+Living Survival hey Ben, just curious if you had any advice yet where I can find an affordable Bergen backpack?

[@livingsurvival]

Jon Z search ebay for bergen pack. about as affordable as you are going to find. new starts about $150+

[@JonZDisability]

+Living Survival I did that. Unfortunately even that is out of my price range at this time. Thanks anyway brother. Watched this vid again... Still fun to watch :)

[@VividBliz]

Lol there's literally no reason to use a shitty pack like that except muh aesthetics.