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!
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
my thoughts exactly.
@davidbarclay36518 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy the videos. Perfect blend of old and new.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks brother.
@MITimberwookie8 жыл бұрын
Killer set up. All the makings for a fun day in the woods.
@wesshepherd7 жыл бұрын
Wow, honesty in bush crafting! Thank you.
@SUFFICIENTSURVIVAL8 жыл бұрын
Very nice load out Ben, that pack looked great!!
@johnf70176 жыл бұрын
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.19778 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Great explanation of what bushcrafting is. Great gear also.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks.
@davidafultz5 жыл бұрын
Good choices for basic kit! I like the haversack idea for scouting trips away from base camp
@MrHowieZ19738 жыл бұрын
I like that idea . Bushcraft is a backup to modern day life .
@ChadMorgan7098 жыл бұрын
Lots of good kit there dude. Good choices.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks Chad.
@REV0_018 жыл бұрын
Nice kit Ben keep the videos coming
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks brother.
@Zedoutdoors8 жыл бұрын
An insightful and well thought out selection of kit, appreciate you sharing ~Peace~
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks my friend.
@FogDog687 жыл бұрын
Great info. I agree you should be a well rounded outdoors-man. Any skill is a great skill to have. Nice Kit! Thanks
@snaponjohn1007 жыл бұрын
Great kit my friend. Well thought out. God bless. John
@eddonovan24888 жыл бұрын
That was a pretty awesome video! Thanks for sharing.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks.
@wanderingthewilderness8 жыл бұрын
looks like a nice collection
@jasonharrison55205 жыл бұрын
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-it2xf8 жыл бұрын
good stuff dude looks like nice bag and great gear cheers bro
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
cheers.
@NorwegianWoods8 жыл бұрын
Good stuff! I like really like the style of the backpack :) Thanks for sharing - Martin
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thx martin
@oatiemoanie8 жыл бұрын
Thanks Professor. Great class. Can you cover char cloth, making and using?
@PREPFORIT8 жыл бұрын
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.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
yep. skills in general will.
@robertjohnson25868 жыл бұрын
Nice kit!
@letsgeterdone_8 жыл бұрын
Those Condors look pretty interesting.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
yeah, excited about them.
@darc10278 жыл бұрын
Nice kit man
@306heo8 жыл бұрын
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.
@306heo8 жыл бұрын
+Living Survival Good, what about infection?
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
Heo comfrey, yarrow, plantain, black walnut
@anthonygomez4467 жыл бұрын
I got the duluth wanderer pack very expensive but love it...
@zaks39116 жыл бұрын
Anthony Gomez I'm thinking about getting a Duluth pack but I'm worried about the seams coming apart, how is yours holding up?
@turtlewolfpack60618 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of interesting gear here.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thanks for checking it out.
@jassenswisher8 жыл бұрын
Awesome info...thanks for posting bro
@BarryDutton8 жыл бұрын
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
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
most just chatter from their keyboard.
@y2daniel19818 жыл бұрын
I love my Frost River full size, great video, haters gonna hate
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
they make some great stuff. lifetime quality.
@stevegareau71638 жыл бұрын
great video
@CreativeRedundancy8 жыл бұрын
2:12 exactly :D thanks so much was really interesting. :D
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
;)
@Cain00788 жыл бұрын
Great video, dude... thank you!
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
thaks for watching.
@medeiros36106 жыл бұрын
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. 😂👍✌️
@livingsurvival6 жыл бұрын
HELL YA
@nelsonc58488 жыл бұрын
Hey Ben! Great video! Where did you get your folding mat from any details would be great. Thanks.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
it is a multimat comfie. hard to find.
@doomsdaylonewolf20617 жыл бұрын
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.
@livingsurvival7 жыл бұрын
100% Agreed.
@jamesaritchie17 жыл бұрын
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.
@jsmitty20478 жыл бұрын
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.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
i have a few benchmade folders.
@tomdunn64127 жыл бұрын
Thanks Guy Fieri
@livingsurvival7 жыл бұрын
youre welcome.
@amgolfer35918 жыл бұрын
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
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
yes, just send him an email.
@kennethworde8626 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered a 4-6" fillet knife, fire?! Try a 9v and steel wool, or potassium permanganate & suger, 4th July sparklers
@DavidJohnson-nn2jc8 жыл бұрын
dude your intro was brutal... get to the gear!
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
dude sorry
@zaks39116 жыл бұрын
You act like you can't skip it
@jay-rus44376 жыл бұрын
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......🙄
@bushcraftpreacher95907 жыл бұрын
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...
@reb02545 жыл бұрын
The axe sheath costs more than the axe.
@CUtTHrOaT_GHOST8 жыл бұрын
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
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
yep i mix it up too.
@CUtTHrOaT_GHOST8 жыл бұрын
Living Survival I feel special...like a celebrity said hi to me...thank you
@willrush19628 жыл бұрын
Nice set up, what opinel knife you use?
@watermain488 жыл бұрын
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.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
i gotta get a sheath for the axe made for sure.
@watermain488 жыл бұрын
I keep my carving knives wrapped in strips of soft leather.
@RhysTucker26038 жыл бұрын
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!
@kasenlalone74028 жыл бұрын
ha ben when are you making the zombie kit video plz tell if you are or not making it
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
planning on making more. just don't know when.
@davidbarclay36518 жыл бұрын
BTW. I can never find that Marbles axe for $20. Wrnglerstar loves it too.
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
my bad $24.99 on smoky mountain knife works
@kevinsprouse80467 жыл бұрын
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
@indianprepper24788 жыл бұрын
V.good set up. but add some first aid kit
@Rangersly8 жыл бұрын
+1 WAs going to say the exact same thing.
@indianprepper24788 жыл бұрын
+Rangersly campas, signal mirror
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
all good tips.
@smokymountainoutdoorsman19918 жыл бұрын
Living Survival doesn't need a first aid kit for the woods. . .The woods needs a first aid kit for him! Haha.
@indianprepper24788 жыл бұрын
SmokyMountainOutdoorsman ha ha ha. even first aid kit need it self first aid kit in case of Living Survival
@forestrebock35458 жыл бұрын
I like the belt kit
@parkergeurin6 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Do you have the link for the axe? Thanks
@livingsurvival6 жыл бұрын
amzn.to/2DhLL1S
@parkergeurin6 жыл бұрын
Living Survival Thank you
@anthonygomez4467 жыл бұрын
Awesome leather gear belt.
@travishopkins578 жыл бұрын
What kind of wool blanket is that?
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
80% utility style. $25 on Amazon.
@SmallDarkSide8 жыл бұрын
Where's your first aid kit?
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
i should put a small one in there, agreed.
@HaroldDGlez8 жыл бұрын
cool cool
@zechariahhall26208 жыл бұрын
Nice video but it is unlikely in a survival situation to have a chainsaw considering they take gas
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
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.
@zechariahhall26208 жыл бұрын
Well that makes sense i was thinking of a car runs off a mountain survival situation and stuff like that stranded on an island
@cooter28867 жыл бұрын
You have more subscribers than MTV News. I hate their politics so thats awesome!
@northwesthome46922 жыл бұрын
In other words your a weekend bushcrafter
@livingsurvival2 жыл бұрын
Lmao, as opposed to full time fantasy land?
@jamesaritchie17 жыл бұрын
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.
@N0tRe1aly8 жыл бұрын
No med kit
@jelkel256 жыл бұрын
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.
@livingsurvival6 жыл бұрын
yep, it's just a hobby to me.
@mtgdustin6 жыл бұрын
2:29 Gear.
@jorgschimmer82138 жыл бұрын
Hey. I really do it similar. Just
@jorgschimmer82138 жыл бұрын
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
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
yeah a contractor trash bag or large dry bag would be a good addition.
@satellite26965 жыл бұрын
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.
@livingsurvival5 жыл бұрын
HAHA
@satellite26965 жыл бұрын
@@livingsurvival glad you can take a joke :)
@greywolfwalking63596 жыл бұрын
Shut up n do it!
@citysurvival94268 жыл бұрын
3rd
@JonZDisability8 жыл бұрын
Hey Ben I'm available for adoption 😁
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
haha
@JonZDisability8 жыл бұрын
+Living Survival hey Ben, just curious if you had any advice yet where I can find an affordable Bergen backpack?
@livingsurvival8 жыл бұрын
Jon Z search ebay for bergen pack. about as affordable as you are going to find. new starts about $150+
@JonZDisability8 жыл бұрын
+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 :)
@VividBliz8 жыл бұрын
Lol there's literally no reason to use a shitty pack like that except muh aesthetics.