I was supposed to be in Georgia and Alabama this week, but the end of these winter snow storms canceled my flights, both of them. That kept me from a trip I was really looking forward to, but didn’t keep me from camping and enjoying these last days of snow for the year. I had a few woods projects I wanted to work on and some skills to practice, both woodcraft and cooking skills. Being a long-time fan of Filipino blades and the country in general it was only natural to gravitate towards their food, mainly—Filipino BBQ! I wanted to do all this to the ambiance of a nice low fire I didn’t have to mess with. After 40 min or more of preparation I had a huge 7-fuel layer pyramid fire with a few layers of kindling, topped with poplar tinder. I also had some fun tools (toys) to use for some projects and was looking forward to the night temperatures being not so cold, low-mid 30s, but windy. All this warmer weather is melting the snow and filling all these creeks and streams Natures TP- I use beech leaves as tissue, both dry and green beech are soft, but after a few days the nose gets a bit raw. When the leaves look like this, shriveled and all Seahorse shaped, falling off, that is the end of winter and Spring is upon us! Claw or squid tree…you decide With the snow melting I can easily get the birch bark for kindling North x North new hooded neck gaiter, the most versatile piece of gear I had in the camp Pyramid fire into a long fire…work in progress Bark tinder tongs
My Mud made Roach Belly Crafts Knife The belly makes amazing curls New Camp Must-Have…Stainless steel chopsticks. Super multi-functional! I eat with chopsticks, but these are 12 inches-long and can poke the fire, rearrange burning wood, pick up hot coals that escape, cook, and be used as supports for my hobo-stove. Pyramid Fire Filipino BBQ kabobs This ESEE pouch is easy to clip onto my belt loop and the tag is a good place to store my larger handled ferro rod! Flat Surfaces in the woods are a real luxury. Work bench, seat, chopping block (that doesn't require so much bending over), table... -RB
The colors in the kabob pictures are so eye popping awesome! Stainless chopsticks... another gem im stealing. Thank you sir!!!
Great pics. Like to chopstick versatility. MUD does an great job building knives. We should see more... @Mudman
Stainless, or better yet Ti, chopsticks. Yep that's on my short list of things to try, AND you got a proper Asian kitchen knife! ( I hate you. ) So when does your series of cooking dvd's come out?
