"Hardwood is a very generalised name for woods that come from trees that have broad leaves. You can chose any wood that is hard and tough. Kanuka, Manuka, Tawa, Black Marie are good choices of NZ hardwoods that make great knife handles. If you want…"

"When travelling light in the bush we find a good base for meals is noodles, dry peas and dryed spuds. The spuds thicken ,you can chuck any other ingredients in and something like a little curry powder can transform your meal.when near the coast a…"

"Where do you get you Micarta from mate?"

"Wait! Are you the guy who sells those knives on trade me?"

"I have successfully produced fire with Kohuhu numerous ammounts of times. The wood is perfect for the bow drill fire method."

"Also keep a small axe so you can make an emergency shelter if you need to. You might also want to keep some spare petrol, a jumpstarter if not jumper cables, and tools to repair the car with."

"You can find these pop up from time to time on trade me."

"I use a Frosts Mora knife (model 760) and a Leatherman Core."

"This is a helpful post. Out on a tramp in September, I found a 2 1/12 pound axe head. All it needs is a re- handling."

"I watch this show every week. It's a good show, I just wish they show some more bow hunting on the show."

"Now also I always crave something sweet when in the bush so I'll carry the making for this little gem: Camp apple pie Take a sweet apple like Granny Smith, push it on a stick (into the top of the apple 2-3 inches). Put the apple over hot coals…"

"One thing that never gets mentiond much on bushcraft forums is fish. In NZ with the coast never far away it makes sense to carry a hobo fishing kit at the least or one of the nifty take down/telescoping rods that are available with you. These…"

""I've got some dog biscuits" I announced to the 20 trampers who were gathered for lunch on the trail one day. After reassuring 20 surprised faces that no I wasn't about to hand out Tux bikkies, I let them in on the secret of dog…"

"My recipe for billy bread: 2cups self-raising flour 1cup wholemeal flour 1/4cup milk powder 1/2tspn salt 100gm butter 1cup water Extra flour Beer (optional) Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Rub in butter and add water. Mix with a knife in a chopping…"

"This is the recipe sent to me by my mate Sticks65 for nettle soup. It works fine with the nettles we have in NZ and it's really pretty good: This is Sticks recipe for nettle soup so it not an exact science. Ingredients Large bowl of…"