Bushcraft, survival and wilderness skills courses

Well just been out for a patrol of the local woods with Hobbes the damnation (sic) and spent most of my time pondering the variety of rain proof solutions there are. I’m well aware that nothing is rainproof and often meet people who expect so much from their chosen outfit. It all comes down to the old Nordic saying "There is no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes."

Although I admit that there is no perfect outfit, there are a number of combinations which I find good depending on the situation. My top two outfits for comfy rainy outdoor activities are:

Since starting a bushcraft school, two years ago I have found there are some common questions that I am always asked; I saw this on the TV what do you think ? Could you easily survive off the land? Doesn’t that taste awful? But the one question I hadn’t anticipated that gets asked of me on pretty much every course was about my knife.

I always keep to hand a basic green handled frosts 740 knife. It’s always done me good when I needed it and I’ve never bothered to think much more about it. However in the modern day marketing frenzy my clients always seem a little disappointed with my choice of sub tenner tool.

My argument had been it does everything I ask of it and  its cheap and reliable. What more could I want? Well given the chance to try out the new Knife on the (forgive the pun) chopping block, I thought it would be a great opportunity to put my theories to the test.