List of upcoming articles and reviews/commentary- October 21st, 2012 UPDATE

October 21st, 2012 UPDATE

Dear readers,

Well, it was a wild and crazy summer. Wildfires everywhere, evacuation standbys, both of our blogging laptops dying, you name it. I'm happy to report that life is becoming sane once again. I'm working hard to catch up after all of the down time we've had, and look forward to posting lots of fresh (and hopefully) interesting material for you. I would like to thank those of you who've stuck around through the "Wild Summer of 2012!"

I'd also like to take this opportunity to clarify some things about our site. We've received comments and private emails asking why we don't have more articles about "Bow Drills" and such. The answer is that there are a million bushcraft blogs with these types of postings.

We try to be different, and as you'll see by the material posted in the coming months, we try to find subject matter that hasn't been covered before or has had very little coverage. Plus, many times we like to show a different angle on the subjects we cover.

We haven't been posting a lot of wilderness survival and bushcrafting material only because of our committment to completing our "Made in the USA" gear project, which consists of over 50 different product reviews. It is something I believe very deeply in, and I'm proud to note that our "Made in the USA Gear" tab is now the second most popular tab on the site.

Rocky Mountain Bushcraft is also one of the only sites that posts a wide range of outdoor consumer gear and axe reviews from a bushcrafter's perspective. Yes, there are some excellent blogs out there that post bushcraft-oriented gear and axe reviews, some of which I read and enjoy very much. But I believe that our site has the largest, and growing, array of indepth reviews from this perspective.

One of the positive outcomes of our review efforts is that large outdoor companies like Danner, Outdoor Research, Leatherman, Gerber Gear and Therm-A-Rest are starting to take note of bushcrafters as a burgeoning consumer force. Many of these companies have shared our reviews on their websites and social media, a first for anything with "bushcraft" in the title. If you click on the links in those companies' names, it leads to reviews they've shared on their social media/websites if you're curious and want to check them out. I'm very proud of this accomplishment, and I hope it leads to more products that specifically cater to the bushcraft community.

Even though our "Made in the USA" project has taken a large bite out of the time we've had to post bushcraft-related material, we've still spent lots of time in the field, experimenting and taking photos for unique, upcoming wilderness articles. We hope you'll continue to visit the site, and look forward to sharing our adventures with you.

Sincerely,

Jason/Leah
Rocky Mountain Bushcraft

REVIEW AND ARTICLES- October 21st, 2012 UPDATE

Next reviews- Gregory Denali 105 Expedition Backpack, Wetterlings Forester's Fine Axe, Hultafors Classic Line axes and Felling axes, Casio Protek 2500T Titanium Altimeter Watch, Barco-Kelly Axes review and field tests, Ontario Blackbird SK-5 Survival Knife Field Review, Kodiak Canvas Tent, Open Country Cookware, etc.

SPECIAL- A visit to Kelty Backpacks' Boulder Colorado Headquarters to get fitted with a new multi-day pack (will have lots of photos!)

Next Articles- "Made in the USA! Outdoor/Bushcraft Gear" (yes, it's still coming, sorry for the delay!), "An Introduction to Mother Nature's Magical Fire Tinder" and many more.

Upcoming Articles

How to split large logs with just a hatchet and self-made wooden wedges 

How  to make a Swedish Fire Torch (for cooking and heat)

"Made in the USA" Wilderness Gear Article

Carbon vs Stainless Mora Knives

Wilderness First Aid Tips (many more!)

North American Fatwood Varieties

Ultra-Lite Bushcrafting

Rocky Mountain Tree Identification

Wilderness Survival Tips

How to Sharpen an Axe

Axe Use and Safety (more to come!)

Edged Tool Reviews

Leatherman Squirt PS4

Helko of Germany Outdoor/Camp Hatchet Field Review

Fiskars X5 Mini-Hatchet

Ontario RD Hawk Quick Review

Victorinox SwissTool Spirit X
Mora Bushcraft Survival Knife
Coghlan's Regular and Mini-Sierra Saws
Gerber EZ Out Folding Knife
Mora "Beaver Cut" Survival Kit

Made in the USA Wilderness Gear

Too many to list!

Other Outdoor Gear 

 Kelty Red Cloud 5600 Backpack

SOL Escape Bivvy

Outdoor Research Furio Gore-Tex Shell Jacket

Outdoor Research Stormcell Waterproof Gore-Tex Gloves

Marmot Eos 1p Ultra-lite backpacking Tent

Hennessy Expedition A-sym Backpacking Hammock
Vasque Taku GTX Ultra-lite hiking/backpacking boots
Cabela's Goretex Clothing

Rocky Mountain Bushcraft has just passed 29,000 page views in just 5 months, so thank you all for continuing to visit our site!  

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Cheers,

Jason, Dave and Leah