Bushcraft Tarp Camp (4/5) - Gear Overview

Video Description

This is the fourth episode of the Bushcraft Tarp Camping mini-series. Throughout this series I will be completing the setup of a semi-permanent camp that I can return to throughout the future to complete a variety of bushcraft trips and projects. In this fourth episode I go over the gear I brought with me for this trip. Thank you to everyone who watches, I hope you all enjoy! Extra Info/Gear List: Included in my first aid bag is a small bottle of insect repellant I use to help deal with the mosquitoes, midges, and chiggers. To maintain my knife and hatchet I usually strop them once or twice a day (depending on how heavily they are used). I rarely use my sharpening stones and only do so if an edge becomes damaged. Including food and a full bottle of water my pack weighed 32 lbs for this trip. My pipe was bought previously owned/used. I restored it and now it’s a great little smoker. My strop was purchased from an antique store for a few dollars. It’s a small double-sided strop that fits nicely in my pack. Backpack: Rothco Double Strap Duffle Bag. Wool Blankets: 2x queen size 100% wool blankets (no brand info available). Sleep Pad: 3/8” green foam sleep pad (no brand info available). Food Bag: Woods brand 10L roll-top dry bag. Tarp: 8’x8’ waxed cotton tarp made from a 600 thread count king-sized bed sheet. Tie outs made from 1” cotton lamp wick material. Tie outs reinforced with a heavy canvas material. Waxed with a 7:1 ratio of paraffin to beeswax mixture (measured by weight). Saw Blade: 21” Bahco peg tooth saw blade. Belt Knife: Helle Sigmund. Hatchet: 1.5 lb hatchet (no brand info available). Extra Clothing: 100% wool sweater tan colour (no brand info available). 85% cotton 15% wool sweater black colour (no brand info available). 80% wool 20% synthetic wool pants (home made, here’s a link to the video showing how I made them: https://youtu.be/TJnSzUXhACc) Bear Spray: Counter Assault Bear Deterrent Spray. Ditty Bag Contents: Pipe tobacco (Virginia flake with perique), pipe kit (pipe, pipe cleaners, tamp), small double-sided strop, repair kit (needles, thread, wool yarn, small saw file, knife sharpening stone, pencil, block of beeswax), Energizer brand headlamp, Silva brand compass, waxed cotton rope (approx. 12 ft.), rope bag (paracord, cotton twine, bankline, synthetic sinew thread), puck-style axe sharpening stone (brand unknown) Camera Bag Contents: Olympus TOUGH TG-6 camera, Zoom H1n Audio Recorder, 60000 mAH of battery banks, battery chargers (for camera and audio recorder), 5x extra memory cards, 6x extra camera batteries, 6x extra audio recorder batteries, VIJIM brand small battery-powered light (for night filming) Cookware: Large pot and frying pan from Wealers Stainless Steel Campfire Cooking Pots and Pans Combo Kit (shown in the video are the smaller pot and frying pan from the set). Small kettle/cooking pot is an Uberleben Kessel. Water bottle is a 1L Stainless Steel Nalgene bottle. Pillow: Homemade from an old pant leg. Stuffed with synthetic pillow stuffing and sewn closed.