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Experimenting With Compressed Powder Cartridges
An easy to load premade compressed powder charge caseless cartridge for black powder Walker Colts.

muleequestrian
8 hours ago2 min read


Picnic Ride on my URAL, And Replacing my Outback Plus 10 Oven
The Bemco oven is IT ! A must have for motorcycle adventures.

muleequestrian
Nov 111 min read


Making a Homemade Pack Basket
Weaving an Algonquin style back pack to carry my gear in the backwoods.

muleequestrian
Nov 93 min read


Making Bush Craft Tongs for Kitchen Use.
Make a pair of tongs in the backwoods to help you with camping chores around the fire pit.

muleequestrian
Oct 141 min read


Baking Bread in a Self Reliance Outfitters Bush Pot
A way to bake a quick bread in field conditions.

muleequestrian
Oct 121 min read


Packing for a Trip to the Backwoods
With deer season coming up soon, take a look my load out for a week spent in the hunting woods.

muleequestrian
Oct 63 min read


What's Possible in a Possibles Bag ? A Guide to the Gear a Mountain Man Would Have Needed
Part 1 of the gear that you would see in the Possibles Bag of a mountain man or eastern long hunter to keep his flintlock rifle running in the field.

muleequestrian
Oct 51 min read


Part 2 - Beyond the Possibles Bag. What's in a Haversack
What goes in a haversack for the 21st century mountain man ? the possibilites are endless.

muleequestrian
Oct 51 min read


Part 3 - The Kephart Style Knife
The Kephart style knife is a simple must have item for bushcrafting in the backwoods.

muleequestrian
Oct 51 min read


Perfecting a Bushcraft Biscuit Recipe
A better dry biscuit mix for making field expedient quick breads on bushcrafting trips.

muleequestrian
Oct 33 min read


Bushcraft Stove Video Review
Quick reference to outdoor cooking stoves

muleequestrian
Sep 221 min read


Bushcraft: Fire Starting With Flint and Steel
Starting a fire the traditional way.

muleequestrian
Sep 71 min read


Please Bring BackThe Outback Plus 10 Oven
Baking your own pies, brownies, pizzas, casseroles in the middle of nowhere.

muleequestrian
Aug 244 min read


Budget Flat Top Grilling
It seems like flat top griddles for cooking are all the rage these days. I perused the ads and saw the prices. Some are within reason as...

muleequestrian
Jul 142 min read


Using Cigar Spills
Cigars — one of my favorite forms of tobacco, second only to a pipe or a dip of snuff. There’s all sorts of tobaccos and shapes, but I’m...

muleequestrian
Jul 83 min read


An 1860’s Trapper Pack with Frame
For this summer’s hiking season, I decided I wanted a slightly different approach to backpacking. I opted for something different. I’ve...

muleequestrian
May 312 min read


Making Char Cloth for Starting Fires
Here's a quick view of the process I use to make char cloth tinder. It's great for starting fires.

muleequestrian
May 132 min read


Using Tinder Fungus
Here's a hack on how to process naturally occurring tree fungus into great firestarter tinder

muleequestrian
May 132 min read


Jewel Weed Poultice
Jewel weed, the natural antidote for poison ivy

muleequestrian
May 122 min read
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