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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 14, 20251 min read


Baking a Pizza in the Wilderness
There’s nothing quite like baking a pizza in the middle of nowhere.

muleequestrian
Oct 13, 20251 min read


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

muleequestrian
Oct 12, 20251 min read


Making Cases for the .50-95 Winchester
I make cartridge cases for my hard to find .50-95 Winchester rifle. It takes a steady hand and a lathe to peel off a minuscule amount of brass.

muleequestrian
Oct 10, 20252 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 6, 20253 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 5, 20251 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 5, 20251 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 5, 20251 min read


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

muleequestrian
Oct 3, 20253 min read


Firing an 1867 Dutch Snider Conversion of a Short Naval Rifle
Firing 1867 Dutch Snider

muleequestrian
Sep 21, 20251 min read


Repairing the Crane of an old Colt New Service Revolver
A simple solution for misaligned cylinder cranes on Colt DA revolvers.

muleequestrian
Sep 19, 20252 min read


Taquitos and Rolled Enfrijoles
A quick dish for busy days and you still want to have a decent meal.

muleequestrian
Sep 19, 20252 min read


Make Thinner Corn Tortillas from Nixtamal
A quick way to make delicious corn tortillas.

muleequestrian
Sep 17, 20252 min read


Making Nixtamal
Making masa harina by nixtamalizing corn for better nutrition.

muleequestrian
Sep 16, 20252 min read


Making Fajitas from Scratch
Homemade fajitas beats the restaurant style any day of the week. The flavor doesn’t compare.

muleequestrian
Sep 16, 20253 min read


Sourdough Cornbread
Grinding heirloom red cornbread for fresh made cornbread from scratch

muleequestrian
Aug 29, 20252 min read


Grinding Red Corn for Cornbread
I haven’t been using a grindstone for very long, but now that I have….. I’m hooked on it. I haven’t been using a granite grindstone for very long but I’ve adapted to it quickly. There’s a lot of grinders on the market that are much better than mine. I wasn’t sure at first how much I’d like doing this so I went for a stone that was moderately priced. There are a few drawbacks and I’m looking for a better model later on. The stipulation is that it has to be hand cranked… for a

muleequestrian
Aug 28, 20251 min read


Homemade French Toast Breakfast
This is a great way to start the day. Homemade French toast

muleequestrian
Aug 24, 20252 min read


Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy chocolate chip cookies are the best

muleequestrian
Aug 23, 20252 min read


Homemade Spaghetti from Scratch
To start my spaghetti off…. It’s time to grind some flour extra fine. I like to use einkorn wheat for this because it’s an ancient grain...

muleequestrian
Aug 15, 20253 min read
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