OK, a little fire and knife. I recently added to my Migizi Outdoors / Patrick Russell collection. The bushcraft / survival is still the brute but only by a sliver, the Tracker comes in a close second, but is a substantial knife itself, the Puuko is ready to do some carving, and the Companion is stages to hold down the neck knife duties. The feather sticks were courtesy of the Tracker. The Scandi grind engages the wood like nobody’s business. The handle fits very nicely in your hands and I don’t feel like I have to grip the blade quite so aggressively. Let me work it a little bit and I will do a review. My initial impression is very positive as a very traditional bushcraft knife. Well done and thank you @Patrick Russell . Flint and steel - because I know my grandson will be dragging his kit out and I needed to practice up. Repetitions.

Well, it is cold enough to bring the outside plants in and start the heating process. I have just started being outside wood into the dry storage so I was not going to start taking from the stacks. Unfortunately this wood is 30 months old and I may have lost 10%. Those pieces go straight to the fire pit for the next outside adventure.

Nylon Baling Twine v #36 Bankline. When we practiced with the Scout Troop we used rolls of baling twine from the feed store. I had never heard of bankline. I still have a whole roll in the garage. What did you use for lashing practice?

I was building a family training syllabus and our leader @Patrick Russell was gracious enough to review the draft and contribute a fifth page on the topic of Outdoors Overnight and Advanced Topics. No choice but to just use the gift with full credit. A FB friend of mine also read the draft and offered a method that he used to teach homeschool students of his. Bill Cox of Survival Lore contributed a major gift to my training efforts. I wrote my own two-page Mindset Manual, printed it on orange paper and had it laminated in heavy stock. The intent is to have a reference in my grandson’s pack, as well as my pack, to refresh the mind and memory during a critical moment. I’m not sure he appreciates it yet, I know my son is kind of skeptical but so be it.

Training Primer: To plan and execute a solo hike into a remote conservation area where a story can be told. Execution: I planned a hike into the Isinglass Conservation Preserve, inventoried my Bushcraft / Survival Pack, and Saturday morning I hiked as planned. My pack weighed in at 26.6#, carrying also a water bottle carrier with my Garmin GPS i67 with SOS. Lessons Learned: Always rebuild your #2 kit after a trip and inventory it before a trip. Yes, sticky topic but a very real one. This was a great hike, good exercise, and one for which I could tell a story. Please see my Photo Journal posted in the Wilderness Mastery School FB Group. Not a member? I can help with that.