Winter hot tent camping. Making firewood, cooking food, sharpening tools, boot maintenence and bird watching. Open the full video description for more information.
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Date: Februaru 2025
Day: 02°C (35.6°F)
Night: -08°C (17.6°F)
Hours of daylight = 10
Location: Scandinavia, northwest Denmark - sea, spruce/pine and hardwood forrest. Some of the most remote in Denmark, but limited how remote it can get. A lot of birds and deers etc. No bears, only a few wolves.
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Consuming:
Steak (cow) with salt.
Porridge with salt, walnuts and raisins.
Pasta with bacon, onions, garlic, salt, pesto and cheese (mix of Itallian hard cheese).
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A few questions:
1. Who made the tent?
Tschum 2P SOSWA (made in Germany by a small family company) https://tschum.de/en/Tschum-2P-SOSWA....
2. Who made the stove?
Poshehonka S (made in Russia) https://tschum.de/en/Poshehonka-Wood-...
3. How did you make the frame saw?
The frame is homemade from oak and the saw blade is made by Bahco. Making one is a future video at some point... but joints etc. are the same as shown in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl-_n2yM8c0&t=3s
4. What type of axe are you using? Weight? Dimensions?
Homemade. A classic russian axe design. C45 steel. 700 grams (including handle), 10.5cm cutting edge, 57cm handle, 14.5cm from pole to cutting edge. Making one is a future video at some point.
5. What type of knife are you using?
Homemade. Puukko - classic nordic knife. Spring steel and birch burl handle. Here is a video showing how I made the puukko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKF7oDsugYc&t=12s
6. What is you're kuksa/drinking cop made from?
Birch burl. Homemade. Making one is a future video at some point.
7. What wood did you burn?
Spruce.
8. Do you burn the wood stove the hole night?
No. Sleeping bag keeps me warm doing the night and not the stove.
9. Can I buy an axe, knife etc. from you?
No.
10. Is the lake water safe to drink?
Yes - this lake is clean (no filter or boiling needed).
11. What will the next video be about?
Forging a russian axe. And then more blacksmithing and tarp bushcraft trips.
12. What do you do for a living? And do you live in a house?
Sometimes blacksmithing and sometimes youtube. My home is a lavvu - a small one for traveling and a larger one in a nature reserve in Northwest Denmark as a permanent basecamp.
13. What did you use for sharpening the axe and knife? Why warm water?
A stone made by Gränsfors Bruk and a homemade strop (leather with sharpening compound). Heating the water before soaking the sharpening stone was just to avoid getting cold fingers.
14. What leather grease did you use?
Not sure - just something from a local store. All works just fine - the important part is not the brand but that you spend the time rubbing it into the leather (friction/heat).
15. Do you waterproof you're reindeer skin?
No. I just try to avoid water. On damp trips do I dry the skin once a day... just 15 minutes next to a fire or out in wind/sun. On wet trips do I use spruce branches or similar between the wet ground and the reindeer skin. I do nothing on dry trips. This trip was quite dry.
16. Did you hurt you're finger?
Yes - but nothing serious. I did just cut myself while assembling the frame saw the day before this trip. It will be just fine again in a few days.
17. Why not make a raised bed?
The tent is to small. It is just a two person lavvu. I just barely fit laying down on the ground. My home is a 4 person lavvu with a simple bushcraft raised bed (rafters, mos and reindeer skin). I would for sure make a raised bed if I was traveling with a 4 person lavvu and not a 2 person lavvu.
18. What if I have a question that are not included in this video description?
Consider leaving a comment - I usually read all comments made within the first few days of a new uploade. If I don't see it - maybe someone else knows and is kind to answer. After the first few days do I update the video description with answer to some of the most asked questions.
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Some of the gear used in the video:
Tent = Tschum
Wood stove = Russian
Cuting tools = homemade
Boots = Lundhags Forest II
Pants = Bläklader (unknown model)
Anorak = Fjallraven Vardag
Sweater = handmade by local (not selling)
Hat = handmade by local (not selling)
Backpack = Eberlestock Mainframe f1
Sack = old packsack from a tentipi tent
Sleeping bag = Carinthia Defence 4
Frying pan = unknown from thrift store
Kettle = Eagle 1.5L
Pot = Pathfinder 4L bushpot
Pot = Eagle 10L
Binoculars = Celestron Outland 10x25
Raindeer skin = unknown from Sapmi
Sharpening stone = Gränsfors Bruks
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Video gear:
Nikon Z30
Nikon 40mm 2
Nikon 50-250mm 4.5-6.3
Røde videomic NTG
Macbook 2011
iMovie