Woodland Magic
Woodland Woodcraft If there ever was a poster child for the idea of making something from nothing, it’s epitomized in…
Traditional utility pieces, heritage skills, and woodcraft by Nick Dillingham.
Woodland Woodcraft If there ever was a poster child for the idea of making something from nothing, it’s epitomized in…
When looking into the history of Beaver tooth as a tool, I ran into the mention of an old story…
A little bit of pre steel fun. Finding the origins of the mokotagen and it’s design influence from nature or…
The Mokotagen more often mislabeled Crooked knife by European trappers, is the multi tool of the north bush. Popularized by…
Review: Black Thunder Studio Mocotaugan. Written by: caleb Musgrave owner of Canadian Bushcraft School in keene, Ontario Often mistitled a…
For centuries the bark of the Hemlock tree, (Abies canadensis, Michaux. (Pinus canadensis, Linné;Picea canadensis, Link; Tsuga canadensis, Carrière). has been…
The knife with many names, called Mocotaugan (moe-koh-tah-gan) by Algonquin speakers, Mokotagen by Potawatomi, Waagikoman and Waabikoman by the…
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) Common milk weed (asclepias syriaca) Wood nettle (laportia canadensis) Swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata) Basswood/ Linden (tilla Americana)…
https://www.facebook.com/events/1018463194863525/ The mocotaugen (often misnamed a “Crooked Knife”) is often nicknamed the Ojibwa Swiss Army Knife. Its’ a spokeshake, a…
Tools of the trade, for centuries only four tools were heavily relied on while in the bush. Axe, belt knife,…