Beaver Tooth Mokotagen Blade, a Rambling.
When looking into the history of Beaver tooth as a tool, I ran into the mention of an old story…
Pre Steel Mokotagen
A little bit of pre steel fun. Finding the origins of the mokotagen and it’s design influence from nature or…
Mokotagen workshop making of Crooked knives
The Mokotagen more often mislabeled Crooked knife by European trappers, is the multi tool of the north bush. Popularized by…
Mokotagen review
Review: Black Thunder Studio Mocotaugan. Written by: caleb Musgrave owner of Canadian Bushcraft School in keene, Ontario Often mistitled a…
Traditional wood staining using Hemlock bark.
For centuries the bark of the Hemlock tree, (Abies canadensis, Michaux. (Pinus canadensis, Linné;Picea canadensis, Link; Tsuga canadensis, Carrière). has been…
The Man’s Knife of the North Bush
The knife with many names, called Mocotaugan (moe-koh-tah-gan) by Algonquin speakers, Mokotagen by Potawatomi, Waagikoman and Waabikoman by the…
Natural Cordage
Dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) Common milk weed (asclepias syriaca) Wood nettle (laportia canadensis) Swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata) Basswood/ Linden (tilla Americana)…
Making Mocotaugens – A Workshop with Canadian Bushcraft
Making Mocotaugens Saturday, 7 May 2016 9:00 am @ Canadian Bushcraft Creator: Canadian Bushcraft The mocotaugen (often misnamed a “Crooked…
Tool Selection and Identification
Tools of the trade, for centuries only four tools were heavily relied on while in the bush. Axe, belt knife,…
Mokotagen ~ Mocotaugan ~ Waabikoman ~ Le Couteau Croche ~ Crooked Knife.
16 hours of cutting and carving by hand. Two separate pewter pours, 4 applications of hemlock bark stain. Scrolled top…