Customer Reviews
Bush Craft - Review - By: J. Read, 13 Nov 2009 
I loved this book. I think there are several different kinds of bushcraft enthusiast. Some prefer hot climates, some broad leaf woods others pine forest. This book is ideal for people who prefer cold pine forest environments. A lot of the skills described can easily be transferred to other environments but it does cover some skills unique to pine forests. The only slight downside is that diagrams (although clearerin many ways) can lack a realism we expect from modern bushcraft manuals. Overall a good interesting reference to northern survival.
Very informative, yet Straight-forward and simple to understand. - By: Mr. J. R. Hadley, 06 Oct 2007 This is a great book for anyone wanting to learn bushcraft & survival skills. Mors Kochanski has broken the different aspects & skills down into simple stages, with easy to follow diagrams. I was particularly pleased to find that he uses non technical language to explain things. This book is full of useful information. A nice easy read & well worth the money.
More from Mors - By: , 13 May 2004 A book by a canadian guy who was teaching & living the skills he teaches when that Brit guy was stillin dippers! if you wanna learn the skills safetly & sensibly this is the book for you.
My question is that now Mors has retired when will he pen a second book?
if you like ray mears then you will love this guy - By: Js Rehwald, 30 Nov 2003 i bought this book a year or two ago & ive read many a so-called book on wilderness survival but this one is definitely up there with the best. even though the illustrations are pencil drawings they easily get the point across. mors kochanski is reputed to be one of the finest bushcraft instructorsin the northern hemisphere & this book does him proud. this book deals with skills that you really need like axe & knifecraft,shelter building & fire-lighting.this book doesnt teach you how to stay alivein jungle/desert which to be honest none of us are ever going to comein contact with during our lives! buy it now, you wont be disappointed!
not practical. - By: , 06 Feb 1999 
This book is frankly a waste of your money. if you are going to spend it, spend it on a more practiacal book. Bushcraft spends 35 pages telling you how to hold a knife, it almost insults a person with any common sense.
One other thing, it does not have any pictures, all line drawings. (most impractical, & innapplicablein the real thing)
It does not have anything on traps, snares, or other devices, which will make-or-break a personin wilderness survival.
This is a good book if there were none others available, however, there are many which are a much greater value of your money, like Primitive Wilderness Survival Skills, by John McPherson. Check authors like: Jim Riggs, Larry Dean Olsen, Tom Brown, Richard Jamison, to name a few.
