Military Canteen Accessory Cooking Inserts

Here is a design for a percolator for a military canteen used to brew ground coffee over the fire.  This is good for those who like their coffee strong.  I also added a simple design for a nesting small cup and a steamer basket.  This two can nest together and placed on top of the canteen as a cover.  It can be used as a extra small cup, mixing cup, ingredient container or as a baking dish when the canteen is used as an oven.  The strainer or steamer basket can nest inside the small cup.  It can be used to drain water from food, as a pasta strainer or as a vegetable steamer.

Military Canteen Accessory Cooking Insert Designs


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Mini Sewing Kit

Here is one of my design for a small sewing kit.  Your clothes are your first layer of protection from the elements.  In case of emergency or in the bush, mending torn clothes helps you maintain that protection.

Mini Sewing Kit Design


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Pot Lid Lifter

Here is my design for a metal pot lid lifter.  You carry the lifter and you carve a long stick to fit the hole to use it.  It is a simple design, but it help when checking if your pot is boiling when on the camp fire.  You can also carve a piece of wood to make it instead of using metal, but it would be easier to notch the lifting stick to lift the lid.  You can also  use an old pen detachable clip.  Just bent the clip to the desired curl or angle and attach a long stick through the hole.

Metal Pot Lid Lifter Design


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Portable Canvas Top Camp Kitchen Table

Here is my take on the portable camp kitchen table.  I saw one online, but it looks a little bulky.  If you are willing to carve your own wood legs, you only carry the canvas top and the wood center piece.  I would make mine 18 inches x 18 inches and make the table legs shorter.  It would mean you have to change the angle of the hole in the center piece to make it low enough to be near your camp fire.  You don't have to stand up and all the items are kept off the ground.  You can save weight in your back pack by leaving the center piece at home and tie the four legs together in the middle with a cord. Open the legs and place them in the table pockets.

Portable Canvas Top Camp Kitchen Table Design


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Neck Pouch

Here is pouch that you can use when you wear a neck knife.  It allows you to carry aluminum foil for boiling water and thin plastic sheet to waterproof a shelter on the neck pouch along with your neck knife survival kit.  It also spread the load on your neck and make it more comfortable to use a neck knife.  Making it with orange material gives you a way to be visible.

Neck Pouch Design


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Bandoleer Bag

Here is my new design for a carry bag in the bush.  It a scout or day bag.

Bandoleer Bag Design


Its is designed to carry the essentials for a scout or day hike.  You can attach other gear like a bag, water canteen bag, water bottle bag, a bed/blanket roll or your favorite big knife.  The rings outside the bag allows lashing of bulky items for easy carry on a hike.

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Scoop Knife

Here is my version of a crook/spoon knife that I saw online.  It was a close loop blade, but it was only one blade.  I thought it might be more useful if you have two blades.  One big scoop blade for removing the majority of the wood and a smaller scoop knife for intricate work.  It also lend itself into making melon balls.

Scoop Knife Design


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Friction Fire - Hearth Board Holder

This is one version of the hearth board holder.

Hearth Board Holder Design

This hearth board design allow for compact carry while camping or bushcrafting.  It gives the user the option of changing the heart board insert to maximize the chance of creating embers.  Since one hearth board insert is used, the rest of the boards can be kept in a safe dry place.  It should allow smaller pieces of wood to be used as hearth board, if bigger pieces are not available.


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Friction Fire - Hand Drill

Here is my modification for the hand drill spindle.

Fire Hand Drill Spindle Design

Spindle Body - The spindle body can be one long piece or in sections for portability.

Spindle Insert - The spindle insert can be made from cottonwood, pine, willow or any soft wood that can produce ember.

Thumb Loop - The optional thumb loop and insert helps in creating an ember.


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Friction Fire - Bow Drill

I have been reading a lot about bushcraft and wood lore.  I like it a lot, but it did not take long for me to start fiddling with some of the designs.  I looked at the spindle for the bow drill method and I really thought that it could be improved.  Okay, so maybe make it more complicated and turn it into a gadget type item.  Here is my example of the spindle.

FIRE BOW DRILL SPINDLE DESIGN

The bow drill spindle is composed of the spindle insert, spindle body and the spindle end.

Spindle Body -  The spindle body is made from hard wood to allow it to last.  The body is faceted to allow the bow string to grab the spindle to spin it.  The spindle can be prepared at home to make it easier to make.  The holes for the spindle insert and spindle end can be of any shape.  I used square to make it easier to draw. There are small relief holes at both end to make it easier to extract the spindle insert and end using a metal pick or an awl.  You can add more relief holes to make for an easier extraction of the spindle end or the spindle insert.

Spindle End - You can use a metal insert to to prevent the end from wearing out.  The small contact point should be able to rotate freely from the bearing block.  The spindle end can be made from aluminum, titanium or steel.  A simple spindle end is to make it from a bolt.  Just shape the head of a bolt to make it easier to make and tap it into the wood.  Another fix is to use a smooth head thumbtack to make it rotate freely.

Spindle Insert - The spindle insert is made from willow, cottonwood or other light wood used to make a traditional fire drill spindle.  Cut the wood into smaller pieces that will allow the spindle to work without making the spindle to be ungainly and wobbly to use.  The insert can be replaced as it gets worn out.  You can save the worn out spindle insert for use with a hand fire drill or cut it up for kindling.

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