Congratulations to Maine's newest registered guide, Ryan Holt! Wear the patch with pride.

Free hand ash basket. Coming together after pounding out the splints.  

Morning with hatchet and push knife resulted in new pack basket mold.  

Just heard this gem on the radio: "don't take advice; 90% of advice people give you are their regrets or fears." From Alton Brown.

Two weeks stuck in camp with no truck. Daily interaction with this whiskey jack.  

Sealing a crack in a birch bowl with pitch to make it water tight. Rock boiling next. #fulltanglifestyle  

Carving a coal-burned spoon with a newly made crooked knife. #fulltanglifestyle #friluftsliv  

Moon rise in Portage Lake, Maine.  

Moose Tracks. Not just an ice cream flavor, also sometimes marks left by animals on the ground.  

Pounding ash for pack basket splints. #fulltanglifestyle  

Pounding ash for pack baskets.#fulltanglife  

Leaving on a canoe trip, putting the new paddles to use.  

First cast on the new, as yet to be named field school pond. Taking suggestions for the name.  

Friction fire clinic: hand drill, just before lunch.  

Friction fire clinic: bow drill on a Monday.  

Using a cabinet scraper to smooth a paddle grip.