{"id":59979,"date":"2021-10-19T06:11:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59979"},"modified":"2021-10-19T06:11:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:11:13","slug":"heres-what-you-need-to-build-a-foragers-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=59979","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What You Need to Build a Forager\u2019s Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/foragers-toolkit\/\">Here\u2019s What You Need to Build a Forager\u2019s Toolkit<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Why build a Forager\u2019s Toolkit? Well, as the world experiences further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/dont-let-supply-chain-shortages-stop-you-from-getting-prepped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supply chain disruptions<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/supply-chain-food-shortages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food shortages<\/a>, now is the perfect time to add foraging to your list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/skills-i-never-expected-id-have-to-learn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prepper skills<\/a>. To help with that endeavor, here\u2019s a guide to the essentials you need in your Forager\u2019s Toolkit to effectively harvest the food around you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Essentials to build a Forager\u2019s Toolkit<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Hawkbill Knife<\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I understand that a blade is a blade. But there\u2019s no denying that having the right tool for the job can make it easier. For myself, I\u2019ve noticed that a hawkbill blade makes harvesting\/foraging MUCH easier.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3oVE4Jz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Berry &amp; Bird Hawkbill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3p7ALyO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Klein Tools Hawkbill<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3azKFAV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NAYE Folding Hawkbill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Karambit<\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I\u2019ve also used a Karambit to a similar effect. Karambits are for agricultural work, so I look at using this blade \u2013 which is now widely considered a fighting knife \u2013 as simply allowing it to get back to its roots. Here are a few to consider:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AIgGkW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canku Fixed Blade Knife<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3FM2kDO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masalong Unicorn Karambit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Field Guides<\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When you build a foragers toolkit, you have to have field guides if you\u2019re going to forage safely. I consider them an absolute necessity. You\u2019re going to need more than one to verify that the plant in your hand is indeed what you think it is.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">When it comes to determining what the plant is, these books will help guarantee you\u2019re about to eat what you think you are.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3mUURtL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Peterson Field Guides<\/em>\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3FMEhEL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Forager\u2019s Harvest<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It\u2019s also helpful to look for field guides specific to your area.<\/p>\n<h4>Mortar and Pestle<\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">You will need to ground a large number of the plants and seeds you gather. Whether you\u2019re making dandelion tea, a compress, or acorn flour, you\u2019re going to need a heavy-duty and reliable way of beating the plant down into mush or powder&#8230;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s What You Need to Build a Forager\u2019s Toolkit Why build a Forager\u2019s Toolkit? Well, as the world experiences further\u00a0supply chain disruptions\u00a0and\u00a0food shortages, now is the perfect time to add foraging to your list of\u00a0prepper skills. To help with that endeavor, here\u2019s a guide to the essentials you need in your Forager\u2019s Toolkit to effectively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[31989,319,4181,31990,5837],"class_list":["post-59979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-aden-tate","tag-food","tag-foraging","tag-forest-food","tag-organic-prepper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59980,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59979\/revisions\/59980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}