r/Bushcraft is a subreddit with 414k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses bushcraft, knife, fire, shelter, and axe, and they frequently recommend/review bushcraft, bushcraft knife, and hatchet.
/r/Bushcraft defines Bushcraft as the usage and practice of skills, acquiring and developing knowledge and understanding, in order to survive and thrive in the natural environment.
In this subreddit we discuss the development, and practise, of those skills and techniques, the use of appropriate tools, schools of thought and the historical context.
Popular Themes in r/Bushcraft
#1
Advice Requests
: "How to keep your toes from falling off at -40"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Is this a decent knife or should I exchange? (Cabela's)"
4 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Man robbed of clothes after throwing trash in forest, forced to survive without clothes on his way home"
1 post
#4
Ideas
: "I’m going to be making how to videos making things like knifes bows perhaps a smoker"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Bushcraft
#1
Bushcraft
: "Not sure if this counts as Bushcraft, but I had to improvise snowshoes to get anywhere"
154 posts
#2
Knife
: "A jasper Knife I recently finished."
72 posts
#3
Fire
: "My attempt at making a winter Fire using just an axe and a bootlace."
44 posts
#4
Shelter
: "Made this Shelter in 5 hours"
35 posts
#5
Axe
: "My attempt at making a winter fire using just an Axe and a bootlace."
33 posts
#6
Camping
: "Winter Camping in Estonia"
31 posts
#7
Outdoors
: "My bushcraft camp for the summer"
26 posts
#8
Camp
: "Made a baseCamp kitchen/workspace this weekend!"
24 posts
#9
Survival
: "Man robbed of clothes after throwing trash in forest, forced to survive without clothes on his way home"
20 posts
#10
Winter
: "Winter scout loadout for the weekend"
14 posts
Products Discussed in r/Bushcraft
Bushcraft
271 reviews
#1
Morakniv
4.3★ from 32 reviews
#2
Silky
4.5★ from 24 reviews
#3
Condor
4.2★ from 13 reviews
Bushcraft Knife
197 reviews
#1
Mora
4.5★ from 46 reviews
#2
Condor
4.3★ from 20 reviews
#3
Morakniv
4.4★ from 17 reviews
Hatchet
88 reviews
#1
Fiskars
4.2★ from 25 reviews
#2
Husqvarna
4.4★ from 10 reviews
#3
Council Tool
4.1★ from 7 reviews
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Yearly
+13k members(3.3%)
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Last updated: June 15, 2026