The Swiss Army Knife Book & Giveaway!
I was recently sent a copy of The Swiss Army Knife Book by nature instructor Felix Immler and I have to say that it is a fantastic book. It walks you through a variety of projects, from making simple tools to setting up camp, all the while just using natural materials and a pocket knife. There are 7o0 beautiful step by step photos to guide you through, I’ve also enjoyed watching Felix’s Youtube channel for extra help and inspiration.
The book starts off with some simple handmade tools (photo by Matthew Worden)
The Swiss Army Knife Book begins by teaching you how to make simple, improvised tools, such as  a digging stick and a wooden mallet. I haven’t been brave enough to try any projects yet, but I think that even I could make myself a usable digging stick!
Felix guides you through the processes required, here making a stone hammer (photos by Matthew Worden)
The book then takes you through how to build and furnish your own camp. It really is quite impressive what can be achieved with very few tools.
There’s a big section on cooking and utensils in the book, like this pot drainer (photos by Matthew Worden)
Felix says “I hope to bridge the gap with this book, by showing just how much fun you can have by making everyday objects for yourself, by using only natural materials and your pocket knife as tools, creating a comfortable camp in the wild and having a thrilling trip amid the great outdoors”.
This would be a great book for families with teens and older children, who are looking for adventurous ways to spend time outdoors together.
If you would like to win your own copy of The Swiss Army Knife Book by Felix Immler, click the link below to enter and good luck!
The Swiss Army Knife Book Giveaway
The older kids would love this and so useful.
My husband loves his Swiss Army knife – there are so many uses for it. I think I would make a skewer to toast marshmallows (better than splinters from a stick)!
You would be surprised how many scrapes a swiss army knife can get you out of! 🙂 x
What a great book! I am always looking for ideas of things to do with my boys and they love camping and the outdoors
Great giveaway
As a family of campers & walkers this would be a well thumbed read!
Great giveaway. My twins have their own wood shed and would love this book.
Great stocking filler for Xmas
We love camping especially down by the River Wye canoeing too please count us in thank you
Thanks for joining us at #luckyLinky x
We love all our outdoor persists this would be perfect to learn more useful things
This would be a great resource!
I think it’s important that our children should be taught the basic skills for survival and not to rely completely on technology. This is why I love forest school! Looks like an interesting book.
Looks like a good book for some ideas for the Woodcraft Folk group that I help at. Thanks for taking the time to blog about it.
Neat!
We’d all love this – it amazes me what some people can make from wood, I still have a lot to learn!
This would be an absolutely perfect gift for my boyfriend! He’s always making things with his penknife
my dad would love this book!
Would love to win this for my son.
Love survival skills – was a venture scout, done a bit of Back Woods cooking and a foraging experience, would love to do more!
Great competition – thanks for running this
Thanks for the chance
This looks really cool. I didn’t get to do too much with knives in Girl Scouts, so this would help fill in some gaps.
SO COOL WISH I HAD YOUR SKILLS ::D
Brilliant giveaway and good luck to everyone
My pops collects swiss army knifes He’d love this
Great for my Pops he collects swiss army knifes
great projects to build confidence xx
This book looks great 🙂 I’d love it