Things You'll Need:
- 14-function Pocketknives
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Step 1
Make a fire and get some nice, hot coals going.
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Step 2
Select a branch or small log of dead wood to make your bowl. Imagine the final product when selecting your piece. The wood should be dead and dry, but not rotten.
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Step 3
Flatten your wood by removing the bark of one side and pounding a rock against that side. A split log works well, or any piece of wood that already has a flattened side.
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Step 4
Pound a rock against the flat side to create a small indention on that side.
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Step 5
Use a stick to remove a coal from the fire and place it in the indentation on your wood.
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Step 6
Let the coal smolder in the indention of the wood. Aid it by blowing on it or setting it in the wind.
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Step 7
Remove the coal when it burns itself out and carefully scrape away the char and ash from the hole with a small rock.
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Step 8
Put a new coal inside your bowl indentation and repeat the process. Burn and scrape, burn and scrape, until an adequate bowl has been burned into your piece of wood.
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Step 9
Do a really thorough scrape your final time, to get all the char and ash out. You may even want to carve it out with your pocketknife.
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Step 10
Realize that it may take several hours to burn out your bowl, but it takes very little effort, so other things can be done at the same time.
