OUR ENVIROMENTAL AND TRADING ETHICS

Here at Bison Bushcraft we strive to extend the ethics of our everyday living into our work.  That means we try to keep as low a carbon footprint as possible whilst retaining our common sense.

Of course our Bushcraft and wilderness skills training courses all teach people how to live in harmony with nature rather than in competition with it. Hopefully our customers take something away from our courses that has some positive impact on the environment  and their everyday lives.

Our crafts such as the knives are made from materials that have travelled as little as possible to reduce their delivery miles. Some of the handle materials are by products of local industries (agriculture and timber), in fact we estimate that nearly 80% of the wood we use in knife making comes from within a twenty mile radius of the workshop. The leather for the scabbards is English oak bark tanned, not chemical tanned or veg tanned leather imported from overseas. The steel is British where possible, by that we mean all of the 01 tool steel is made in Sheffield; this makes up 85% of our knife production.
The other products we sell are all selected by our policies of

1. Made from natural materials with as minimal input as possible from the petro-chemical industries. Natural fibre clothing is better for you, the environment and promotes a greater awareness and responsibility for where things come from. We don’t just use natural fibres because they look good, we use them because they work and last a long time, negating the need for yearly replacements and therefore not promoting the current “throw away culture” peddled by major manufacturers.
2. The best available for the job in hand. We wouldn’t sell you an inferior product just because it fulfils a lot of green policies. We temper all of our selections with common sense.
3. Sourced as near to home as possible, however if not available in Sussex or The UK we’d make sure our product fulfils the other policies listed. However we do prefer to support our own economy where possible and not promote any industry that may be taking advantage of unfair labour conditions.
4. We sell products that we use. This enables us to sell to you with the honesty that can only come from experiencing the product. This is also why you’ll see products designed by us or modified to our specifications on the website, we make sure it works.

The above show that we endeavour to support our economy, protect our environment and treat our customers with respect. We will endeavour to treat YOU as we would like to be treated.
So you won’t see a long list of small print about our trading conditions, just the above.