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  1. rich outdoors

    Couple of Pouches

    Very nice and very practical too, things have a habit of falling out of boys' pockets. With these their SAKs will be much safer. They'll be well pleased with them. Atb, rich.
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    Christmas stocking fillers!

    Well, I got a bit sidetracked with work and stuff, but got them finished now. With strikers! Thanks for looking, atb, rich.
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    Bivi bag problem

    I had the tape peeling off the groundsheet part of my aging phoenix phoxhole bivvi - the groundsheet is pu nylon which has started to moult - I had some luck sticking it back with McNett Seam Grip. Also completely did the seams on a tent flysheet with the stuff after the tape pretty much just...
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    A stove from ... Argos!!!

    Thanks Janne, yes it seems good, especially for the price. Time will tell. Atb, rich.
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    A stove from ... Argos!!!

    Ah, now I understand, my burner is trangia, the Argos titanium stove doesn't include a burner, just the bits in the first photo. Even so there are a few trangia lookalike burners around on the Ebay and chinese sites. I would imagine that if trangia ever did have a patent it has long since expired.
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    A stove from ... Argos!!!

    I could be wrong, but I seem to remember reading that Trangia weren't the first to use this design. Esbit have something similar for sure. And the clik stand, although a bit different, is a similar concept.
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    Making a oak shingle roof with hand tools

    The result looks really good, a fascinating watch. There is something about watching someone working wood with hand tools that I absolutely love. Thanks for sharing it. Atb, rich.
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    Knife Build

    Superb, I just came from the wooden sheath thread, the finished article is a world away from it's rather lurid green beginnings, you have turned it into a lovely looking knife, very practical shape and size too. I have an Enzo necker which it a similarish design and absolutely love it. Atb, rich.
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    Wooden Sheath

    Very nice. The magnet is a good idea, not sure I would have thought of that :( or worse I would have probably thought of it once I had the sheath put together. Atb, rich.
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    A stove from ... Argos!!!

    No, not the catalogue shop! I succumbed to the purchase of another stove. It is a Trangia Triangle lookalike in titanium made by a brand called Argos. I picked it up from the well know Chinese website named after the bloke with the 40 thieves! Having now tried it, I thought I'd share my...
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    Hazel Spoonage

    Superb, you get a cleaner finish from the knife blade than I get with sandpaper :notworthy: Lovely bit of carving. All the best, rich.
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    Christmas stocking fillers!

    Thanks everyone, I'll try and get a couple more pics up as they wend their way towards completion. bobnewboy: sorry, I am not sure why you can't see it, maybe the photo is too big, it was straight out of the phone. I've just resized it smaller, hopefully you can see it now. All the best, rich.
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    Out with the old in with a new table

    That is a beauty, really nice and solid looking. Lovely finish, it has really brought out the grain, is it oiled? All the best, rich.
  14. rich outdoors

    Christmas stocking fillers!

    I'm counting on them all having their carbon steel bushcraft knives to hand ;) Seriously though, good point, thanks. I will be putting paracord lanyards and scrapers on them when they are done, probably hacksaw blade. I made a custom O1 scraper a while back for my eldest, shaped like a mini...
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    Christmas stocking fillers!

    Well, the festive season is drawing near and family get together is planned for Christmas week, so... I decided to make some ferro-rods for the kids so we can hopefully have a little campfire competition to hone their firelighting skills :-) Put the production line into action this morning, and...
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    Correct birch bark for fire starter?

    Dandruff, brilliant analogy, I won't forget that, I'll chuckle everytime I collect some now. And thanks great tip regarding prepping it with pine resin. Atb. Rich.
  17. rich outdoors

    Hello

    Stop tantalizing me That really is an insane haul of Horn of Plenty, and they have the advantage that you can dry them and they keep for ages. Congratulations Geoff.
  18. rich outdoors

    Hello

    Now I am jealous! Chantrelles make the omelette of kings! It sounds like you have all our mushrooms as well as yours up there! Enjoy.
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    Hello

    Hullo Rich, Yes, a great shame, still very nice to see a familiar face. This looks like a friendly corner of the web though. And me being not the fastest builder around, you may even recognise one of my half finished projects when I get round to posting. Any fungi up your way this year? A bit...
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    Correct birch bark for fire starter?

    Hi, I seem to have missed out on an interesting thread here. I tend to find that I end up with two main types of birch bark, from what I think is probably silver birch (you can probably tell I'm no botanist) that we tend to get here in the Pyrenees and hills further south. From dead wood I...