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Many thanks to everyone who showed an interest in the pellet bow. I have learned a lot by seeing you all using it for the first time, because several of you were clearly better than I am. I will continue with the project and bring it again next year. Here is an album of photos and video...

I think this would be of interest to the weavers and basketmakers. I found the presenter a bit annoying after a while but the skills being shown are clear and reproducible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikdgPibP8w0

Some of you got a taste of Balearic sling competition at the Bushmoot recently. This is a video I took at the first international competition in 2011 in Mallorca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJa7FhVjSHI

I have been keeping a keen eye on the BCB FireDragon fuel saga for a while now. I havent managed to get hold of the solid blocks yet, but I got some of the gel fuel to play with. I also picked up a Crusader six-piece kit, since my current setup has been cobbled together from various sources over...

Today I treated myself to a new Primus: So I took it straight out into the garden to unbox it and fire it up. This is the tool, a tube of goop for lubing the pump and two extra jets of different sizes: The instructions: The pump barrel and fuel pickup tube are slanted...

Billy Berger's video series on the spearthrower is now complete. I reckon it is hands-down one of the best presentations of this subject. He doesnt say a whole lot about the flexibility of the spear which is the most important part of the system, but the slo-mo sections in the last video show he...

I havent yet found a good reason to carry the second cup/pot thingy of the Zebra billy. I suppose you could steam-poach an egg in it but thats about all I can think of. Do you have a good use for it?

This is Dan, he has been putting in some serious sling practice for several years now. The stones he is using are in the same weight range as the vast caches of stones found in British iron age hill forts. Every one of these shots would drop a man in his tracks...

This is a quick test of 'Zip Military Cooking Fuel' which is being sold through various bushcraft and camping channels. It is an attempt to replace the smelly and hard to light hexamine blocks that have been cursed by generations of soldiers, cadets, scouts and campers. My setup was a...

Some happy faces at the tomahawk target: This is from one of the two Basic Slinging courses I taught. Elbow further back! Making slings at the start of the Advanced Slinging course: Advanced Slingers in action! And a group photo of the Advanced Slingers:

These look like a suitable subject for whittling in bushcrafty way: http://www.rampantscotland.com/know/blknow_quaich.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaich

This is my latest atlatl. It is made of cherry wood finished with linseed oil and beeswax. It is tapered along its length from handle to spur, this avoids carrying too much weight at the fast end while still having a handle large enough for a comfortable grip. I textured the handle by...

A while ago, a modified version of the Nimblewill Nomad wood burning stove was posted here on BCUK in CAD form: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14511 http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=15468 A friend of mine drives a laser cutter for a living so I sent...

http://si-pddr.si.edu/jspui/bitstream/10088/15753/1/USNMP-73_2735_1928.pdf This takes a while to load but is well worth a read if you are interested in fire by friction. Written in 1928.

Hi all, I am David Colter in Manchester. I am into bushcraft and primitive skills generally. I do slinging: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GXkmT7eJFo Atlatls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YOHsKyP3YY Spear throwing with the amentum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmPSKu6-TMM...