Few days out enjoying the sunshine. Archery and a long lost knife.

[dwardo]

Ayup all,

Has been a while since I posted a few shots from a trip out. Lucky enough to get a few days woods time this weekend and the weather was lovely. Warm sunshine days and a cold nights which make the fire even more enjoyable.

The woodland is just starting to wake up which is very pleasing on the eye, add some sunshine and it was a welcome soul boost.
Ramsons, herb Robert, celandine, primrose and many more.

Blue-bells on the way

Dog mercury

Lime green moss, no idea of its name so pointers would be nice.

Elf cups. Looks more like elf cups lined up on a bar, like finding the aftermath of a late night elf party.

Lots and lots of wind-fall. Worse I have ever seen in the woodland. Some of the Big old Dug Fir`s lost their tops plus lots of others fallen to the damp soils and high winds.

Whilst wondering we found a Hare`s bolt hole. Looked much more flash in the flesh but you can see the outline.

The secret life of an arrows flight is always nice to see in a still. As far as the archer experiences it all just goes nice and smooth. A few stills of the same arrow shows all sorts of contortions, stress and energy.
Arrows were tagged on tracks at about 240-250 yards.

Zoom in a little on the arrows.

My kit for the weekend.
This is the first trip out for the Karrimore SF45 and I am very happy with it. Even carrying cold weather kit, toys and enough food for three people it was more than enough capacity with the side pockets. It is very comfy, back and waist padding works very well. Construction is bullet proof as you would imagine.

And last but not least.....
About 18 months ago I lost my knife. I only had this knife for a few weeks and it vanished on he first outing. I was gutted to say the least I really was happy with this knife, weight, feel, the edge etc etc. I have never in my life-time lost a knife.
We searched high and low for it and gave up after several hours of searching, on many trips.

Well this weekend my nephew found it. Not two feet away from where we searched many, many many times.


Rob Evans please look away now if reading this.





I was under no illusion that a carbon blade knife, if left out through all seasons in a woodland known for its wetness, if ever found once again there would be very little left of it.

 

[Clouston98]

Great trip, I love the arrow shots! I really enjoyed that!

Shame about the knife though.

 

[RE8ELD0G]

What is the pouch on the front of your pack and where did you get it.
Im looking for a nice big pouch to organise some small bits.

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[Man of Tanith]

looks good master bowyer.

really like the elf bar photo

sure you can rescue the knife........somehow

 

[Harvestman]

Hope you can rescue the knife. The moss, by the way, is Common Tamarisk Moss, Thuidium tamariscinum.

 

[ozzy1977]

I am sure that knife can be restored to some extent.

 

[dwardo]

Great trip, I love the arrow shots! I really enjoyed that!

Shame about the knife though.

Yup I was not a happy man,.

What is the pouch on the front of your pack and where did you get it.
Im looking for a nice big pouch to organise some small bits.

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Sorry mate not a clue. I got it in a trade an age ago, or bought it from here. There are no marks or labels on it that I can see. It is very handy for the FAK, tools, repair kits, batteries etc.

looks good master bowyer.

really like the elf bar photo

sure you can rescue the knife........somehow

I will stick the fine belt on the sander later and give it a quick touch. There is some steel in there but there are also some very heavily pitted parts.

Hope you can rescue the knife. The moss, by the way, is Common Tamarisk Moss, Thuidium tamariscinum.

Thanks mate. Its a lovely delicate thing. Its amazing what strings up once there is a change in the canopy. Its a great name that too.

I am sure that knife can be restored to some extent.

Hope so, will keep this thread updated once I have had a play. Providing Rob doesnt come round and take it away from me as punishment.

 

[welchyd1]

Looks great mate I need to get over there soon.

 

[robevs73]

Glad you found it mate, send it to me and I'll see what I can do to it.

 

[dwardo]

Glad you found it mate, send it to me and I'll see what I can do to it.

Very kind and Will do!


As I said before if its too far gone which I expect it is then let me have some photos of its burial.

 

[robevs73]

My mate uses a cast iron frying pan that he found in a wall, all rusted and he cleaned it up and always cooks in it so a £150 knife should be worth the effort.

 

[copper_head]

Looks like a great trip .

Ouch on the knife though. Hope it can be resurrected.

 

[Shewie]

'tis nothing but a bit of patina

 

[dwardo]

'tis nothing but a bit of patina

It's mostly patina lol, hopefully some knife in there too.

 

[Uilleachan]

Now't wrong with that knife, don't put it anywhere near a belt sander, let it dry, dip it in oil for a couple of days, diesel is best, whilst still oily give it a knock or two on the spine to loosen the scale and then go over it with a bit of course emery paper, once the worst of the scale corrosion has been removed work through finer emery. Once it's clean-ish put it on a cheap/old course stone. Once cleaned up sharpen as normal. It'll come back fine, perhaps with a few pits, for added character.

O1 tool carbon is resilient stuff, 1mm of metal = 10 to 12mm of scale depending on the quality of the carbon steel. As there's almost no scale evident in the photo, metal loss will be minimal if noticeable at all.

Good find

 

[The Lord Poncho]

Would love to see what that knife looks like after its had a bit of TLC -make sure you post a picture!

 

[robevs73]

 

[robevs73]

 

[Big Stu 12]

NIce report , thanks for showing

 

[Shewie]

That's come up a treat Rob, good work