Crafty Secret santa
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YAY!,..
got mine,..
a lovely birch spoon,.....
i,ve never actually made one myself yet and i plan to use this as a pattern cos its just the right profile for scraping out the last bits of porridge from a canteen cup!!
Thank you Santa!!
anyone else got/opened theirs today??
i love this thread it really captures the spirit of the place,...
Ho Ho Ho!!
Cheers
Stu
got mine,..
a lovely birch spoon,.....
i,ve never actually made one myself yet and i plan to use this as a pattern cos its just the right profile for scraping out the last bits of porridge from a canteen cup!!
Thank you Santa!!
anyone else got/opened theirs today??
i love this thread it really captures the spirit of the place,...
Ho Ho Ho!!
Cheers
Stu
i got mine today, and im guessing it was sent by whittler kev as it was a pot hanger and a mini steel striker
very, very happy THANKYOU!!!!!
very, very happy THANKYOU!!!!!
Mine arrived yesterday but I was unable to get online. I got a dinky wooden spoon, a tin can meths burner and a parcord wristband. Pictures to follow.
Thankyou very much to the sender, I couldnt have asked for better (especially the wristband, Ive been meaning to make one for ages)
THANKS!!
Thankyou very much to the sender, I couldnt have asked for better (especially the wristband, Ive been meaning to make one for ages)
THANKS!!
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Got home tonight from spending the week away working and found a bulky jiffy bag on my desk placed there by "'er indoors" I knew what that plain brown wrapper was, looked at it, dumped my washing in the laundry bin, looked at the unopened parcel again, thought I really ought to wait till Christmas day, sat down for dinner, then halfway through my fish fingers I couldn't cope any longer with the whispering voices in my head, not to mention the cold sweats. Dropped my knife and fork (yes I use utensils
) and with trembling hands rushing to my desk and ripped open the package.
Picture a terrier with a slipper and you'll get the picture.
Inside I found the bubblewrapped long flat thing, it was something black and looked very much like a knife sheath, hey great I thought, a knife sheath, I hope it fits one of my knives, then I unwrapped the bubblewrap and found a wooden knife handle poking out the north end of it.
This is where an expletive was whispered between "You gotta be..." and "...kidding me!" So I slid the knife out of the snug hand made leather sheath and it looks gorgeous! Scandi style shape and about 10 inches long in total, 5 inches of that being blade.
Just overwhelmed right now for the sender's generosity. I'm guessing both the knife and sheath are hand made. Whatever.
THANK YOU!! :You_Rock_
I shall take some photos of it and post them soon, just as soon as I can get my adrenaline back down to a decent level.
Wonderful christmas present, glad I opened it now. Many MANY thanks to D Robson of Thurso, Scotland. Giving your real name was cunning as most here use nicknames, and I really don't know who this is from, but you've made my December. :notworthy Thanks again. Made my gift pretty pathetic in comparison.
Mine got posted out last week, was told 4 days, I'm hoping the weather has delayed it and it wasn't stolen, wouldn't be the first time I had something go walkabout via postage.
Wishing you all a very happy nice surprise once your own secret Santa prezzie arrives.
Biker.
PS Yes my new knife is close by and is getting looked at regularly as I type this, can't believe it's mine. No you can't borrow it.
) and with trembling hands rushing to my desk and ripped open the package. Picture a terrier with a slipper and you'll get the picture.
Inside I found the bubblewrapped long flat thing, it was something black and looked very much like a knife sheath, hey great I thought, a knife sheath, I hope it fits one of my knives, then I unwrapped the bubblewrap and found a wooden knife handle poking out the north end of it.
This is where an expletive was whispered between "You gotta be..." and "...kidding me!" So I slid the knife out of the snug hand made leather sheath and it looks gorgeous! Scandi style shape and about 10 inches long in total, 5 inches of that being blade.
Just overwhelmed right now for the sender's generosity. I'm guessing both the knife and sheath are hand made. Whatever.
THANK YOU!! :You_Rock_
I shall take some photos of it and post them soon, just as soon as I can get my adrenaline back down to a decent level.
Wonderful christmas present, glad I opened it now. Many MANY thanks to D Robson of Thurso, Scotland. Giving your real name was cunning as most here use nicknames, and I really don't know who this is from, but you've made my December. :notworthy Thanks again. Made my gift pretty pathetic in comparison.
Mine got posted out last week, was told 4 days, I'm hoping the weather has delayed it and it wasn't stolen, wouldn't be the first time I had something go walkabout via postage.
Wishing you all a very happy nice surprise once your own secret Santa prezzie arrives.
Biker.
PS Yes my new knife is close by and is getting looked at regularly as I type this, can't believe it's mine. No you can't borrow it.
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Very cool Biker. 
Haven't had any post up here all week. It is rather annoying as I'm expecting presents for my GF, not to mention some scales for a new knife!
Going out of my mind in my flat.
Andy
Haven't had any post up here all week. It is rather annoying as I'm expecting presents for my GF, not to mention some scales for a new knife!
Going out of my mind in my flat.
Andy
Home from work today to see a pile of packages delivered by the posty. First one addressed to the wife and she swore at me when I picked it up so I guessed it is my gift from her that arrived undeterred I worked my way through the pile until I found a fairly heavy tube with my name on it. Opened up the outer wrapper to find some nice wrapping paper with BCUK Santa written on it, no intention of waiting so ripped it open and inside that a carboard sweety tube all taped up inside that a very nicely made stag horn handled brass priest! Will try for a picture later. Thank you very much who ever it was that sent it I have no clue as to who it was that sent it. I will have to get out and catch myself a trout in the new year.
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
To Naefearjustbeer
Thanks for the knife and sheath mate, took some working out... well elementary for Sherlock, I just followed a link in your posting signature above and found your Movember page and your name there and put all four of my braincells to the task and came to this conclusion.
Any details etc that you could share about the knife and sheath you sent me would be great. Y'know such things as "It used to be a landrover car spring or a coke can and after I heat treated it with boiled syrup and egg white... The sheath used to be our nieghbours dog but I got tired of it crapping in our veg patch" That sort of thing.
Raikey I'll take some photos of it later today.
Many thanks once again.
Thanks for the knife and sheath mate, took some working out... well elementary for Sherlock, I just followed a link in your posting signature above and found your Movember page and your name there and put all four of my braincells to the task and came to this conclusion.
Any details etc that you could share about the knife and sheath you sent me would be great. Y'know such things as "It used to be a landrover car spring or a coke can and after I heat treated it with boiled syrup and egg white... The sheath used to be our nieghbours dog but I got tired of it crapping in our veg patch" That sort of thing.
Raikey I'll take some photos of it later today.
Many thanks once again.
Ok the history of the knife.
It started off as a rusty old file in my shed. I used my BBQ to anneal it and it spent an evening under glowing coals. Once ready to work I used a pedestal drill to drill holes in the handle but all of the shaping work was done by hand with a couple of the original files close cousins. Once finished with the files it was back into the BBQ this time assisted with some forced air from my wifes hair dryer (SHHH!!!!) Quenched in old oil. Then tempered in my oven in the kitchen. Final work was done with wet n dry of various grades. The handle was a peice of wood scrounged from a joiner friend. Pins started off as M5 brass screws and again all shaping of the handle done by hand. The leather was purchased fro my local shoe repairers. (I didnt have time to go skin a cow). Used a hand held minature chuck type thing to drill the holes in the leather and stitched up using one of my wifes darning needle and some kite string to hold it all together. I am glad you like it. I had made 2 knives previously using similar methods so i am definitely an amateur when it comes to such things. It is a bit of a beast I am sure you could use it to chop down small trees.
It started off as a rusty old file in my shed. I used my BBQ to anneal it and it spent an evening under glowing coals. Once ready to work I used a pedestal drill to drill holes in the handle but all of the shaping work was done by hand with a couple of the original files close cousins. Once finished with the files it was back into the BBQ this time assisted with some forced air from my wifes hair dryer (SHHH!!!!) Quenched in old oil. Then tempered in my oven in the kitchen. Final work was done with wet n dry of various grades. The handle was a peice of wood scrounged from a joiner friend. Pins started off as M5 brass screws and again all shaping of the handle done by hand. The leather was purchased fro my local shoe repairers. (I didnt have time to go skin a cow). Used a hand held minature chuck type thing to drill the holes in the leather and stitched up using one of my wifes darning needle and some kite string to hold it all together. I am glad you like it. I had made 2 knives previously using similar methods so i am definitely an amateur when it comes to such things. It is a bit of a beast I am sure you could use it to chop down small trees.
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
I'm humbled to receive such a thing. Thank you.
Still can't believe you gave something like this away, but then it is the season of giving innit?
Don't worry I won't tell your missus about the hairdryer thing..... oops!
Still can't believe you gave something like this away, but then it is the season of giving innit?
Don't worry I won't tell your missus about the hairdryer thing..... oops!
seems like everyone is enjoying their prezzies LETS SEE SOME PICTURES..... cant take any myself as the camera is playing silly buggers
Nice to see so much generosity
Dave
Nice to see so much generosity
Dave
Well my flat had a visit from the postman this morning
A nice little parcel with my name on it cam through the door. I opened it up to find a suitably tacky Christmas paper and a note saying to wait until the day. - sod that I opened it up to find another note saying I was rather impatient made me chuckle!
any hoo - I opened it up to find a very nice belt loop!
I can see it coming in very handy indeed. - Thank you very much
I get the feeling it was Biker
all the best and merry Christmas to all
Andy
A nice little parcel with my name on it cam through the door. I opened it up to find a suitably tacky Christmas paper and a note saying to wait until the day. - sod that I opened it up to find another note saying I was rather impatient
made me chuckle! any hoo - I opened it up to find a very nice belt loop!
I can see it coming in very handy indeed. - Thank you very much
I get the feeling it was Biker
all the best and merry Christmas to all
Andy
I had a parcel to be collected from PO
The Mrs got it today and I have just opened it
Well chuffed with what appears to be a hand forged stick tang blade handled with wood and a stripe of leather Contained nice and tight in a stamped leather sheath Also on the sheath is the word HANDS which I thought may be a clue but so far my detective work has made no deductions
So I Just want to say thank you to the sender Its gonna do service in my bimble bag instead of my wee Mora No1 so its gonna get used in a variety of ways and is a nice addition to my basic first line kit
Thank You very much indeed Crafty Secret Santa
The Mrs got it today and I have just opened it
Well chuffed with what appears to be a hand forged stick tang blade handled with wood and a stripe of leather Contained nice and tight in a stamped leather sheath Also on the sheath is the word HANDS which I thought may be a clue but so far my detective work has made no deductions
So I Just want to say thank you to the sender Its gonna do service in my bimble bag instead of my wee Mora No1 so its gonna get used in a variety of ways and is a nice addition to my basic first line kit
Thank You very much indeed Crafty Secret Santa
yep the knife was hand forged, by me
HANDS is my surname
and im posting up some pics of my prezzie soon, this thread is great and really shows the kindness of the people here!
HANDS is my surname
and im posting up some pics of my prezzie soon, this thread is great and really shows the kindness of the people here!
Biker
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
To Everything Mac - Yup twas me, guilty as charged. Sorry it wasn't that Kuska though. Merry Christmas!
Photos of my pressie will be posted tomorrow.
Photos of my pressie will be posted tomorrow.
lol no worries mate - I reckon I'll get a lot of use out of it!
thanks very much mate
Andy
That was my gift!
Sorry for the crapness (if that's a word) of the spoon but it was my first attempt glad you liked your bracelet though
Dave
