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Lovely workmanship

Great looking knives

Yep looks good thanks for posting

Looks great so far, will look forward to seeing it finished

Hi Can anyone recommend a midge net to fit an 11’/3.3m hammock? For use in the uk so needs the finer mesh than the mosquito ones I have seen one on etsy called a Hug hammock net but can’t work out if it will be long enough and wheni messagedthe seller a question i just got a link back to the net...

Hi Can anyone recommend a midge net to fit an 11’/3.3m hammock? For use in the uk so needs the finer mesh than the mosquito ones I have seen one on etsy called a Hug hammock net but can’t work out if it will be long enough and wheni messagedthe seller a question i just got a link back to the...

Hi Does anyone know where i can get a leather sheath for my fiskars x7? Thanks Bob

Hi Ian Thanks for your thoughts I tried the stove again today with plenty of dry sycamore and whilst it did boil me a 500ml cup of water it took quite a lot of blowing into the door of the stove to keep the fuel burning I think i need to experimt a bit with different woods Thanks again Bob

Hi Today i tried out my honey stove with a trangia meths burner and was pleasanty impressed, boiled up a 12cm zebra pot half full of water fairly quick. Previously the stove hadnt impressed me much burning sticks etc any tips? Thank you for reading Atb Bob

Thanks very much for your thoughts, I'll try angling the bottle and see. I didnt get chance to try it out again today but it barely got above freezing all day so perhaps not the best day to try tests. I'll post back when I've had chance to try it some more Atb Bob

Thanks for all you thoughts What I'm finding strange is that the stove has worked fine for some time off one bottle but when I've swapped bottles because the first went empty now it seems to freeze, even on a day when its not that cold. Below is a picture of the original bottle on the right...

No it starts coughing and spluttering big flames and then goes out

Thanks for the info and link I'll try it out again but the stove is one like this- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Portable-Camping-Gas-Steel-Stove-Butane-Burner-Outdoor-Picnic-Cookout-Hiking-/380848460540?hash=item58ac5652fc from memory it was freezing up along the flexi hose and at the valve on...

Hi All I carry a small folding stove with me in my van at work and also take it when i go out with the kids for a walk about. As part of my job involves pipework i bought an adaptor for the stove to use gas bottles from my blow lamp, like these-...

Thanks very much for your input guys Maybe I'm over thinking the risk as long as im sensible with my fires ATB Bob