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    Woodland Custodianship

    But I also see heaps of logs cut into rounds and just left there to rot. some even stacked into cords. At least that could be used for fire wood?
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    Poor Mans Twca Cam

    here are my versions of the same thing SAM_6651 by Goldsmithexile 2020, on Flickr SAM_6653 by Goldsmithexile 2020, on Flickr SAM_6652 by Goldsmithexile 2020, on Flickr I chopped the old little mora handles off, then epoxed the blades into rebates, then whipped the ferrules with thickish linen...
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    Woodland Custodianship

    A properly managed coppice looks absolutely fantastic. The alder coppice on the local fen is well managed on the whole. I did see a very big old hazel stool up there, and I mean it was HUGE. the poles were 15/16 inches instead of 5 or 6 as per usual. Looking at it was as if I was reduced in size...
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    metal buckles

    Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to rob a couple of the buckles off an old pair of danish trousers (I dont use the waist adjuster on them any way)
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    metal buckles

    I dont think this is being discussed in any other posts, if it is, my apologies Just a quick question, does anyone know where you can source those metal buckles (the same slide up sort that were built into karrimor packs in the 70's, or the ones you get as waist adjusters on danish or american...
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    charcoal question

    Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. I think I'll just experiment with various material. After all its not like its a costly raw material. Funny you mentioned "brown ends" Dave. I got a few pieces out the ash heap that were knobbly sections of branches (not sure what species but might of been...
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    charcoal question

    plenty of willer around here.....! When you produce charcoal does it come out soft or hard? And do you cook the wood green or seasoned? Since I posted the original question, I had an idea. I got a quantity of the charcoal, pesteled and mortared it, then mixed it with cellulose paste (which I've...
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    charcoal question

    I burned a load of waste wood (some offcuts from my work shop, some old fencing, some prunings from the garden) in a steel oil drum incinerator, basically just to get rid. Being an artist, I noticed some usuable chunks of charcoal in the ashes left behind. Some of it was like the regular windsor...
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    flying geese

    Theres something very powerful for me about geese, when I see and hear them its as if I instantly enter a timeless dimension. About a week ago I was out in the garden weeding around the onions, early evening, when I hears that distinctive "honk honk honk" as a small group of geese passed over...
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    question about Samsung NX3000 (has it died?)

    Does anyone else use a samsung NX3000? I've had mine for 8 maybe 9 years, not sure? and its done many thousands of shots and hours of video, and I love using it, punches way above its size and weight. However....sadly its started to play up. When in manual mode, and I try to alter the shutter...
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    Ideas for stuff to make with trees

    i'd sell some of the ash as premium firewood (assuming the irish jobsworths still allow people to burn wood of course..) especially ifits a tree with lots of side branches, you wont get much decent straight material from a gnarly tree. If you clean up the stumps you'll get lots of new coppice...
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    oak handline

    did you hammer out the copper? lets see a better picture...
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    Circular saw blade knife suggestions.

    It depends what you want to use it for. I've always favoured drop point willow leaf type blades (mora shape and similar) for carving....BUT I recently made a large and a small knife both with hefty round bellys, like a miniature leukku sort of shappe...and its been a revelation. That curve is...
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    Hultafors Overstrike Guard Wanted

    several years 2 firewood suppliers turned up next door and did a split while u wait type thing, for the pub.... they were, as del boy trotter would put it bladdy good innt, I watched them for a while, extremely fast and efficient workers. They had a splitting axe each, amazingly just old 6 or...
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    Oiling my axe handle

    the way I do is scrape the old crap off with a turned over knife or shard of glass. Then wrap it with rags well soaked in whatever mix you use (I use a blend of danish oil wax and real turpentine) then shove the entire wrapped axe inside a sturdy plastic bag and leave it at least 48 hours. Then...