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  1. Stevie

    Help i.d. a fungus

    Yep, I think it's a white willow but the leaves seem to be a bit too broad, more like the goat willow's but the bark doesn't seem right for that. Unfortunately the tree has no shape as the council have pollarded it some time ago and now it just grows vertically with no side shoots as such. :(
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    Help i.d. a fungus

    Never doubted you :You_Rock_
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    Good news: missing member Found - previously Some bad news: missing member!

    Thank you one and all :You_Rock_ It is great to be back. I have started writing up some of the bits that stuck in mind over on the BB site http://www.britishblades.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45441 It's "work in progress" at the moment, everybody is telling me not to to rush things and...
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    Help i.d. a fungus

    Coming back from a check up with my G P this morning I found this on the tree out side my house ... It's been suggested that they are oyster mushrooms :confused: I've checked on some websites this morning and in the few books I have but none of them seems to show this one. Any...
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    Good news: missing member Found - previously Some bad news: missing member!

    Thank you all for your kind thoughts, prayers and support. They are greatly appreciated. Thank you Ali for spreading the word, every prayer and thought helped. Thank you for your email Stuart, I shall get round to answering. I got home late Saturday and have succeeded in doing very little...
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    A bloodsucker by any other name

    We used to get a lot of horse flies when I lived in Switzerland but I haven't had the misfortune here in England. Mozzies I've seen all over the world but I haven't suffered much from their bites. Midges seem more of a nuisance but I have noticed they are attracted to smokers more than...
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    Bark River North Star

    I've had one for a few years now. Cracking knife, the only draw back could be the handle. A fraction of an inch smaller and it would be too small for me and I wouldn't say I've got big hands. A little longer would have been ideal ;)
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    Old Ray Mears Series.

    Letter in tomorrow's post :D
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    New bushy knife design

    That's a very nice knife :You_Rock_
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    Water purifiers

    Yes it is, I grew up in Montreux and quite often we'd go swimming by the chateau, it's a great place. That's an excellent price for the tablets :eek: , that's about £11.50 for a 100!!!...have to check to see if they will ship them over here
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    Water purifiers

    Have you thought about the Katadyn MP-1 tablets. They are said to be effective against all types of nasties. Widely availabe in the US for about $13 for 30 and available on EBay. There's an article on them on the Equiped to Survive site http://www.equipped.org/watrfood.htm#WaterPurification
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    A couple spoons

    excellent...have to try one of those ;)
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    A couple spoons

    Very nice indeed :35: I've often looked at the double sided knives but thought twice about cutting my thumb :o
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    sheath 4 a north star

    Sorry it's taken a while to get back, I was out tof the country working then had to change jobs, then out of the country again and now I'm catching up on things. I get the leather nice and wet right through. Then with the knife inside the wet sheath I start shaping the leather around it using...
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    Spoon Material

    I've just got a titanium spork to try out. I usually have a wooden spoon. I haven't had a problem with it so far, I clean it in water usually. ;)
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    Lesson Learned

    have you washed the steering wheel of your car :eek:
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    What's your every day pocket knife?

    Good idea, I'll have to remember that one :D
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    What's your every day pocket knife?

    Drinking in public...what ever next?? :rolleyes: If you are careful you can run the blade around the neck like you would a glass cutter and then with a good clean "tap" above the score the neck of the bottle comes off with the cork in side...well that's the theory :D
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    sheath 4 a north star

    This is a picture of my new Northsatr sheath with the older one next to it. I've wet-formed the sheath and so far (touch wood) I haven't had any problems with the knife coming out of sheath.. As you can see it has the fire-steel loop fitted as standard
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    What's your every day pocket knife?

    I used to carry the Spyderco Calypso Jnr all the time, some times supplemented with a SAK but about a month ago I switched over to a Victorinox Soldier. It's great and with not having the corkscrew it doesn't catch on the pocket lining. :D