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Having let my Full Membership lapse :sad6: I paid up again last evening, but I still don't appear to be a Full Member ?

CANOE, AND ALL SUNDRY ITEMS SOLD SWMBO and I don't ever seem to get the time to use this these days we are looking to sell our canoe. It's an Old Town Discovery 169. The bow and stern have been strengthened to prevent damage to the main hull. This was done purely as a preventative measure...

I recently bought some cheap ping-pong balls to cut in half (it's a long story but those of you who frequent the BB forum will understand ;) ) I had them delivered to the office and just had to try turning them into halves before my night shift was over :o Outside the office we have a spot on...

I had the chance to show the bow-drill to an old friend the other day. He and I used to play together as kids and we often used to try stuff like bow-drill and the like whilst playing over the fields or up the woods. Well, now his own kids are older than we were when we met, and I was round at...

ALL HONES NOW SOLD I sharpened a knife with my DMT's for my gunsmith the other day. He was so impressed that he agreed to take all the extra hones off me as a generous deposit on my now eagerly awaited Sako .270. :)...

Is it possible for the difference in text between "read threads" and "unread threads" to be made more obvious please ? On the old site the unread threads were in a bold, dark text, but although they are slightly bolder text with this new format they could do with being a darker grey or...

Cracked it ! :D Had a lovely day out yesterday with SWMBO wandering around the Brecks north of Thetford. As usual I took my 1 pint Kelly Kettle for a brew to go with lunch, and while we were stopped I noticed some dead ivy on a tree close by. Right next to it was a hazel with a couple of dry...

With Admins permission I am repeating here the thread I have posted on the Full Members Forum (For those of you who cannot see it there) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I'm planning on running a couple of "half-day"...

Inspired by a recent comment of Waylands about alternative tinders to use with a traditional flint and steel, I have started to experiment to see what I can get to take a spark and turn it into a coal. Last week on a trip down to the New Forest I found a large area of fallen ash trees, most of...

As we all know that first rule is to make sure you have the right tools for any job... Then ensure that you have enough firewood to last you through the night... Put the two together... ,,, and stand WELL back.. :rolleyes:

I've been determined to get this sheath finished before I try taking the knife out of the house, and as I'm off to a "Hammer-In" with guys from British Blades this weekend I obviously wanted to be able to take my latest "toy" with me to that. The knife is only my second attempt at a "All My...

....if it grew up ? :p I just thought I post a couple of (crappy) pictures of my second foray into knifemaking from scratch. 5mm thick 01 with a Scandi grind. 6" blade. Brass hidden bolts, bolsters and 6mm lanyard tube with handle slabs of Lignum Vitae with thin black and white vulcanised...

Could some kind soul please tell me why I'm allowed to post attachments to a thread that I started but not to another thread? I wanted to post pictures of the gift I recieved in the Brantub, but there is no "Manage Attachments" box on my reply page. The attachments stuff is on my screen below...

Not sure whether this is better off being here or on Firecraft but as it's a little more generalised than true fire craft I'll leave it here.. Last week I was visiting a friend on the South coast for a few days sea fishing. The weather was, quite simply, attrocious, with on-shore gales of...

I have asked the question on my own thread "My First Knife!" but I realise that this is probably the better place to ask... Whenever I try to upload photos onto the forum I have to shrink them to get within the size limitations of the upload allowance. This leaves me with a lovely clear...

Some of you may know that I prefer to carry a larger than average blade when out in the woods. My Fallkniven A2 has been a favourite tool for some time now. I've owned knives since I was about 6 years old, and other than the obvious occasions such as in bed, in the shower, on an airoplane and...

I've begun a sort out of my assorted stuff and junk pending a house move early in the new year, and I've unearthed a 6-way leather hole punch that I bought as a "spare" when I managed to track down this particular make (Maun). Tracking down the better quality tools payed off, and the one I used...

Have any of you skilled pyromaniacs out there actually ever make fire with the sparks that can be seen if you rub a couple of flints together? I tried to do it I don't know how many times when I was a kid but have not tried it myself since learning about char-cloth. The sparks you get from...

I picked up a few old old files at a car boot sale earlier in the year with the intention of making them into steels for "Flint and Steel" fire-lighting. The question I have is one of heat treating. I realise that however I make the steels, whether by forging or simple shaping (Stock removal or...

I have heard and read in various places that folks find willow to be a good wood to use for bow drill, both as spindle and hearth. I can make a good coal with a variety of woods but so far willow just defeats me (almost) every time. I have been using dead willow cut from the standing tree and...