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I thought I'd share the fruit of my labour this weekend just passed. The knife has a ~55mm cutting edge, is made from an old Sheffield file and is a friction folder. The pivot and stop pins are 1/8" Brass Rod peened over into small counterbores and the lanyard hole is 1/4" Stainless...

This year will be my first time having persuaded the family to attend the moot, and as is to be expected, I am very, very excited :p The five of us will be going, i.e. my parents, two younger siblings (11 & 8) and myself. Any advice that anyone may have would be very much appreciated, as...

Hi, Looking for bits and pieces to put together a survival tin for explorers, thought I'd try here before buying things. Things like a firesteel blank, waterproof match container, fishing bits etc. etc. Anything under that genre really. I have a couple of bits to trade, if not I'd be happy to...

Hi all, I am planning for my DofE Bronze Practice Expedition and I was wondering if anyone would be able to suggest a good rucksack that I would be able to use for my DofE expeditions? As a good rucksack is quite a considerable investment, I would also like to have the ability to use it for...

Hi all, I am planning for my DofE practice and would like to know whether anyone has any experience in using wayfarer boil in the bag ration packs in an 11cm zebra billy? Will they physically fit or not? Cheers, Thomas.

Hi all, I have just started making a file knife but seem to be running into some difficulties. The file is very easy to cut with a thin abrasive cut-off disc in the angle grinder, but I can't for the life of me drill holes in the tang for handle pins. I have even invested in a number of...

Hi I have to swap my pillar drill stand. it is a great bit of space saving equipment, allows you to turn your handheld power drill into a vertical pillar drill. barely used, only used it to drill the pin holes in my 1st knife so pretty much new. Pictures here...

hi i have a military ammunition box that i have decided to put up for swaps. its coated steel with all of the original text and markings on it. water tight rubber seal around the lid, a very sturdy hinge, a handle on the lid and a rock solid, no nonsense catch that pulls the lid very tight over...

Hi Here i have a Leather tool for spacing stitches on sheaths, pouches etc. The spaces are 2mm (11 dpi aprox.) I bought it for one specific job so only used once. Trade wise looking for a pot of fiebings leather dye in one of their browns, or some G10/Micarta in desert and/or black...

Hi I'm Thomas, I'm twelve years old and I live in the Winchester area. I'm enthusiastic about all things bushcrafty, am into making tools and knives. I do some basic forging, but am looking to learn lots more on the forum. Thanks, Thomas