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There you go, weeks without any posts from me and now, two come at once... just like buses!:) I have carved a walking stick over a few weeks. I found the pattern fro the carving in a book by Shawn Cipa, on gargoyles. The handle carving is mahogany, laminated and with the addition of a 6mm...

Hello everyone! Long time, no post from me...:o Here is an update on the progress so far. Building the boat is time consuming, to say the list. A couple of pictures. Both sides are at the same stage now, this picture was taken a couple of days before I filleted the left hand side...

As I can't work on my boat, and my workshop is a frozen hell hole, I am doing a bit of leatherwork in my warm kitchen! I know...not very buscrafty, but hey! I have taken to doing a bit of bookbinding recently. This skechbook one is my first one, and it's got a good home already...:rolleyes...

A little wile back, I posted a message where I mentioned I was building a boat. Someone said: no pictures? It's not happening....or words to that effect. So...I'm building a boat, and here are some pics! The boat will be 36 ft long by 10 ft wide. She ain't no fine yacht though. She's a...

Well, hello! :) I haven't been around the forum a long while now. I am still around though, looking in once in a while. Since my wife was diagnosed with cancer, and received treatment, (stiil receiving chemo) I have rather concentrated on other things than bushcraft. I am sure many new member...

Since I seem to be getting back into wood carving recently, I have made the first 4 of a set of wood carving knives. Truly handmade the handles are handcarved and only lightly sanded with 400 grade, so you can see and feel the carving cuts on the wood. I like the patterns on the wood and it's...

I am sure this is relevant to Bushcraft: it's wood and there are sharp instruments involved...And maybe the next one will be a Bushcrafter Gnome...:p The name's Ray.... So....I am carving a garden gnome and I thought you people might like to see it happenning. Not a tutorial as such, more a...

...those mushrooms have appeared in my garden by the pond the last couple of days. Anybody knows what they are? Strange time of the year for mushrooms...

To add to my small collection of weird and wonderful "Wildwood" carving tools, I have made a couple of spoon knife/crooked knives hybrid. By hybrid, I mean they can be held like a spoon knife or as a crooked knife. I think they are going to be quite versatile tools. This one is a left...

Last year, I was forced to trim our hedge along the road, when I realised the ivy in there had smothered a 30 Highway road sign...I did'nt want to have trouble with...:cop: hence the trimming. I ended with a hugh pile of branches, including lots of ivy, which I piled up in a corner of the garden...

I might have mentioned before my interest in Oetzi the Ice Man. One of the many artifacts that were found with him was his knife. I have wondered what it would be like to use such a small tool. Recently I broke a knife and decided to use the broken tip to make a Oetzi knife look-alike. It's...

I recently finished this knife using one of my designs, but with 304 stainless handle. No wood in sight, all steel, brass & silver It's fairly hefty at about 160 grams. Very strong too. Overall length open: 7"; closed: 5 1/2"; cutting edge just under 3". The blade is 01, 4mm thick. The scales...

For most of my knives, I make my own blades, but on this knife I used a 80mm Polar whittler blade from Brisa. I had a piece of antler that was a bit short so I made use of it along with some leather discs and some brass to make a useful handle of 4" length. The leather I used was a particularly...

...some people made knives that appear to be linked with woodwork. I have now made, and started to use those knives, following the drawing on the blog indicated above. I am hoping to learn a bit more about their use and how well they handle wood. So far, I am impressed by them, I think...

"My crooked knife does all the work" From John Kawapit's song Ok, maybe I go on a bit about crooked knives but I'll make no apologies! I just like them, because I believe they are the best, most versatile green woodworking tools. Artwork, one-handed drawknife, cutting tool, carving tool...

I have been making a new friction folder recently, in fact I just finished it today. This one has a bottle opener on the tang, and a very sharp flat grind blade. I thought you'd interested to see all the bits that make up the knife: What you can't see in the picture are the steel liners...

...is still giving me some pleasure! I finished this little knife and the sheath last week end. It's a fairly conventional full tang, 7 1/2" long with a 3 1/4" cutting edge. The blade is 2.5mm thick 01 steel. THe scales are spalted Hornbeam. The handle was left soaking 24 hours in boiled...

I haven't had much time in the past few weeks to make "things" but I have recently finished these two little knives: One is 7 1/4" long, with a 3 1/4" cutting edge, made of 3/32" tool steel. I used Dymonwood for the scales, I don't think I'd use it again personally. I think you can't beat real...

...to arrive, so I can finish this...:rolleyes: Yeah, I should have waited for them to arrive first, before I made a start, but, hey ho, I just couldn't wait that long! Now, I am stuck...:yikes: It's the flap for a bag I am making, out of some fairly thick vegtan leather. And That swivel knife...

These two small pouches were intended as tobacco pouches, but somehow the tape measure lied to me somehow...:rolleyes: and they ended up the wrong size. They would make nice fire kit pouches though. Here are some pics. The content is not part of the sale, but just used to illustrate a possible...