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Hi peeps, seems ages since I posted here. I'm trying to get some insurance that will let me instruct in UK and France. The IOL insurers have said a very definite no because I mentioned in my application that I may do some work abroad. I'm currently opening a conversation with AXA as they...

Flag Fen Bronze age museum is hosting a primitive weapons weekend on 1st & 2nd September. On Saturday there will be have-a-gos, demonstrations and show and tells and on Sunday we have an International Spearthrowing Accuracy Competirtions and Archery event. If you want to have a go at the ISAC...

Probably not the right place and you will send me off to BB... It's time to start phasing out some of my old cook's knives and I'm loking at the Kasumi ceramics. Just one question...how the heck do you sharpen something that hard...or is the assumption that they will never get blunt.

This is my new adze. Dave made it to my spec when I was down in his woods a couple of months ago. I've seen a chinese bowyer pecking away at a bit of wiood with a tool just like this one and thought I'd like to have a go. I've also got a couple of oak trenchers to make and I think this will...

Made a couple of these at the weekend for my bowmaking courses. 150x50x3000 Carcassing timber 7GBP 10mm studding, nuts and washers 3GBP Scrounged the luxury copper pipe pedals from my plumber neighbour. Not as nice as my half a chestnut tree version that my mate made for me but they...

I can only see the top half of my PM frame and I can''t see any way of scrolling it. it's a bit of a pain having to view source to see the messages when they get a bit verbose. I'm running Firefox 1.5.0.11.

It's all in the topic...

I've just lost a third bicycle in about 3 years from Hampton Court Station. This is dispite being locked with very expensive d-locks. This time the lock was jammed during the day and I couldn't unlock it last night and before I could get back with an angle grinder it had gone. Needless to...

Surely the answer it to ban the abusers, not remove it from everybody...

Just handled this. It's ipe scales and bullet wood pins.The blade is from Les Voohies in the states. I couldn't wait until the sheath was done to show it off:

Primitive Easter Weekend The Primitives are meeting again over Easter. We have been offered the use of the woods of Holmbush Archery club, near Henfield, Sussex for the Easter weekend, 6,7,8,9 April. As usual there is no set timetable but at some point over the weekend we hope to have a...

I'm going to be ordering some leather from le prevo in the near future and I can order an extra hide to divi up for sheaths etc. Le Prevo will only sell complete sides or shoulders which are 10sq ft and upwards. I usually go for 2.6mm veg tan columbo sides at about 2.15+p&p+vat per square...

Here is how I carved the tudor rose in the bracer: This is some of what you need: Theres some leather punches, antiquing wax, resoline, a small wooden mallet, a sharp knife, a grooving tool and of course some leather. I've printed a pattern and scribbled on the back to help...

Not entirely serious I suspect... http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/archery/#detail

Anyone see this story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6197339.stm Reading between the lines of the last 2 paragraphs there seems to be a bit of doubt about whether it's possible...

My nephew's chistmas present... http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7494/danielaz3.jpg I wish I could work out why all the buttons in the editor have stopped working :(

Primarily for leon-b as promised... This is about 500k because it is very picure heavy. It shows how I prepare deer leg sinew. pdf

Is this the right place for book reviews? If not feel free to move it mods... Tree Recognition – A Pocket Guide Ian Richardson and Rowena Gale ISBN: 0-9524806-0-3 Publisher: Richardson’s Botanical Identifications. My first reaction was that I expected something more for my money. The...

Branded with my bowyers mark...haven't quite got the hang of that yet. :o The finish is vegetable oil and a good hard boning.