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    New theories on use of hazelnuts in the Mesolithic

    Hey, For those who are interested in hazelnuts, there is a new theory on how they were utilized by hunter-gatherers in Europe. It involves germinating or "malting" the nuts prior to consumption. I wonder if this is practiced currently anywhere with hazelnuts or other nut types by people who...
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    weaving with vegetable fibres

    I think weaving with vegetable fibers especially using native plants is a very interesting topic. It would be awesome to try replicate some textiles using technology from the Neolithic or even the Mesolithic period when this textile may been more common. Elm bark or lime bark would be another...
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    petrol stove cleaning? help please!!

    I've heard coke is great for cleaning out these stoves and removing the smell of petrol. I havn't tried it myself though.
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    Bushcraft Club Ireland

    Looks like a class gathering. The ground oven is such a great method for roasts. I notice in the pictures the ground where the oven was built was very peaty. Did you have any problems with the ground smoldering from contact with the hot rocks? Its a problem I have noticed before but I...
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    Tracking - cold case - old bones

    Old decayed bone does get very brittle once it has lost its collagen and breaks like in your pictures quite easily, even without intervention from animals. If there was that number of bones together, it might suggest the site isn't that old though. Ask me in a year and I might know! (I...
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    IPNA Spring Equinox Free Primitive Skills & Community Weekend Car Pool

    I won't be able to make this meet unfortunately, I've a load of college work building up.
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    Cuttlefish

    Does it work just with lead and pewter or would be alright to use it to cast with hotter molten metals for example bronze?
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    Foraging, December 2008

    How do use the Alder catkins? Is it treated like seeds eg plantain? Sounds like a fantastically common wild food. Robert
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    Ugali

    When i was in Malawi we called this nsima. It can be made from european cereals too. A 50% rye 50% maize mix works very well. Its a fantasic food for camping , so straightforward to carry and prepare. Its fierce bad for sticking to billycans though.
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    Whoes going to Anthonios ??

    Awesome pictures. I Wish I could made it. I would be up for a weekend meet before Christmas. Robert
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    Winter skills

    I don't mind a bit of cold weather . It can give some atmostphere but rain I don't like It really does make camping just messy. Its slows everything down and makes preparation so much more important.
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    Who can make me a kuksa?

    Do any kuksa makers or even knife makes here use curly grain birch or birch burrs? I have been looking for some in some forests. I am not sure how to ID it on a living tree just yet. Is it just any big old knotty growths on birch trees?
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    IPNA Equinox Celebration and Primitive Skills gathering

    Hey Preacherman, I will be going down to the gathering from Cork this friday. I would love to take your offer. I will pm you.
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    Meareheath bow +glue?

    Hide glue usually sets in about 12 hours I would wait a few days before fully straining any joint though. It would take longer to dry in damp weather so I generally leave my glue projects to dry out in the warmest room in the house to quicken things.
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    Natural dyes

    Has anyone had any success with privet leaves? I have tried dying linen with them and I got a nice pale yellow but it had nasty brownish spots as well that kinda ruined the garment .
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    Plantain biscuits....

    They look tasty. Really interesting texture on the cooked biscuit. How long did it take to gather that quanitiy (the 11 oz) of seed?
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    Unfair Game.

    Its certainly something I wouldn't recommend trying lightly with our already polluted and stuggling rivers, but fish poisons derived from plants were historically depended on by many tribes across the world. I have heard of brazilian tribes who use poisons solely without knowledge of hooks or...
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    My first canoe

    It was tricky building it outside in one of Irelands wettest summers in years but I managed it by having plenty of plastic sheeting ready nearby. I didn't have the space to build it indoors, but now that it is solid in one peice its kept safely indoors in my already crowded shed. Robert
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    My first canoe

    Thanks for your comments. I tried weighting her today on a bathroom scales, not very accurate but I got 49 pounds. Heavier then I hoped but still not bad for a 15'4" canoe. I made some parts like the stems far heavier then was really necessary. maddave I tried wrapping the boat in clear...
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    Vegietarian and Bushcraft

    It might be possible to surive without big mammals like deer but I think fish,shellfish and to a lesser extent small mammals and birds are so very important if not essential. I don't think there is enough storeable vegtable protein and fat in the plants native to this climate to surive...