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    Coffee scoop

    Thanks again chaps. I wasn’t sure if it was a bit marmite with the coffee stain
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    Limit on number of items?

    This is probably the wrong place to ask this but I’m planning on having a clear out of the loft in the near future. Is there a limit on the number of items you can put up for sale for a given subscription? Thanks in advance :)
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    Coffee scoop

    Thanks guys :)
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    Coffee scoop

    This is my first bit of whittling for the year as per my new years resolution. It’s a coffee scoop specifically made to reach our bean to cup machine which is squeezed awkwardly under a shelf in the kitchen. It’s carved from a blackthorn branch I harvested a while back and is aged/stained with...
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    Bushcrafty Plans for 2019

    I’m in a similar boat to Kepis. My main aim is to try and regain my health enough to get out and about. Unfortunately that’s not looking too hopeful at the moment so failing that it’s to try and improve my whittling and knife making skills as well as a few nights out (even if it’s only in the...
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    Straightening a bowed stick/staff

    I very carefully heat mine over the gas ring on our cooker. Keep it moving and obviously don’t get too close to the heat source. When it’s hot over the area you need to straighten bend it a fraction past straight, hold it there for a couple of minutes and hopefully you’ll have a straightened...
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    Celestron C70 Mini Mak eye piece replacement?

    Hi. You’d most likely gain an improvement in image clarity by changing from the supplied zoom eyepiece to a selection of fixed magnification ep’s. With the focal length of the scope in question the max magnification of 75x equates to a 10mm eyepiece and the minimum of 25x is 30mm equivalent. I...
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    Crafty Christmas gift

    What are people’s thoughts on this (sorry for the thread hijack by the way). My daughter is coming up to her 7th birthday and is starting to show an interest in making things, spending time in the shed etc so the idea of making her a small fixed blade knife to learn whittling has been seeded...
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    Word association game

    Straw
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    Small hatchet

    I used one of these for years. It’s not exactly traditional and I have to admit I had my doubts about the shaft but they turned out to be unfounded. The only reason I replaced it with a Gransfors wildlife hatchet was that I lost it during house renovations
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    Friction folder advice please

    Is it specifically a friction folder you’re after or just uk friendly? If you’ll consider slipjoints as well it’ll open up your options a lot ie SAKs as mentioned above. Out of interest what were the circumstances of your stop and searches? For years I always habitually carried lockers as...
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    Star gazing

    I dabble and I’m fortunate enough to have a few useful accessories :)
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    Brisa Nessmuk edge problem, help/advice please

    How did you move the blade over the stones? Did you mimic a slicing action across the stone or draw the blade backwards over it? I’m guessing probably the latter, in my experience this can cause a very thin flaky burr that you can push out of line with mild finger pressure (very sharp but soon...
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    First attempts at leather tooling

    Those are absolutely brilliant. Well done, I don’t mind dabbling in a bit of leatherwork (mainly knife sheaths and pouches) but I wouldn’t even contemplate attempting anything with that level of artwork on them. You really should be very proud of them and I’m sure your aunts will be chuffed to...
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    My new Nessie

    I consider myself to be computationally retarded so my terminology is most likely wrong but when I click on the link I get a viglink heading and a page of adverts. Could just as easily be an issue with my phone as your link I suppose so no don’t delete anything on my say so. I was just trying to...