Recent content by Chris-N

Past - Daniel Boone, allegedly the even the Indians who captured him admired his hunting skill Present - tough one. Probably Les Hiddins. Mythical - Aragorn (Lord of the Rings) or Ayla (Clan of the Cave Bear)

I get mine from the SW. Thanks Chris

To me this is what bushcraft should be. Much respect torjus :notworthy

My most expensive piece of kit is a Grohmann #1 Full flat. It cost $115 (45 quid). However, I use my cheap kit just as much. These include a SAK, opinel and tramontina machete. I have other items worth almost as much as the grohmann but I picked them up at flea markets and inherited them.

My family is in Bunbury but I go to uni in Perth, so I basically have two homes. Are you currently living in Perth? By "famous" woods I mean the American and British woods that I basically had only heard of when I tried to work out fire by friction from net resources. I think some of the more...

That's the wood I use. The only ember I got wiht the two stick method with that wood actually formed underneath the hearth. I drilled til I thought I was gonna cark it and when I looked the hearth was still smoking with an ember on the underside. Have you used any of the other "famous" woods...

Erh... I can't be the only one who think the old barlows and stag handled slippies look better than a SAK, but a SAK just has more uses. :D

Definately not a traditional Scandi but it works. I love it.

I carry a SAK huntsman whenever I step out the door. I would rather carry a slipjoint or barlow (for aesthetic reasons) but I don't own one (yet) and I can't give up the extra uses of a sak.

WOW! When I finish uni I know where a lot of my money will go...

Thanks guys. Richard, are you the guy that did the wet tinder technique? If so :notworthy :You_Rock_ I've been using those principles for hand drill fires ever since even when things are bone dry its the BOMB!

:lmao: :lmao: :notworthy Sorry for doing this but I had to!

Absolutely gorgeous! I would like it better if the first part of the cutting edge was brought down to line of the deep part. Then you have a straight edge that would be useful for cutting notches in fireboards and traps. The only thing I don't think it could then do would be fine carving eg...

You sir are a king among men! I'm not interested (No, thats not true, I can't afford any of these items as I'm a uni student in Australia living of welfare) but I think I may have a solution to getting a true price that is regarded as fair to both maker and buyer. Run a poll with...

See my post above.I got the Idea from a pic in "Ray Mear's World of Survival" that I found in a library. It's of the bushmen of Namibia's technique. If you have access to this book it's on page 93. Anyway, the bushman is using a 'hearth stick' the same diameter as the drill with only a very...