Recent content by ijohnson

I posted this thread last year which has what you mention in them. No association other than I enjoyed watching them. https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/nessmuk-woodcraft-and-camping-video-series.169049/

Interesting you mention the axe choices we have now. I recently went searching for a Nessmuck type axe, i.e. a small-ish double bit, and guess what. Crickets! If anyone knows a UK source for such a beast please elucidate.

How about something like this? Another Sheffield maker is A Wright. I have one of those but wasn't overly impressed, but it was quite a bit cheaper than the linked knife. Don't have any experience of them, but look quite nice and traditional.

I can't like the stoat post as I love stoats, but I do look forward to seeing the skull. Also, thanks for posting the method you use to clean and sanitise your skulls (I know it was a while ago but I must have missed it). I've always wondered how it was done.

Casstrom #10 SFK and Brisa Necker 70 flat grind. Small flat grind Brisa for food prep and scandi grind Casstrom for woodcraft and heavier duty work. Also an axe and a saw! ;) Pics borrowed from Heinnie as I don't have pics of my own handy.

If you like this and enjoy traditional wood engravings then I can heartily recomend 'War and the pity of war' illustrated by Michael McCurdy. Available pretty cheap on eBay.

Some might say worse!

We had the heaviest thunder storm I have ever experienced in SE Scotland. About 15-20 minutes while it passed over us and the sky was more light than dark. The number of flashes were extraordinary! Seems like we got off lightly though compared to this poor couple...

How will they know which is which if they don't age check everyone?

We get our eggs from about 150 yards away now, but when I did by eggs in the supermarket I did always check them top and bottom after being burned before.

I want to say get a brew on, and that would be my first instinct, but sometimes it's sensible to pitch the tent/tarp/hammock first.

Bark on or de-barked?

Spotted a story yesterday on the BBC about a woodland that became a red squirrel sanctuary by accident, but the couple who owned it became really passionate about it. Now they are dead the son is trying to sell it for half a million! So perhaps some succession planning is a good idea!

As said above, just click on the photo and it will take you to Amazon.

This is as close as I can find for quite a tough spec list, and it's still (just) over budget. No details of actual dial size either.