Recent content by John Fenna
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BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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Smock, Windproof, 1942 Pattern (the original 'SAS smock'), but made in Ventile in 2026!
Many thanks! I drew up the pattern myself, so adjusting it was easy, I just looked at pictures of the original smock and applied the styling to my basic block. I went to art college just to learn pattern cutting and came away with an OND in Fashion Design and did a bit of design work for...- John Fenna
- Post #19
- Forum: Clothing & Footwear
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Smock, Windproof, 1942 Pattern (the original 'SAS smock'), but made in Ventile in 2026!
Some seriously good looking kit there! I too do a fair bit of sewing my own kit and my favourite jacket design is based on the old SAS smock - but with a full front zip - 1960's model I think ... I have made it in several different fabrics but my favourite is Ventile - but that one is wearing...- John Fenna
- Post #17
- Forum: Clothing & Footwear
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What did you buy today?
Got myself a set of carbide tipped wood turning tools and a "bowl polisher" - I am really getting into this wood turning thing (see my "Covid and later projects thread!)... tomorrow I try them out both on a power lathe and a pole lathe ...- John Fenna
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- Forum: Kit Chatter
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What wildlife did you spot today?
I just wandered up into the woods I have a semi permanent site - and found one of the local young foxes is a bushcrafter! As I wandered around the back of my usual pitch, I heard a crackle of vegetation and as I looked toward the sound I spotted the cub :) He looked at me - I looked at him...- John Fenna
- Post #615
- Forum: Flora & Fauna
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My Covid-19 and later projects
Project 182 Champion the Lumber Horse Not my name - it is the designer' name for this flat bed shaving horse - honest! 4 x 8' lengths of 2x4inch treated lumber lots of screws and some scrap for the foot bar and bed, plus a Hazel pivot rail. My collection of tools and equipment grows ... soon...- John Fenna
- Post #392
- Forum: DIY and Traditional crafts
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My Covid-19 and later projects
Project 181 Spoon knife Blade from 01 steel, ground on a linisher jig then heated in a forge and bent around an old pipe and water quenched ...tempered to "straw" colour in a domestic over and quenched in engine oil. Now all I have to do is sharpen it and carve a spoon!- John Fenna
- Post #391
- Forum: DIY and Traditional crafts
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Verifying browser and redirecting?
Me too!- John Fenna
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- Forum: Suggestions, bugs and feedback about the site
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Introduction from Wiltshire, UK
Hello and welcome!- John Fenna
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- Forum: Introductions & Welcomes
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The Elusive “One Knife” for Bushcraft…?
The Peltonen knives are my "go to" ... at the moment ...- John Fenna
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- Forum: Bushcraft Chatter
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My Covid-19 and later projects
I have just selected the wood for a future project - a coffee table for home - and the grain patterns in that put the stools to shame ... watch this space! A couple of things to finish before I get onto that one though :)- John Fenna
- Post #389
- Forum: DIY and Traditional crafts