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    Knife drawer empty out!

    Sorry mate....
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    Knife drawer empty out!

    Doug ritter please...
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    Knife drawer empty out!

    Thats a serious bargain....
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    What wood?

    Its Sweet chestnut, its been on the ground for over a year, the centre has rotted out. Its a lovely wood, woodsmans freind, great in the ground, slow to rot, and with the large grain, is beautiful to split, worth splitting with an axe into quarters make some tent pegs or spoons.. But be...
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    Opinel Mod

    Having posted this on British blades' i thought i would share this with you as well. Took my old opinel no 8, and carved away with my SAK, and then sanded away with 'wet and dry' to get a nice shape. Then a couple of coats of 'colron' finishing wax, to finish. The great thing about an...
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    Good wood for carving?

    Ash is good, again Willow nice and soft, Holly is a lovely wood, and some soft woods are a lot easier to start out with [pines furs etc].
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    Sharpening a pocket knife

    Having just purchased a sharpmaker 'spyderco' i can say without doubt it's the best purchase i have made in a long while. A bit pricey 'maybe' but everything i sharpen is literally 'shaving sharp' even mt SAK 'farmer. And with the video that comes with it, you can't go far wrong. :)
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    Laplander Saw

    Hi, I get mine from 'light my fire' i haven't found any cheaper than that, and Casper is a really good bloke, he sends you the stuff straight away. hope this helps :)