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One thing to watch with melting is that the blob of melted rope can be very sharp - if a line passes through your hands, the end can cut into your skin. I saw this very thing happen on a canoeing trip - a lad sliced his hand open on nylon cord and although he didn't need stitches, it was the end...

If you check the dylon.co.uk website, they don't have anything to recommend for polyester (use the product selector, you'll come up the very helpful advice of "choose a more suitable product to dye"). Saying that, a mate of mine dyed a poly/cotton mix jacket with good results - is the item all...

Longstrider has covered your options here really. I bought a pack of 10 press / pop studs for around a fiver (a decent brand should come with the device required to make the holes and compress the elements of the studs together). You'll need to hit the press stud parts with a hammer so if this...

Excellent! There's also this one I just found on our site - it even has the same style knife in it (an MOD knife). http://www.bushcraftuk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=2016&si=pouch

Aha! Now that's what I'm talking about Singteck. It's rather pleasant in both form and function. Now I just need to work out how to make the sucka :)

That's a nice sheath, but same problem : I'm after ideas as to how to make a pouch for a penknife / SAK / pocket knife not a bushknife. Think, leather utility pouch that you wear on a belt. I've got the materials (save for the press studs, if I choose to use them) so no probs there, just...

Thanks for replying. Yup, they're both good tutorials but I'm after a pouch for a penknife. The principals of sheath and pouch construction are of course the same but the design is not... Anyone else?

I'm going to make a sheath for my bushknife fairly soon but thought I would start with a smaller, more urgent project - a pouch for a pocket knife. Does anyone have any suggestions, links, advice? The knife is a 1944 MOD pocket knife and the sheath would be made of leather. I am uncertain as...

Thanks for the review m8-T

I never take tins - excess / unnecessary weight / bulk is my enemy (you have to carry the tin with you when it's full and then when it's empty). Instead, I empty the contents of the tin into a freezer bag (double up for safety). Less wasted weight means an easier hike or allows ne to carry...

I often carry a plastic bag and clear rubbish up along my dog walk. The one that gets me is people who clear up after their dogs and then leave the crap filled bag in the bushes. What's the hecking point in that? Now not only are they guilty of not clearing up after their dog (£250 fine) but...

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Well passing judgement is one thing but with limited details, it makes perfect sense to discuss the what-if's and maybe's. I doubt that anyone here was meaning to be judgmental and certainly not critical, but lets face it, most of us are here to learn - even if that means learning through...

Homemade shoulder rig - knife on the left (inverted), torch and flint on the right in a pouch. The reason for this combatesque carrying style is simple logic on my part. 1. Can't wear it comfortably on a belt when I carry a ruck, as the padded hip belt squeezes it against my side. This...

Cheers David s. I'll complete the review next week (if time allows) as I'll be hiking / bushing then. One other thing to add is that the ice axe loop (as described) would suit a wood axe or ski poles. I have the latter attached at the moment but would guess that the former would look a little...