Recent content by Matt.S

Uncle Ray sells them, but not for peanuts http://www.raymears.com/Bushcraft_Product/713-Stitching-Awl/

No they shouldn't, just raw linseed oil rubbed in -- once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, once a year for life.

Very interesting. Thank you. Do I spy a rifle no.1, rifle No.4 and rifle L1A1 on the wall behind the hunting shirt?

Quality work as always Tom. What period, region and social group are these authentic to?

I have a pair in DPM, with the correct yoke, I'm wanting rid of.

Unfortunately yes. The Beeb has lost its way for sure.

I understand that coconut oil is pressed from shredded coconut flesh, not heated. When I was working in Sri Lanka a few years ago I had the opportunity to examine a few traditional presses, but wasn't luck enough to see them in operation. The smell is... unique, but certainly makes for good...

Hexi, firelighters, dry heather -- whatever will burn. Hobo stoves cook on flames, not coals.

I would avoid adding non-sterile organic materials to a wound. If it's such a serious wound that sterility goes out the window I'd be too busy applying field/trauma dressings to start rummaging through the cook kit. There's a reason paramedics don't carry a bag of Allison.

That's not worn out, that's worn in!

I find that a straight edge is not as good as a curved edge for a field axe. Despite what the link says, I suspect the Japanese hatchet is more of a carpenter's tool than a woodsman's tool. What do you intend to use it for? Splitting kindling and roughing out spoons? I have a Husqy hatchet, I...

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I took 1.5" of 28mm copper pipe and soldered on a cap made from sheet copper. I whipped the entire length and added a turk's head at each end, all in 1.5mm linen twine and well greased. A cork finished it off.

Sorry mate, was interested but the thermometer doesn't go down far enough.

got a link to the specs Bodge?