Recent content by Porcupine

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    my version of a leuku/ouuko combo

    i do wonder about the danish oil stains though... how you make em sit still long enough to squash the oil out of a dane? :joke:
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    Are you better than your knife?

    no that said, knifes are tools, and a large part of the trick is knowing wich tool to use when.
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    Out in the cold and damp...Fire starting

    standing dead wood combined with birchbark should normaly be enough. the mistake i made most often is not harvesting enough bark and small wood to get the fire started. rule of thumb, get what you think you need and then double that.
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    big dipper as timepiece?

    horizon should be easily replaced with a plumb-bob,set squares are easy to get. knowing 2 of the 3 angles is enough to find the missing angle. or am i woolgathering again?:240:
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    big dipper as timepiece?

    hummz, shame it wasnt that easy :o thanks for clarifying though :You_Rock_ ill be trying this on my next smoke outings,
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    big dipper as timepiece?

    when i was smoking outside last night i started thinking. all constellations rotate around the north star (polaris) and the big dipper seems to be in the correct position for the hourhand of the clock. if you lie with your head north and feet south it seems to be a big clock (if your in...
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    Are we weird?

    im not weird, the rest of the world just went crazy
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    Dutch bushcraft meeting

    Sorry for being silent on this topic so long but it looks like after a change of manager i might again be able to show up, i'll let you know as soon as possible if im able to come. siep
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    How big's your basha?

    looks like the groupbuys have unexpected side effects in polls ;) but yes, another 3x3 here
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    Birch craft

    i see you stitch the bark, ray mears used a kind of notches on a container, is there a reason to use one over the other aside from taste? all this reminds me theres stil so much left to learn and to do in bushcraft,thanks for showing patrick.
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    Dutch bushcraft meeting

    my better half informs me im grounded on the last weekend :D the other weekends im interested. siep
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    Edge and Fire exhibition at the library.

    yup, that did the trick. nice setup on the exhibit. also im curious what the reaction of the public is. please keep us posted and thanks for showing another way to inform the people out there of what bushcraft is.
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    Evolution of a Bushknife

    i probably missed it but what is the thickness of the blade? cheers for making something for you personal ,we need more of that.
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    Edge and Fire exhibition at the library.

    anyone else having problems opening the pdf? it says its a damaged file on opening.
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    food dehydrator

    ive been eyeing the self built dehydrators for a while, what i need right now is more spare time. but then, dont we all?