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Byrd tern from hennies, on back order, so no idea when that will come.

Hi there, i'm struggling to find anyone that's got any stock of the byrd tern. Hennies etc are all showing out of stock. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks

Isn't a european/UK thing? even these days you can pick up a passible hatchet in a diy shop, everyone's dad/uncle/grandad has a rusty old axe in the shed, and many of us grew up on those in the scouts etc, but a kukri is a very specialist item here, far too expensive for most to learn on...

£5 from a carboot sale :)

Very, very slow with a diamond tipped bit cooled with oil. But i don't think ikea bread knives are up to much. Will build a "proper" one from scratch once i've built a little forge. This one is little flimsy, as the frame is thin mild steel, but it's a good prototype to make mistakes on as it...

was feeling creative today after reading the BB forum last night. So today I made a very simple friction folder out of stuff in the shed. Chopping board + pc case + end of a blunt bread knife + some bolts =

nice, we used to use cheapo dexion-style racking when i was a scout. no-one else bothered doing the bolts up properly, so they used to fall over a lot!

£3 chainsaw from a jumble sale

:) found another one to "reboot" Proud of this one, my first shave-sharp edge! Now looking out for some old leaf springs and have ordered some bits for a mini forge. Why do I suddenly get the feeling this may be the beginning of a slippery slope?!

A small chainsaw for £3 from a jumble sale. Mmm two-stroke!

Wife was getting rid of an old Ikea, blunt serrated bread knife we found in the back of the drawer when we moved in. ...So I nabbed it to have a play with in the workshop: All done freehand on this: (note to self, must make some jigs to get even angles!) Also made a...

I have a really nice Webley locker, but that stays in the garage as it's very agressive-looking. Leatherman wave for choice.

Laguioles were gorgious, but out of my price range for a souvenir pocket knife, settled on one of these:

I think that's the primary purpose of paracord bracelets, to identify like-minded souls. The only other way is to shout "I can't get into this parcel" and see who reaches into their pocket for a sharp!

I spotted that on thursday when some gave a heads up to cheap craghoppers trousers. I'd been looking at the vango version for weeks at £30, which was too much...!