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Mine arrived today :) Thanks very much for taking the time and trouble to organise this :You_Rock_

Magikelly - you are the man!!! I definately want one please. thanks.

Nothing much to add thats not already been said in this thread:-) but I am constantly impressed by spirit of this site :You_Rock_ -if thats not too hippy;-) Everyone seems willing to share their knoledge or point people in the right direction. Gotta be a good thing. like many on here have...

Congratulations. My son and i made our first ember last week -and a few since then. Not heard of your bowless method being used before -might give it a go over the weekend.

Hiya, I've got a lad myself and this site seems very family friendly and loads of "how to .." type stuff for those rainy weekends -last week we made fire from a bow drill in the kitchen :rolleyes:

Sorry to hear that.

From what your saying I think you'd do well (and enjoy yourselves more) if you tried something like walking a section of coast path. Easy to research and find campsites of all types. Maybe a bit of wild camping/foraging on the beaches. Got to do your homework though as some beaches completely...

Have you thought about something smaller timewise? Bodmin Moor (i live just up the road) isnt really big enough for 3 nights out. We sneak the odd night out up there but 3 seems a bit much and you'd struggle to find enough fire wood. And like Agile says at best youd be settling down at say 6...

i notice that the seller ( not the same one that was selling Cramp Balls) is just 2 miles down the road from me! Toddy makes a good point that its the "seen on TV" phenomena - but then its watching RM on tv thats rekindled(excuse the pun) my interest in Bushcraft. Maybe thats the message we have...

I think our bow is on the short side at 2'. We used Hazel for the drill and oak for the bearing block. we'll try a longer bow and experiment with different woods for the drills and maybe different sizes too :)

thanks First time with the bow drill we've(me & my boy) had success with firesteels and various tinders. The first one we made had a hearth of oak but we didnt really get any joy with that. We switched to a hearth of Ivy and produced glowing embers for the first time last night. We're looking...

i bought one recently -retail from www. firesteels... with a nice turned handle. Works lovely :) Loads of big fat sparks using back of my knife or even the saw blade striker think i paid about £10 for it with postage so you can see what a bargain this group buy is :D Nice 1 Too Much Kit...

I'll deffo take five. Who and how do i pay?

Hey Woodwalker, Thanks very much for your tutorial and the encouragement. I'm very pleased to announce that tonight i did it (twice :morpheus: ) :) I'm so pleased :D Right gonna try and do it a couple more times before bed :rolleyes:

Thats just naughty :lmao: