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    Hand Forged Bearded Axe

    You’ve done a lovely job there. The haft compliments it. I wouldn’t get hung up on HRC at all as edge retention is mainly down to steel type (carbide types and numbers) and the geometry. When it gets blunt you sharpen it. I’d be happy using that.
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    Thinking of getting into wood carving? Aldi offer!

    I’ve done both and to be honest I find that I intermix both disciplines on one project. You will get the feel where a chisel or knife will be better than a bur head. It does save a hell of a lot of time though.
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    BcUK fly of the month March 2024

    I think I only ever tied them in green and brown. Really good fly for larger brown trout
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    Harvesting Birch Sap

    The technique I have used in the past. I use the tip of my knife and lift a small section of bark. Just enough to fit a small twig under it. The sap drips off the twig into a bottle tied underneath. Once I’m finished I remove the twig and push the bark back down for a few seconds. The sap sticks...
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    Small Puukko / Scandi information

    The wood is birch Burl I felled a couple of years ago. On both knives. The Wynter is Wynter Forge which is my blade making business. Thank you for the compliments.
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    Small Puukko / Scandi information

    I’ve made a few Puukko types. Not with the materials you mention though as I tend to use locally sourced if I can. These two have fallow antler in them.
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    New member south wales.

    Welcome another one from Swansea here.
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    Fly-Tying

    It was the western lakes mainly Ennerdale water. One of the local techniques is bubble and fly as a lot of fish cruise about quite far away from the shore.
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    SURVIVAL QUIZ. test your knowledge.

    Wouldn’t take any notice of most of that. A lot of it is ********
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    Knife - using one of those new fangled waterjet thingymajigs.

    The handle looks great. A bit of advice on the blade. Hand sand the blade to the desired finish before putting the handle on. Once the handle is on it makes it really difficult to go back to it. Also when hand sanding have the scratches all going one direction this gives it a smarter finish. A...
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    Projects for my Adventures in the Iron Age.

    I think they were traditionally made from black thorn too.
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    Fly-Tying

    When I’m fishing euro nymph style I always use a jig hook on the bottom it does work. You’ll find a big difference when fishing on the bottom. They do get hung up still but it’s noticeable much less. The other thing I’ve used in the past is split shot on the bottom then having a fly a few inches...
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    Fly-Tying

    Another one here who ties. When living in the Lake District stuff like the bibio, Zulu and soldier Palmer would take most my fish and they were incredibly easy to tie. Now I’m on the south wales rivers it’s mainly heavy nymph patterns that work. You can go into incredible detail like Oliver...
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    Alone (UK) TV series. What ten items would you choose?

    I remember it really well and it raised my eye brow as I was watching it.
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    San Mai Kukri

    I do I also do pattern layered steel (Damascus as everyone calls it) it’s all hand hammered at the moment until I can afford a press.