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right oh, thanks very much for the speedy replies:)

Questions in the title- anybody out there offer me some wisdom please?

I remember a few years ago a friend of mine ate quite a few berries- seeds and all. I'm guessing she didn't chew cos she survived fine but just goes to show people can hear one snippet of info e.g 'yew berries are edible' and then do some pretty silly things. Now I come to think about it I...

I wish I could find a definitive answer on cherry laurel, some sources on the internet say it's edible and only the stone is poisinous, others give it a blanket 'inedible' verdict. Have also tasted and then spat it out and would agree with Xylaria, it's sweet and a lovely texture. It does...

yes, I believe soaking in running water was the method of choice of certain american indian tribes who would all come together as a community to process the acorn harvest. I suppose the blackening you describe could be the acorns stewing in their own tannins as much as rotting so the running...

I went on days acorn course last year, from what I can recall we picked the brown ones that had fallen to the ground and cracked the shells of the acorns using a hammer. We didn't worry about the thin skin just threw them in a pot and leached them 6 times in boiling water to get rid of the...

Hi, wondering if someone can clarify the difference between amathyst deciever and the lilac fibrecap? I think they may have different coloured spores but what about some more immedite differences? Looking at photos of the two they look pretty similar, and as the fibrecap is given a triple...

I did Woodcraft Schools instructor course and would definitly recommend it. Gives a good grounding in the essential skills and because there are lots of assesments- theoretical as well as practical it is a good motivator to learn. You don't come out an expert of course- that's a life long...

hi, you got a link to the course, I might be interested

Thanks guys had a look at the one on Bushwear, does seem a tad pricey for what it is so will have look round see if I can acquire small squeezy type bottle first. As pointed out I'm not being a yuppee bushcrafter, deep in the woods it's very difficult to detect which way a faint breeze may be...

er, the questions in the title, saw mr Mears using one once, have they got a name or do people just make them? Cheers!

Thanks for the replies guys and that excellent tutorial from Danny. I wonder if I could use human hair to give it that fibrous strength?

Hi all, Am making up some resin glue as bit of an experiment and also because I want to set a flint arrow head into an atlatl dart (will bind as well). Problem is it doesn't seem to stick that hard and stays quite sticky even once its cooled. My approximate ratio is pretty much a 50/50...

Thanks for that, as always with this site, it's great to have loads of prompt feedback. Have been mulling it over since original post and I guess the question of whether they would have needed to carry fire might have depended on fire lightening methods anyway. Basically the point I'm...

Hi, this question has been perplexing me for a while. I have heard people say that they would not have bothered starting a fire at each new location but would have carried some embers from the last fire with them. I vagually remember someone telling me that they might have used cramp balls...