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D'you know what? I'd completely forgotten about starting this thread. The topic has changed an awful lot by the end ;) thanks guys, very much appreciated. Curtis

Hey guys, I just wondered what your opinions were on the opinel knives. Would you say a no. 8 is a feasible bushcraft knife even thought is is a relatively thin bladed folder? Thanks guys, Curtis

Hey guys, Its been a while :/ Just wanted to know how long you guys think my mora companion would last? It's a carbon steel model and I've had it about 3, maybe 4 months. It got a few large scratches and I periodically remove rust or other blemishes using fine wet and dry paper. I know this...

To be honest with you, I'm just gonna keep using it and for £60 pounds (Bargain :) ) I can afford to keep using it and just be careful and have fun. it isn't affecting performance so I'll just use it. Cheers for the help guys Curtis

Hi rum, It's a lemonwood, purple heart and hickory longbow at 38lbs at 29" and I do think it's varnished :/ to be fair, the man I bought it off ( my uncle ) had kept it in a garage for about a year so maybe that's it? Curtis

I have had this longbow a really long time, and it has had this gap since I bought it. The wood lifted up and left a small gap on the back of the bow. I filled it with wood glue and checked it hadn't ruined the bows tiller, which it hadn't and have fired it ever since without problem. My...

I also forgot to note, I am using a small ceramic home to touch up the edge maybe twice a week Curtis

It is alittle course, but it's still fine enough to get it pretty sharp without the need for stropping, but I think it might be a honing stone, as it was with a Stanley set and was in fact labelled "honing stone". Very confusing, DIY stores :/ Curtis

Okay guys, I've posted ridiculous amounts of threads about sharpening these last few days, but I think I've found my answer. I bought a cheap oil stone from B&Q yesterday and using the fine side along with my belt as a strop, I've got it as sharp as I've ever seen it since I bought it. I'd...

Cheers guys, I'm probs just gonna have a look on merlin archery, that's where I've been getting cheap wooden ones, because I only use them with my longbow, but for the recurve ill make some carbons. Thanks for all the help you've offered :) it was greatly appreciated :) Curtis

Right, cheers pal :)

There for a 38lbs recurve bow that I bought last summer, it had 10 aluminium arrows and 5 wooden ones, but I've just about killed them all within we had all that good weather in march.

I was thinking mostly wood :)

Hey guys, Does anyone know of a way I can make relatively cheap arrows? Looking at some online and their rather expensive :/ Curtis

Wow man, that's really nice :) Just a quick question though, how did you go about making the bevelling jig? I'm probably gonna give this a to and would just like a bit of advice :) Cheers, Curtis

Cheers friend, Ill probably give that a shot, I'll really enjoy a course. Sounds more fun than losing my rag when a get it wrong myself ;) Thanks, Curtis

I did a little research and found out that it's an aluminium oxide stone, but the grit isn't particularly fine, so I'll just use it for reshaping and if needs be ill just use that and a strop, try and get a decent edge till I sort something out :) Thanks guys Curtis

Cheers mate, I never thought to ask how I'd tell if it was fine enough, I'll give some car boots a shot and see what I find Thanks, Curtis

Cheers guys, I'll definately drop in and have a good look, I'm just starting so I'm thinking of making a sheath for my mora companion. Cheers again, Curtis

I'm gonna be honest, mines probably one of those really terrible ones from B&Q because my dads a cheapskate ( used to use it for sharpening his chisels years ago :/ ) will it have a break in period, because he only used the coarse side and has barely touched the fine side, so it feels a bit...