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cheers mate, but to be fair it is what I do for a living, plus I have a welder and a forge! :D The thing I've found from using the cutter in my anvil is that as long as the wood is longer than the height of the cutter+your hand width, then you are safe from hurting yourself if you hit too...

I've seen a few kindling splitters based on axe heads like that, mostly being welded to a bit of angle iron that is bolted down. In the workshop I use a hardy cutter in the anvil for the same purpose. Tail end of last year I started making splitters for sale too ;) kinslingsplitter by...

i've only ever fried them up. Sliced thinly and fried with butter, onions and garlic; the crunch gives a nice contrast to the soft onions I'm intrigued by the idea of rehydrating in cherry brandy though!

i didn't realise before that it was a laminated blade. They are really easy to bend! I've managed to bend a 5mm thick 8" long blade in my bare hands before! There is a chance that the edge steel is cracked, but I doubt it with that little bend (go 90 degrees and it will crack for sue!). If it...

yep. rough them out, but make sure they are oversized on the eye ends ;) Also leave them a bit long so that you can cut off any checked areas. Sometimes they will warp a bit, but you can either work with it or just resign the bent handle to the wirefood pile. I've managed to be organised...

Yet another example of why bludgeoning is a silly idea :roflmao: If you need to split wood then use an axe! generally i blade has bent once, then you should be OK to bend it back again. You're best bet is to make a 3 point bending jig for the vice. Basically two bars on one jaw (for either...

just an addendum to the 5 hectares thing. It is only for agricultural land, not forestry or woodland. There is NO minimum size requirement when it comes to woodland, though many planning officers won't tell you that (if they even realise themselves). If the land is solely wooded and not include...

I seem to recall from my last dealings with the local planning orifice that it's actually 12 years not 10 (havin have mine up for 10 and they said it wasn't enough!). I suspect that your biggest problem will be the fact that it's a national park. I think they would be your best first port of...

'improper urges' I have lots of them, but they never involve having/making things for/eating babies either! :roflmao::roflmao: There are always patterns for clothing, bags and soft furnishings (like cushions, seat covers, etc). I don't know of any books on general needlework that might be any...

I would definitely give that a go, if i were organised enough. Cheers

nice looking lump of metal mate! :) I'm not one of those people who get all exited and 'up' on anvil names, styles and stories. But from odd bits that I've absorbed through brushing past/glossing over the many threads on the subject on various blacksmithing groups and forum, the numbers (I...

You could say that. I own 10 acre woodland in Cheriton! :roflmao: I don't rent it out or use it for bushcrafters I'm afraid, partly because it's where I run my business but also because the only access goes through a miserable old bar stewards land, so comings and goings are limited. I do...

right. where to start? the smith may have either 'slack quenched' or tempered as part of the hardening process. It is common blacksmith practice to harden the edge of a tool and then use the residual heat in the body of it to draw the temper to the edge. It works really well with things like...

I think for the budget you are best off making your own saw, £5-8 or so will be the blade on it's own; I make take down framesaws as and they are 4 times or more than your budget!. The flint and steel can be got from lots of people, or just break a file and use that ;)

Not an axe. Best guess is that it's meant to be mounted in a log and used to cut stone/brick/tile in the same way as a slate worker does. If it had been African, then it is similar but still different to an axe

I have a friend who makes scissors and I would not want to attempt them! I happily sharpen them for people though (including hair dressers, who are especially picky about that as they cost hundred of pounds to replace if you cock them up!). Sadly I think Earnest Wright the scissor makers has now...

fantastic news on the job there mate :) happy times ahead I'm sure. Moulding those impressionable young minds with your checked trousers and spear! I hope the winter season isn't too cold/smokey for you out there though

Hahaha! :D try it and let me know, but i suspect white wine with conflakes and red with cocopops

twas good :D I've come to the conclusion that using milk as the liquid portion of hot chocolate is over rated! heehee :D

The recipe is from a book of historical chocolate recipes by Nick Trustram Eve and Suzi Richer. Nick trades as 'The Copper Pot' at historical foody type places and reenactors' markets, he has excellent tasties and I always like finding my stall near his :D To Make Wine Chocolate (John Nott...