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it's wood, wood splits when you wedge it open. It's purely cosmetic! It's a blooming tool not a fine china teacup!

The only person that I new sold brewers pitch has dropped off the living history circuit, but it might be worth asking Phil. He makes historic bottles and the like with pitch linings. https://www.the-leather-man.co.uk/

yep I still make them, in fact I shall be finishing some off this week! I'll reply to your email shortly :-) Cheers folks and great thread resurrection!

fingers crossed that these outfits are savvy enough!

I send maybe 10 parcels a week with royal fail and most of those have something that will be on their prohibited list come April. So far the only alternatives that I have found are DPD and UPS, but I still need to check about whether they actually require a business account or not (I've seen...

Same as ammunition for any other weapon. Bigger balls have more stopping power, so if hunting will allow larger prey to be taken. But the heavier ammo needs stringer bands to allow you to send it very far or fast (flatter trajectory is generally better for aiming, so speed is essential). 12mm...

yep, those are the knife only triangular spoons I was thinking of :)

Many years ago before spoon carving was a popular past time in this country, I carved lots of teaspoons for my archery club. We always seemed to lack them in the club hut and I would whittle them as I walked around the field course. The bowls were carved just with the tip of my knife and the...

an awful lot of 'trade knives' were sent over either as finished knives or blades. Butchers knives like that were the most common, but other sorts too. Most were not expensive pieces at all and were churned out pretty low quality because they were going to the Colonies (not just the US, but the...

my workshop is very damp and rust is a permanent feature of every single thing in it! Tools that get used frequently have a wipe with oil. The type doesn't seem to matter a great deal; I've tried everything from posh oils like Jade and Balistol to basic 3-in-1 and wd40. Though the heavier...

come on, you know it would be worth the trip down again! :-) I know it's a long treck, but that's just part of a holiday

Lack of power isn't a problem with my little one and I've never had any problem with oil leakage (unlike several of my petrol saws). Keeping it sharp isn't an issue since you should do that anyway, also the chain is short and small gauge so takes very little time to touch up. Only thing to keep...

I use a makita cordless (actually its a Dolmar, which is made by Makita but cheaper branding and takes the same batteries). A pair of 5ahr batteries is enough to tank down and dismantle a 12" diameter ash tree. Over the last few years it's become my preferred saw for coppicing and snedding...

Nicely done sir. I'm not a fan of road pin/re bar myself, aesthetically, but if that's all you have then fair enough. The suggestion of blackening with wax/oil is a good one. It will work better if you let the metal rust a bit first or heat to orange to form scale. It's the scale on forged...

You have to think about the thickness relative to the width as well as shape and texture. A knife handle that is 20mm thick but 30mm wide will be more stable Inthe hand (requiring less grip strength) than one that is 30mm wide and 30mm thick. Flat sides will also require less strength than a...

I don't make weapons, but I do make pattern welded spears (for reenactors to show off with). They are sharp, despite only being display pieces because customers complain if they aren't. I'd not given self defense a thought, but they are quite good at slicing bread when nothing else is to hand.

that's a lovely little thing :) Perhaps an incense burner?

As intimated by my friends above, you might want to just use a knife with a proper geometry and give up on the scandi grind rubbish ;-) Proper knife for general cutting and a separate dedicated carving knife for whittling, even a cheap Mora carving knife. Before St Mears made the 'scandi...

The stuff on the website is just the tip of the iceberg of tools I make! :D

It's not just in the woods that I like bright pink tools (or the forestry standard colours of orange that my Stihl or husky kit comes in). I do it in the workshop too. My chuck keys, spanners and angle grinder spanners are all painted bright pink so they don't vanish into a world of other...