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Long time since i used Photobucket, I did not realise it could cause trouble viewing for some! Hope this helps: Cheers, Tom

Last year I visited an Amsterdam antique shop that specializes in anthropological items. The owner had a collection of antique South East Asian fire pistons for sale. Anthropological Fire pistons collection: She had acquired the fire pistons from an English collector, sadly wihout any...

[/URL][/IMG] I found this stone in the rubble of my company's garden. This gravel there consists mainly of quartzite and abraded flint. The darker section contains small metal nodules and there is a lighter sandstone-like covering. The stone is heavier than you might expect of its size and is...

Hi Blundstoned love, it was Bushcraftuk members that rediscovered this remarkable firstarting method and brought it back to life. We wrote an article for the PrimitiveWays website about the bamboo strike-a-light with references to the original thread on bushcraftuk...

I think it's common broomrape, Orobanche minor, parasitizing on the clover plants surrounding it. Here in Holland this parasite is called 'klavervreter', which can be translated as 'clover-eater'. Cheers, Tom

I made a fire piston out of a piece of fatwood, found at the last bushcraftmeeting here in Holland. As fatwood is saturated with resin it is airtight, unlike most other woods, so it is fit for making a fire piston ;) The fatwood stick was cut in 3; one piece for the bore, one smaller piece as...

Time for a resurrection of this old thread! Thank's to OakleafNL at the Dutch Bushcraft forum who posted a youtube-link, here is some video material of Rudiger Nehberg making fire with cotton wool, ash and a flat piece of wood (it's in German & the firemaking starts at appproximately 31:50)...

Welcome from another Dutchie! We'll probably meet at some time in the future at one of the Dutch Bushcraftweekends or the meetings/walks that are arranged via the Dutch forum Cheers, Tom

Impressive post, thank's BB07 Cheers, Tom

Thank's for the recipes! Cheers, Tom

Does anyone know how to turn the roots of marshmallow (Althea officinalis) into well eh...marshmallows (as in the traditional sweet candy)? Cheers, Tom

Brilliant & very interesting post, thank's for sharing! Cheers, Tom

Wow! She must be very good in balancing! Cheers, Tom

So it's probably parasitizing on the clover plants? There's ivy broomrape in the park near my work, they're weird and wonderful plants. Cheers, Tom

Yep, great crested. The size indication you gave excludes all other British newts. They are protected & quite scarce here in Holland. Cheers, Tom

(the last) Part 3 Birecik/Euphrates After a long busride from Adana I arrived late at night in Birecik and booked in to a motel, West of the bridge crossing the Euphrates. At walking distance of the motel there are some nature areas where some species of wildlife occur that can’t be found in...

On the Demirkazik mountainside (I think it was at 2300 meters) it was chilly, 5 degrees C or so and we were close to te snow. I had expected it to be much colder but the weather turned out to be fine that very morning. In Birecik at the Euphrates river (coming up in part 3) it was hot, above 40...

Part 2; The Goksu delta After the mountain excursion the weather detoriated again but in the afternoon it got better and I was invited by the English birders to join them on a little ride, in search for two mountain bird species they had failed to find in the morning. The next day they were...

Part 1: Sultan marshes & Ala dag mountains (click on pictures to see them in a larger size format) From 30th of april till the 10th of may I was on a short solo holiday in Southern Turkey. I visited 4 area’s that were known for their wildlife and travelled by public transport. I arrived...

Fantastic post Ash! Are they the same as the badui? Cheers, Tom