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That's a different type of adze, Macaroon

I couldn't give you an exact figure. You want to avoid having a convex edge on the back, it needs to be very like a plane, I'd say part way between the angle of a plane and a chisel.

Where did you source the silicon tube and connectors from?

Once you've recovered, I urge you to not let your back get weak. I have a weak back from a childhood illness/disability, according to the general stats about now I should be fairly crippled. I'm 50 now and my back hasn't been as strong for decades. 2-3 times a week I spend about 10 minutes doing...

It's an interesting approach and one worth looking at if you aren't doing high energy stuff. I find most sailing gear heavy and sweaty. A lot of boating is a few minutes of frantic activity then hours of sitting (or standing) exposed to the weather so the gear tends to be very durable...

I've used this calculator to make a couple of flutes out of PVC successfully: http://www.anycalculator.com/pvcpipeflute.html Note that the wall thickness as well as hole dimensions are a factor. I suggest first bore your hole, then consider the rest. Although flutes are harder to play, they...

I'm interested to hear how well those deep curves work for hollowing. The chisel grind, double edges and deep curve might make that blade quite good for some carving.

Lovely work - I really like a bit of Yew.

Animals 'know' when they are being looked at. In my experience of hunting, the art of not being noticed isn't about being motionless, it is about being 'harmless'. Focus on an animal and freeze and they get wary. Watch them in your peripheral vision, let your attention expand to everything, be...

I have a feeling that the rule of thumb is that you lose a third of the breaking strain when you knot a rope. So maybe (4x84)x2/3=224lb

Great job - and perfect proof that you don't need much of a draw weight to do some damage!

The jacket market is mostly driven by the walking market - and walkers go out on the hills. You don't have to go far to be several hour's walk from shelter, so something that keeps wind and rain out is valuable. It's simple to buy a membrane jacket that pretty much does the job. A system like...

One of the arts of 'bushcrafting' (or as we used to call it when I went walking in the bush in australia when I was young; 'camping'), is seeing how small a fire you really need to cook on. Sure a big blazing fire is great. Lovely to look at. But they burn the ground, use up loads of timber...

Look for a private campsite that allows campfires. Some people use a small welding or soldering blanket to protect the ground, but you still need a fire pot. I can see why a straightforward open fire is in general banned. Too many ejits and it is difficult to say "Yes fires are ok for sensible...

Some of it is recirculated. Some of it is fresh, drawn in via the engines.

It was me that used the term 'walt', and it comes from the film 'walter mitty', a character who lives in complete fantasy, imagining himself as a spy, a soldier of fortune, etc all the time (we all suffer from that a little bit, but a true 'walt' starts to lose sense of reality). I was also one...

You described that as an 'obtuse' grind. Looks like a full flat grind to me, and a fairly fine tip. I wouldn't expect it to stand up to that sort of use. Get a knife with a convex grind, an 'apple seed' edge, if you want to use it like that. Wrong tool for the job. (Just like I was using the...

I snapped the tip off my mora 106 cutting the blanks out of plastic pattress boxes. Cutting a tin? Nah, wrong tool for the job.

Extremely low humidity, dries out mucus membranes in your nose and windpipe, hence damaging first defence against bugs, whilst simultaneously exposing you to bugs from a bunch of strangers. Only way to build up immunity is to be a schoolteacher.

The 'rambo' knife ain't illegal, but putting together this lad's desire to justify carrying it around with his desire to get a FAC isn't a good story. I do agree with the desire to reeducate though.