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I think I may have sorted the pics: Thanks tomtom, I did a search and found a recommendation for Yoxio: was registering as you posted :biggthump

Thank you all for responding. First off....huge embarrassment :roll: I kept referring to the butt end of the handle or 'knob' as the poll...doh! It sounds as though you all kind of understood what I meant though despite my best efforts to confuse. I only wish I could have posted my pics...

Having just read the section of Mors Kochanski's book on choosing a good axe, I had a closer look at my GB SFA. I found that the edge doesn't align with the centre of the knob when sighting down the helve from the head, it sits just inside the right hand edge. This appears to be caused by the...

I haven't handled the H1 but do have both the F1 and the Alan Wood Woodlore. The Woodlore has a much thicker and more sculpted handle than the F1; so thick infact that I eventually smoothed out some of the palm swell on the woodlore to get a better fit. It's now the most comfortable knife I...

....and then only the person holding the conch is allowed to post :shock:

I whole-heartedly agree with your sentiments. I was shocked to hear how Simon was treated. However, not being a technical climber myself, I'm curious to know what other options the critics thought Simon had. Personally, I haven't been able to think of any. Whilst I know this isn't the main...

From Channel 4 website: Watch the world television premiere of Touching The Void on FilmFour Weekly from 25-31 Oct at 10pm and Channel 4 on 4 Nov at 9pm :nana:

Thanks for that, Match. I'll be getting hold of some tomorrow. :biggthump

Blue Flame homepage: http://www.hill.u-net.com/ Quote from there: Beware of cheap copies on the market. They are poor quality, poor flame, soon fail and are not repairable. The genuine Pocket Micro Torch has PB-207 stamped on the cap. I seem to remember this subject cropping up on...

The knot that I mentioned originally is a variation of the taught line hitch. It seems that set up is similar to the one I tried and failed :roll: to describe accurately in the begining, only with the hitch at the opposite end.

I agree, great film and I'm looking forward to seeing it again. Do either the DVD or book explore in more depth the arguments over the descision to cut or not to cut, as it were? I watched it on vid and have often wondered what other options the climbing fraternity feel were realistic in that...

Gripping down on the bow string does work well for minor adjustments in the throws of bowing. I was more thinking about the problem of experimenting with different width spindles where the extra slack/tightness was more than could be compensated for in this way. Hoodoo, I too have drilled a...

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Sounds like fun, thanks (and ditto re the happy returns). I agree with 'Bob, though....the timing is imperative here! Severe personal injury could result if caught :yikes:

Apologies if this falls into the 'teaching Grannie to suck eggs' category. Just wondered if anyone else ties their bowdrill sting with an adjustable loop, of the sort used for guy lines, at one end? Getting the right tension on the string used to be a real bore, especially when experimenting...

Not counting the 'boil for 3 days in urine and ash' methods, has anyone found a practical technique for preparing the trama layer of Fomes fomentarius so that it will take a spark from flint and steel? (not firesteel, which works almost without any preparation) I've been playing with a few...

Hi guys, Just curious about sets using hazel - do you gather the relevant pieces green and then season them or just go for dead standing? The reason I ask is that I haven't come across much dead standing hazel, certainly relative to the ease with which i've found woods such as elder, willow...

Hi all, Am I too late for Hazel nuts?? :?: I have been looking around the woods here in Lincs - can't find a single one. Please forgive my gaping ignorance on this subject but do the nuts only grow on certain types of hazel or have the squirrels simply nicked the lot?

Elder is also great, both as spindle and hearth: produces wonderfully fine dust that easily binds up into a good coal. Works well for hand drill too.

I've owned a RitterGrip for a few months now. I think it's worth just adding that not only is the blade steel different from the standard Grips, so is the geometry. The much higher grind of the Ritter version is finished with a bevel of 15 degrees as opposed to the much steeper (so I have read)...