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Not sure about the original question re sharp sand, tho I do know sand is mined for optics at Lochaline, Sound of Mull. Beautiful white beaches round there. I'd very happily have some bone crochet hooks if they were still going? I'm making some spindle holders for a fire drill out of quartzite...

6 please. Cheers. 2x bushscout1 2x Humpback 2 or 3x Shambling Shaman 10 x British Red (mixed colours please) 5 x Woods_man 6 x MikeE (4 green 2 red) 3x Treeclipper 4 x Toddy (assorted colours) 5 x graham_s 4 x UKHaiku (3 Green, 1 Red please) 5 x reddave 5 x andy_e 5 x aragorn 8 x...

To clarify. I'm suggesting a good test of the method in practice, with the emphasis on enjoyment rather than a heavy test of survival skills. So, a walkabout in England or lowland Scotland, say, where you'll soon cross a road or bump into a village and are basically always in mobile range. Not...

The watch compass works well enough over short distances and is helpful for getting ones bearings in a city, for example. Stobhill is thataway, Partick is thataway, and Embra is away over there beyond the pale. It's harder to say how useful it is over longer distances, not only because of the...

And there's the wonderful Two Little Savages. Had a look on Amazon, and someone had this to say about it: By A Customer Time: Nov.30,1936. Site: my high school. The Great Depression still gripped the U.S. A classmate apparently didn't have any lunch money so he offered me the hardback...

Or Brendon Chase...

Oh yea, Kontiki! and Ra, and Robinson Crusoe....

A quick search of this site delivers loads of discussion and references to books about bushcraft, woodlore, survival, ancient technology etc. but I was wondering what might be the most influential early texts folk here might have read? What inspired your interest or fired your imagination way...

Thanks for the welcome. Now I just need to find a decent bushcraft knife (although I'll learn how to make them eventually). My treasured victorinox needs a sheathed companion... Flint knapping guru on my doorstep? Brilliant! Also, I have some kangaroo hide, said to be the strongest...

Oops, have already posted but thought I better introduce self before I get too carried away reading through the site. Impressed by the warm enthusiasm, breadth of knowledge and casually dispensed expertise here. Based in the Danelaw / Robin Hood Country and working in a field not...

Yep, Beer Monster's spot on - Knoydart is super remote (I've never been so can't really comment - will canoe and camp there one day...). Much more familiar with Arisaig and Ardnamurchan Peninsular which is wonderful for wildlife (otters...) and sea food like razor clams (remember to bring...

Hey. The window for collecting birch sap in the uk is quite a short one, just a couple of weeks in my (limited) experience. It starts earlier in the south, and will have some regional/ local variation. Even the north and south side of a wood will differ. Clip a twig to check the flow is on...