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Currently I am trying to downsize .... trying....

Kendal Mint Cake, marzipan or - for longer trips - MOD Rat Pack (heavy but ready to go :) ). A Rat Pack also lives in my van for if/when I have an unplanned night out.

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All I ever got to practice on was bananas and oranges! We could not afford pork ....

The woods hat I play in took a real beating with over 20 trees down - luckily none falling into the communal area of my camp, though a couple of the most used pitches had a big Scots Pine land over them! The toilet area was pretty trashed and half my time in the woods has been clearing and...

And a cheque for £800.00 is handed over to Ty Hafan :) My sincere thanks to 66jj99 for donating the ticket, Wayne for offering the breakfasts, Chris for forcing the price up (and his very kind donation), Tony for letting the auction take place and, of course, Hammock Man for keeping on bidding...

OK The auction is over. One way and another the funds raised stagger me. Tomorrow I will be taking a cheque for £800.00 in to Ty Hafan's local shop. You are the greatest folk in existance! Many, many thanks John

Got em :)

OK - that is it the winner is - Ty Hafan! Yeah , right Paddy gets the ticket and top quality scran from Forest Knights - I will DM you now :) My thanks to all who participated - especially the underbidder Chris - I will DM you too :) I love you all :)

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The auction finishes at 6pm this evening..... :)

A SAK Huntsman that was re-scaled in Antler for me by Cap'n Badger :)

One I designed myself based on a Cold Steel SRK in Carbon V - loved the steel ...but not much else about it!

Single Malt Islay

Wow - Storm Darragh takes me out of the 21st Century for a few days and the world goes wild! Bless you all folks!

This was a while before Covid - so not part of that thread :) For neat seams I would recommend fully rolled or lapped seams - or bind them for lack of bulk as you mention. Otherwise you could overlock the edges (most modern machines have one or more suitable stitch options) or simply zigzag...

When I say "support" - that could include posting the odd lesson (making/sewing stuff) and if I could figure out how to record passes/failures, even assessing the various attempts made by folk to try the skills... I do not make videos so that might limit my contributions, as would not being good...

I like the idea of the Bushcraft lessons - but I am not volunteering to organise it :) My IT skills are very poor (I only use 2 fingers to type!) and just do not have the IT or People Skills to cope - I will support the idea but leave a better operator to organise it all :) There are reasons...

A few of the bits I have made here https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/my-covid-19-and-later-projects.154805/ books of ideas here https://bushcraftuk.com/community/i...-fibre-clothing-book-facimile-edition.118767/...

As far as "unusual" design knives I have actually used is this Schrade thing ... bought it second hand after the original owner had removed the screwdriver things from the hollow handle. I slightly reprofiled it and made the sheath. It is too handle heavy and generally clumsy in use so it rarely...