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With a couple of days of graft, we had a complete coracle! It was time for a paddl to celebrate! SMLXL SMLXL SMLXL SMLXL It's such an amazing feeling paddling a hide boat, feeling the water pressure through the skin with your feet, skimming over the water with the sun shining through. We...

Peter dragging hides from the Loch. SMLXL For the large frame we used a cowskin, large enough to cover it with one whole skin. This was especially hard graft to tension the skin (over 10mm thick) over the frame and lash it in place with rawhide. SMLXL The cowskin was lashed to the frame...

I have built leather boats in the past (see previous blog posts), but have always fancied making a traditional coracle (a wicker frame boat covered with skin). This spring, several conversations with others craftsfolk and the Scottish Crannog Centre culminated in a coracle building project...

Haha braw, small world indeed. My address is public anyway as I run my business from home so no worries [emoji6] Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

Aye, I'm at West cultmalundie. That's tibbermore down the bottom if the field behind me really Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

It's the backend of tibbermore looking north towards Dunkeld Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

I like to put my mark in a non obvious place so it doesn't ruin the aesthetic so a small stamp is handy for popping into small spaces out the way Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

I had this out for the first proper time the other week on a Pictish camp and it's surprisingly comfortable, though I do need to add a hip belt which is why I had it made so long in the first place Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

I think I'm finally getting there now everything has switched over [emoji16] Got some new shirts and the new makers mark arrived yesterday, very crisp considering its smaller than a penny Thanks to everyone showing support [emoji846] Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

braw John, I've fancied trying this for a while but think it's just too time consuming to use it a lot. would be fun for some personal projects though

welcome aboard :)

damn, i can never find these in small! I have plenty of leatherwork stock to trade, but no cash sadly. I'm sure it will get snapped up pronto

Braw mate. Jane is just an hour north of me in Alyth, and does run courses ;)

it says in the second paragraph of my post. The basket was custom made for me by a weaver i work with, and I did the straps. You can PM me if you want to order one :)

This is my traditional willow creel or Cliabh in Gaelic. Creels have been made in Scotland for thousands of years in many different styles, their traditional uses being for carrying things like peat, seaweed, tatties, and fish. This beautiful creel was custom made for me by Jane Wilkinson...

Bugger wish I had known about this! Looks like a good meet, with plenty of laughter like Lee would have made it Sent from my F8331 using Tapatalk

thanks for the continued support folks :) Always got to be moving, hopefully mostly forwards :D

welcome aboard :) Sometimes pass through there on my way up to the highlands for some bushcrafting

Big announcement time for those who know me or my work. The time has come for my business to grow and adapt to the path I am on, and so I will soon be rebranding as Pictavia Leather. Over the last few years i have pursued historic leatherworking more and more, and am always delving into...

Thanks for coming down fellas. As expected it was only a wee market, being the first one so everybody was really just there for a nosey and to see if there was potential for growth, which it looks like there is (somewhat limited by space but we will find a way). Good to catch up with folk...