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    Firesteel on sheath? yay or nay?

    Why anyone would want to have an anoying appendix in their knife sheat is far beyond what I can understand. I even see some people trying to commit sepuku on a regular basis, wearing their knifes in a string around their neck.
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    Making Pine Tar - My Results

    Thats tar alright. The thickness, colour and smell will vary a bit from batch to batch. No tree has the same amount and conststency of the ingredients. Boiling it down will make it thicker. The more dense core wood you use, the better the tar will get.
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    Another Wool Blanket shirt

    Really nice one Cliff! I would really like a sew-along on that one.
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    moon gazer flint striker.

    Really liked that one.
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    Mad Dave's "Just Because" COMPETITION *****COOL PRIZE*****

    Skaukraft - 4 Nomad - 11 Barn Owl - 17 Pauljm116 - 23 Will_ - 24 Shewie - 31 Dunx - 33 Huon - 47 BR - 51 Mesquite - 61
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    Sammi Article

    I have to agree with Bumbler on this one. "Tourist samiis" and the real thing is two completely different things.
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    What axe for carving?

    Gränsfors large carving axe (stor slöydbila). Genious axe!
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    Looking for TV-documentary. Help.

    The programme I'm refering to dis not involve any military personel. It was just the aboriginal man and the white guy (he might have been ex-army or something, but on the programme he was civilian). I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but I think it was 4 or 5 episodes. I have tried to...
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    Wool Blanket smock liner

    Nice job! I realise I have to get my thumbs out and start on my own anorack.
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    Looking for TV-documentary. Help.

    Some years (I guess 8-10) ago there was a documentary on one of the Discovery-ish channels (don't remember which). It was abaout a kind of challenge in the australian bush where a aboriginal man and a white man was to walk from across Australia (or at least from one place to another). If I...
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    removing paint and rust?

    Paint: Acetone. Just removed the black coating from two Bacho axes. Just wiped it of with acetone soaked rags. Rust: Soak the item in citric acid. remeber to keep the temp of the solution at about 35-40 deg. C, othervise it won't work.
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    Winter is for - Wood

    Aahh. The smell of freshly cut timber. reminds me of my summer days as a young boy at my grandparents place, when my grandfather still used his saw mill. Good memories and a nice pile of wood.
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    Etching With a 9v battery

    Like that. Thanks for posting.
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    1 year anniversary.

    Today I've been a member on this forum for 1 year. It has been a joy to get to know you all. Thanks!
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    1 year anniversary.

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    How hard can it be?.............

    As Bumbler said; get proper skiis with propper fells! That is absolutely essential. They must have the correct spring tension/weight ratio. To slack, and the skiis will get you nowhere, and to tight the skiis will get you nowhere (without excessive use of power). Also remember that most type of...
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    All Things Wooden

    Im in to testing different chew bone types at the moment. Some of them are to prosessed to work, and some are to thin. But I got my handso on a piece of untanned moose skin. And that will probably be the most authentic anyway.
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    First half of easter holliday in the mountains.

    The weather has been amazing this week, and I am lucky to spend the first half of the easter holliday in the mountains. I am still struggeling with the mother of all flues, so I only had the energy to take a few day trips in the area around our mountain cabin. So it is not so much bush craft...
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    Hand carved mirror frame.

    Got a chance to take a picture of one of my grandfathers work. He was a reknown wood carver, but much of his work is spread all over the country. Here is a mirror frame he carved some 20 years ago: As far as I know it is carved in Lime wood.