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Oops - thought this was about how I would wish my body to be disposed of once I'm gone ;)

I had a similar problem with an Opinel (can't recall which one - sorry) ended up springing the lock ring off, removing the blade and carefully enlarging the gap for the blade (sandpaper wrapped around a Visa card) in the wood. Patience, and lots of careful cleaning to ensure no grits were left...

I'm no nut expert, but this year, I have seen some of the largest hazelnuts I can recall (in several locations in the South of England) along with Blackberries (much later than I recall them from previously.) The other thing I have noticed is that the Hazelnuts seem to be hanging on the trees...

Shape wise, it reminds me of a tool used for metal bodyworking/panel beating. Unfortunately I can't recall the proper name, but seem there's a distant memory of "shrinking" being in the name somewhere (or it might have been "stretching") The idea of the teeth was to make the tool "grip" the...

Hi Tengu, I can't offer much advice, I am sure there are some very sensible ideas in the responses you've had here, but I can (from BITTER experience) say that ANYTHING (be it drink or drugs) that clouds your judgement, whilst (perhaps) providing a temporary relief, does not help in the long...

I was very interested in the suggestion about spending a night under the stars... Some 45 years or so ago, I lived in Great Bookham, Surrey, in a house at the top of Bagden Hill, not far from where I lived was Bagden Woods where I spent pretty much all the time I could (I was around 10 years old...

I am REALLY sorry, but it's been a very bad day.... From a "previous life" I recall "NBC" being "Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (warfare)" - nuke the onions ? Again, sincere apologies Simon

Had an unusual visitor in the garden this afternoon - first time I've seen a Brown Hawker

Hello Wayne, please forgive my ignorance, but where precisely will the meet be ? Thanks Simon

What a very interesting subject ! If I was to be brutally honest, it's probably a number of things: 1 - Lack of knowledge (but this could EASILY be remedied) 2 - Lack of time (erm, that's an excuse not a reason !) 3 - Lack of tools (see point 2 above) 4 - Lack of inclination (see 2 & 3 above) 5...

I really struggled to find King Alfred's Cakes (I'm in Farnborough, Hampshire) and there just don't seem to be many Ash trees now, let alone fallen branches :( However, on a recent trip to the New Forest, I (literally) stumbled upon a fallen branch from an Ash which had a good number of them, so...

I'm going to have to put my hand up here (no pun intended) and confess to having (on SEVERAL occasions) forgetting that when putting the Kelly on top of the fire base one should NOT do the most instinctive thing and simply grab the handle and lower the kettle onto the base...on the up side, it...

I must be getting old or something...I skip past the 'shiny' edged things and that Särmä windproof fishtail parka grabs my eye these days.... Not actually today, but last week decided to take a punt on a Millican Fraser 25L pack as a general day-to-day user. So far, I've been very impressed, bar...

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Hello all, As a result of damaging my trusty Silva Ranger S, I wanted to replace it like for like, so did a quick google search... I paid around £26 for mine a few years ago, and was more than a bit surprised to find a company (www.Dash4it.co.uk) who seem to have a large number (>100) of these...

Hi Toddy, Not sure if this was the thread you were referring to, but it looked pretty close to me ;) https://bushcraftuk.com/community/index.php?threads/tin-candle-holder.52264/ Cheers Simon

Thanks for the link Wayland, very useful - might just purchase some and have a go ;) Cheers Simon

Changed the title of the thread to more accurately reflect the issue/solution

Many, many thanks for this Stew - solved a problem I was having with older links, so I've updated my problem thread with your solution, and credited you with it of course ! Cheers Simon

Ahhh, just came across another thread in which Toddy had asked a similar question (the thread was about cloaks etc.) and Stew posted a simple solution which seems to work fine, so just for my reference, and for the benefit of anyone else who stumbles upon this one, I'll paraphrase it here: For...