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Good pics Tam . Thanks for sharing what looks like quality time , out in the woods :) .

Some Cordura type nylon is coming my way , want to try making various pouches etc using the sewing machine. Well I'll see how the machine feels about that anyway :rolleyes:. Got an old anvil and would love to try a bit of metal bashing sometime :), might even have access to an old hand...

That's a fine looking sheath Neil goodjob .

Never carried flour in a bag but I've got a genuine old 140Lbs flour sac here Tom . I think it's made from linen, on inspection and comparing it to some newly bought Linen Union Glass Cloths would say of about the same type of weave , if perhaps a bit tighter . The glass cloths are a...

Hi and welcome to bcUK fishbone.

We have lost a lot of poultry to stoats recently too as well as foxes and a mink which we managed to trap. But so far the stoat attacks have claimed the most birds.

Here's my two ,Eddie and Max. Max: Eddie: Here's a vid of Ed digging about in the snow :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfYMyqZl_70

Richard ' Blacksheep ' is the chap you want

Sounds great bikebum, I'm sure you'll enjoy many a hot meal and brew from your new cook kit :cool:. DIY and recycling stuff is not only cost effective and environmentally friendly but fun too :D.

Now that's a great looking bit of work Kerne :), definitely built to last...quality stuff goodjob.

Great stuff Russ :). Looks a tidy set up and the blades look the business too goodjob.

Nice work on the anvil mate. Looks a great set up you've got there and must be very satisfying to make you're own blade from scratch.

I used to do a bit of fencing when I work on an estate and did come across some of the boundaries with neighbouring farms marked out with either boundary stones or more commonly , giving the nature of the land , markings carved direct on to large Stones that were on the fence line. These marks...

Could it perhaps be a boundary stone with the two symbols representing different estates and the line the border so to speak.

Aye the Broons definitely have hearts of gold :D

Masterpiece.. that definitely sums it up perfectly :Wow: Does Andy ever sleep :D.

Thanks Richard :). There's a great proper old fashioned Ironmongers in Forfar, perhaps they might have some glass chimneys , sometimes they even search in the basement . It's a real Aladdin's cave down there :D.

A stab in the dark ....a splicing tool. For wire cable not rope though.

The usual top quality workmanship from Topknot. Andy is an inspiration that's for sure.

Thanks for the info Mesquite. Tried using a glass cutter and had absolutely no success , will buy a new one and give it ago again as it is obviously the safer method .