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I may be wrong, but as I understand it Bahco own the "Sandvic" label. I'm willing to wager that your Bahco Sandvic is every bit as good a tool as a Laplander ;)

Virtually any Army Surplus shop will sell them, either complete as cooker with tablets enclosed, or spare packs of tablets. I introduced my Lady love to them only last week when we had a day out feeding ourselves on a 24hr rat pack each with the cooking done on hexies. Great fun and very efficient.

Used to make them when I was a kid, usually our of a split piece of willow. We got fed up with having the string twist up tight so we used to incorporate a cheap but large fishing swivel in the line to prevent this hapening. They rarely failed to work, but things only became really interesting...

I guess I'd be up for one if they were within the £100 mark Red.

Hi Jed, Don't make the edge too thin prior to heat treat. You'll want to leave the cutting edge about 0.5mm thick so it does not ruin during the process. If it's too thin, that part of the steel heats up quicker and gets hotter than the rest of the blade and it burns (Actually it's called...

Well done John ! That first glowing coal that you produce with the bow-drill is worth more to you than a similar sized ruby isn't it ? I think everyone within a couple of miles knew that something was up the first time I managed it I laughed and hollered so much :) I find that if my...

Am I really the only person on the planet who actually likes the Biscuits Brown I wonder ? Has to be said that I prefer the Biscuits Fruit though. Sandy compares any of the biscuits from Rat Packs to be the modern equivalent of Dwarf bread (a la Terry Pratchets books) :lmao:

I don't know if Axminster do them as I bought mine from a local ironmongers, but my Nicholson Files have proven to be an excellent investment. I'd recommend them to anyone wanting a good quality file. As is the norm with buying tools, the one thing I'd always say to buy the very best you can...

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If an ordinary file did the job then you definitely did the right thing giving up on trying to get a truly worthwhile edge on the knife. A properly heat treated blade of decent steel would be an absolute :censored: of a thing to try and attack with a file. The fact that your file "bit" into...

I know it's only my opinion but, Blade-Tech... :yuck: :yuck: :yuck: Nuff sed ? ;)

Thats a handy tip to remember on those days when the best available grass is a little damp and doesn't want to leap into flame too quickly. I guess the extra heat at the centre of the nest would help things along quite a bit.

Sounds to me like it's either got a duff edge that needs a proper re-grind, OR it really is a piece of tat made of steel so poor (or poorly heat treated) that it really will not ever take a decent edge. I've come across a few blades like this in my time. No matter what you do to them, they...

Nice one Jason ! Now tell us how big your blisters are... :p I've only managed one ember with the hand drill, and my hands didn't forgive me for it for days afterwards :lmao:

If the cord is melting through and snapping it sounds to me like it must be slipping on the drill. This can only be happening if the cord is too loose or you are putting too much pressure on the bearing, therefore stopping the drill making the cord slip. I generally use 4mm paracord for my...

Worth a go I suppose, but I'd make sure to get rid of the thorns first ! ;) :lmao: The hand drills I've seen that were successful were a bit thinner than you are describing though. I'd be interested to know if it works....

Thats a darned nice piece of work. I like the basket-weave stamping too.

From what I can see from here , i.e. not a lot ! :lmao: I'd say your stone is probably like a couple that I have used in the past the green sidde is probably the "Fine" and the black/grey is the "Coarse". If one colour is a thinner layer on the stone than the other, that thinner layer is...

The paste is stick of blue compund that you load the leather strop with. Similar stuff to that used on buffing wheels and the like I guess but I find it ideal for the job of putting that final mirror finish onto an edge. Comes in a handy sized stick of about 3 1/2" x 3/4" x 3/4".