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Neat idea John ! Not something I'd like to try to knock up whilst out in the woods ( it takes just too much effort and sooo much charcoal to smelt decent steel :lmao: ) but as most of us carry our kits made up, including our favourite bearing blocks, I think that's an idea that will catch on...

If you can really see the lock being a problem for you with regards to the legal aspect, you could always disable the lock. I'd suggest drilling a tiny hole through each side ofthe locking ring and into the wood of the handle and inserting a tiny pin to prevent the ring from being rotated...

I had the chance to show the bow-drill to an old friend the other day. He and I used to play together as kids and we often used to try stuff like bow-drill and the like whilst playing over the fields or up the woods. Well, now his own kids are older than we were when we met, and I was round at...

I've tried hazel on hazel a few times now and still haven't managed a coal from the combination. Hazel drill and any one of elder, lime, ivvy or sycamore and I can normally get a coal in next to no time.

What ? And they have the gall to call him a clown ? Pot vs Kettle anyone ?

Now there's a fella after my own heart. Properly prepared for the rigours of outdoor life he made sure that he had his baccy tin and his R-swipe on him at all times ! :lmao: Just goes to show that when the **** folks can be pretty inventive and resourcful. I like the "I'm not falling out...

I'm glad you're getting on Ok with it all Mike. :35: If (when) the strop builds up a layer of black mucky compound you can scrape it clean with the back of your blade if it's a nice sharp grind (like you need for striking ferro rods) or do as I do and scrape the muck off with a Stanley knife...

I'm not going to get into the who's right and who's wrong argument that this sems to be becoming, quite frankly because I can't be ar... I mean bothered :rolleyes: What I would like to say is this.. I can remember doing pretty much all the things that Mr Dazzler recounts from his scouting...

Hi Nichola, During Summer it's a pretty safe bet that any tree without any greenery or leaves on it is a dead one. In Winter it can be a little harder to tell the living from the dead at first glance, but a closer look will often reveal tiny buds or healthy looking green bark on the tips of a...

I've enever tried the green stuff Shinken. All I use is either the standard blue stuff from Starkies, Autosol chrome polish from Halfords or the blue buffing wheel compound from Cromwells. (Unless I'm going for truly "silly-sharp" when I go down to Jewellers Rouge :rolleyes: ) The stuff from...

Hi Sandbag, I've bought a few knives from dealers in the States and had them posted to the UK. Whether or not you get stung for the duty/tax etc seems to be a bit of a lottery to be honest. Some items seem to sail through customs and arrive on your doorstep almost as quickly as if you had...

No problems fellas. Hope you get on Ok with it Chas. Mike, your PM replied to and details passed on. List of available hones in first post ammended due to sales made. Gorilla, I'd do a tuorial but I'm no good with the pictures side of things, and to try and explain it all without piccies...

This outbreak would seem to be a man-made affair, with the F+M leaking somehow from a nearby Govt establishment. I feel deeply sorry for anyone whos livestock, and therefore livelyhood, might be affected by this. I sincerely hope that if a link between the Govt establishment and the outbreak is...

That sounds like one hell of a good slice to put into a hand Decorum. Good to know that all the vital bits were missed so surgery was not needed. I hope that she heals quickly and that you and your sharps aren't banished for too long as a result. :rolleyes: I know all too well how easily a...

I've found it often helps to pre-heat the leather item before dipping it into the molten wax. If it's too cold when you dip it, the wax simply "freezes" onto the surface and does not penetrate too well unless you hold it in the wax for long enough for it to come up to a similar temperature to...

One diafold now sold. List in first post ammended.

Hi Mike, The Diafolds have a sharpening area of 4 3/8" by 7/8" and are double sided (hence the two different grits). The sharpening surfaces fold away into the plastic handles in the same way a butterfly knife folds up. The Mini Hones have a sharpening area of 2 1/2" by 3/4" each. The handles...

ALL HONES NOW SOLD I sharpened a knife with my DMT's for my gunsmith the other day. He was so impressed that he agreed to take all the extra hones off me as a generous deposit on my now eagerly awaited Sako .270. :)...

Only a week to go now guys and gals, and we NEED a timetable* so we know what tools/materials/kit to take, please ! * If not an actual timetable, a list of the workshops that are planned would help. ;)

I actually have an old British Army Issue Greatcoat, and it really is a "great coat". I bought it for those days when the weather seems to be driving icicles into your skin and when I'm going to be stood around not doing too much to keep myself warm. Not a garment thats going to be too...