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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
  1. firecrest

    Middlewood "Vertical Smoke 12" Halloween

    I think its only considerate that we tell the scouts about the ghost field, I mean its not fair for them to camp there unwittingly.... hehehe
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    Middlewood "Vertical Smoke 12" Halloween

    if i can organise a lift. (because yes, I keep failing my driving test) if i can get my gear sorted and If i can get my head sorted, ill be along friday to sunday
  3. firecrest

    Middlewood "Vertical Smoke 12" Halloween

    Is the treehouse free or is there scouts down that end?
  4. firecrest

    Great Moot :)

    fantastic meet! i love how we are like a little mobile community with its own characters, new and old! thanks to all the hard work put in by tony and the team xxx
  5. firecrest

    Rough Close 'Jubilee Bank Holiday Weekend' Meet

    Id like to but most likely working. Im in a new studio in congleton now, if anybody wants to visit for a tattoo! :o
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    he's going northwood . my friend has expressed an interest in coming so if I can't get a lift...

    he's going northwood . my friend has expressed an interest in coming so if I can't get a lift Friday, hopefully I can get down with him Saturday
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    cheers dave if you could! I don't thinki cam get there otherwise!

    cheers dave if you could! I don't thinki cam get there otherwise!
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    hi dave, are you or riam able to give me a lift for the meet? I can't contact riam!

    hi dave, are you or riam able to give me a lift for the meet? I can't contact riam!
  9. firecrest

    Giants Seat Meet 27th-29th of April

    Might be a small meet, but a good crowd o people! :) Can i get a lift off anyone? Im doing a crash driving course but its not so crash Ill be driving by next week
  10. firecrest

    Giants Seat Meet 27th-29th of April

    Ill hopefully make it! we shall see!
  11. firecrest

    Bear Grylls learning comes useful for father son disaster

    I once saw a video of a baby elephant stuck in mud. remarkably the adults all gathered branches to make a ramp and the mother crawled over it on her knees. It says a lot about elephant intelligence. ...and common sense in general ;)
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    Day Jobs!

    yeah my site went down some time ago, if you are on facebook, I post my work under 'lindseys tats'
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    Day Jobs!

    And I have a few bcuk guys to thank for it. Its made me so much happier with my life, so thankyou.
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    Day Jobs!

    since I first replied to this thread, Ive quit that line of work and become a full time tattooist. :)
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    Tanning a fox fur at home (graphic)

    Lol. no Im not married, not suprisngly. Im also a 29 year old woman living in suburbia. I look very wrong carring dead animals home with the shopping! Dave, the washing machine idea was off a youtube video I saw, though his resulting fox had looked like he just scraped it up off the road and...
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    Spare a thought.

    rest in peace Andy. I hadnt known he was so ill its terrible
  17. firecrest

    Tanning a fox fur at home (graphic)

    Ugg boots ;) Lol I kept intending to line a hat with it, but I might just keep it as is and show it off to unsuspecting guests
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    Tanning a fox fur at home (graphic)

    And thats the final fur. 2 months on and its still soft and supple. I stitched the tail back on :) It wont be winning any awards, but its not bad for t a first attempt. I just saw I posted this in bushcradt chatter accidentally, I meant to put it in DIY . Can a mod move it?
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    Tanning a fox fur at home (graphic)

    While its drying the skin needs to be continually stretched by hand, it is then you see the grey skin become white and begin to actually resemble leather. Keep stretching by hand for three or more days. You can rub a bit of neats foot oil in as well, though really I dont think it needed it at...
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    Tanning a fox fur at home (graphic)

    Tanning: Heres how I tanned it, as I didnt collect the brain. I bunged it in the washing machine and washed it on cold for 2 hours with a lot of fairy biological washing up liquid, and double the amount of fabric conditioner. It has to be Bio. I then repeated and then washed it on a rinse...