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    Getting a rope over a tree branch

    i used a slingshot to launch a sinker with attached line; make sure you wear eye protection (in case of ricochet) and there's nothing behind you don't want to hit!
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    DIY Bushcraft belt pouch

    looks like a well-made pouch! did you use your own design? (=i'm tinkering with the idea of making a small belt pouch myself at some point; although in fabric due to the humid climate i'm in...) as i can't make out all details on my small phone screen: what are the exact contents?!
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    Fad items of Bushcraft

    o.k., thanks :-) no advantage over my silkys then!
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    Fad items of Bushcraft

    how do you resharpen them how do you resharpen a laplander?! (just curious... never owned one, but using some bahco carpenter's saws someone brought to central america -- they're getting a bit dull, so touching them up would be nice (the files used in the olden days to sharpen saws don't exist...
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    Fad items of Bushcraft

    well... i chucked my mini mag away due to the fact that i had twice to replace the socket due to the same failure... i DO however agree that nowadays LED torches are (often) overbright "fuel guzzlers" with too many settings! my personal fad are ferro rods: bought one (from a swedish company...
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    What did you forage today?

    i sadly know only a few wild edibles of the carribean, but currently beach grapes and jobos (=a small orangy- yellow fruit with a large stone, somewhat sour but the monkeys love them) are producing
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    My On The Bench Today Thread

    thanks for enlightening me :-) google tells me it might be originating in Scotland, which might explain why i never heard of it before (= never hunted deer myself, only smaller animals (including a short time as pest shooter chasing wallabies on a farm in the Northern Territory); but the deer...
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    Time and Crafts

    it's called phormium tenax in latin and while i suck at cordage making and sadly never learned weaving baskets (from it) during my 3trips to Aotearoa i often used strips of it to tie things together as it's incredibly strong (it was once grown commercially before synthetic ropes became...
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    My On The Bench Today Thread

    w what's the second blade (from left) for?! looks like a somewhat unusual shape...
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    What wildlife did you spot today?

    over here in central america we get a REALLY tiny variety pestering humans (and me), fortunately they're only annoying but don't spread diseases; on cane toads (bufo marinus) you get a big fat variety and not too long ago i removed one from the back shell of a small turtle...
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    WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY?

    thanks for the info, but i'm located in central america.... (==meaning i've to buy something locally available due to our ridiculous shipping and import fees...) edit: my last batch of needles i bought from a shop in town, they were of a better quality than the ones mentioned in post #91 --...
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    WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY?

    so i'm not the only one doing this... lately i've been using a "messenger bag" (=worn across my shoulder like an arrow quiver) to carry a few EDC items, as it's getting old i'm cobbling up a new one at the moment whilst concocting diner on the fire (supervised by three dogs) now i'm faced with...
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    Winter soup

    how do tou make them?
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    herbs and spices with multiple uses

    not to mention making BBQed fruit bat tastier ("crocodile dundee II" reference) and keeping vampires away :P
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    Bike trailer

    i used a "bob" trailer (no idea which model, bought second-hand) for a year in Aotearoa, while it did the job i would (probably) not use one again: it was difficult to balance with one wheel behind, the "twisting force" between the front and back of the trailer caused a crack in the frame (=at...
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    Sharpest edged tool?

    ●in 2015 i bought a small nata from a shop in Fujinomiya (i hope i spelled it correctly....) -- when i purchased it i shaved some hair of my arm which prompted the shop owner to ask if i'd like it touched up (i told him no need) ●my Ben Orford Woodlander (gift of a very generous forum member)...
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    Binoculars

    i'm using a monocular from vortex -- i've zero connection to the company, but they're popular with local tour guides and come with a lifetime warranty...
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    What’s the point?

    i'd say if pointy knife tips would be of not much use they would be less common on blades all over the world (=there's a reason they "evolved" on knives over centuries); i use the tip of my blades f.i. to dig up splinters and 'drill' holes into boards for bowdrill, likewise i find them useful...
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    Dish washing in UK.

    if you have more than one dog that's not necessary: they just lick each other clean...
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    Dish washing in UK.

    i see you use the same dishwasher like me...