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Green light, green air and green backdrop, bush crafting as a form of forest bathing as I explained to my therapist. To tell them I was aware the EMDR therapy I am undergoing was inspired by woodland walking, to which they agreed to tell me they support my bush crafting through being both aware...

Alas due to fact that the end of last summer I did god knows what to my hip all plans for the forthcoming year are sort of on hold until I can sort the hip out. So I guess despite saying all my plans are on hold, sorting my hip out to regain pain free full mobility forms a plan.

But yeah as bushcrafters we should be learning to darn our socks given they can fail at any time and sock shops can be scarce out in the sticks. A nice round pebble can do as a darning mushroom and threads to darn with can be teased from less critical clothing, if of course one still wears...

Despite what we might think of ourselves and what we might do in hypothetical situations, we can surprise ourselves when reality strikes for there is one thing most discount in the consideration of the hypothetical and that is; the effect of shock. And yes, been there to know it, that after the...

Given I was taught to darn, I up until the 2010's still had a few pairs of my old issued H.J. Hall Combat socks of which were more darn than original. - I left the mob in '96

I have a ' Trail Hawk ' supplied by the Cold Steel outfit, to report ; it does the job asked of it and has ideally more than it is supposed capable, and especially so when one has sorted out the edge. The beauty of that little thing is that the head can easily be removed from the haft, to be...

When I was doing Iron Age living history pre internet to just have to guess or at least discern from available evidence we made our needles out bleached dog bone from the pet shop, to rememember it was a right stinky job, oh yeah and the rawhide we used for armour was derived from dog chews...

It depends on the situation

Two, possibly four down here in Plymuff

As already said I might be totally overthinking this as I am apt to, given autism and well, what the breakdown did to me in terms of, well, a lot, but I will say, the problem is one pertaining to mental ill health, in that if my mental health is to improve and I feel it will if I can answer the...

Surely in order to define an authoritative definition one has to first establish an authority to be in a position to define?

Quite right I don't have to answer that question but seeing as I have indicated a problem, folk might be interested in helping me resolve, I think it best I do answer as otherwise the problem without answer will persist. Now maybe I am overthinking it as I am prone to do but my problem is I...

Aye that is a rather decent modern example and I like the way he has made it clearly trapping the steel to the pouch by way of the rivets as I had wondered how the antique example had done that.

And that is perhaps why folk have the choice to become paying members, to keep alive what they value. And yes I know I am not a paying member but would wish to become one if the difficulty I perceive in becoming one can be resolved.

When I had cause to look into it years ago as a one time ceremonial knife maker I came to understand ' the market ' for what I made was in the US. Alas I couldn't get my act together to act on the US encouragement I had received to get making.

Yeah the Robin Wood Carving axe is scarily sharp I know and shaving sharp as a pal with arm hair discovered, but the sharpest edge tool I have used has just got to be the 1939 Solingen steel open razor I have and have used, well worn, it is that sharp

However there are those of us of whom have tired of the new venues to return to old bulletin boards, for myself to be in the process of closing down a lot of my stuff as have recognised the new ways are causing myself to become tired of the internet.

With only the cell phone to use these days I have one rule; if the number calling is not in my address book I don't answer as I look at this way, my cell phone is my front door and I don't have to answer it if I don't want to. Others that need access but can't give me a number to put in my...

Good ' point ', to say it's not often I have a specific need for the spear point tip of my SAK daily carry, but it's there in case I need it. Another knife I sometimes use is a Currey Lockspike to note it doesn't have a pointed blade and I don't miss it, mind I guess the locking Marline spike...

Yeah I got that recommendation this morning, to have just watched it for a question to form given participant comment re. how far we have strayed from our beginnings courtesy of the modern world The question ; How would folk plucked out of 21st century life fair now doing the same, would we...