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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. FGYT

    MOD Survival knife

    its a good Solid basic Blade and can be improved by a bit of basic Refinishing ie sand and smooth the Handles Chanfge the Edge geometry a little Maybe Bowie clip it and remove teh top cross guard But if your going to basically take it to a blade change the profile and handle...
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    Hello to Folks in Dorset

    Lo from West of Verwood ;)
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    DSK upgrade and now in N690 with the DSK Mini

    the Mini is slightly different Blade profile bit deeper now but not far off for a better finger stop and the Lanyard hole isnt round any more ;)
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    DSK upgrade and now in N690 with the DSK Mini

    have the Minis in 3.5mm Elmax steel now with a tweeked design and Std size in the N690 yes they are cut blanks so not ground and finished ATB Duncan
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    Used 22 rifle brass. LR or other. WANTED

    for some reason I fancy a 10 bore lever gun with brass shells :naughty:
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    Used 22 rifle brass. LR or other. WANTED

    I used to run a .44 Magnum lever gun Should have dun the 357 with 38 special loads to be competitive but hot .44 is more fun :cool:
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    Lead Slug Mould and Lee Loader

    because I can and I can load up to max if needed Im not a scatter gun guy but with an FAC SGC is cheap and I will be looking at any cheap ish guns in all bores or interesting types tho doubt i will find a 4 or 8bore in a price i can afford for a curio :( plenty of old...
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    Home cure ham

    yeh thats my worry about a dry cure ham its 12mths hanging outside and may be wrecked wet cure is a lot quicker and less likely to spoil but wont keep as long after
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    Lead Slug Mould and Lee Loader

    you can always load down ;)
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    Home cure ham

    yes please started Bacon Thread so we can add in and find it etc I did bacon as well last year just with dry cure in salt (no nitrates etc) nice but a bit salty big thing i want to do this year is salamis
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    Lead Slug Mould and Lee Loader

    any news Im aware I haven't paid any money yet Oh on other Bores Ive just reserved a 10bore SbS 3.5" magnum chambers so would be interested in one for that as Carts are very expensive
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    Home cure ham

    well more a recipe than a tutorial 20% salt to liquid for pork and 3-4days per kg in the brine (3-4deg best) chuck in stuff to play with flavours etc this is the River cottage cider cure 1.1kg salt 1ltr apple juice (not from concentrated) 1ltr Strong dry cider 2.5ltrs water...
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    Home cure ham

    yes a brine cure with stuff for flavor
  14. FGYT

    Home cure ham

    Well in the interests of making room in the freezer for the next 4 pigs over the next few weeks ive defrosted a large leg joint and making up the Cure to turn it into ham cure is Salt Sugar black treacle Cider apple juice and a few herbs n spices recipie form the river cottage...
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    Bushmoot Vs Wilderness Gathering

    as people say different which is good Havent been to the Moot yet as its to close to the WG and i cant get a pass that long and its a long way for me to go just for a weekend (WG is 40mins away and Sarah has to take 2 days holiday from work so I can) WG for day visitors is more a trade...
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    i would like to get a crook knife. help!

    Ive pretty much stopped making Crook and crooked blades tho i have a pile of blanks I dont have the time with other customer stuff as I really need to make a batch which is a lot of time to make it worth while Robin wood has his own design which i did make for him initially He...
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    water water carrier to use

    couple of 2 ltr coke bottles Can be rolled up empty and binned if you cant be bothered with cleaning etc cheap to usually come with 2ltrs of coke free unlike other water carry systems ;)
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    Earth lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years...

    pretty sure some extinction events where pretty quick one actually enabled us to Evolve and exist nature will sort it out whether we are part of it then is another matter it already has some standbys deep n the ocean on thermal vents that live in high temp toxic waste with no...
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    Earth lost 50% of its wildlife in the past 40 years...

    and at times in pre history 99% etc and some when in the future the sun will supernova and 100% life extinct in the solar system then it starts all over again
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    Machete and Kurki recommandations ?

    the average native Khukhri is 10-12" blade and thick spined formidable yes but not against some one with a sword and much greater length and balance I have also seen and held a Nepalise short sword that was used as a primary weapon The Kata they practice was taught to them by an...