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  1. ocean1975

    Bow drill materials

    If your looking for things laying around then try a piece off a wooden pallet,they are usually made from poplar and generally about the right thickness for a hearth board,good for a bit of practice until you sorce some other wood.I like to use an hazel spindle with a sycamore hearth.Good luck.
  2. ocean1975

    Camp Smokey, Egerton - Kent

    Nice write up Barney,that stew was awesome I think we will always be trying to replicate it.
  3. ocean1975

    Fifteen Nights in 2015.

    Great write up and great adventures reminds me of another lady Phoebe Smith.Who like to wild camp,she has wrote a couple of book that could be of interest to you.Extreme sleeps /Wild nights.Best of luck in the new year with your new adventures.
  4. ocean1975

    Fjallraven trouser sizing??

    I have just brought a pair off them,good price and arrived quick,I am also a 32" waist fitted well.Great trousers.
  5. ocean1975

    Jackets. Rab. North Face. Buffalo.

    Is the buffalo shirt still avalible ? I'll take it if so.Cheers Andy
  6. ocean1975

    good news for me today

    Sounds really good,very jealous looking forward to seeing some pictures,maybe you could write a journal if you could find the time,of all the wildlife and of the work you do there.Enjoy your woodland.
  7. ocean1975

    A couple of natural catapults I made

    They look good buddy, and are great fun to make.all really need is a band set in your possibles pouch or your pocket and you can have a very efficient hunting tool.I made one the other day from a hazel fork and used polyurethane for a finish.Looking forward to seeing others that you make. Sent...
  8. ocean1975

    Twodogs wool bush shirt ,,Season 2 ........

    Bushshirt arrived today,I'm very happy with it.Great workmanship and it fits perfect.Nice one Cliff.
  9. ocean1975

    Few Bits - Kindling Splitter, Talabot Axe, British Army Tarps

    I'll take the kindling splitter mate,will prob break you heart for what I will use it for tho.
  10. ocean1975

    Just sarting out - hammock recommendations??

    Have a look at getting a hennessy hammock,your love it and you can quite often pick them up second hand for a good price.You get a tarp with it as part of the system and you can also lay diagonal in them which means you lay flatter...
  11. ocean1975

    Traditional flint and steel advice

    Alright Barney,here is a vid of me using flint n steel down at the farm in Egerton.Was a bit windy that day.http://youtu.be/YVZferaD2IU
  12. ocean1975

    Autumn overnighter in kent

    Nice write up as all ways buddy.I think lessons we're learnt buy everybody on that overnighter,and your right Wilson was very quiet,but he was on the ball at the end of the day.Looking forward to the next one.
  13. ocean1975

    Sept overnighter in Kent

    I've got a few things to mess about with next time.I got myself a woodgas stove,alpkit nuro sleep matt,a pack away saw,some pouches to test out and I have carved myself a new natural catapult to test out along with the growing collection of slingshots I seem to be acquiring,I'm waiting on a bill...
  14. ocean1975

    Sept overnighter in Kent

    Great write up as usual Barney,was a very good overnighter and great company.they allways go to quick I suppose time flys when your having fun.And as for sleeping on the ground after hammocking for years was great,but a thicker mattress wouldn't have gone a miss.I now have a alpkit Nuro that I...
  15. ocean1975

    A quick (solo) wild camp and some new kit - (Not really Bushcraft!)

    Looks like a good trip,is your hunka bivvi bag the xl version?
  16. ocean1975

    Learn floating hands hand drill friction fire

    Well done.nice technic you have
  17. ocean1975

    Hello from Chatham, Kent

    Hi and Welcome to the forum. have you heard of badgells wood campsite ? http://badgellswoodcamping.co.uk might be somewhere you would like to check out that is only 20 mins from you.
  18. ocean1975

    New lb. customs knife

    Thanks lads,I'm very happy with it.I need to get out up the woods with it,I'm staring to get a bit of a collection now so I think this is my last knife I'm going to buy(maybe).
  19. ocean1975

    New lb. customs knife

    This is my new knife made by lucklee of this forum.It is called the missing link,it has a full flat grind with red liners and the wood scales are 2000 year old olive wood.I asked lee to do some file work along the back of the knife handle which I love..Stunning work,I am a very proud owner...
  20. ocean1975

    Camp Long John @ Badgells wood, kent

    Great write up again Barney as usual.I think if we can deal with that weather at the weekend we can deal with anything,looking forward to going back there again,an autumn camp there would be awesome.Here's to the next one.