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Finally got round to making something for myself, my sheath I made for the knife I handled during lockdown has always bugged me as I made it to big, and had to ‘shrink’ it with some copper rivets after I had used it for a while. It was just overly big and clunky. So made a slimmer ones with a...

Recent events in Spain is an illustration of why knowing how to take care of yourself for a few days with no phone/internet/banking/electric etc is quite important

Could you plane a mm thick layer and then cut it out in a circle? I have in mind those Japanese masters that plane enormous lengths down to ultra thin paper style shavings!

Super, look forward to seeing the finished thing :)

Is that straightened or straight off the tree? If straight off the tree that’s a perfect piece!

I think a hammock is key to perfecting that skill. Even though I have suffered physically for a few days as penance for over doing it, I feel very mentally reenergised. I am going to book the mind moot. I am going to do it.

Pretty nice. I striaghten hazel with an old metal drainpipe and a wallpaper stripper as a steam source

A trip back to the woods for my nephew and I. Very windy, which made several things a challenge - namely my nephew trying to build several shelters detailed in a ray mears book! I challenged myself to _not_ use my knife at all for the whole 2 days, and only to use my hatchet (hultafor hultan)...

@mickbr sorry it took ages but this is how mine rides on me. This had about 17kg in it, including water. For reference I am 6ft 2 and 97kg so not small,

That’s quite a big assumption step there.

Easily sellable for way more than you paid tbh

Blimey my Millbank bag is so old it doesn’t have a nato stock number. I am sure it is wartime dated, will dig it out and check. Used it so much all the toxins are probably gone by now!!!

Absolutely agree, I have been lucky enough to have been taught to hand and machine sew by my mum and my mother in law, I am crap at hand sewing though due to arthritis and impatience!

Looks great, some super setups and you squeezed a lot into that 55l tbh Glad I am not the only one one that uses a 37pack small pack, in my opinion the perfect side bag for foraging to a short day trip. I carry in mine 58 pattern bottle, crusader metal cup, fire kit, poncho, trangia and mini...

Yeah I swerved the camo and kept my eyes open for an olive green one. No worries good luck On the search. Get some heel caps, makes it easier to wear stilettos on soft surfaces ;)

Lowe alpine sting or the Dutch army equivalent fits that bill almost exactly, about 50-60 surplus Dutch and the Lowe alpine badged ones are harder to find and double the price (out of production!) Axe strap I use the ice axe straps on the front, works great Loads of other people will chip in...

Super setup

Looks good and bright, nice job

The hanks pat, easier said than done, and the longer that passes the harder it is to ‘come clean’ and explain absences to people (in general), and the more you worry about doing so. It’s like a viscous circle. I will have a serious think about the mind moot, it’s about 2.5hrs from me so totally...

That looks great, I have struggled a bit with mental health the last few years from an PTSD/anxiety/social anxiety point of view. I wonder if this would be good for me to start to reconnect with social stuff again. I would be coming in my own. For example, I haven’t been to the Sussex bushcraft...