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Just ordered, Helikon Tex Utility pouch from their Range line in OG and a Mini Med pouch in bright red. Pics when they arrive. Atb Tom

Cheers! No hurry of course. Atb Tom

Since the sewing kit was out i knocked up a case for the steel frying pan with the folding handle. I left one bottom corner square to allow for the somewhat sharp edge on the folding handle. I'll cut a other round cutting board to fit in the pan. Atb Tom

Since the one that came with it was crud I've knocked up a waxed canvas case for the mini grill I got a couple of weeks back. The top folds in so it seals up pretty well to keep the soot and Ash off the rest of my kit. Also made a couple of leather belts long enough to go over wool bush...

Still got my Glisade, had to have the plastic bits of the back system sorted and I got it the year it was only available in a awful purple colour. Couldn't afford to replace it now. The lousy colour has meant I've always used a (green) rain cover which has helped keep it in good nick. I've...

Not sure we have a shop as such, herself does all the technical administration type stuff but we sell under the name/ account gspacksaddlery, not that we have sold owt this year yet. End of last I got rid of the final bits of my militaria collection which proved to be very popular,some sort...

Hi, sorry, been completely side tracked after I failed to find a reasonable price to ask. I may just slap it on ebay and see what happens. 'Got a load of collectors grade stuff and packsaddlery to put up first before I get to bushcrafty and camping gear. Atb Tom

Herself took me to Go Outdoors to pick up some regatta pull over fleece shirts while they are 12 quid for two. More for working in outdoors than bushy stuff as I've a decent amout of Ridgeline fleeces . Still they are XXXL and a good OG colour and will stop me wrecking the good stuff...

I'm off smoking for a while, until my general health improves and the whole covid thing is more or less sorted, but look forward to digging out my pipes and paraphernalia for the occasional smoke this summer. One thing I've found is the longer the stem the better the smoke so even though they...

Just waiting for the third coat of yacht varnish to dry on the wheeled base. Should be strong enough. The 8 by 4 sheet of ply arrived, I directed the minions while they dragged it upstairs, I'll start on it tomorrow. I'll sand between coats on this one. Nt Should be big enough! Atb...

Picked up a 2 foot square offcut of 18mm ply for the band saw wheeled base and the nuts and bolts needed and ordered a 8 foot by 4 foot sheet of the same and 4 18mm x 6 mm edging strips to make a false top for the Sheds pool table to use as a cutting out table for sewing and leather work. I've...

Two yards of 1/4 inch mild steel rod and a yard of steel tube to match to make a wider version of the simple 3 legged stand/trivet like Stabilotherm make to go with their frying pans. The originals not quite wide enough to go over the UCO folding fire hearth steamer flower thing I use. Also...

Folding grill and pump sack arrived. Will make a better case for the grill. Atb Tom

Ordered just now and due on the 28th,one of these. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MDRCS17/ref=pe_27063361_485629781_TE_item I had been looking for a uk source of the Pathfinder folding grill that they introduced not long since. I'd been looking for something like it for a while. I'm pretty...

Years back i picked up a 4 sided file block new thinking it would be ideal for removing lots of material from say a chipped blade. However it slid about so I thought I'd make a holder to go in a vice like a old school sharpening stone. It's taken me until now to get round to it. The tops...

Finished cleaning up the 3 gallon camp kettle. It's safe to cook with now. I was sorting out a almost too heavy bag of old files I'd picked up for the steel before they went into the coal shed, wrapping them in plastic bags so they wouldn't rust to nothing. But three of them were in better...

There's several illustrations of just that sort of pan being used as a grisset by little old Whelsh ladies demonstrating how they made dips when they were kids inthe books I have. They were still in fairly common usage in rural Wales well after WW2. Rush lights that is. Unfortunately the...

Aye I've been looking for a suitable donar vessel to use. The nearest I've found so far is a couple of ugly old 1970s stainless steel serving dish things. I could drill holes for legs and use nuts and bolts, rivet on a long handle. But I'd rather get one I could demonstrate with. For the...

You need a cut end to peel from for rush lights and it helps with the overnight soaking. I usually trim both ends before soaking to get the best 12 to 18 inches of rush. What I really want t is a real grisset. We dug a 19th or earlier century sledge hammer head out of the garden years ago...

The Engiish texts mention just soft rushes, juncus effusus and common rushes , juncus conglomerates which grow on sometimes boggy land but not underwater as such. When I've cut them at the height of summer, the grounds been firm and I've held the knife parallel to the ground with my knuckles...