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Hi Delbach, I swapped the discs copies some years ago with you and with some other members as well. The first disc is the one with the 26 episodes that were taped by me on VHS and later transferred to disc. The other disc came from another member here, Bob.
Here's an earlier thread on the...
Here's a tutorial on making a fire piston from hardware store material that I posted here long ago (I give workshops in making these in this manner at the Dutch bushcraftweekend meetings):
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=35523
And here are some natural tinders that can be used...
Another clip of south seas fishing with spiderweb and kite as shown on a animal planet fishing program (select the clip called ´fishing with kite´):
http://animal.discovery.com/videos/tribal-fishing-with-jeremy-wade
Over at paleoplanet someone managed to make fire with an adaptation to the Gaucho brace drill method (video):
http://www.bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40317
Cheers,
Tom
Beautiful work Wayland and a stunningly coloured piece of wood!
I made similar goggles out of coconut shell last winter:
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=66209&highlight=
The three-hole-thingy, that I also made out of coconut shell, works great for adjusting the cord...
For fire piston use of Tragopogon seedheads:
Only use the umbrella-shaped discs and discard the little stalks with the actual seed. Use some of the 'umbrella's' to form a fluffy ball and insert into the tinder cavity, then light them as you would with any other fire piston tinder.
Well...
Wonderful pics again and a beautiful knife.
I think your baseball sized fluffy seedhead is a Tragopogon species, good tinder that works even in a fire piston.
Cheers,
Tom
Thank´s all for the nice words!
Kerne,
searching might take a while; most ermine moth species are very dedicated to one species of tree. I only found 2 trees covered in the whole park. There´s another park in my hometown that had more veiled trees (willow overthere) last year, if I have...
I found no difference in strength between a piece of cordage left in water overnight and a dry one.
When it is still a sheet (as on the tree) it sheds most water but can get wet. I haven´t tried making it into cordage when wet though but I suspect that it will not affect the silk´s strength...
As another experiment I´m gonna attach a weight to the little piece of cordage I made and hang it outside, I´m very curious how long it will take to fall apart.
Cheers,
Tom
Wednesday I encountered this veiled tree in the park near my work (it was pristine then):
It´s the combined work of thousands of caterpillars of a species of ermine moth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermine_moth)
Out of curiosity I stripped a piece of the silk from the tree bark, it...
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