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I have some Birkenstock sandals, well made and tough. Not cheap but wear well, good foot position and half sizes in both wide and standard fit (just make sure you measure your foot just like they say and use their size chart). GC

You can also weave the bark. Not the time of year to remove it at the moment though, when the sap is rising in spring it peels off cut willow really easily, coil up the loose strips and dry, store in a dry place, then soak in warm water for 20 min or so before use. I saved some in one of those...

Indeed. Cut resistant gloves are just that, resistant There's a reason why butchers and meat processors wear chainmail gloves..... Cut resistant gloves will stop a casual slip with a wood carving knife cutting your pinkies, but the fibres will be cut a bit (DAMHIKT ;)). They are similarly...

A bunch of Ecover 5L refills in a Black Friday deal on Amazon. I will use them eventually and have room to store them, so tend to grab refills when on offer. Not going to run out of washing up liquid or laundry detergent any time soon..... :woot: GC

Indeed. I wear mens boots. But then I take a mens size 7.5 to 8, so not so difficult to find.....I can see that a wide size 4 would be VERY difficult to find...... GC

Safely arrived today, many thanks. GC

@leon-b : you also might want to consider materials availability outside UK and also what the local crafts are. For example, making baskets with willow is a great craft- but you (a) need space not just for soaking and storing dry willow, but also for some stages of weaving; and (b) getting...

Hmmmm. Maybe.... but that will of course change depending on weather conditions. Interesting challenge.... GC

The other point here being that "run of the mill" knife crime is far, far more likely to cause a bleed injury than a marauding terrorist knife or firearms attack as the latter is exceedingly rare whereas the former is pretty common. [As an aside. The advice for the latter is "run -> hide ->...

I have been wondering..... The local anthracite we get from the little drift mine in Cwm Nedd is the purest in Europe, most output from the mine goes to the middle east for use in filters in desalination action plants. I have a half bucket of the dust left over out of the coal bags...

@captainhastings : The earlier ones didn't always have hip belts, but something suitable can be made. Glad you found some bags to attach! GC

Yes please. PM sent.... GC

I eat low carb and lactose free. Not touched any sweets, biscuits or cake for at least a couple of years.... Sugar is IMO far more addictive than alcohol. On which subject. I like the odd glass of dry white wine. One (standard) glass is enough. When you avoid sugar, you tend to cut out a lot...

Just checking the weather on Windy.com. Something like 65mm rain expected to fall here between now and mid-morning on Thursday. Thats a lot even in west Wales, and it's falling on wet ground. Only saving grace is that the short respites between the heavy chucking it down might allow some...

More water inbound. Last week was bad enough, stream as high as I've seen it and a fair bit of flooding in Carmarthenshire/Ceredigion. I cleared the trash screens of leaves and shovelled the silt out of the catch pool at the weekend, took 3 wheelbarrows full away. See how high it gets this...

You can get Yorkshire tweeds from the Fabworks shop online...... although their bricks and mortar shop in Huddersfield is worth a trip if you are in the area. https://fabworks.co.uk/collections/wool-wool-blends/yorkshire Most of the wools are 60 inch wide. Nice quality fabric and a range of...

I think there's also a lot of personal preferences. My personal like is a puukko or something Terava flavoured, also like the broken back seax shape. The classical "bushcraft" shape doesn't float my boat the same way. (Although I am enjoying a BPS Technobee more than expected). With big...

Seems a bit cheap. Either it's s bargain or it's too good to be true..... and I know which of those options my money is on. Compare the price to a Durite or Victron inverter with the same rating and you will see what I mean. GC

I think it depends on what you are buying/selling and where. Ebay: Selling something like an i-phone: well, they are as close to "currency" as you get, so it is more likely to attract the bottom feeders (just as flashign such a phone in certain parts of London attracts phone snatchers). On the...

I think the vit D thing is important (just remember to take it with K2 and make sure you have enough Vit A and magnesium in your diet). Goals are also important though, I need to set myself goals otherwise I would drift. There's also a cold-type bug doing the rounds which seems to make one...