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My 160mm long Wilkinson Sword folding saw blade was too short for the 10-"12" trunk on the ground. (I have ordered a Vonhaus folding pruning saw for a bigger blade and a better design). Edit: Returning with a bow saw did the job. It was hard work though. Two cuts through at the limit of my saw...

I will take a folding saw too, but I think that a bow saw will be more effective for the trunk in question

I went for a walk in our local woods. A number of trees and boughs had fallen across, or grown down to, paths. Mostly only partially blocking them. I whipped out my Swiss Army Knife, opened the saw and went about cutting them back. The bigger ones were first partially cut through and then...

I made some repairs to the DIY bush shirt yesterday. There were some places where the seams had come apart, some where cloth had come apart near seams and the stress point corners of the kangaroo pocket where my hands enter. I darned the repairs with some sort of synthetic wool that I found iny...

This is the answer. Very few people appear to be aware of it, though.

I don't know. Mine is plastic handled, with a carbon steel blade. It retains an edge and seems tough

What are you making the new handle from?

Where did everybody go to?

I have been very pleased with my modified Silverline https://bushcraftuk.com/community/threads/cheap-felling-axe-project.165254/ I have since replaced the leather handle protector with a Paracord wrap.

My Svord Mini continues to be my favourite pocket knife. I've just been on another fairly bushcrafty scout camping weekend. The Svord Mini was used countless times for various tasks, up to shaping wood. Easy to carry in a pocket, quick & easy to open one-handed. Sharp, tough and stays open in...

I bought a pair of these bargain trousers from Decathlon a couple of weeks ago. I've just been on a bushcrafty Scout camp weekend and I'm very pleased with the trousers. Comfortable, allow unrestricted movement, good pockets and feel hard wearing...

OK.i use mine at least once a day. If you do not need or use one, don't carry one.

Worn on the outside?

I made this from a piece that I found in a wood pile at our scout hut

It need not be a contentious issue. Use the right tools for the job given the environment, locale, task(s), portability requirement etc. Nailing one's colours to the mast or digging into entrenched positions for or against the use of an axe seems wholly unnecessary.

I wouldn't fancy splitting firewood with a saw

Same here. I have worn them in the desert, in the mountains and in the UK. Excellent.

My Dad and I would do that when I was a lad. I have sometimes hit the heavy bag with a stick

It will have been partly as a result of the military origins of Scouting