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I went for a really muddy stomp around the South Downs (fulkington area) in filthy weather a couple of weekends ago, just the dog and I. I took my usual kit Buffalo top, nothing underneath, Lightweight trousers and goretex trousers on top, and a poncho in my bag also Map, compass, drink and...

My nephew and I were in desperate need of some ‘downtime’ and our usual ‘disconnect and reset’ camp out. We headed to our usual spot, the shelter had partially fallen over in a storm but the tarp wasn’t ripped - we left it as will redesign and move it in the spring. Fire pit was fine, and...

I am in my happy place

Hello all, Not sure where to put this as it’s not really bushcraft related? Can anyone heat treat (harden and temper) some o1 tool steel for me? Preferably in the south east although I could post I guess. 300mm long by 40mm wide, and 2mm thick. It’s for a replacement mower blade I have made...

So a few months ago an old friend of mine and I were talking about campfire cooking. We go family camping every year and want to upgrade our cooking game. So a practise was in order. We arranged a June weekend date when we were all free and both our families traipsed up to my permission woodland...

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)...

….I got on with something that had been in the roundtuit pile for ages. Liking the bare poly cotton hood from my Danish m84 camo jacket. I do like this jacket guy the hood being plain was always lacking from a civi point of view. So I lined it with fleece pile fibre for some extra warmth in the...

Hello all, I used to have an m59 pullover shirt, great bit of kit. Long since ‘shrunk in the wash’ but I used to quite like it’s no fuss build and fit. So, I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a similar style/type of shirt? Preferably not silly expensive!! Thanks Ed

Something I stumbled across a while back, after wondering what I could keep my crusader cup in after using it on an open fire to stop the soot guffing up the inside of my bag. I wasn’t interested I. A tactical pouch or webbing pouch, and I wasn’t interested going to make something. But then I...

My Nephew and I ventured out for our second overnighter of 2025 on the nearest weekend to the blood moon, felt appropriate after the last one was during the planetary alignments. We had plans - me to make a fire pit and a camo hammer and him to sleep in a debris shelter overnight. I also set...

Hello all, A proper old skool field jacket, lined and 50/50 poly cotton construction. HMAK made Danish military issued in the 3 colour Danish m84 flecktarn. All zips works, all buttons present. A superb field jacket, I have worn one of these for years and years - very hard wearing. It has some...

Would like to sell these, although I can wear them I have the next size up which is more comfortable for me. 1 pair of padded winter trousers. Ideal for wearing in dry cold, or wet cold if under a waterproof outer layer. Swedish army issues. Fully functional zips and buttons. No rips or tears...

Took the opportunity this weekend to get away from it all for 24hours. My nephew and I went for a camp out at a family members woodland. Both of us have had a tough week so it was nice to digitally detox, immerse ourselves in nature, and just chat and exist in peaceful harmony. Setting up camp...

I have been on and off trying leather work for years and years now, pretty much since about 2008/09 since I discovered my grandfather (died before I was born) was a leather worker after his WW1 Service. These are the first two things I ever made, very crude and naive as I didn’t know then the...

I haven’t really been out for much in the way of bimbles for well over a year now, due to surgery on my leg - but today I had a nice mooch around the pine forest at the family, err, forest. It’s a 64+ acre pine plantation and ancient woodland with a huge lake - currently being ‘reworded’ and a...

I spent a really enjoyable day tracking otters and eagles up at loch fyne in Scotland a couple of weeks back. quite dismal weather, intermittent sideways heavy rain, drizzle and wind in any and all combinations, temp was low double (10 or 11c) figures on the shoreline and probably less in the...

I have been trying to get a Fox skull for a while now, and this is my third attempt, both previous ones were either robbed or scavenged and I lost them. Probably because they were in a forest a walk away from my house so I couldn’t check them regularly. However, one got hit by a car near my...

I found a dead fox in the ditch alongside my house a year or so ago. No idea why or how it died but I suspect it got hit by a car. Anyway. I rotted down the skeleton (basically put a couple of old tyres over it and left it for a year) then I soaked the skull in soapy water made with biological...

Anyone got any suggestions as an alternative pouch for a 58 pattern bottle and mug , rather than the issue style pouches (either 58 pattern, or osprey in MTP) neither of which i want. I am looking for something that will go on the front molle/pals panel on my lowe alpine sting and fit the 58...

Second stamping project was a small neck sheath for a Brisa Necker knife.