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I was practically born with a knife in my hand, I think I had my first knife when i was 4 or 5 (a small 20p pocket knife) but I grew up using knives every day (and cutting myself a lot lol) and now I teach kids as young as 5 how to use knives, how to light fires and other such skills. the way...

unless you're out hunting there's not much need for DPM, but that said a lot of guys I work with (especially ex army guys) often wear camo simply because it's comfortable and practical for the job, and they'd still wear it even if it was bright pink as long as it does it's job. I've bumped into...

how in the name of all that has ever walked this earth did you manage to break a mora.... i use mine for heavy cutting, splitting logs and just general abuse and the most I've managed is two little dents in the cutting edge. *shakes his head* you could grind it down, drill it and turn it...

one of the many reasons it pays to do a first aid course that includes self rescue skills as well as always cary a well stocked first aid kit (I have one that lives in the bottom of my pack that includes everything I'll likely need and more)

not a SMLE bayonette (actually have one from the boer war era) the SMLE bayonettes (and all british bayonettes right up through WW2) the guard tang, pommel and blade are all one peice with the handle simple scales riveted on and do not have fullers (aka blood groves) at least pre WW2 ones (can't...

nice knife, personally I would have heated it up to soften the metal before grinding, would save a lot of hard work and time when it comes to grinding it down, then simply temper it after grinding the edge. been meaning to get back into blacksmithing jut haven't had the time or money to work...

actually right next door in penygraig, if you're interested we have a woodland group working up in treherbert every thursday (at the moment it's mostly just sitting around a camp fire drinking cups of tea and occasionally hosting groups teaching kids bushcraft skills) we're hoping to expand in...

glamping is going into the wilderness and taking you home with you. on a personal level I absolutly hate glamping *shudders* I grew up building shelters in the woods. picking berries and hunting bunnies. to me if you're going to go camping all you need is a knife, anything else is just a...

you could try having a word with your local council see if they have a map of local authoraty land in need of manegment. (or enviromental/forrestry agencies) where I live in wales it's kind of odd, the land around the towns and villages (i.e the mountains) actually belong to the people who live...

I often use mine in work (woodland conservation), partly to maintain the woodland, partly for setting up the work camp (we often use traditional firelighting methods such as flint and steel and friction firelighting to get out camp fire lit) often we will collect edible plants to make forrage...

here's a simple one. stone soup. you can look up the myth of the stone soup (there's a hundred versions but they boil down to the same thing) 1) get a big pot and fill it with water and one well washed stone 2) get everyone to bring what ever that have, meat, veg, seasoning ect 3) throw it...

*looks in the mirror at his 2ft+ length of hair and full beard* you know this explains a lot it always confused me how I was able to spot a bird perched in a tree asleep from half a mile away while no one else around could see it, or I'd be the first one on a walking group to spot the rare plant...

I'll have to check at the office to see if they have a copy of the local equivalant. they probably have an electronic copy on the computer system (we work all over the country and even abroad with all kinds of people so one of the scottish groups may have even placed it on the system) I won't be...

problem with knife skills it means I'll have to try to convince the people running it 1) to buy the knives for the group (I got enough to kit out a sizeable group but I'm not big on lending out my knives lol) especially with the knife laws and the fact that we work with people from all kinds of...

to cut a long story short today I was asked by the people I work with if it would be possible to teach a bushcraft course in the woods we currently work in after a meeting with the funders and partner organisations today where we decided to have lunch in the woods and I ended up teaching them...

depends on where I plan to go. if I'm going somewhere with lots of open fields and few trees then I take a tent as it is easier. if it's going to be in teh woods I usually take a tarp just in case it gets wet but usually just rig up a quick and easy shelter. a tarp also makes it easier to build...

I usually just leave the bark on mine, then again I usually just leave mine in the woods near where I start walking, as it's ready at hand when I start and I don't have to carry it through town or on the train (the place where I go walking is also where I work and is too far to walk to and the...

thanks for the links I'll check them out later, I'll have to see if my local book store has any of the books mentioned. unfortunatly the only one near me is a 2nd hand book store so it's basically the luck of the dice if they have any. but as I said earlier it's mostly out of curiosity rather...

hummm... never tried balsam, the stuff is everywhere where I live and where I work I'm tempted to try some of the suggestions here, though my boss would probably kill me (I still occasionally tease her for miss-identifying rosebay willowherb as balsam when she's the plant expert in the team lol)

yep definatly sloes, too many berries to be bilberries, if bilberries had that many berries on a bush I'd never get any work done I'd be to busy eating them lol I LOOOOOOVVVVVVEEEEEEEE bilberries (during bilberry season my work day goes something like this, clear a path for 5 minuets, eat some...