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    Longbow archery help needed

    I have recently made an ash longbow and have started to get my technique together. One thing that is a problem though is that the fletchings slice my hand between the thumb and knuckle on my bow hand. The leading edge of my fletchings are not particularly sharp. What is the correct way to hold...
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    Steampunk Boone?

    The recent "Boone challenges" made me think about the difference between then and now. I tried to imagine what a "modern" Boone would use, i.e. what did he not use because it was not invented and what did he not use because it is not practical. Of course the whole reason for him to be out there...
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    Caretaker of the "Pass it on" kit

    Bushcraft is about getting what we need from nature and relying more on knowledge and experience than kit. As most of us have found out, to get that knowledge and experience we need kit. To learn which kit suits us we need to try a lot of different kit. A lot of kit takes a lot of money and in...
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    Can't give stuff away.

    I have spent a lot of time this holiday sorting through all my belongings and getting rid of as much stuff as possible under the idea that if I do not use it and have not used it for a couple of years then I will never use it and it is just taking up space and time. I threw away everything...
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    How to sharpen a spoonknife?

    I have a Svante Djärv spoon knife. What is the correct way to sharpen, and keep sharp, one of these? I have searched but not found any good posts on the topic.
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    Man survived for two months in oversnowed car

    The swedish news have just released an incredible survival story. A couple of skidooers found what they thought was a wrecked car under the snow. When they started digging to check they saw movement in the back seat and called the authorities. A man had been driving on a forest road and come to...
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    Old style Mora

    Since there is a bit of a fetisch for Mora knives among bushcrafters I thought I would just show you something I found and like. When I recently bought a box of mixed stuff on an auction i found an old Mora knife at the bottom of the box. I don't know much about it but maybe someone here does. I...
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    Viking ship for sale

    http://www.finn.no/finn/boat/used/object?finnkode=32799116 Real working viking ship for sale in Norway! Registered and approved for passenger transport. I have no conections what so ever but if you wish I will be happy to help with translations.
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    Happy People By Warner Herzog

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V26jauHZgtw I haven´t been around here lately so this may be old news but this is a great film by Warner Herzog (Grizzly man). People in the russian taiga living bushcraft to the letter. Enjoy!
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    Mora 2000 blades on swedish e-bay

    http://www.tradera.com/10-st-knivblad-mora-2000-auktion_291501_133209020 Here is a link to the swedish branch of e-bay. I can not tell if these are genuine or fake but could be a bargin if genuine. It says that they take international bids. (1£ is around 10 kr at the moment.)
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    Roadkill adder

    I found a freshly killed adder today that has just had its head flattened but is otherwise undamaged and has a beautiful pattern. Questions are: How should I skin it, flat or like a tube? How to treat the skin? What to make from it? I could make a hatband and change my username...
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    Grassnakes (adult content)

    Going to the kennel after work today I came upon three(!) grassnakes tangled together. One large and two small ones, my guess is a female and two males. I took another path home (the dogs would just try to eat them) and returned with my camera. One male was already gone and the remaining two...
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    Theres something about norwegians...

    Saw this on telly today. A medic student in Trondheim lives in the forest instead of campus. Not to save money but because he likes it. Helge Ingstad started a trend that apparently still lives. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/1.7021341...
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    Mountain dog trip

    Hi all! Just wanted to share my latest trip with you, mostly because I'm pretty chuffed that I managed to pull it off. I have had ME for some years which makes me very easily exhausted and I have not been able to do much of anything but I really wanted to do another solo overnighter before my...
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    Three dead in Norway snowstorm

    http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Three_dead_in_Norway_snowstorm_999.html A group of foreign tourists have tragically lost their lives due to exposure on a crosscountry skitrip in Norway. It's difficult to find accurate information so this must be treated as hearsay but the police are...
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    A bushcraft holiday to Sweden - have you considered..

    ...the archipelago? Most of you that either have been, or are planning to come, to Sweden for a bushcrafttrip are going for the widespread forests or northern mountains and want to "live bushcraft" for a while. I wonder if one of, in my opinion, the best areas for bushcrafting is being...
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    Polardistance Sleddog race

    I´know that it is only remotely bushcraft related but I will keep boring you all with sleddog stuff untill you tell me to stop. Anyway, the past week I have been helping to organize the "Polardistance" sleddog race. It runs the same week as the Iditarod but is a little different (apart...
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    Reading tip

    I don´t know how I became the way I am but it may have something to do with the fact that I have meters of bookshelf filled with stories of expeditions, travels and exploration. Most of it is old and a lot of it is inhereted from my grandfather and I first read it as a teenager. The...
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    Dogsled lunch

    I love it when a good plan comes together, even if it wasn´t really planned! This week we have got around three inches of snow and I realized that it was possible to go dogsleding from my porch. This is about as frequent as christmas and to make things better the weather is perfect. I...
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    Late January dog trip (Pic heavy!)

    Last week I had some some vacation and took the dogs up north. As I have had healthissues for the last few years I haven´t been able to do any real touring so the aim of the trip was to test some equipment, renew my skills and test my, and the dogs, fitness for possible longdistance racing...