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Stitch a fabric hem around the open end with a pull-tight cord running through it. When foraging, pop your goodies in there, pull the top tight and fasten to your belt. Lets air in, doesn't crush your supper and is easily washed afterwards. If the weaving is small enough, it will even hold hazel...

Something I have found when I make a sheath is that the dye stiffens it up a lot - as though it was wetformed. If I then give it a light coating of olive oil, it softens the leather just a tiny bit (I think it counteracts the drying effect of the spirits in the dye) but it doesn't make it...

Also known as a Bewit Button

Do you care to share this recipe at all? I'd be interested to try it too. :)

I meant to add - Milton Sterilising tablets are also an option - they are a bleach based cleaner - used for babies bottles, and work well to take out flavours.

Boots used to do it, don't know if they still do, though.

Yes, but I am going to get to play with this pretty little beasty... :) You got my PM with my addie in it Zorro?

As kids we were taught to break and roll up the leaves from the peeling bark eucalyptus tree (the really tall ones with the white skins and long thin leaves) and stick them up our noses when we had a cold - it helped clear stuffy noses, although we were not leave them up there too long as they...

One other one I have heard is to stand the wood in a tin which is part-filled with oil/danish oil/woodworm killer. The wood absorbs it into the fibres as it dries out from the top end. This seals the end grains plus is supposed to help stabilise the length. How true this is for woods such as...

Most walking stick shafts are harvested when the sap is down, in the coldest months of the year. They are then bundled together to help keep them straight and stored fro a minimum of 6 months in a cool airy place. Only after that are they brought out and straightened and turned into shanks (if...

I was really impressed with the richness of Cordovan the first time I used it. First I didn't like the colour, but now I find it has grown on me. I must admit I dilute the Mid-Brown by almost a 3rd of water. I set my mixer tap till it runs with blood-warm water, then hold the both sides up in...

It could be that the airway opening in your fipple plug is slightly too big - the bottom of the space (the flattened part of the plug) has to be exactly in line with the lowest point of your mouth angle (labium). It looks a little large to me. Try cutting another one. Also - the tube inside...

Boiling the leather makes it shrink up a lot (changes the structure of the leather - much as a piece of steak will shrink up when dropped into boiling water) and become very stiff once dried. You drop the leather (oversized by up to one third, depending on your project) into boiling water, wait...

I make mine (possibles pouches) at about 160 x 150 x 50mm inside dimensions, but they are not designed to hold books. My smaller belt pouches are about 150 x 11 x 40mm inside. Possible pouch pics: Belt pouch pic: Hope this helps

Neat little knives! I really like the filework. Thanks for showing.

Now residing in the collection of Sparkplug: My first ever knife... It is made from an old file, 130mm in length with magnolia handles and red fibre liner. Unfortunately I was telling off one of my kids at the time I was glueing, and so spread the resin on the wrong side of the handle. So I...

Well, I had almost given up hope, and then this morning, there was a knock on the door, and the postman handed me a very exciting little package... I am pleased as punch! It's a beautiful little knife, and seeing there was no return address on the packet, I can only assume that this was sent...

Well, this KITH didn't work for me... I'm still waiting.

Hello Ian (Elma) - PM coming your way. Been in touch with my recipient (Sparkplug)

Right - mine is ready :) First knife from beginning to end - ever. AND it cuts!