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Most of our wild camping is out of necessity. For example when out helping a basket maker gather rush, or when going to a show where they really don't seem to expect traders to stay overnight, but it's always with permission. You guys joke and mock about campsites but I have to ask what kind...

I've heard of ones that are designed to be used either hand, but everyone I've spoken to who's used one got cut to pieces.

Well from experience it is whole hairs that get shed. And whilst I now have a contact for more reindeer hides I get very sentimental about hides and skins. Although all leather knife sheaths I've ever worked on have been sold, some of my hides are very dear to me. I'd never sell my first bunny...

I was going to say that I thought that although there were rules it was possible to wild camp within national parks. I know lots of people don't live within easy reach of one. Since me and Dave are looking to buy some woodland at some point to hold courses in I have to say that I think you...

Yeah. I signed up here ages ago before I signed up on BB. Haven't had time to play around here much though over the last couple of years.

I don't know if anyone will be able to help me with this but don't ask don't get as we say in my family. At the Midland Game Fair I bought two reindeer hides. I was given advice on how to waterproof the skin (I think it therefore was only oil tanned), and warned about how they shed. Having...

You could contact Dave Budd of Dave Budd Handmade Tools. He does knife making kits, and could send you all you need to make your sheath, including the leather. www.davebudd.com

You're not getting the lye solution right. Richards in Prim Tech suggests that with soft wood you need to make the solution as thick as a milkshake (american milkshake). That should help. You do this for 3 days or so (try rubbing the hair away will tell you when it's ready). The rinse the ash...

Hardly sounds like traditional way to do tan a bunny around here. I've not fully tanned a bunny yet. I've cleaned and dried one (had it about 9 months and it don't smell), and it is like parchment, just thinner. Bunny skins when cleaned are very very thin. My first piece of skinning and...