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    Leather tankard...........

    Nice work mate, Very nice chestnut colour to the leather. Neat stitching around the base as well. When I'm waxing tankards I have a set of pans and things that ive put to one side, only used for waxing. Cover the kitchen in Newspaper and most importantly, tin foil on the bottom of the oven...
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    Ben Orford Crooked Knife

    Hey Andrew PM sent
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    bringing back the dead

    make sure you seal the ends with wax/silicon. This gives a more even moisture loss... rather than it all from both ends- causing stresses within the wood- then splits.
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    Home made Jam

    I too have recently made lots of jam... I agree its a very enjoyable and satisfying process. I managed to gain 2kg of strawberries from a somerset farm whilst visiting family, 800g of chopped strawberries to 1000g of Jam sugar (contains more pectin).. then boiled on a rolling boil for 4...
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    loading a strop?

    I use a crayon type polishing compound made by flexcut, that you just rub onto the strop. Its yellow.. although i dont think the colour means much with this brand. Gives mirror like bevels easily on knives, chisels and gouges etc. this may not be the correct way of doing things- but its works...
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    help needed for lining of leather tankards and bottles

    Cheers launditch.. I found that site a while ago,,, and order some just as your post came in... has anyone worked with brewers pitch before? is it similar to working with wax? I was also wondering about food safe expoxy resins or silicon or thermoplastics... google hasn't really helped much!
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    help needed for lining of leather tankards and bottles

    Hey all I'm looking for a material to line my leather tankards and bottles with. I currently use beeswax, but ive found that a couple of friends who ive made tankards for have managed to dissolve some of the wax with things such as coke, and the tankards have developed slight leaks. I had a...
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    Ottertail paddle

    Just got back from a fantastic evening paddling across Derwent testing my newest paddle. I made this paddle mainly so that I could create a tutorial for this site, which should be available shortly... My hope is it may give that kick and nudge to any paddlers wanting to give it a go, but have...
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    The return of the sloe

    will have to go and check out my local spots today.. no doubt they will still be green.. if there are any!
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    Deer Stalking - Book recommendations please

    I'd definitely recommend a DSC level 1 course. I found the one I took extremely interesting and useful!
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    New paddle

    well I paddled with my new design for the first time today... Derwent was very high! The paddle is a powerful paddle, actually too powerful for all day paddling, although will make a fantastic moving water paddle or for trips less than 4 hours. Paddles very nicely both as tandom and solo...
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    oil for birch

    hello. tung oil and danish oil work quite well. I use a fair bit of danish oil myself on all sorts of hardwoods. S
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    New paddle

    you surely can copy my design, infact when you get around to it, you might find the design sketch for the blade i've included below useful. I'd also recommend the book "Canoe Paddles, a complete guide to making your own, (Graham Warren and David Gidmark, Firefly, 2nd edition 2004)" i've been...
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    Stabilising wood?

    I too would like to know this for some elm burr. :-)
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    New paddle

    Hey John, cheers for your comments, the shoulder was a design feature a quite liked from the mi'kmaq and voyageur paddles. From the paddle making book apparently; "the angular recurve at the shoulder causes water to run off along the edges of the blade, when the paddles is moved forward...
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    New paddle

    Hey Robin... this being my first laminate paddle i thought i'd request some advice from a veteran and had a chat to a chap who runs an watersports centre on the side of derwent, he's made everything from cedar strip canoes through to viking boats. His advice coupled with the advice from a...
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    New paddle

    Cheers Lindsey, afraid I couldn't make the moot this year, but eagerly await next year! I took a selection of photos whilst making the paddle which I think could better illustrate how I made it, than I could type; Starting out my designing it to scale; Marking and glueing boards...
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    New paddle

    cheers for your kind comments. I think firecrests recent wolf paddle looks incredible, would love to be able to produce works of art such as that. This paddle is made with an ash shaft and cedar blade, makes for a light, but strong deep water paddle. thanks again S
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    New paddle

    Hey All, Just thought i'd display the new paddle ive been working on. Im currently finishing off the varnishing, ready for its first paddle on Derwent on wednesday. before varnishing During varnishing
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    finished the Green man carving

    Cheers for the bump red, Jons work looks amazing, especially with it being ash. I have found this difficult to carve as it loves to split... I've recently taken up carving, as I was brought a number of books for christmas last year, Now I have something to aim for!