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Ok Im at a loose end, I need to escape this city crap for my own sanity and Ive been meaning to have a browse around knoydart for a while. Im thinking I might just pack some kit and drive up there today and see if I cant lose myself for a week. Heres a long shot, anyone fancy coming? Im looking...

Just stumbled across this looking for something completely unrelated. An interesting read, kindof reminds me of Nessmuk http://www.bopsecrets.org/rexroth/camping/1.htm

I turned myself a couple of little bowls and carved a spoon out of some lovely well figured plum that I felled for a friend over christmas. The bowls lasted less than 24 hours aarrrgghhh! I think the spoon is still ok but I gave that to the original owner of the tree.

I was pleasantly surprised to find this on the junk knife stall at Birmingham market. The irritating stall holder wouldnt accept that the ugly rosewood scales were warped to hell, 3 mm gap between tang and scale :rolleyes: but I still didnt mind paying £5 :D for a Sheffield made carbon steel...

A long shot I know but I have a pile of roughly sawn green Willow logs in the garden that I'd be delighted to get rid of if anybody with a real fire is passing M6 J7 in a landrover! A few days wood for the winter or a lifetime and then some supply of bow drill sets!

Just came across this and thought it might be of interest... link

Does it have any bushcraft uses? Probably not but when I spotted this at a market for a £1 I couldnt resist, another nicely forged bit of steel from Elwell, made for the army during WWII. Its certainly too heavy for me to swing safely and I wouldnt want to carry it at 1.6KG, it has an edge all...

Always wanted one of these, should come in handy for a bit of bow making amongst other things :)

With all the talk of billhooks I wanted to try one for myself, I particularly like the idea of using traditional tools anyway and if they also happen to be old and well used all the better. I picked this one up on ebay for under a tenner and fitted a new Walnut handle (quite a tricky job, I...

Ive just picked a couple pound of Mulberries from the old tree in our local park, not a native tree, neither is it likely to be encountered in the "wild" over here but Mulberries make great jam as long as you throw in a crab apple for pectin. I need to go back and get some more fruit as it...