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Any one in the Wiltshire/Salisbury area interested in meeting up, either socially in a pub or if a location can be found for some bush craft.

There have been a number of threads about flint. I have posted here before, I have loads of the stuff in my garden and in the surrounding fields so PM me if you are interested.

Has anyone on this site had any success in lighting a candle with flint and steel, without utilising the usual large ball of tinder. I have tried the method in the link below but only got lots of smoke so far, need mre practice. http://staff.washington.edu/gcthomas/psg/fire.html Any help...

I have posted before and had a few takers, living in deepest darkest Wiltshire on Salisbury Plain I have more flint in my garden than I know what to do with. For those people in flint free areas who want some, drop me a line with trade ideas or for small quantities just drop me a line.

I have posted before on flint available for swap, of which I still have plenty, I also have a large amount of suture material for trade. Silk, nylon and some other synthetics, may even have some cat gut at the back of the draw which is the same as sinew. It is out of date so cannot be used for...

I hope that the following come through OK. They are a little rough around the edges and need some sanding. Both the spoon and kuksa have been boiled in salt water, after sanding I`ll finish with some linseed oil. http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g35/culicoidis/774044ec.jpg...

Having cleared hedges from the borders of my garden I had quite a bit of wood to play with, so thought I would try my hand at a kuksa & spoon. How do I post the pictures? Please excuse my ignorance.

If anyone is interested in flint pieces for fire lighting my garden is full of the stuff. As I just pile it up around the edge of the vegetable beds at the moment, it is available for any offers or with a good sob story free for the taking, postage to be arranged. Most of the pieces are a deep...

Having read through some very good articles I thought I would try and contribute a little to the community. In the various threads involving carving the curved bladed knives for carving spoons and dishes etc. are often specially made or expensive comercial ones. In my line of work I use...