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Made a fish trap today, my first one, so it took almost 4 hours to complete it. Based on traditional swedish fish traps, hopefully it'll catch some perch. Chicken net, 3mm iron wire for the frame and 1,5mm wire for lashing it all together. Ca 100x60x60 cm. The frame The completed trap...

After a tip from a swedish outdoor forum I have made me a couple of simple and cheap snow shoes. All material comes from a low cost warehouse, www.biltema.se -Car snow mats, in plastic, 60x23cm. 99SEK/2 mats. -VP-tubes 20 mm. Used for electrical installations. For a short pair of shoes made...

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Some pics from the 3,5 hour ski trip I made yesterday. The temp was -30C and a bitterly cold northern wind blew over the lake at our house, so I hurried over it. In the woods the wind wasn’t as bad, so I could ski bare handed long periods, bamboo staves are very good in that they doesn’t...

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Yet another DIY-project... I have been playing with Google Sketchup to make a one-piece lavvu from a standard plastic tarpaulin. The tarpaulin is 8 by 5 meters and in 180gram/sqm weight. By drawing the tarp and a circle with radius = tarp long side / 2 you get a pie segment that...

Some old ones, some quite new and some I rehandled this winter. L-R, small axes: Cheap one I reprofiled myself, handle tar stained birch. SA Wetterling. Säter Banko, handle tar stained birch. SA Wetterling, reprofiled and original handle redone. I did this one for my kids...

SFK in 6mm 5160, dressed in teak. OAL 315mm, 650 gram. Axe with tar stained birch handle. 450 gram. WIP…

I made this collapsible fire box for our Tentipi lavvu. Made out of 1mm stainless steel. Dimensions inner 20x30cm, inner height 14cm. Outer dimensions 24x34x17cm. Weight 2kg. The box can be used without pot stands and/or one short side.

Made this frame for the LK35 swedish army backpack out of a ribbed bed bottom. Wood is laminated 6x45mm. The short pieces I steamed over a pot of boiling water and then formed over night. The pieces are held together with cable ties. Weight of frame ca 500 gram.

This is a crooked knife I cobbled together this fall. Blade by Joel Delorme, UK. 100x15-9mm O1 in 2.5mm thickness, I think it is. Handle moose antler, peened 4mm brass rods and glued with home made glue out of spruce resin, ash and olive oil.

Take one old swedish army anorak in cotton. Add textile dye and some para cord, elastic cord and some cord adjusters. What do you get? A very good cold weather wind blocker of course! I dyed it brown, replaced the hood adjustment strap with para, also fitted a metal...

Hi all My latest ‘soft’ project is a saami inspired wide belt. These are traditionally worn by the saami people and nowadays also many snow mobile drivers. These belts are often very colorful, the ones for festivities are also dressed in silver and tin. The belts for everyday use...

Hello all, my first post here and I start of with something home made:) Just wanted to show my recently finished wool blanket anorak, inspired by these threads and youtube clips, amongst others; http://bushcraftusa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8806...