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The other day when I was stuck in an airport I was looking through a book store and I found a kid's book written by Bear Ghrylls. I couldn't resist having a flick through and one of the gems in the story line was using an animal's liver as sunscreen! Never heard of it myself - can't remember...

A few weeks ago I was over at Dave Budd's workshop learning how to forge a knife. I have posted the (nearly finished) result of those labours here: http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22226 At one point during the day we had a few moments spare and Dave suggested I make something...

A few weeks ago I took a magical mystery tour to meet with Dave Budd (www.davebuddknives.homestead.com) for a day of him teaching me to forge knives. Brave soul! I think he did a great job because I actually have something that looks like a knife - more of a testament to his teaching than to...

I was mooching through the Discovery Channel website and found an 'Ask the survival expert' page. One question caught my eye: "Hi, my question is, if you don't have water, should you still eat?" The answer was (somewhat abridged): "Your body does require water for the digestion...

Well, as promised here is the 'in use' part of the review. I'm no expert so a lot of this is purely subjective but hopefully useful to somebody. I got to use the Cegga axe today for the first time in anger (well pleasure actually :) ). The first thing was to try a featherstick but this...

I am one of the lucky 10 to get a first production Cegga axe. Needless to say I was excited to get my grubby mitts on the said axe as soon as possible. The only problem was, it turned up on Monday after I had already set off to London for 3 days work. Frustration to say the least. Anyway...

I recently became the proud owner of a new gadget! They do say that small ones are more juicy and this is definitely the case with the rather diminutive Fenix. Now I have said that this is a review - perhaps a grand term for some ramblings by me, so please bear with me. First of all I would...

Hi there. Has anyone dealt with Essentail Adventure Gear before? They have very good prices on some stuff I want, ie Photon Freedom torches and paracord, but always seem to be out of stock of things. They do not seem to keep their website up to date so I'm a bit reluctant to send them money...

A few weeks ago I bought a Dickies work 'lumberjack' type quilted shirt for use in the house whilst renovating it. It cost the princely sum of £10 from a local farmers market and it is great! It has a cotton outer with polyester lining and fill. It's nothing special but it is cheap and very...

Hi everyone I was lucky enough to be in the States until Thursday. Unfortunately mainly working. However I was in the White Mountains in New Hampshire and on the last night it snowed. The following morning, on the way to the airport, I stopped for a quick walk in the woods with the idea...

I just want to say a big thank you to Max, Nick, Shaun and the other instructors who were on the the back to back Fundamental and Intermediate tracking course this last weekend. It was a superb 4 days and they were all a great help and a good laugh. I learnt an awful lot and my tracking...

Hi everyone I have tried doing a forum search about knots but I keep getting an error page so please forgive me if this has all been done before. Can anyone advise me as to a good set of knots to use for setting up a hammock and basha. I have used timber hitches for the hammock in the...

Hi guys As you can see I'm rather new here :) . I'm just starting up in bushcraft and have a few questions about knife terminology. Basically I don't know what you are talking about :D . I see mention of single bevels, drop points, hollow ground etc. Is there a good summary somewhere...

Hi there. I've been lurking through the site for the last few weeks and have found it very informative - so I decided to sign up! I live in Surrey and am a self employed IT guy trying to make a living. I used to do a lot of field survey work years ago and have missed it. So I have decided...