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my only concern about ratby Burroughs is its very busy, again not the kind of place I wish to take a knife/ axe etc.. for dear of upsetting other users. need to find somewhere a bit more out of the way I think!

picked 1 of these up from a car boot last weekend for a pound, it has surface rust with a couple of nicks and a little rolled edge but the metals good, wondered what the head style was called! nice handle , wish I had that skill with woodworking! how did you derust the head? does soaking it in...

Thanks for the responses! I don't think the family would be quite up for a trip to the woods, little one is only small and is at 'eyes in the back of head' stage (apparently they stay that way until their 30's!) I'm north of leicester so newtown linford/ratby is just up the road as are woods...

Hello the forum, I've been wondering if there are any woods in leicester/shire where one could respectfully practice bushcraft (even if not overnighting etc.) without getting a telling off? I've learned a lot from the forums and would like to practice some of the skills you chaps (and...

gave the fiskars a good use on the weekend. its a keeper. its not the miracle worker from YouTube BUT it managed to get through my pile of logs that i left as they were such pigs and that the maul couldn't get through, and my arm didn't fall off! also, the lansky puck is brilliant, and although...

Thanks for the replies all, very useful. Yes, think I need to give it a proper test out. a single knotty log maybe isn't the fairest test, although youtube reveiws did seem to show it 'never' getting stuck. it WAS easy enough to pull out using my foot on the log and moving it side to side (the...

My new splitter, a Fiskars x27, arrived today, ready to clear the woodpile ready for the next load of logs!. A couple of things for all you axe wielding types! It's far more blunt than I thought it would be. I know the geometry etc. was supposed to 'blast' the wood apart, but it's not even...

Went ahead and ordered the Fiskars X27. And will be getting a set of shin guards and a tyre for the top of my chopping block as well! Will still probably want a Rosseli though, got the itch to scratch now, and want to use it for myself! :)

As i'm 5'10 and only 160lbs ringing wet (i hate that 8lb maul after 4 hours!) Anyone who has one think the x25 would be better than the x27 or vice versa for splitting for someone my size. I still want a roselli, just because it looks so nice! But most of my axe work is splitting rounds for...

Hmm, now I've seen a fiskars x25 which looks to be very good as a splitting axe?!?!?! Anyone used one? Not exactly an object of beauty by any means but it looks like it'd be fairly effective at splitting? P.S Thanks for the justification, of course i really do NEED a new axe! hate using the maul!

Hello All! The answer is of course I don't 'need' one! BUT, Are they any good? As the man who has everything (ha ha!), I don't really have any wants or must have's for my upcoming birthday, but the Mrs (bless her) still wants to get me something. I currently use a hults agdor (roughly SFA...

yep, wood turner, absolute amateur, little motor bowl lathe in my garage, but there are some properly skilled woodturners who will turn up shortly I'm sure and give you some cracking tips on how to start! My advice, do it! The worst you can do is make firewood! :):):) (do wear an eye shield...

Setting up on a bike is the most expensive thing, don’t skimp on good protection (note, expensive doesn’t mean good, good means decent materials and build quality!) As in the event of an ‘off’, this is ALL you have to hold you together. Once you’ve paid the initial...

GB Wildlife! (well, a present, but collected it today!) Think I'll sit out on the porch and try a little carving later! Bootiful!

Ok, so it's not paracord, it's kevlar cord about the same diameter used by the Missus' old man at work to test mil kit, so once it's been used it gets binned! Middle seems to be a multitude of kevlar strands, very fine like fine hair almost, yellowish in colour. used it to strap some stuff...

That's a lovely thing, almost too nice to use! Looks like it'll get any job done though! Serious craftsmanship, What do you harden to? About 58-59?

Taxes, and what makes it worse is that EVERY TIME I turn on the telly I'm reminded just how they're blowing my hard earned up the wall with their next scheme to heal the world through shooting people! We must have the worlds most lucrative munitions industry as we can't stop using them! If it...

Can't see the pictures from work but as soon as you said 'T' saw I drew a doodle and lo and behold, it was the same as the metal one! It just goes to show that the simplest ideas are flashes of inspiration, as you can always go 'it's so simple' but few have the get up and go to try new things...

Mora Craftline stainless, or Hultafors RFR Stainless Both dirt cheap and easy to care for is using to gut animals. Stainless is that little bit easier to care for if you're using it in wet environments (the inside of a carcass!). The carbon steels are good too but remember to dry it off and an...

A lie in and not being thrown up on but it was 6am as usual! Not that I'm complaining, she's only 18 weeks old and she was all smiles and I got to spend the day with her instead of being at work as it was sunday so that's exactly what I wanted! Oh, and a day without rain so I could do the...