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Now that Elforyn is off the menu, I still can't make up my mind on which wood to go with for my first Enzo Trapper. Curly birch is out (done too many pukkos!) so can anyone tell me if they have worked with tulipwood? It looks lovely but I don't know what it is like to work with. Makore is the...

I'm toying with a new Enzo Trapper, but I'm all curly birched out. So what can all you knowledgeable people tell me about elforyn? How does it sand? How do you shape it? What does a file do to it? How does it wear? Does the white mark easily and show dirt? Anyone out there used a knife with...

I've been meaning to post this for a while now and some of my pictures in another post on the edged tools section got a bit of interest, I thought I would share some more. This is Kinnaber beach and moorland near Montrose in Angus. Part of the area used to be RAF Montrose and sections of the...

I've long held the SAK Alox Farmer as one of the best best slipjoints ever made, and it has certainly been my choice of bushcraft knife for a long time. The saw and the thicker blade just make it almost perfect. I say almost because of one thing, that bloody keyring tab! It sticks out at almost...

I've had one of these for a while now and here's what I think about it. First off, this pack will not suit everyone. It is short and there is not much adjustment in the main straps. That said, if you are 5' 10", 44" chest and big shoulders (me) then it fits just fine. It's narrow too. Narrow...

So there I was on Saturday, sitting on the driftwood seat that I've made down by the mouth of the North Esk, beer in one hand, sandwich in the other, when I noticed a large flock of Gannets diving in and fishing about 100m offshore. I put the beer down and grabbed my monocular. It was at that...

Hi all, Looking for a new British bird book. I need it to be small enough to go inside the top pocket of a 30 litre rucksack but with plenty of colour pictures and info. I have larger ones at home, but one is really old (with only drawings, no pictures) and the other covers all of Europe and...

A while back I mentioned on a hammock post that I used climbing slings to hang my DD hammock. Well I have finally got round to taking some pictures of what I meant. The long slings are 3m long when pulled tight, so about a 6m loop. The short ones are about 0.5m. The carabiners are off a...

Anyone know where I can get one? All the shops in the UK either don't stock it or are out of stock. If anyone has one they don't want, I might manage to scrape some cash up from my piggy bank. Thanks

Hi all, I've had a good search on the interweb and here and had no luck. I'm about to build my first Sami knife with the tang riveted over at the end of the handle. So the question is, how much tang do I leave sticking out in order to form a good rivet? All my knives so far are hollowed out...

Hi all, Does anyone actually use this? I bought a new Sabre 30 this week and although it sits perfectly on my back and swallows gear like a black hole, the belt fastens right round my stomach. I know I'm getting on a bit but the Simon Cowell belt line will never be in fashion in my house...

Please allow me to introduce myself... Hi all. I've been in to being outdoors for a really, really long time now. Probably since my grandad gave me a pocket knife when I was about 7 and showed me how to skin rabbits and clean fish. I've always been a country boy at heart! The pressures and...