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Hi all, was as just wondering if anyone can advise me on or give me a link to a simple foolproof guide to preserving/tanning rabbit pelts. Never done it before but I'm hopefully going rabbit hunting tomorrow (for food) but I hate wasting any part of an animal I've killed. thanks

Hi all just after some advice, I rarely wear waterproofs so I've had a cheapo Regatta jacket and trouser set that have done all I need for the last couple of years. The only thing is the jacket seems now to have lost ALL waterproofing, I hate throwing stuff away and just wondered if something...

Hi all I thought I'd share this article on one of the more interesting pieces of furniture I've been lucky enough to work on. http://hetheringtonantiques.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/neaj-Bed-Feb14.pdf cheers Mat

Hi all Thought I'd post some pics of some carving I was recently commissioned to do. Not very bushcrafty, but I thought you might like a look anyway. Hope you like them. Mat

Hi all Just wanted to post a quick message thanking DD Hammocks for their great customer service and to let other people know about it. Obviously apart form owning the company I don't have any links to then other than being a VERY happy customer. I don't own the company! Lol Anyway, the...

Hi all I received today a DD tarp I ordered on Monday, (3x3) on inspection I found 6 of the attachment loops had been cut off. On ringing the shop I was informed that's how the tarps come now, with 13 rather the the previous 19 loops. I was wondering if anyone else had found this to be the...

Hi all Thought I'd post some pics of my current cook kit, there's a few bits I want to change but generally it works pretty well for me. That's it packed, and here it is unpacked up. I'm looking for a suitable bit of metal for a wind shield, but till I find it my recycled hobo stove will...

Hi all Was lucky enough to pick up an army version of the karrimor predator 45 today, for ....£35! I was actually after something a bit smaller for a day sack, but at that price I couldn't say no. I also took a couple of the plce side pouches which fit the zips on the side for an extra £10...

Hi all Just wondered whether anyone else uses Rowan bark as tinder? Not tried playing with it to see if it'll take a spark, but I find it takes flame every bit as well as birch bark. Never seen it mentioned in any books as a tinder though. Cheers Mat

Hi all Just wondered what people's thoughts were on purifying water. I don't like to have to buy or carry equipment I don't have to, so tend to just boil my water for a few mins, and I'm good to go. Now, that takes care of ANY and EVERY parasitic, bacterial, etc risk with the water (as I...

Hi all Put together a bit of a bug out cook kit today. Unfortunately I don't THINK I can post the pic's as I'm on an iPhone, if I'm wrong please tell me, I do suck at tech stuff! Lol Anyway.... I wanted a crusader type cook set, but didn't want a plastic bottle. So took my Tatonka mug which...

Hi all The other day driving along a country lane, I saw a large..... Clump? Of chicken of the woods growing on an oak tree. I pulled over and cut a decent portion off and took it home, just short of a Kilo. We were pretty busy that day, so I diced, bagged and froze it. The following Sunday...

Hi all Just here to expand and share my "knowledge" of bushcraft and the outdoors, can't wait to start! :) So if anyone wants advice on failing at the hand drill, I'm your man. Though it's not really something you can teach, you either have it or you don't! Lol Cheers Jimmy (Mat)