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Good walk this morning, YUM!

...where i bought this little fella for £1.50! Thought that make a nice little axe for backwoods stuff. So i knocked the old handle out and cleaned up the head. Not having access to bundles of lovely green ash anymore, i had to look through my timber stack and found an old bearer left from a...

I used this adze to start windsor chair seats but as i haven't made any for years i'd like it to go to someone who will use it. Haven't said that it's a very versatile tool that could be used for many aspects of carving. i didn't like the straight handle it came with at all so found a piece of...

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Thought i put down some information, very basicily, that might be useful and others could add too... There are two distinct wood finishes: Those that are abosorbed into the wood and’ feed’ it and those that may soak in a little but then harden and form a protective layer on top. Most oils...

...so i did this. Pleased with how it worked out too!

Now i love my axes as much, if not more, than the next man. But i find a good billhook very useful and practical for a lot of things when out and about. Personally i favour the hertfordshire pattern... Anyone else use them much?

How long before i can post pics, etc?

While walking our dogs this morning we found a fallow buck entangled in some old chainlink fencing. Must have been struggling to free himself all night and was not in a good way. i know it's uncommon but this old fencing must have been laying around for twenty years. When i used to manage...

Hope you're all good. Spending time with my kids over the forest near us has re-awakened my love of bushcraft, etc. Used to spend all my spare time as a boy out in the woods, years later a started professional coppicing and woodcrafts but now more of a carpenter. Looking forward to the chat...