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Hello everyone, i have been having a clear out ,with all the rubbish that gets thrown into the cupboard under the kitchen sink. I came across a piece of leather, but it is cover'd in grey mould. I would like to use it to have a go at making a sheath / pouch / container for my Svord peasant...

Hello everyone, I have not posted any projects for a while, so I thought I would show this little salt spoon that I made a while ago. It is made from a piece of found wood. Which I think is hawthorn, well it looks like hawthorn. I like the little tiny burrs on it. I have left it in its original...

Hi all, not been very active on the site lately, but the other morning I spotted an emerald moth. Not having seen one for a long time ,I decided to do a google search to find out some info, on said moth. As I was doing my search, I came across this web site.www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk.(sorry I...

Hi all, over the last few months i have managed to get hold of a few old sheffield steel files.I hope to have a go at turning them into knifes at some point.Now i understand that they need to be softned first.I understand that part.Then rehardened.I understand that part.Then tempered.This is...

Hi everyone, has anyone used a knifeblank from alabama damascus steel and cutlery company?If so what are they like to deal with, quality of product etc.Also is there any problems with customs ie importing a knife etc. Regards Chris.

Hi everyone, just a quick question,is a budllia branch any good for a stick shaft?I found one on one of mine today,while photographing some butterflies in the afternoon sunshine.Its a two year old branch and would make a good shaft.Anyone used one? RegardsChris.

Hello everyone, i photographed this little chap (well bloody big chap actualy)the other day in my garden.Not noticed them before.But after spotting this one i found quiet a few about.Can anyone tell me what it is apart from a spider that is. Thanks for taking the time to look...

Hi all hope everyone is fit and well. Last night me and my dog were sat in the house minding our own affairs, when i heared the sound of a chainsaw beeing started up.Now thinking that was an oppertunity not to be missed,i went to investigate, from where the sound was coming from.About 40 yards...

Hi all, just found this mushroom growing in my garden. can someone please tell me what it is,and is it eatable. thanks Regards Chris.

Hello everyone, today i wanted to spend a couple of hours doing a spot of carving.I wanted to try my hand at making somthing a bit diferent.So came up with this little chap.All comments welcome. The cut out in the cap/dome or whatever the technical term is came...

Hello everyone nowthen back in the 70s, i had an lp album (thats a record before such things as cds for you younger members, yes i am that old).I cant remember who it was by, but it was a folk music album.A song on it was the penine rangers song,As far as i can remember the words went like...

Hello everyone, spent a few hours sat outside tonight after tea.Nice evening so, i decided to carve a wood spirit. Not made one for a while.The tools that i used to make him were, a flexcut detail knife and a Robert Sorby 3mm v palm tool, for the hair detail.The wood is a peice of seasoned ash...

Hello everyone, Today i wanted to visit the local art and craft shop,to buy some brown ink.As the shop is at the far end of town, i dont go down that end very much.On my way there, i passed a small antiques,brick a brack shop. The last time i was in was about 6 months ago.So decided to have a...

Hello everyone, I want to make a few bone beads,for a project that i am on with at the moment.I would like to colour them, so the colour is in the bone and not on the surface.As it would be if they were painted.I was thinking about using diferent coloured inks.Has enyone tried this before.If so...

Hi everyone, can anyone id this log, that i found in a local park today.That is, tell me what wood it is.It was on a footpath.I could not see any signs of any recent tree cutting.Thanks for taking the time to look.

Hi all, started on a sheperds crook handle this week.It not finished yet,but i would like to show progress so far.I will add to the thread at various stages of completion. First pics show the raw material,a block of yew wood.Aquired from the net. Next a tracing of the crook shape so...

Hi all, I would like to show two measuring scoops that i have recently finished.The first one is carved from an ash root burr, that i harvested from exposed roots, on an erroded river bank.When i looked more closely at the cut burr, i noticed that it was quiet soft and starting to decay in the...

Hi all, I would like to show a scoop that i recently finished. It is carved from some kind of root burr. It was found in a wooded area that containes ,both broad leaf and pine. It was found amongst a tangled root mass, that was on the surface of the wood floor.So it could be from either.I call...

Hi everyone, I would like to show a carving project that i did last summer. The bowl is made from a piece of beech wood. That had been drying for a while in my shed.The other part is made from a small branch that i cut from a Cotoneaster bush, from my garden.Both are finished to 600 grit wet...

Good evening everyone, I would like to show a spoon and spork that i made during the summer.The spoon is made from sycamore,and the spork is made from blackthorn,i think.Anyway it is carved from a piece of wood that i found in the middle of a field,that as hedgerows around it. The hedgerows had...