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Hylton Rutherford . www.rutherfordforge.co.za/ he makes stunning knives and pendants .

View from one of the many caves . 15cm Cape gilded lizard this male was not afraid to challenge any thing sitting on his rock . Sand lion larvea and my leather kuksa put to good use hiking . The closest we came to rain , all the toads were out 7 drops of rain huge electrical storm .

You know you in the wilds when you see this sign . Its a big area to explore or get lost in . Plenty bushman paintings some easy accessible like these others you really got to befriend the farmers before they share the locations

So I decided to take my brother to the Cederberg mountains in the Western Cape for a bit of hiking and relaxation in the middle of summer when he popped over from the UK it was really great being in the outdoors even though it was a toasty 43'C and peaked at 46'C . Got really close to the...

Very nice , well done .

Would love to tell you I spend hours hand carving each figure using a sharp needle etc etc but the laser cutter or digital milling machine does all the work . Am looking to do a roller for a belt vice with Feegles and "Crivens'' as a continuous pattern just have to figure out how to dye them...

Made this stamp for a mate who is a Terry Pratchett fan .

Post a pic of knife .If you want a scandi type sheath - over a wood scabbard form and stich leather while wet , else you can preform then stich and just cut off the welt later but you will have a raised welt on the sheath .Remember to allow for shrinkage

Yes its one of mine , busy with a tree of life button to fit the bag better . A few more , this one I really like the brown gusset works well .

Really liking this stamp . First attempt at a hand made journal .

all flaps were made using a plexiglass lazer cut stamp ... some more pics of test stamps all 80mm DIA.

Needed to make a few pouches in a hurry for a friend going to a craft market here are a few pics .

All you need is metal dessert bowls and a clamp , wet the leather and clamped it between the two bowls overnight , trimmed off the excess and reinforced the handle with double layer of veg tan leather.... done . Next one I will turn two wooden plugs to make a bigger one , cup is 30mm deep this...

Just for fun , had no soft wood to carve still needs to be waxed .

Always fancied a kuksa but with our hard African woods that fight back carving one has never appealed to me , made a batch of bags happy to swop a bushcraft pouch for a kuksa need not be fancy just a nice wood cup .

Got a gap to play a bit so made some bags .

Very nice .

We make a lot of bat boxes to add to house eaves and trees , instead of cutting grooves in the back panel we just cover the back panel with shade cloth it works great as some of the smaller species battle to enter the boxes if the grooves are too wide apart . also our boxes are flatter shoe box...

State issue condoms , they in all the public restrooms /petrol stations as an awareness drive for HIV prevention . Great for starting fires , waterproofing , storage etc etc