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First post in a long time! When we first moved to our current property we used to keep chickens and bantams and Sunday lunches were followed by eating our way in pie and crumble form through the glut of apples and berries that the garden produced, we then built a house on our property and...

Okay so hypothetical situation. Me and a friend or a couple of friends might bush out for a day or two on some permission of ours, and this got me to thinking. I am a good cook, and from the most uninspiring ingredients can generally come up with things that are pretty good eats! While this...

Okay, i have had a lot going on around the family home where i still live, had a large oak and ash come down, destroying some stuff in the process, but also clearing some space, and also a house being built in the back garden. Also having to be financially independent which turns out weather you...

Knife made from fieldcrafter-UK blank. The wood is American black walnut, the sheath is the first sheath i have ever made and is from leather re used from an old saddle. I did the belt loop by passing some leather lace between four holes, it turned out to work very well, sits very securely...

Need some advice, Basically all my yew long bows very quickly take on a lot of set, ie nearly at brace height,and i want to avoid this. When choosing yew i usally work with the natural bend as apposed to against it as i think its easier on the wood. All the wood is well dried some times a...

Little crossbow i made out of some scrap yew and other wood reclaimed from the bonfire. The prod is 40lbs at 11inches, wish i had left it thicker as i didn't realize how inefficient the design is, anything it fires drops extremely rapidly, so i am tempted to replace the prod, however for now it...

Just some Photo's of a thumbstick, a knife and an axe handle i made recently, all finished in tru oil. The Axe head is a Sandvik one, and the handle is from Oak the thumbstick was made from scratch, and the Knife was made from an old chisel, and a supply of oak burl wood i have, and ash, with a...

Yew Longbow - My first working Yew longbow, it draws about 50 lbs at 30 inches. The bow was carved from a Yew limb that was heavily de flexed, it then took on about an inch of even set, I wish i had steam re flexed the limbs then heat treated the belly, is i would have got a much quicker and...

For example currently if there is a six page thread running, i have to go to the bottom of page 6 to read the original post, is there a method of changing this so that the original post is on page one, with the answers sequenced after, ie OP, 1st post, 2nd post, 3rd post, 4th post. NEXT PAGE...

I have built a yew long bow, its nearing completion now. Its been a tricky stave for a first bow but i think its worked out OK. I recently saw a picture of some yew long bows, all seemed to have dimensions of about 1-1.5cm diameter at the nocks. Now im a little worried as my bow is about 1 inch...

I would like to make myself some leather belt pouches and knife sheaths for woods walking and hunting but i can not find anywhere online that sells leather for craft supplies except in huge 50 square meter sizes.. Anyone point me in the right direction and give me a list of tools i might need...