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Hi, its been a long time since I have posted....and even longer since I made anything, but I thought I would share my latest project with you. This is the first sheath I have ever made....and I'm happy with the way it turned out :cool: Thanks for looking and comments are always welcome:)

Finally I have got my first job in Germany:D It means moving to the big city of Leipzig so I wont be able to practice as much bushcraft as I do now, but hey...I've got a job:1244: :cool: I'll be starting a week after I come back from Sweden,mid July. I just have to find somewhere to live...

Last weekend we did a small cycle and camping trip. We cycled to a village called Kipfenberg which is about 30km away. It was over 30 degrees in the shade so we made plenty of breaks to rehydrate. There was some wonderful views along the way including several Poppy fields...

I need a rucksack for my coming trip to Sweden. Now I cant seem to find any decent rucksacks that cost under 150€ so I'm thinking of importing a highlander forces 66 from England. I have read quite allot of good things about these rucksacks but I would like to know one thing before I commit...

and it ended up looking like this :D He's well chuffed. I used an old chopping board for the scales so I think they could be sycamore or beech. I put a nice leather lanyard on it with a four strand round braid. Cheers for looking Andy

Ok, I am growing my own mushrooms from a kit and they are coming up nicely, but the question is how do I pick them? is it better to cut them off at the base or twist them out of the soil taking some of the roots with it? Does the same technique also apply to wild mushrooms? I really want to...

A new tobacco pouch and a spoon that is a friends birthday present.

Over the Easter holidays we visited some lovely fairytale places in Thuringia. The first was the Drachenschlucht (Dragon Canyon) in Eisenach which realy felt like a primeval landscape. The canyon is It is quite narrow in places (86cm) and about 3km long. We only walked about 1 km of it...

I have just received two pieces of Rhubarb-Tanned Sheep Leather as a gift. I don't know what to make out of it as I think it is too thin for your normal knife sheath or possibility bag. It is very soft and and smells wonderful. Here is a link to the shop it came from but I can't get a direct...

I have been recently given a large piece of 2mm black leather. The problem is that the dye is coming out and leaving black marks on everything it touches. I'm not sure what type of dye it is but is there any way to fix it? I am thinking of making some small bags out of it as I assume it isn't...

We're going to Sweden :D We're going to Sweden :D We're going to Sweden :D We're going to Sweden :D We're going to Sweden :D We're going to Sweden :D can you tell that we're just a little bit excited? We are going to be staying in a holiday cabin near Ljungdalen ( 62°51'18.93"N...

I wasn't sure if I should post this here or on the edged tools forum (because of the coconuts :D ) Please feel free to move it. So here it is: These knives used to have horrible, perished rubber handles and didnt take an edge very well despite being hollow ground. But now they are...

I have been busy this weekend sanding, filing and taking photos......and ended up with this :D One customised sak with beech scales :) Thanks for looking Andy

Anybody know what sort of bird this is? Sorry for the poor quality pic, it was taken through the trees and out of seven frames its the best one I got (that's enlarged in quite a bit) here's the original taken with a 300mm lens. I hope it gives a bit more sense of scale (it was huge)...

My coffee pot :D Cheers Andy

I have finally got round to sorting a Christmas present from two years ago :o I don't know how old it is, but I really like it and would like to make it usable, I think it would be great for foraging and for use in the garden. I have put an edge on it using wet'n'dry, a mouse mat...

I have started my first knitting project-a scarf. A friend has shown me how to do it and I have made many mistakes, nothing major but things like a couple of holes where I missed a stitch and the fact that it keeps getting wider the longer it gets :rolleyes: :o Anyway, yesterday she asked...

I went for a wander in the woods on Sunday and it was very foggy.I decided to take the camera out with me (I normally forget :rolleyes: ) Its not the best weather for taking photos without a tripod but I sort of managed. I love the spooky feeling that you get when the woods are full of mist...

Im trying to enjoy a nice glass of wine, but from somewhere a load of small flies have appeard. They seem to like wine ( im trying to guard my glass as I type) and they are sort of brownish in colour and 2-3mm long. I don't know where they are coming from. Has anyone any ideas to what they are...

I went for a walk in the rain today, it was great..I only saw two people :11doh: , and they just looked at me funny because I had no umbrella :umbrella: I walked up the local hill, it only takes about 30 mins to get up there, and when I set off it wasn't proper rain, but when I got to the...