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    uk stocks of byrd tern

    Hi there, i'm struggling to find anyone that's got any stock of the byrd tern. Hennies etc are all showing out of stock. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks
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    more recycling - friction folder from stuff in the shed!

    was feeling creative today after reading the BB forum last night. So today I made a very simple friction folder out of stuff in the shed. Chopping board + pc case + end of a blunt bread knife + some bolts =
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    Re-purposing an old knife

    Wife was getting rid of an old Ikea, blunt serrated bread knife we found in the back of the drawer when we moved in. ...So I nabbed it to have a play with in the workshop: All done freehand on this: (note to self, must make some jigs to get even angles!) Also made a...
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    Ceramic knives?

    I was in morrisons last night looking for one of the vegetable knifes with a sheath to keep in the camping kit. Spotted a ceramic one for £4, so it had to be done :) i'm not expecting much at that price, but it was worth getting just to have a white, translucent blade! I'll "road test" it and...
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    22 year old opinel 4 still sharp from the factory

    Just dug out my first ever pocket knife. '92 olympics special edition opinel 4. Was my edc for years (before teachers pointed out i shouldn't have an edc knife at school!) then got left in a drawer for at least a decade, found it today and it's grubby, but still sharp. Used to use it every day...
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    Aye up

    Hello from Yorkshire, (just south of Skipton) I guess I'm a newbie to the site, but have been camping etc for nearly 30 years, including nearly 10 years as a scouter. Also lived in Tanzania for a couple of years! Never really thought of the stuff I've done as "bushcraft" before, it was...
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    Sharpening a very old ws type d

    Hi guys, Diiging about in a box of "gardening tools" given by a friend, I found what looks to be an old type d mod knife. It's currently so blunt it's more use as a hammer, but it's awesome and i'd like to get it back into use.i've done a bit of a search on the site, and most of the...