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    S-Curved Sewing Needles

    Wanted to give an enthusiastic endorsement for these. S-Curved needles. Also known as serpentine post-mortem needles. If you have a repair kit, one of these belongs in it. If you make things out of leather, you ought to get one. The shape of them makes sewing much easier, and the point will go...
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    World's Coolest Survival Kit

    Immodest perhaps, but I think I made the coolest survival kit ever. First one I made was the Owl'mups to hold a Schrade Credit Card Knife. There's a snap on the back of the head that goes through the finger ring to hold it in place. The head is four separate pieces sewn together by hand. After...
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    Fox'mups

    After making the Owl'mups (containing a knife), then the Terrapin'mups (containing a compass), and then the Trout'mups (containing a fishing kit), I finally had a chance to do what was originally going to be the third one, the Fox'mups, containing a fire starter kit. I had begun it 2 years...
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    Sun & Moon Watch Sleeve

    Made this sun and moon sleeve for a pocket watch. Two pieces sewn together for each side, and then the two sides sewn together at the seams. Approximately 55 hours in this. The collection keeps growing.
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    Edelweiss

    4 separate pieces, no actual fabric used, done on water soluble backing with a 3D satin stitch, 3 different shades of white, sewn together and the beads also attached with fishing line.
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    Upgraded Bushcraft Pants

    I've had 2 pairs of these Dutch DPM pants for more than 20 years. Bought one in 97 and another in 98. Both from 1990. Brand new when I got them, and most importantly, they fit my galootish frame. They've been my go to bumming around in the woods pants. Other than wearing the butt out on both, I...
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    Sasquash

    Latest pack design and build. The Sasquash. I'm a giant, the pack is large and it’s meant to quash things between it and the frame. Whether I go on a 2 hour Sunday afternoon June hike or a 2 day February ice climbing trip or a 2 week October canoe trip to Quetico, there are always things I want...
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    Trout’mups

    After making the Owl’mups, the world’s first embroidered Great Horned Owl neck knife sheath, and then the Terrapin'mups, the world’s first embroidered Red Eared Slider compass case, I thought a fishing kit might be a good addition to the menagerie of animal themed survival kits. So, here is the...
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    Terrapin'mups

    The Terrapin’mups, the world’s first embroidered red eared slider turtle compass case. The shell is 4 individual pieces sewn together. The menagerie grows. The Owl’mups and the Terrapin’mups. A knife and a compass. Thinking of making a fire kit next. Considering making it a fox. A mammal...
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    Owl'mups

    I got a Schrade Credit Card Knife recently. Sheath was decent, but I decided to have some fun and make a new one. And this the result. The Owl’mups, the world’s first embroidered owl neck knife sheath. (Okay, this is actually the second one, because I wasn’t completely happy with the first...
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    Patchery

    The library in my city has a maker space. Including a Janome embroidery machine. So I started making myself patches. Hard to tell from the photo because of the inch height difference, but same size as a SAK scale. I really love Victorinox Swiss Army Knives. How much do I love my Leatherman...
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    Squish’mups: Compression Panel Day Pack

    My new compression panel day pack, the Squish’mups. (And just to give you a sense of the size, I’m 203 cm (6'7") and 113 kg (250 lbs). Yes, I make a 130 lb. Great Dane look small.) I’ve tried a few approaches to this idea, and they all fell a bit short. But I’m certain this will be the...
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    Sew’mups

    I’ve been using a lacklustre toiletry bag for my sewing kit for about 15 years. I guess it sort of did the trick, but it was lacking in many ways. I often thought that I should gut the interior and rebuild it. But it always ended up on the back burner. I jokingly figured I would finish all the...
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    FlameStower

    The FlameStower is a field charging unit that allows the charging of USB enabled devices (cell and satellite phones, handheld GPS units, AA and AAA batteries, headlamps, digital cameras, etc.). Place the blade on or near a heat source, (camping stove or fire, candles even), and put water in the...
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    100 Wild Huts

    (Did a search, but it turned up nothing.) Fella over there in the UK, Kevin Langan, is planning to construct 100 primitive shelters. I’m intrigued enough to swing by there every so often to see what he has come up with. 100 Wild Huts
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    Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald

    For any one with an interest in making simple shoes of some form, and would like to try something other than moccasins, or has an interest in primitive skills from different parts of the world, this will be appealing. A thorough treatise on simple shoes from Denmark predominantly, and other...
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    More Citycraft than Bushcraft, but hey. The Messenge’mups

    I had been using a Maxpedition Manta for a while for all my day to day stuff (wallet, camera, USB key, note pad, pen, flashlight, etc.). It was fine, save for that it wasn’t much good for carrying books - something I tend to do a lot of. I’ve been using a crappy attache case/messenger bag for...
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    More Citycraft than Bushcraft, but hey. The Messenge’mups

    Sorry. Double post. Please delete this.
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    Want to come to Algonquin, but don’t want to rent a car?

    So say that some of you folks in Europe want to come to Canada and go to Algonquin Park, but don’t want to deal with the hassle of renting a car for two weeks, which will sit unoccupied for most of that time anyway. It turns out there is now a bus that will take you from downtown Toronto to...
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    Kuhn Rikon - coloured paring knives

    While shopping in a German specialty store this morning I found some coloured paring knives by a Swiss company called Kuhn Rikon. The one that grabbed my attention was an orange paring knife that is fitted with a very secure coloured plastic sheath, and a coloured blade. Given that some folks...