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Hi again. I promised to shed some light on the use of withies, and now I've finnally collected everything I've been able to find on this topic in Norwegian sources, and made my best effort to translate it into english (in advance, please excuse the language). I hope some of you fellow...

I was afraid of that. Now I'll probably have to translate the whole text into English. I'll try to post the pictures of the knots tonite.

Hi. Sure! Spruce gum was the original chewing gum, long before anyone had even heard of chewing gum. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruce_gum Sadly it went out of fashion after the sweeter varieties came on the market. I learned how to do this from my granddad. The key to success is to...

Easy now, brother. This was my bad. I take back the part about no tips. This was merely a momentary expression of frustration over the massive amounts of OT I had to plow through to find the interesting stuff. Gr

This is not a bad idea. I can make a fistful of these and strew them over my gear. Then I always know I have one with me. Somewhere. I've also discovered that my girlfriend's toilet bag contains a universe of different tinder and fire starting material, but I dear not tread there unless every...

Hi Dennydrewcook. Great topic! Unfortunately, not a single useful tip in the whole thread so far... But here's my best bushcraft tips: Withies Spruce chewing gum. Sphagnum moss for loo paper Best Grunde

By the way. I found this old Norwegian book with a large section on withies. Amongst a lot of techniques and traditions with withies - it also describes the knots that were used. If anybody is interested I can probably post some photos. Grunde

Thanks White Bear! I thought that the humble withy was too important an issue not to comment on. :) But I really do think this resource deserves more attention from bushcrafters on the whole. The technique is learned in an afternoon, and the reward is huge! I really can't think of a more...

Hi! I see your problem was sorted allready, but.. That blade form is pretty standard on shelves of well equipped hardware stores in Norway. I would suppose it's also used in parts of the anglophone world as well. Try searching for «electrician's knife». Best Grunde

Hi everybody. I came over this thread about whitties on google, and I instantly had to sign up for this forum. Great to be here! I know that withies was used extensively in Norway in yonder years, but kinda went out of fashion when steel wire became affordable. However, my granddad was...