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Oooh that is nice. Gimme! SiriusB

I always thought midges and gnats were interchangeable names for the bugs that fly around in swarms just above your head. We should have a definitive list! Having said that in general no matter which name we use we all know it'll be some bloodsucking critter that left this world slightly...

I can explain all that [and more] to you in the woods if you like :D SiriusB

Computer Science student here and 10 is 2 in binary. Although technically it should be written 0010 or even 00000010. You can work out binary numbers like so: 128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Wherever there is a 1 add the values. The above case is 2 :)...

Just because something is safer does not prevent one from still having accidents. A blunt knife is less efficient at its task and requires more force to achieve results. The extra force could lead to a nasty accident. The same can be said for any tool. If it is not properly maintained and...

That would be great! Now if this does go ahead I hope you lot are ready to teach me everything you know! :D I am somewhat of a bushcrafty noob. SiriusB

No I have only proven that you find sharp knives dangerous :D Like I said, perhaps a little more due care from yourself and you wont be picking up your fingers :) I work on a meat & fish counter in a supermarket and use very sharp knives all the time. I have only ever cut myself a few...

Any chef, butcher, fishmonger, carpenter, builder and anyone else who uses sharp cutting tools will tell you the sharper the knife the safer the task will be. Yes you may have been cutting your fingers lots on a sharp knife, but methinks you're just clumsy and/or so used to blunt knives you...

Ooh sounds interesting! Lyme Park isn't terribly far away for me as I am in Tameside. Goyt Valley is a little harder to reach but is doable. Of course if this goes ahead and anyone fancies giving me a ride then who am I to say no :D SiriusB

Manchester is huge! SiriusB

That's kids for ya! Fire is a novelty for us... i err mean them.... :D SiriusB

One of my friends sees a real camp fire as a sort of novelty. As such he wants it to be as big as possible using as much wood as possible and he always has to spray on lots of meths to make it woosh. He just doesn't understand why we don't make it a huge fire. Cooking a tin of beans doesn't...

I remember a few years ago when at a campsite a few friends and I had a nice little fire that we cooked on. Some neighbours weren't having much luck and I spotted them with a large bottle of meths and not very much wood. In the interests of them not potentially burning down their tents we...

Oooh very nice, looks like a good sized knife too. Might get me one once I know how to sharpen properly. My new Frosts Mora arrived today so I shall be abusing it as soon as I lay my grubby mits on some wet and dry. SiriusB

...and a few modern ones too :) As I mentioned in my introductory thread my interest in bushcraft was sparked by reading a website with lots of fire starting methods from bow drills to fire pistons. There is even a fire by ice and fire by chocolate methods :D I have noticed in the last...

Woah woah woah! I thought being DPM clad nutters is what this is all about! I am completely disillusioned now... :( ;) SiriusB

According to the BAA Heathrow website no flammable liquids or solids are allowed on the plane. Sorry! Looks like you need a plan C :) SiriusB

Escapes are important! Gets boring looking at the same thing every day! I have tried fire by friction and have had mixed results. I haven't tried recently as there is no decent wood to practice with near to where I live. A neighbour is planning on pruning some branches on a tree in his...

Hello everyone! I have been lurking here for the past week after having my interest in bushcraft sparked again after stumbling across a different website on fire-by-friction methods! While I say sparked again, I don't really have that much experience in bushcraft other than what I have...