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Still open to offers. Saving up for a teepee!

I'm open to sensible offers guys.

Kellam Puukko. A famous bushcraft brand and knife. Hair shaving sharp. Real character and used but not abused.Back of blade is a little worn from use. My own personal knife for a few years. Beautiful handle and sheath. £45 Falkniven S1 forest knife. A fantastic all rounder that is well...

There lots of course drawings in it too. A5 book. No I have Larry book too.

No sorry I have wildwood wisdom. Keep going guys

Thanks guys but that is not it. The book was illustrated in some parts and was instructional in the skills shown. coiled grass baskets and hunting section too i remember. it must exist

Ill take the Elm one. pm incoming

Hi all, I am trying to find a book that I read quite a few times as a boy. It was about primitive skills and I seemed to remember it being illustrated. I particularly remeber a section o coiled pots. The people in the book may have been wearing buskskins and there may have been a man and a...

Excellent work there buddy

I do belive he is talking nonsense mate. He has seen it on Tv perhaps. I have met loads of scout leaders and random member sof the public who remember doing bow drill and hand drill in th epast but are unable to reproduce the event when asked if they want a go. Not sure what that means.

I ahh err emm. No I dismantled it while i got the camera and then re-set it which took about 1 hour of frustrating fiddling. Next a bow trap made from daddy long leg parts

Agreed. An of course never eat anything that you found about on the internet without checking a few other sources first!!!!

Coppicing is a form of stress indeed. The wind is a stress too. Trees are under constant stress from various things and spend their lives trying to minimise it mechanically and chemically.

As an arboriculturalist I have had the oppertunity to look into it a bit and have found that trees growing in stressfull enviroments have more bitter seeds. For example a syscamore that is constantly grazed might be more bitter. Its a well known natural process. Not saying its scientific just my...

Yes to flour.

Some are bitter and some are not. It depends on a lot of things. I just eat them like little almonds. They do take a while to harvest though. I like the little pea-type things in Sycamore samaras too. they taste very nutritious and are sometimes sweet which is nice. last through winter too.

I was thinking a very small digestive biscuit

Ash keys Even in winter food can be found. Ash are often covered in keys well into winter. They can be gathered and opens to reveal seeds which are edible and not bad at all.When they are green they can also be pickled.

A bit of fun

Your right Harvestman. Thanks for the comments guys