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  1. Beardyal

    Tar very much

    Hi, I've been on here for a while, but haven't posted for a long time. My gf is wanting to make natural soaps and two ingredients she needs are pine, amd birch bark tar. I'm okay on the basics of making it, but I'm wondering if they solidify after the whole process. I'd like to store it...
  2. Beardyal

    Opinel?

    I would never have even thought about using tomato sauce haha. And yes I have many wooden things in the kitchen, I don't know why I thought any different about a handle on a knife xD. I can't wait to get this thing all sorted out nicely, thanks!
  3. Beardyal

    Opinel?

    That's all good to hear, everything I hear about them is encouraging, and they spread like a bug, my gf and my boss now want opinels. One little worry after reading around on the site... I watched a video of a guy rubbing olive oil on the wood handle, and then baking it, apparently olive oil can...
  4. Beardyal

    Opinel?

    Oh that's great to hear, thank you :) That makes it even nicer, and simpler to have as an every day knife for work. I can't believe how amazing they are, I just sit there... Looking at it. Haha
  5. Beardyal

    question on water

    Thanks guys! I'll be getting a key for those sheds along the canal as well as depending on the kindness of others, after all, that's what travel is about, right? XD My girlfriend is also a fussy eater, but I'm working on it, she even has her first knife now though so it's looking good. We're...
  6. Beardyal

    Opinel?

    I'm sorry if some of you lot have heard enough about Opinel knives... But I have just a very quick question. I have bought an Opinel No. 8 with a beechwood handle in Carbone, I plan to use the olive oil and oven trick to darken the handle, and to leave the blade in a potato overnight...
  7. Beardyal

    question on water

    Food and food/personal hygiene was also on my list. We're taking some of the GF's, brother's old army rations along for the ride, with a view to cooking up wild edibles, fingers crossed. I'll take a look at getting one of those filters. Keeping an eye out for water sources leading in to the...
  8. Beardyal

    question on water

    Hah! :) I'll look at getting one, this month's budget on fun stuff has just been blown on a new pack, roll and knife :D so maybe next month And thanks, I think she's halfway there, just needs a firm nudge
  9. Beardyal

    New Bushcraft UK T-shirts

    Had to go with the Tolkien t-shirt, I saw that leather patch in an old post on here and wish so badly that I never missed getting one. The rangers were my first pointer towards bushcraft.
  10. Beardyal

    question on water

    Thanks for all the info! I've been around canals a lot, and always thought I needed some paperwork to get one of those keys, what an amazing idea, I'll have to get one. Yeah the idea is to get my GF interested in the outdoors, not that she isn't already, but I've just applied for the...
  11. Beardyal

    question on water

    Yeah, it was a silly question haha, great pointers. For some reason I just expected not to find any taps, we've walked a couple of sections of canal in the past and not come across any. I suppose if we carry some water treatment as back up, mark our water taps along the route and measure how...
  12. Beardyal

    question on water

    I'm not sure if this is the right place to be asking, but my girlfriend and I are planning on going on a long hike (I think she's trying to see my side of the whole 'bushcraft' thing) for about a week, with some smaller practice runs. The only real problem I can see is water. We plan on walking...
  13. Beardyal

    Hello everyone

    I'm new, and from cheshire too, we should swap notes :) where abouts in cheshire if you don't mind me asking?
  14. Beardyal

    Anybody out there?

    Thanks for the pointers and the welcomes! I have had a look at google earth and found quite a few bits of woodland along the canal from me, a shame most of them are areas of special scientific interest though. Looks like driving out to somewhere will be my main way of getting out. The course...
  15. Beardyal

    Anybody out there?

    Hi all, I'm very new to Bushcraft, despite attempting to practice at home (rubbish attempts at making a fire in my back yard mainly). I'm in Cheshire so I don't really have many places to stroll out to, but if anyone knows of anywhere please let me know! These forums look great, I probably...