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    BrittonWood meet August 28-31 Where sleeping next to the fire is always an option

    Hi folks just doing the Saturday night with my two nephews.See you there
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    world knife and tomahawk throwing championships

    Thanks to everyone for interest and support,the results are in.first place was France,second place was Germany and the UK team came in third. Was really happy with my individual placing of 73rd out of about 130 competitors and was only 15points short of 3rd place in the three metre knife...
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    world knife and tomahawk throwing championships

    Been competing in the world knife and tomahawk throwing championships today at the woodend farm complex in Huthwaite Nottinghamshire. The event is being attended by teams from the UK,France,Russia,Italy,Chech Republic,America,Spain and Switzerland. The categories for the competition are...
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    Britton Wood meet July 24th 25th 26th, where a kilt wearing Scotsman cycles.

    Had great time even though it was only a short stay,hope everyone had a good weekend.thanks to Matt,Si and Jim for making me welcome,see you guys soon.
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    Britton Wood meet July 24th 25th 26th, where a kilt wearing Scotsman cycles.

    Hi guys should be there Friday to Saturday mid day only , Johnny R
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    Flint knife

    That looks like a really good job mate,well done. Is the handle split under the rawhide?
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    overnighter and basic Bushcraft course

    As mentioned in an earlier post"light is right", I met up with some friends for an ultra light overnighter and to run a refresher course for the basic Bushcraft we did last year. Weather wasn't good to start with but we had Carol Kirkwood's assurance it would brighten up by mid day. On...
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    what's in your fire tin

    Liking your style:lmao:
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    Basha with Bungees

    No problem,best way to learn get out and do it and have fun at the same time . And I'll bet the way you're doing it now will have changed in a year's time and again in five. Great to hear about the tent pegs, notches are another good area of focus (knife skills,notches and knots :cool:) enjoy...
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    Basha with Bungees

    Numbers should have read bungees ,predictive text :confused:
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    Basha with Bungees

    Hi RoweY ,Sounds like a good shelter idea,a friend of mine has used numbers on his shelter and with some good results. Also check out the plough point and the lean to configurations ( loads of the stuff on you tube ) Also try to learn a few knots as they're handy for other things besides...
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    Primitive Bows?

    You thought of making them?:cool:cool:
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    light is right

    Hi there, it's a site I use pretty regular. Following some hand rails on the way there and reverse on the way back,have an emergency base line too to get my back to my vehicle.
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    what's in your fire tin

    That's a pretty comprehensive kit mate.Sounds like a compact tin too:cool:
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    light is right

    Yes mate, spent many a winter with tape on ever finger of my left hand coz the tips had split by Wednesday handling wet bricks in the footings
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    what's in your fire tin

    Sounds like you got all of your bases covered,do you make your own char cloth,if so what is your preferred material?
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    light is right

    Thanks for your comments and opinions,they're very welcome. I would however like to put across a few points that have brought me to this decision 1 Durring the eightys I was a member of the St John's Ambulance Brigade,most of the first aid manual if not all dealt with the use of the triangular...
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    An unfortunate weekend

    Nice longbow, is it home made. Hope you're on the mend
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    Just finished my first knife...

    That's a really nice job mate,well done:)