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    A few leather sheaths and a holster

    Here are the sheaths and holster Here are the same showning the blades
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    Looking for different fire starting methods

    I am putting together a fire starting methods meeting for my scout troop. I am looking for some interesting techniques or methods to have my patrol leaders demonstrate. So far I have the battery and steel wool, glycerin and pottasium per magnate, and bowdrill. I have some char cloth, cattail...
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    Lot's of DIY but all in swedish check out link

    As I mentioned this iste is all in swedish and I know a few here are Swedish lots of good stuff. http://www.andersj.se/index_start_ny.htm If someone who speaks the language would like to decipher the links it would be appreiciated, I tried an online translator but maybe 1 in 12 words were...
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    Crook Knife question

    I have made an attempt at making a crook knife and Have had limited success using it. I have a few questions for those familiar with them. Is the blade beveled only on one side? If so which side towards the work or away?
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    Kuska Smoothing Question

    I have carved out a birch cup but the inside is very course what method do you use to smooth the inside?
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    My sharp and shiny items

    This is most of my knife collection there are a couple more stashed away But I am not allowed to lift the bags they are in as of yet so here are the ones that were in drawers or out being used. Nothing fancy some are pretty crappy, some are attempts at knivemaking but others are good users. A...
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    Campfire Reflector Oven(pic heavy)

    It is made from 4 pieces of 1/2 inch steel conduit, 8 conduit clamps, 2 Large shiny cheap cookie sheets( 3 for $3 and change at Wally world), a couple of coat hangers, a dozen or so screws and nuts and a couple of sheets of scrap aluminum Disassembled Unit The aluminum was cut into 2...
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    Homemade Knife

    I call this Knife "Mr. Hyde" The blade is 3 1/2 inches long and about 1 1/4 inches wide at the hump. I gave it the name because it was made from a discarded "Hyde" brand putty knife it was heavily rusted when I found it (you can see some of the pitting). I still need to make a sheath for...
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    Canoe paddle handle repair

    Just before I went to Maine with the boy scouts I realized I was short of good paddles So I decided to repair what I had. Here is a description of what I did to repair the handles. This repair was done using hand tools to show it can be done. The tools used were drill and bits, saw, knife, file...
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    Pictures of Maine Northwoods Scout Trip (PicHeavy)

    The following pictures have been taken over the past few years camping with the boy scouts in northern Maine wich is the northern most state In thge New England region of the US. Much of the state is unpopulated and owned by paper companies for the harvest of puplwood. The paper companies allow...
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    Introduction

    Hello everyone, I have been viewing your forum for a few weeks and decided to join. I am in my early 40's and devote some time as assistant scout master to our local boy scout troop. I have two sons in their early to mid teens. I enjoy learning primitive skills, hunting, archery, fishing...