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I swear by Makita equipment, works without failures for a long time, they are professional standard tools, you will not regret buying Makita. I have an early one of these when made by Elu 2" depth and 10" width cut, one of the most useful tools I own, a real workhorse, I don't know what I would...

Looks good, nice job and very satisfying I bet. I used to do a bit of target archery a few years ago, and if I remember rightly you need a bow with about 40lbs pull to shoot a target at 100 yards with any consistency. The arrow length is different and depends on your reach, with the bow held at...

I wear varifocals, and the optician said start wearing them for short periods each day and lengthen the time until your brain adjusts. So I ignored that advice as I was going to wear them all the time anyway. When you first put them on moving your head from side to side is an issue as it will...

This kind of thing drives me crazy, it's all down to very poor uptake of education. Of course it is sheath. I see it all the time on TV for example the sky adverts "believe in betta" what the hell is betta, now barclays advert "pay it of quicka" what the hell is quicka. Our language is very...

Wayland is being mean by not giving us a sense of scale, meany. The opposing grooves would suggest that something is wrapped around, the grooves providing secure binding so the fur, leather or whatever is wrapped can not move and is held securely. The two are of different size, one having 4...

I too swell up just the same, interestingly I was building some decking last week and on two occasions a fly landed on the motor of my impact driver rather than my hand, as the motor was warmer than my hand it looks like their sight or senses are in the infra red range and they home in on heat...

Thanks for posting, I never realized how much work went into making laminated blades and even with your skill and experience you comment that some of them are no good, must be a disappointment after all that work, can the not be reworked a bit. The finished products look fantastic and are a...

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Would make an interesting project to build your own pump. This has a picture using a calor type gas bottle as the pressure chamber. https://corgadapereira.wordpress.com/the-diy-ram-pump/ Another diy one http://www.instructables.com/id/Hydraulic-Ram-Pump/

I have a Fiskars where the blade is stored inside the handle and slides in and out locked in place by a thumb wheel. I find it more comfortable to use than a folding saw.

This is going to end up in a circular argument. Those involved in providing bushcraft experience/instruction are going to be in favour of qualifications/certification because it reinforces their businesses. The ordinary practiser of bushcraft would be in favour of instruction but indifferent...

Tiley this thread has been done to death but I offer a response to your post. Bear in mind the OP is an integral and respected part of a business selling bushcraft and associated experiences which is all well and good whilst it is undertaken as a vocational activity, undertaken for enjoyment...

I wish you every success in your endeavors. Please don't miss interpret or quote posts out of context, the trivial example I gave was simply to make the point regarding qualification, teach me the skill that's tangible and valuable; give me a piece of paper saying I can do it is of no value...

Which is probably why I don't go on any, I need helpful information not tuition. Schools charge for adult education vocational courses, fair enough if you want to attend a course and are happy with the fee being charged. The qualifications is a bit of a grey area and is a somewhat contentious...

Simply the breadth and depth of the course, not to mention the cost which is the overriding motivation. The point is that virtually all of us thirst for knowledge and information to further our enjoyment of this activity, and we are fortunate to find people and resources willing to share such...

If the academia was indeed the high institution it claims to be I could understand the desire for what you are aiming at, but sadly it is not. I am a firm believer that knowledge and information should be freely available to everyone, with some exceptions such as military research. However...

I have to ask myself WHY does it need any regulation, and the only answer that makes sense is so that people can make easy money from it. I have seen this in other industries, training schools set up purely to make easy money, then get the backing of legislators and before long it becomes...

mrcharly your reasoning is flawed, virtually all waters in the uk are covered by local bylaws which you would have to comply with. Also under 12's are not required to have a rod licince, but would need to fish with a rod as has already been stated hand lines are illegal in uk freshwater. I...

Leigh you did a remarkable thing to go out with nothing but a knife and survive for 24 hours. Ok the resources you found were very limited but full marks for attempting it. Bushcraft is the ability to use skills to not just survive but survive with some degree of comfort in our natural...

Wow you've probably just spent more on that than I have on ALL my bushcraft tools put together. Enjoy looking at it before you put it in the only place for it, a safety deposit box at the bank.