birch

Hi New to this site. I've joined as I've decided its about time to indulge & develop my long standing interest in fire lighting. I've been hunting for hoof fungus and have found a plentiful source but am also looking for chaga. I don't know too much about it (aside from reading some stuff on...

I have just made a few birch whisks. They are quite simple to make. First peal the bark from a bunch (30 or so is about right) birch shoots (i.e. the small side-shoots only a year or so old) using a cleft stick. Then form them into two even bundles: Place them "end to end", with the bases...

I am in the final stages of polishing the handle of my puuko. It has a brass spacer next to the birchof the handle. I would like the brass polished, but when I polish it the polish/brass mix stains the birch black:( and I have to sand it down again to get the colour back, but this then scratches...