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    Homemade canoes?

    Has anyone made their own canoe, kayak, boat or SUP? Did you use a kit or make it from scratch perhaps with only plans to guide you? I've been looking at Fine Boat Kits and they do look nice and not that hard, but I've no experience or tools. Has anyone experience of this? Do you have any...
  2. ASIANGIRLINTHEWILD

    Bake bread in stone oven

    Hi guys, I just made a new oven for my camp, in front of my shelter. I made it very similar to the one I made before and I used pizza, but this time I put a stone to cover the entrance in this way I could keep the heat inside much more and it worked much better, the bread was great and with a...
  3. ASIANGIRLINTHEWILD

    Bushcraft natural resources shelter

    Hi guys! This time I want to share with you some pictures of my bushcraft shelter, that I made using only natural material (fallen down trees, ferns) and rope. I started by going in the forest to look for dead trees (because I don't like to cut down alive one just to build a shelter) in my area...
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    Theoretical and academic (for now) question about wood

    I am seriously considering making a tipi of fairly traditional design and am wondering, if I do not have access to Lodge Pole Pine (which I don't) and I only have common UK woods to choose from, what wood from the following list would be suitable for making 14ish foot long tipi poles from...
  5. Night Phoenix

    South West Scotland. Viking boat building

    I am involved in a local non-profit community based viking boat project. We have been busy building a viking boat using traditional and authentic methods along with modern ones. This is a small project with a big scope for events and could be making many appearances at viking shows. If anyone...
  6. Night Phoenix

    Where might I find?

    I am involved in a viking boat building project and we are now on the hunt for a second hand trailer to tow it around to shows and launchings and such. Its a non profit project hence second hand but so far have struggled to find anything. Any suggestions of where to look other than ebay and...