BCUK Match curling competition!

[Wilderbeast]

Bump, check sargeys post lads, possibility of a prize just for entering now so send them entries in!!

 

[SimonM]

Another entry from me...this time with my Bernie Garland neck knife...

This is strangely addictive!

Need to borrow my daughters Mora next

Simon

 

[Ian H]

hmmmm mora check, matches check. will get some pics tomorrow!!!

 

[Buckshot]

I could only find some US matches so I cut the ends off before I started tomake them more the length of UK ones.
2 different knives used as you see

Good fun, cheers for that

Mark

 

[jdlenton]

Here are my efforts, I now have a wife who thinks i have properly gone mad and suprisingly for me no cut fingers. All done with my beloved Benchmade.
the photos dont really show how fine the match gets at teh top it mus be 0.5mm in diameter at the top. like number 1 its very pretty fine and the feathers form a night tight ball all the way round.
Both Together

Number 1

Number 2

And With the Knife

 

[The Big Lebowski]

Thought I would dig this back up for a laugh (obviously the comp has expired)... First effort, and actually better than my 1.1 attempts

Strangely addictive!

 

[British Red]

I remember this thread

How about angels on a pin?

Or curls on a match head


feather stick by British Red, on Flickr

 

[dasy2k1]

My attempt,

not too bad considering I have nowhere near the carving skill level of a lot of you guys.....

Normal Cooks Safety Match


knife is a mora 106

 

[nickliv]

For a hoot, I tried using my old kent pattern axe, and I got this:-