bushcrafty presents

[Fire Ferret]

Hello bushcrafty people
and an extra hello to those that I met at the last scottish meet up in calander *wave*

HWMBLT, (He Who Must Be Listened Too) Bought me a set of leather making tools and some leather, YAAAY, much making of stuff will follow.

Any interesting web pages or books that anyone could recomend would be greatly appreciated.

Merry Christmas all.

X
Fire Ferret

 

[Toddy]

Hello Fire Ferret, and welcome to the forum
I've just hauled down the leather working box from the loft, Match's post put me in the notion to make a black leather sporran, the soft bag styled type.
What are you going to do with your lot?

Cheers,
Toddy

 

[Fungi]

Well, I ended up with a shiney new 1 pint Kelly Kettle and a sexy Petzl Tikka XP with a set of filters!!!
Now I can brew up in the dark!!!!!!!!
Yipee!!!!

 

[sandbender]

Nice pair of Leica Binoculars...

What can I say? My family clearly appreciate me more than I'd realised

 

[bloodline]

Merry Xmas to all and a special hello to those who were at the Oxford bowdrill meet I got a Barmah hat and a new pair of boots and loads of grog.
Peter.

 

[twelveboar]

I was bought this at the last lakes meet, and I've been waiting for Santa to pop it into my stocking since.

I can't wait to get a handle on it and start using it.

 

[capacious]

Hmmmm, let's see...

A crooked knife, a handmade spoon knife and the pocket collins wild food guide (thanks darling girlfriend for both, :You_Rock_ ), a Lapp Puukko, and Ray Mears 'Outdoor Survival Handbook'. Oh, and some Brasher socks that are 100% guaranteed no blisters and some Swanndri socks.

And I got myself a new Bahco saw (they were cheaper on Amazon than the replacement blades were ), a full set of Japanese Waterstones (which are sooooooo much beter than oil stones) and an Aussie Hootchie. And a set of Swanndri Merino Wool thermals.

Not a bad haul this year

Jake.

 

[Shewie]

Our lass came up trumps and bought me a pair of sealskinz thermal socks and the Collins British Wildlife book. She`s a good un.

 

[qweeg500]

I got a wildflowers guide, Nessmuk's Woodcraft & Camping, a Fjallraven Wool Cap and a Tilley T3 Hat.

 

[pierre girard]

Didn't get any, but I made moggasins for all my kids and bought Canadian Military cold weather mukluks for the whole family (boots aren't that special, but the liners are made of double layer fulled Hudson Bay blanket). Warmest winter boot liner going.

PG

 

[mark a.]

My wife got me the nordic knife kit from Brisa - brilliant! I have to wait until I can make it, though as we're about to move house.

I also got a Petzl Tikka Plus head torch from the parents-in-law, which will come in very handy for our next camping trip.

Great stuff!

 

[jamesdevine]

I just can't resist post this any longer. My wonderful wife both me a West Wind Antartica Smock in OG. I have worn it everyday since it's great.

http://www.west-winds.co.uk/


James :Wow:

 

[Daniel Edwards]

I got Outdoor Survival Handbook and Essential Bushcraft by Ray Mears and a sharpening stone. The books are great and Ive already read one of them, back to the other now, I thinks!

 

[Grooveski]

A wee Inova X1 torch. Have always been fond of little shirt pocket torches and this beats my maglights hands-down.

Picked my dad up a Grozer Sythian bow and made up a couple of dozen arrows for it. He's well chuffed and has the bug bad already.

 

[The Joker]

Well Santa was quite busy with me I Had: 70ltr rocketpak, head torch, laplander, jerky, walking poles, digi camara, sleeping bag, thermarest, nest of 3 billy tins, trangia, maya sticks (or what ever the're called), fire stick, bushcraft by Mors, fold up stool, £75 in vouchers for blacks, couple of collins gem's books.

I was a lucky boy, a lot of the stuff is replacing worn out kit.

Here's to my wife and little boy love you both loads. :You_Rock_

Happy Christmas to everyone and New Year

 

[wanderinstar]

I got a Snugpak Sasquatch jacket, Laplander, axe stone,headlamp and one of those lightweight quickdry towels. Just need a double sheepskin now for the hammock.
Ian.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

I got Ray Mears Outdoor survival and Lofty Wiseman's SAS survival books, a Swandri Ranger shirt, a Swedish Army wool t-shirt (fantastic bit of kit, not itchy at all) and a light weight Tilly hat.

 

[Graywolf]

Well I got 15m of 550 paracord,a folding shovel and a 65lt Trespass rucksack
from the kids-Wife said they paid £7.99 for the rucksack from T.K.Max ?Not to
bad for that price.And a new Lock Knife made by C.R.Knives looked interesting
with a 41/2" blade and 101/2" overall length and belt clip.(will have to find a pouch for it.Plus 2 Norge shirts and 2 sets of forces thermals.
Clayton

 

[Nemisis]

New Laplander Saw arrived at 07.00 am a little pressie to myself but chuffed regardless
Dave.

 

[Great Pebble]

My mum got me Chris Ryans "Ultimate Survival Guide"... Does that count?

I normally do well on the "Bush Pressies" front, previous years have usually involved bits of kit. But after the "Great I.T Disaster of 2005" when m home server died, those in the know (SWMBO) purchased computer related bits this year.