firesteel/picture Comp

[Dave Budd]

I've been having a tidy up around my desk this afternoon and I found a firesteel lurking under a pile of receipts and sweet wrappers It's a bit smaller than i normally make (probably the end of a bar that needed using up), so I'm going to give it away! It is about 2 1/2" long and is made to strike flint, but the end is sharpened to also work on a ferro rod

It will be given to the first person who can correctly tell me what I was doing to create this pile of wood chips AND what i did with some of those chips.

answers in a post below please

 

[phill_ue]

I reckon you where whittling a tree into a toothpick and you used the chips to mulch your roses.

 

[Chainsaw]

bow making? (I thought paddlemaking but chips are too big!) then kelly kettle for tea!

Cheers,

Alan

 

[Gill]

I reckon you wer using an adze Dave and you used some of the chips to boil up your kelly kettle for a brew after the hard work .

 

[Chris the Cat]

Made my axe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C da C.

 

[Cap'n Badger]

Carrrrrvin' out a canoe fer yer pond wi' yer adze?
An' usin' the bark t' make yer tea in yer kelly or dumpin' them in yer compostin' loo

 

[Chris the Cat]

Searching for a monkey's mind!!
C da C.
( and then selling the chips as Dave Budd 'Bushcraft Fire Chips' to 'city folk'!?? )
Chris.

 

[catcher]

where you chopping wood?

 

[Dave Budd]

Well, I think the kelly kettle sitting to the side and the tea making stuff must've given that part away

Yes I was using the chips to fuel my kettle. Seasoned ash is great for a quick brew

I've not been making a paddle or a canoe, my pond tends to be a bit seasonal

Not been making bows, though the wood was originally cut/split with that in mind.

The only tools I used were the axe in the block and a rawhide Thor to split off the bulk of the excess wood.

Chris, you are almost there mate, but my monkey's mind is still inside my head I do like the idea of floggin the chips to city folk though also axes are made from steel you twit

 

[Chris the Cat]

....oh yeah!

 

[Mesquite]

my guess, chips for a brew up and you were making some axe handles

 

[Miyagi]

You were making a (kuksa, is that the word?) bowl thingy for Mother's Day and the chips are for the Pot Purri.

 

[apj1974]

I'm going to go for ski's, this winter has convinced you of the need for them.

Or in prep for summer a nice but rustic Kubb set (brilliant game!)

although I'm leaning more to ski's!

 

[Dave Budd]

And the winner is...

my guess, chips for a brew up and you were making some axe handles

Spot on there Mesquite

Mostly from some ash that was cut a couple of years ago and some of the staves used on the bowmaking courses that year, the rest has been sat waiting for me to use for other things. Sadly it has been sat under a tarp for too long now and bits are spalting and other bits have got worm holes Hence the fact that I've removed a lot of wood There is also a hawthorn handle there that I'm going to try on a hawk

the very oversized blanks are now in the airing cupboard drying out. The last couple of handles that I carved from that batch of wood did a big banana when it dried out fully. This time I'm taking no chances and leaving plenty of meat to correct wobbles!

Mesquite, pm me your address and I'll pop the steel in teh post for you. Welldone

 

[Mesquite]

I got it right??? Ruddy hell if I could only guess the right numbers for the lottery

Thanks for that Dave,:You_Rock_

 

[phill_ue]

They look like big toothpicks for people with gappy teeth to me. I feel cheated!

 

[Celt_Ginger]

They look like big toothpicks for people with gappy teeth to me. I feel cheated!

Yea. One even looks like a new leg for the wardrobe.

 

[Dave Budd]

thanks

they will clean up all right when finished, trust me

besides, until they have an axe head on one end they are just sticks!

 

[Chris the Cat]

My axe head!???...
C da C.x

 

[Dave Budd]

funnily enough Chris, that is what I have sitting in my kitchen oven right now mate