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More when you carve one again mate...carbe a flat ended spatula, carefully cut the gaps in the fork with a small saw and round off the tines with sandpaper

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leon-b

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hi guys
me and my family went for a a walk around the local nature reserve and took along my fungi field guide, we found loads of fungi but i only took a few photos, i tried to identify them but im not sure if i got them right which i probebly didnt, all the ones which i tried to identify where poisenous :yuck: so we didnt pick any of them, we also saw a big hole which i thought was a badger set but im not sure i hope you can tell me and hopefully some of you can name my fungi

i thought this was sulphur tuft what do you think it is
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this was growing on the bottom of an oak tree and was about 15cm across
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different fungi
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i thought this could be stinking dapperling
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and heres the hole which i thought was a badgers den
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leon
 

British Red

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Can't help with the shrooms Leon (I know less than you - try aking Simon aka
Moonraker)

However I have a package and am a happy man and you have rep :)

Thanks brother

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paulcd

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leon-b said:
come on guys help me ID these please
leon
Hi, lets start the ball rolling, pictures are hard to go by but here goes
Pic 1 sulphur tuft
Pic 2 beefsteak (found on oak)
Pic 3 eludes me...poss more sulphur tuft
Pic 4 shaggy parasol
Pic 5 hard to see shape of sett which with badgers can be wider than height also look for ejected bedding and messy toilet areas (could be 10 yds from sett or 1/2 mile though!)
Hope this all helps, pretty sure on the fungi
PCD :rolleyes:
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leon-b

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damn it i really wanted to try beefsteak fungus maybe next time i am there i will pick one up
leon
 

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leon-b said:
i am wrapping my whole bamboo bow in string, it is hard work and it takes quite long but it looks better and is much stronger, i am half way there pictures will be up when i have done
leon

I wasn't aware you were doing this Leon. How's it coming along....

I hope you pulled the bow to full draw before starting the wrapping, as it's very frustrating to do all that work and have a limb break first time you shoot it :eek: Trust me, I know...

Looking forward to seeing picture
 

leon-b

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yes i pulled it to full draw and used it a couple of times before i wrapped it, at the moment it doesnt have a string on it as i was using broken bits of bamboo just to test it and the rough edges cut through the string
what do you reccomend for string, just any old string ?
pictures will probably be up about 6 oclock tonite
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No need to get hi-tec with your string, just use 2 lengths of garden string twisted together. Should be plenty strong enough for your purpose.
 

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leon-b said:
ok just wind the two pieces together like you would when making nettle cordage ?
leon

That's exactly right...Good man :You_Rock_

You got any arras yet....after all a bow is just a bent stick without them...
 

leon-b

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no i havent, im thinking of making a slate arrow head using the magazine how-to but im not sure what im going to use for the actual arrow any ideas ?
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Depends on how difficult you want to make it for yourself.

You can make arras that fly in 10mins if you use 9mm dowling and duct tape for fletchings, like these I made some time ago

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