Suffolk Bushcraft Group
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I bought pouches just like those off Stu last month and have restored them with autoglym leather care, they came up really well. Im very pleased with them (and they don't even have a Maxpedition logo!
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It feels a nice weight when you hold it nearer the head so looking forward to trying it out once I've de-rusted it, cleaned off most of the damaged bits, I am deff going for a short helve on this one.., the Larger one I am looking forward to seeing how long the Molasses take to clean off all the rust.. as you can see its very rusty.. and with all those pits should leave and intersting finish
... it may look like a hammered effect...
Thanks! I enjoyed bring them back. They are, though, of a peculiar size, and I'm having a bit of difficulty figuring out what will go in them
I've done a bit of leather restoration before, but there is always so much time between projects that I forget how easy it is, what products to use, and how good the results are. But what I always ending up re-learning is that Neatsfoot Oil and Dubbin will solve all leather problems. They've never failed me.
Is there anything similar you can do with canvas/leather game bags? I have an old canvas and leather game bag from my great-grandfather, but's too stiff and awful feeling to do anything with. I'd love to restore it...
Also, if there are any wine -drinkers among you, please save my **** and fill out this survey for my dissertation, It takes 20 seconds if you don't want to do the long bits (which are optional)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HFLJT83
also pass it around if you want to be a proper gentleman
With my old canvas and leather golf club bag I washed it in the bath with hand washing powder a couple of times with a bit of fabric softener in it, when well rinsed and dried it was nice ans soft again, on the leather I used nikwax leather conditioner (A couple of coats) and it was as good as new, not bad for a bag around 100 years old, I had my hickory clubs in it.
Got back home tonight after being away since Thrusday, taken the helve out of the smaller axe, and broken out the stub left of the larger axe helve... they are now sitting in a nice Molasses Bath.. now to wait two weeks...... think that should give me time to sort out the others lol.....
Less the Three weeks to the Monthly Meet, and still no Skill Share, anyone take this on Please.
Lets not let these drop, lets keep up the momentum, it would be a shame to not bother and stop and they dissapear due to lack of interest, I know some will say they have no skills, this could be something you could learn at home and bring to a meet and share.
Lets not let these drop, lets keep up the momentum, it would be a shame to not bother and stop and they dissapear due to lack of interest, I know some will say they have no skills, this could be something you could learn at home and bring to a meet and share.
Is there anything similar you can do with canvas/leather game bags? I have an old canvas and leather game bag from my great-grandfather, but's too stiff and awful feeling to do anything with. I'd love to restore it...
Also, if there are any wine -drinkers among you, please save my **** and fill out this survey for my dissertation, It takes 20 seconds if you don't want to do the long bits (which are optional)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/HFLJT83
also pass it around if you want to be a proper gentleman
Canvas can typically be restored with a soap wash and a wax coating. I've made my own canvas wax, but have also used Barbour waterproof coating. The leather parts simply need a good dose of Neatsfoot and then Dubbin.
As for you dissertation…. what level dissertation is this? Undergraduate? MA? Does your research question allow wine-drinking bushcrafters to be considered part of the population you are examining? This a common sampling problem. You should know that I'm an academic who teaches research methods to postgraduate students.
Russell, I would help do a sharpening skill-share. You've been trained by Longstride and are starting a sharpening business, and I've got enough experience with razors to be a solid assistant. I can also bring some exotic sharping stones, like a Black Arkansas, a Coticule, a Dragon's Tongue and a Charnley Forest. I can also bring a Naniwa 1000, a ton of diamond pastes and a couple of strops. I'm sure that I also have few India stones and some others. Everyone would love to go home with a sharper knife.
I think this is a great idea. pity I'm probably going to miss it...
Canvas can typically be restored with a soap wash and a wax coating. I've made my own canvas wax, but have also used Barbour waterproof coating. The leather parts simply need a good dose of Neatsfoot and then Dubbin.
As for you dissertation . what level dissertation is this? Undergraduate? MA? Does your research question allow wine-drinking bushcrafters to be considered part of the population you are examining? This a common sampling problem. You should know that I'm an academic who teaches research methods to postgraduate students.
Undergraduate dissertation, and if you are offering help I'll gladly take it because apparently according to my supervisor I'm going to have to pull out all the stops to get something passable done in time
All I want to do is sit in the woods
I'm so fed up with uni and at the last hurdle is not the place to feel depressed.
I was lucky with my dissertation as I had to do all the research in the woods
'Sorry dear, I can't do the housework I have to go to the woods to research for my dissertation'
Have you told your other half you've finished or does she still think your working on it?
Thats my feeling we dont want to keep having the same skills croping up every meet, my feeling is have a basics month perhaps every four months... Sharps/Fire lighting/tarpolgy..
The June Meet is dedicated to the shetler build so we need one for May and July
, it would be nice to post the skill shares in advance, maybe have them noted in the list on the bottom on the Meet Thread
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I posted a long note in the Bushcraft Chatter forum that sortof mentions you all…. it's flattering, but a "heads-up" is in order. hahaha
