I'm wanting to go out next weekend and eldest son wants to come along, so if anyone fancies a day or 2 out let me know.
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Suffolk Bushcraft Group
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I feel up to going out myself, so I'd be happy to come along (depending on where and when, given that I'm on the bike still)
I'm up for a night out over the bank hol, only prob is that I've got to work Sat.
So if that fits in with others please let me know details.
I cant make next weekend, as I am off to see England V Baa Baa's with Edward. I am off for the whole week after that so may well go out for a couple of nights, to try my new toy I have just recieved...
Ok, Paul. Thanks for letting me know... That means down to two now, as Tonys droped out, I'll still run it, so I dont let anyone down,...
hi, sounds good, let me know where and when not 1oo% sure i can make but il try. thanks carl ps what new toy stu
, very nice work on the mora case.
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I'm going to speak to the farmer in Easton about using one of his woods next weekend , I will do a recce if I get time so it will be all new, failing that it will be Colchester . Just bought a Nomad hammock and tarp setup from amazon £40 for my son to use, not a bad price at all. Think I'm going to be out every weekend from now on.
Just got back from the knife making workshop with Big Stu. Absolutely brilliant ! With Stuarts help, I am now well on my way to making my first knife. I decided to make a bushcraft knife based on my Arthur Wright knife, classic bushcraft knife. I started from ground bar stock 01 carbon steel and marked out the shape I wanted then cut out the shape with a 4" angle grinder with cutting disk. Then changed to a flap disc and cleaned up the profile shape and cleaned up with a 6" hand file. Then marked out where I wanted the dowel pins and drilled the blank. I then set about marking the cutting edge and hand filed the tapered edge, this was tricky to keep central but I'm well pleased with the result.
Once I had the blank how I wanted it, Stuart fired up the furnace and inserted both his and my blanks and heated them until bright orange before quenching in some old engine oil. Once quenched and cooled I ran a file over the blank to make sure it was hard, sure enough you could hear it was hard and the file hardly marked the steel. Then I roughly polished up the blade ready to temper the steel. Stuart used a butane torch and heated the blade until it turned a straw colour the quenched the blade in water.
I'm very pleased with the result and now have a few hours of polishing to do before starting to think about attaching a nice wooden handle. My parents have recently cut down a walnut tree, so I intend on trying to make a walnut handle and fasten it with some brass and silver steel rivets I will make at work.
Then hopefully Stuart will show me how to make a beautiful leather sheath for it and job done.
Stuart, thank you very much for your hospitality and your time, it was much appreciated and I really enjoyed it and have the beginnings of a knife I am so far, very pleased with.
I also wanted to say how impressed I was with your beautiful leather knife sheath and axe masks, they are awesome, you have some good skills!
Once again, thanks very much for a wonderful day.
Once I had the blank how I wanted it, Stuart fired up the furnace and inserted both his and my blanks and heated them until bright orange before quenching in some old engine oil. Once quenched and cooled I ran a file over the blank to make sure it was hard, sure enough you could hear it was hard and the file hardly marked the steel. Then I roughly polished up the blade ready to temper the steel. Stuart used a butane torch and heated the blade until it turned a straw colour the quenched the blade in water.
I'm very pleased with the result and now have a few hours of polishing to do before starting to think about attaching a nice wooden handle. My parents have recently cut down a walnut tree, so I intend on trying to make a walnut handle and fasten it with some brass and silver steel rivets I will make at work.
Then hopefully Stuart will show me how to make a beautiful leather sheath for it and job done.
Stuart, thank you very much for your hospitality and your time, it was much appreciated and I really enjoyed it and have the beginnings of a knife I am so far, very pleased with.
I also wanted to say how impressed I was with your beautiful leather knife sheath and axe masks, they are awesome, you have some good skills!
Once again, thanks very much for a wonderful day.
Thank you for you vote of confidence Toby, it was good to help you out with the knife, I am pleased your chuffed with it, I cant wait to see the end result.....
Its a shame that you were the only one that made it, it was good to see you mate, in some ways it allowed you to get the most out of it.
A couple of pics I took
Dam tablets.... I hate them Hope i fix my laptop soon......
Toby took some more pics, so hopefully get them up soon
Its a shame that you were the only one that made it, it was good to see you mate, in some ways it allowed you to get the most out of it.
A couple of pics I took
Dam tablets.... I hate them Hope i fix my laptop soon......
Toby took some more pics, so hopefully get them up soon
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ps what new toy stu
I dipped deep into my pocket and purchased a multi fuel stove........... It arrived so now just got to try it out,
Thank you, I am pleased with it, I like my Mora, but the sheath look too good for it now... Lol. So may have to get my finger out and just finish, my knife........ Not sure on the scales tho.....
Just put some petrol in the stove...... Light it up.....in the garden... Small billy full of water..... Boiled.... Did not time it, but lets put it this way walked into kitchen, got mug, put coffee, milk, sugar, ....walked outside.... Water on a rolling boil....
... That will do me
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hi, you cant have to meany stoves can you, i just like trying diffrent types. petrol is the best for cold weather, i use panel wipe or coleman fuel, only use unleaded if i run out of the others, only coz of all the crap they put in it benzean etc. looking forward to seeing the knives that came out of the boy cave. will you be using your new petrol stove for the challenge ?
hi, you cant have to meany stoves can you, i just like trying diffrent types. petrol is the best for cold weather, i use panel wipe or coleman fuel, only use unleaded if i run out of the others, only coz of all the crap they put in it benzean etc. looking forward to seeing the knives that came out of the boy cave. will you be using your new petrol stove for the challenge ?
I agree there, keep meaning to get some panel wipe just keep on forgetting, the colamn lamp needs some bad.....
Tobys knife is going to be a nice one, he took his time over it and knew what he wanted to achive, theres only one comming out from today as he was the only one that made it today...Paul and Tony let me know for sure they were not coming yesterday,
My knife I have now had on the go for about six months now, lol, keep picking it up and putting it down, Iam not sure how i really want a knife, and the Mora I really like,
Dont get me started on the challange............I'll be doing it with in the prescribed kit list as per the one set down in the challange, and use my skills and abilitys to forfill the requiremnets, and not change it to suit me
So much for my plans for today... am up to my eyeballs in boxes, and at some point I must've dropped my keys into one of them, because I can't find them anywhere (and I rarely lose things)
The force is strong,so Come over to the dark side, get a jetboil
. coleman fuel is better than panel wipe, it burns hotter. but twice the price but panel wipe fine for the warmer weather. looking forward to our next outing. later carl
The force is strong,so Come over to the dark side, get a jetboil
I want ot try the stove on diesel, I ve heard you can use it........ I will try some time, bet itsmokes tho...lol
Na.... Its gas....
I have thought about a Wood Gas Stove, but thats only because you dont need to carry fuel, that realy the only benifit I can see with them tho..... The fact that you use the wood about you.
I cant wait till the next outiing, for me think it will be the June meet...... Next weeks a no goer, the week off looks like its filling up, what size bags do you want, I got to get the sewing machine out soon, lol, i want to get the other axe done as well... Looks like I got a couple of Mora sheaths to make for another forum as well...lol
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Bergen's packed for me to go out tomorrow night to do the Daniel Boone challenge (solo).
Could easily fit it all in a much smaller pack, but I'm taking the Bergen anyway for its superior back support (I'm going to be walking a few miles)
Could easily fit it all in a much smaller pack, but I'm taking the Bergen anyway for its superior back support (I'm going to be walking a few miles)
hi,all. stu i'll let you know the bag sizes in the next day or two, things been a bit up in the air last day or two. later carl
Hi,SJStuart. hope your going to take load's of photos for us to look at and maybe one of your vid's. is it a 2 or 3 nighter ? coz it sounds fun. what sort of distance are you going to walking and whats the bag KG. looking forwards to the photos. you must be feeling better now, have fun.
Only doing one night because I have to be back here the next day to keep packing and moving.
I'll be doing a few videos (haven't uploaded one in a while now) and I might take a few still frames (but I'm not hefting the D90 with me... not worth the extra weight for a one nighter)
Looks like I'll be hiking a little under 3 miles in (which means I'll be hiking the same distance back out too)
