Suffolk Bushcraft Group

[Big Stu 12]

Been to Perris this morning looking at Targets for the Garden.... got talking and he had a Buck Trail Antelope #55 there... had to try it and did a deal......got it in for someone and he did not turn up ... my gain ... dont really like the idea of a Recurve.. but hey it was cheap....

It feels nice to hold very light, and quite quick..

 

[Cromm]

Nice one will have to have a look at it next time we meet up.

 

[ozzy1977]

Dare I ask how much?

 

[crosslandkelly]

Good find Stu. Are you going to bring it next weekend?

 

[Big Stu 12]

Well, I brought a load of other stuff as well, some 6 brass piles, 36 off 4" Flecthings, bear fur arrow rest, 12 nocks, it all came to £180...with some barttering, guess what tho lost my stringer, so will have to buy another one.. its Rather a pain to string with out one....being 60" and 55# Oh and the Black Hole target..

Shoots nice tho.. may keep it..lol

He did have some nice Bikkerstaff bows there as well, but out my price range at the mo

 

[ozzy1977]

Were they his AFB's or Long?

 

[Big Stu 12]

They were his long bows...

 

[ozzy1977]

Stu and Steve are you up for a day at Oakwood tomorrow?

 

[Big Stu 12]

Not going to be able to make it tomorrow, I wish I could as I want to play with the new toy

 

[ceryni]

Hi All,

Russ here from Colchester I posted in the newbie section and was pointed here by a few folk. Good to see there is a group fairly local. Have some very basic skills in bushcraft mainly from another life in the military many moons ago. Love wild camping and spending time outdoors. I have always wanted to have a go at primitive fire starting and having read a number of articles on BCUK and other website about the hand drill and the materials. I have found some Elder and what I think is wild clematis (Not 100%) on the clematis.

First attempt at the elder Drill was very straight but I think the drill is too narrow and short so cut a larger piece about as thick as my incex finger and the length of my elbow to finger tips.

First attempts as to be expected left nothing but sore hands. One thing I have heard mentioned is season the wood. Can someone explain what seasoning wood is, I assume it's just leaving the wood to dry out if that is the case for how long. Do I have any hope of success with fresh wood?

Any advice is greatly welcome.

Best Regards
Russ

I am not an expert but from what I've read, green (fresh) wood is just too wet and soft, you're really only going to get results with dry or dead standing wood.





Can anyone give me a lift to the meet next week?

 

[Cromm]

Sorry Ozzy just saw this.

 

[SeanI]

Any one have advice on the length of whoopie slings I was thinking of starting off with 4m in length which would give a maximum under 2 meters (when loops and buries are taken into account) this would be used with dd tree straps on a bbwb xlc.

 

[Jjessup]

I had whoopie slings with my DD hammock, I've just measures them and they are about 4m.

 

[mitch66]

Any one have advice on the length of whoopie slings I was thinking of starting off with 4m in length which would give a maximum under 2 meters (when loops and buries are taken into account) this would be used with dd tree straps on a bbwb xlc.

hi, seanl.
What length is your ridge line ? I made my whoopie slings so when they are connect to my hammock they are equal to my ridge line length. This works very well for me as I connect my ridge line to my tree hugger's. I will gladly show you my setup this weekend and my reasons for doing so +&-

 

[Whittler Kev]

I made mine from old car seat belts. Just about right with loops sewn in the end and then the rope adjusters tied to them

 

[SeanI]

hi, seanl.
What length is your ridge line ? I made my whoopie slings so when they are connect to my hammock they are equal to my ridge line length. This works very well for me as I connect my ridge line to my tree hugger's. I will gladly show you my setup this weekend and my reasons for doing so +&-

From the web site the ridge line of hammock is 111 inches or 2.8194 metres, I think I will wait till the weekend and have a look at your setup.

I have also got some tubing for making tensioners for the ridgeline and guy ropes, what length of tubing do you normally use for purpose.

Thanks,

Sean

 

[crosslandkelly]

It's lightweight, but if we are going to take it down after the meets, this might do the job.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Camouflag...M-80-Gsm-/360609956382?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

 

[crosslandkelly]

Or this?

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/s...eous/new-army-camouflage-woodland-336368.html

 

[ozzy1977]

I would go for the ebay one, I cant seem to change the other to the size we want.

 

[ozzy1977]

Do we ned it to be camo, plain green are a bit cheaper.