Today, oi av been mostly makin...

[Quarryman]

...making three axe sharpening blocks, using 1" ply and an old mouse mat. Oh and a telescopic blow poker from an old radio aerial.

Matt

 

[launditch1]

..I have been cutting ash and hazel and cleaving it ready for bowstaves and played with some crook knives.,also drooled over a Roselli axe!

 

[mr dazzler]

also drooled over a Roselli axe!

Did you get to try one out? If you did what do you reckon to them?

Today I have continued working on my new svord knife, I am using a diamond stone to flat the back to remove the secondary bevle. Nearly there, but its slow as I have had a recurrence of the dreaded trigger finger (in 2 fingers this time) and it is painful to grip anything for a long time. I modified my sandvik axe handle (made it slightly narrower and with a bit of S curve) Kept all my axes up to snuff with diamonds/waterstone/strop I do that nearly every day. I roughed out 4 spoon blanks from beech and willow. This morning went with the youngest boy for a walk up to lopham Fen and took dozens of shots which I have been assembling with autostitch eg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28752139@N08/3395840274/
Cheers Jonathan

 

[tommy the cat]

I've been trying to get my flippin camper van going and cutting the lawn!
Any one fancy a vw camper!
Dave

 

[Rothley Bill]

I have been mostly, bimbeling around the peaks ........... he he

 

[Toddy]

.....a handsewn, 18th century linen shirt
Sorry, not very bushcrafty

cheers,
Toddy

 

[launditch1]

Did you get to try one out? If you did what do you reckon to them?

Very nice.Good controllable weight,and you can use them like a side axe.


And its got a moose on it..what more do you need!

 

[mr dazzler]

Did you get to try one out? If you did what do you reckon to them?

Very nice.Good controllable weight,and you can use them like a side axe.


And its got a moose on it..what more do you need!

LOL the moose logo is the only thing I dont like about my roselli axe!!
Was it the long or short version? I use a long one. I know exactly what you mean about side axe. Because of the tight radius curve of the cutting edge its awesome for taking deep agressive cut's from a wide board if your hewing one. And for hollowing too on shovels or dishes. Yet its still totally controlable and capable of rizla thin shavings when you use it choked up like a ulu knife. I dont know why roselli dont do a few different sizes, or one with longer tips front and back to get into tight spopt's

 

[Belfastman1958]

Started to make the beginnings of my hobo stove with stuff bought from shops etc. Boiled my first pot of water on it.

Also went out into the back garden and put up my new Gelert 1 person tent to try it out.

Looks like I'll be going out solo again soon.

Alan.

 

[Whittler Kev]

A camp stove to try out at Mondays meet
I know its an old thread but so what?

 

[Ruvio]

I like this thread...
Oi have been dismantling a gazebo...then shortly after picking bits of gazebo out of my shin.