What has impressed you the most?

[Tiley]

I flick through the forum regularly and am always amazed at the extraordinary range of skills and talents shown by the contributors here. It gave rise to this question: which object/article has, in your opinion, impressed you the most and, if you want to, why? It can be carving, leatherwork, a knife or knives, clothing, clever or intelligent modifications - anything that might be made by the bushcraft community in the woods or, at a pinch, in the workshop but definitely for use in the outdoors. The is only one condition: you cannot put forward a sample of your own work!

See it a some sort of celebration of the best of bushcraft!

 

[spandit]

Wow, tough call, there are so many things I've read about on here that impress me. Most recently, the Lynx can stoves and the scrimshaw

 

[ged]

The Jerven bags.

 

[Tiley]

The Jerven bags.

I've sort of heard about these somewhere in the aether but what exactly are they and where do they come from?

 

[Suffolksteve]

I would say the lynx can stove off road mick gave me from the gift it on thread, awesome bit of kit and perfect for my set up.

 

[ged]

I've sort of heard about these somewhere in the aether but what exactly are they and where do they come from?

https://jerven-com.secure.flexiweb.no/

It's basically a rectangular waterproof sheet with zips around all the edges. The zips are arranged in a reasonably cunning fashion so that you can use it as a tarp/windbreak, sleeping/bivi bag, sitting bag, pup tent, poncho and probably other things I haven't discovered yet. They can have an insulating liner or no liner, and the insulating liners come in a couple of different weights. Mine is called the 'Thermo Extreme' which is 200g/sq.m. and apparently now there's one with that liner weight which has a detachable liner although mine's older and the liner isn't detachable. The inside (when it's zipped up) of the waterproof shell is coated with some kind of heat reflecting material which I think is what makes it so much warmer than you'd expect.

Coincidentally there's a thread running now about them here:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76666

 

[Ape_Ogre]

So many things have impressed me, gorgeous leatherwork, fantastic knives, beautiful pieces of art each and every one.

But if I could only choose one, for me, it would be the carved wood spirits.... love 'em.

 

[Graham_S]

Patrick's craft work,
Chris's knives
Lee's leatherwork.

 

[Wayland]

I'd have to agree with Graham.

My first thought was just about anything made by Patrick...

 

[lannyman8]

I would say the best thing i have seen is the leather work by (Rich) Black Sheep, its out standing and a very nice chap too...

regards.

chris...

 

[Toddy]

All of the above and the tutorials by British Red, Eric Methven and Wayland, among others

I'm also incredibly impressed by the sheer breadth of knowledge; I don't think I've yet asked a question that hasn't had really good informative answers.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[Tiley]

Would anyone like to pop up an example of Patrick's work for us to enjoy?