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Bullaces? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullace

https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Teucrium+scorodonia Should the above help? From my own experience in gardening, the bumbles enjoy it as one of those plants that revel in shadier conditions. Best, Graeme

Very nice indeed!

Oh, oh, I think I might be a dirty rotten wood poacher! Back in 2009 at Loch Ken in SW Scotland, my old dog presented me with a stick and I made a spoon from it. Keep an eye on the court announcements, chaps...

Lovely work! I look forward to seeing more in the coming weeks, months, etc...

Don't know much about Paramo but given the construction of my Dad's jacket/coat, I'd rather have my Fortis anyday.

Scratches like that I'd try 1200 first then go up to 2500 then polish.

Fantastic, something I need to try. I have Kirschen chip carving knife that has lain idle for far too long. Out of curiousity, just how long have you been making these and how did you learn? Really superb work!

Peek polish is good but not as abrasive as Autosol. How manky are they? I've polished a few old brass Primus-type stoves with 50 years + of black guff on them and nothing but major, repeated elbow grease with Autosol but then that's brass so it really depends on how dirty gurty yon SAKs are...

Grab an old English Kent pattern and pop a new handle on if it needs it. I've done quite a few now and none have ever let me down. Regrinding can be done by hand with files before moving onto wet and dry.

Hope you get the image issue sorted as leather plus antler sounds great to me.

All looks great, John. Just watch the centre of that wood for splits/shakes.

I remember a 'one-knife-for-all' style challenge on here a looong time ago. It involved @British Red and another fella whose name I think was Jonny. BR had his utterly gorgeous Precision Field Knife and Jonny a Fallkniven F1. Both chaps are clearly very skilled knife users and all was pretty...

Couldn't agree more. In the beginning, I was all-the-way Mr Creative super underpants with poncy, fancy ideas that half the time looked shite and the other half didn't do their job properly. Give me function every time.

Love it! You're such a talented all-rounder. :)