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Hi Folks Just wondering if anyone has rated/reviewed the Eydon Storm Kettle and how it compares to the other brands? Does anyone know if the fabric handle is any use or does it get cremated when you fire the Kettle up? TIA Leo

Hi Folks I saw a really cool design for making a pizza oven using crushed pumice mixed with cement using an exercise ball as a form. I also saw a similar project using perlite. Does anyone know where I can source either? Leo

Hi All Given the option what plants (perenials/shrubs/trees whatever takes your fancy) would you choose to plant/like to see in public open spaces near you? This could be a play area, urban park, country park; basically land managed by local authority. The one caveat is that they would need...

Hi Folks We have a new pup coming! It's been on the cards for a while but after a few blanks were fired we've finally got there :-) It's a lovely Wirehaired Hungarian Vizsla bitch and I need your help with an outstanding name before the three women in my life give it some humiliating name...

Hi Folks I'm wondering if anyone might know where I might be able to get hold of a piece of 10-12mm thick steel to use as a baking stone? Needs to be about 13"/14". I'm not sure where to start looking! Leo

Hi Folks A bit out of kilter with the usual outdoorsy technological escapism we all practice I'm afraid :-). Our TV aerial has given up on us and we are looking to give up on live telly and stream TV as and when we want to watch it. Does anyone here have any experience/advice on the various...

Hi Folks I've kind of been press ganged into doing two, two hour sessions with some kids at the beginning of the school holidays but as it approaches I'm getting less and less confident and need to have some set program to work to i think. The obvious things that spring to my mind are food and...

Ok guys, I know from what I read on this forum that you are a most ingenius bunch and as such I turn to you with my latest problem :-) We are about to demolish our existing kitchen to build a new one, the result being is that we (a family of four) could be without a washing machine for several...

Hi folks I have been proficient with a bow drill now for a couple of years, my favourite combination is sycamore on sycamore; works every time! Grey squirrels do a lot of damage but in targeting the sycamore they have provided me with bountiful supplies of standing dead wood. However I was...

Hi Folks I've recently been reading a load of nordic noir - Henning Mankel, Jo Nesbo, some Icelandic chap who I won't even try to spell! And of course Steig Larsson and his unbeatable creation that is Lisbeth Salander. I feel myself getting stuck in a bit of a genre rut; I like the...

Hi Folks Inspired by some wise words from members of this group I have finally purchased some leather working kit and have been working on a few projects. My biggest problem at the moment is my diamond awl... is it just me or are they super flimsy? Maybe I'm using it all wrong... I am...

Hi All I'm looking to make a small portable biomass/wood stove and I'm sure I've seen a thread/write up on here comparing the different types. I had thought of a small wood gas stove but can you keep them going or do they need refilling each time they use up their fuel? In which case is a...

I've just got back from France having enjoyed copeous amounts of mussles and seafood and it reminded me of when I was a child going out and foraging the seashore with my father. I have got a copy of the edible seashore but without the expert knowledge of my old man I'm not that confident to...

For a few years now I have been contemplating trading my car in for a bike. So firstly is this a feasible option? At the moment my car gets little use (my wife also drives so we have a second car that we use for personal use). At the moment get to use my works vehicle to commute as I am on call...

Hi All Do you now what rivets GB use on their axe masks and what leather (or similar!). As their is now stitching I was wondering if this might be a quicker alternative... I need to make a couple up and any help would be really helpful. Many thanks Leo

Hi Folks I'm growing more interested in having a go at a bit of leatherwork, simple sheaths for my tools etc. Please could you advise on where I should start? What tools, any good books etc Many thanks Leo

I've been trawling the charity shops for some leather for a strop for a Twca Cam and all I have found so far is a suedy brown old lady's coat! it needs to be flexible enough to wrap round a large dowel but I don't honestly know what to look for! Any advice greatfully recieved! Many thanks Leo

Hi All I saw some wonderful (an simple) birch bark sheaths on another site but where I am the bark is not of a good enough quality to be useful. Could you recommend any other native birtish trees that I might substitute for such crafts? Many thanks Leo

I made myself up a cheap sharpening kit as per Red's thread. I sharpened up my knife recently running through the grits 240, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, 1500, 2000. I read that I shouldn't miss out a grit but is the list above excessive or the right way to do it? ... and now to look really...

I've got a belt which has always been too stiff to be comfortable and it dawned on me that I could use it as a strop. Which side should I use and how often should I use it? I have a repair to do on a damaged carving knife so its from start to finish this time! Thanks in advance Leo