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    What's on your porridge?

    this all sounds like glamping to me, what's wrong wi drammach?
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    parachute sewing question

    the flags i've got are about an inch too narrow to screen them off, so i've bought some ripstop. got bright orange, so now my chute will match my vango tent
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    parachute sewing question

    thanks for the feedback. ged, leaving them's a no go, if you sat 8 guys in a circle round a fire then the vents are dead overhead of 4 guys. John Fenna, i've got a couple of cheap nylon flags so i'll measure them up and see, nice idea. Toddy, great advice, the first thing i did was put a...
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    parachute sewing question

    i got a chute for a large shelter this xmas, happy days. it has 4 mesh (window) sections evenly spread around it, which isn't great for a load of folks sitting around a central fire. thinking of screening a couple of them off with some ripstop, but how many and which? 2 opposite ones, 2...
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    Use of Paraffin Heaters and Health Issues

    i'm a professional fire juggler and paraffin is the fuel of choice, so here's my input. even juggling outdoors in the wind i find that my nose is full of black snot the day after, this is purely from the soot. but like living in a tee pee, or a house with an open fire which backs soot into it...
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    Knife making comp the vote off

    all good, well done to each of us, i suggest victory tea and biscuits for all 11
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    Merry Christmas every one..

    merry xmas everyone and all the best for 2013
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    Keys locked inside the car? The Bushcraft solution

    a nice take on the classic across the car tool. did it go on the barbecue as well, or is it in your shed hanging around in a collection of useful sticks?
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    a night out in the snow

    it'd been forecast to be cloudy, but turned out to be a clear starry night and a beautiful morning. glad i went, didn't set off till after 7pm, so hammock rigging in the dark. this is where it shows if you've packed your kit right and know what you're doing with setting up camp. for Phaestos...
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    a night out in the snow

    out in the hammock last night and just thought i'd post a couple of photos and tips rucksack on a classic tripod with boots, i carry two short lengths on rope in my bag, one for making this and one for bundling firewood or dragging lengths back to to camp. fitted my light in the top. it's...
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    a night out by dunkeld

    for jorn the view the other way and the morning brew on
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    Knife making competition-entrants list and entrys only

    first to enter last time and first to enter this time
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    Knife making competition-entrants list and entrys only

    i've made it as bushcrafty as possible and tried out some new stuff along the way: used a bow drill to light my forge used the knife to cut the leather for it's own sheath i was using some antler to smooth the edges of the leather, so i decided to try carving some. made an id tag. and...
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    a night out by dunkeld

    aye, past the hermitage and on over rumbling bridge to the other side of the bran.
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    a night out by dunkeld

    just thought i'd share the view from my hammock this morning, -5 in the night rising to -1 by 10 o' clock this morning.
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    Knife making competition

    good comp, glad i took part
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    Knife making competition

    just realised i hadn't put my name on the list Made own blade 1, abominable_scouse_monster 2, Belabear 3, DaveBromley 4, Bilmo 5, Fat ferret 6, southey 7, leighwill 8, Dave53...... Heat treament needed. 9, grey-array ( Hand Forged blade, first timer) 10, capt.dunc Bought or modified blade...
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    stumped

    just wanted to tell everyone how great my postman is, after seeing me working with my small anvil we got to chatting, and i said i really needed a big round of tree trunk to bolt it to. "mr thingy 2 streets over has just cut down his cherry tree, leave it with me" he says, next day he takes the...
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    Ideas for daypack hot meal?

    rik_uk3 "you could empty the can in a ziploc bag if your averse to taking a tin with you." either you are a genius or i've been dim all my life, i cannot believe this had never occurred to me, thank you.
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    What if money were no object?

    the best thing about the job is the large amounts of free time, which is great if you use it to learn or make things, or spend time outdoors enjoying nature, but not so good if you spend it in front of the tele. glad you we're a club passer, that's where the real juggling's at.