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But I also see heaps of logs cut into rounds and just left there to rot. some even stacked into cords. At least that could be used for fire wood?

here are my versions of the same thing SAM_6651 by Goldsmithexile 2020, on Flickr SAM_6653 by Goldsmithexile 2020, on Flickr SAM_6652 by Goldsmithexile 2020, on Flickr I chopped the old little mora handles off, then epoxed the blades into rebates, then whipped the ferrules with thickish linen...

A properly managed coppice looks absolutely fantastic. The alder coppice on the local fen is well managed on the whole. I did see a very big old hazel stool up there, and I mean it was HUGE. the poles were 15/16 inches instead of 5 or 6 as per usual. Looking at it was as if I was reduced in size...

Thanks for the suggestions. I decided to rob a couple of the buckles off an old pair of danish trousers (I dont use the waist adjuster on them any way)

I dont think this is being discussed in any other posts, if it is, my apologies Just a quick question, does anyone know where you can source those metal buckles (the same slide up sort that were built into karrimor packs in the 70's, or the ones you get as waist adjusters on danish or american...

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. I think I'll just experiment with various material. After all its not like its a costly raw material. Funny you mentioned "brown ends" Dave. I got a few pieces out the ash heap that were knobbly sections of branches (not sure what species but might of been...

plenty of willer around here.....! When you produce charcoal does it come out soft or hard? And do you cook the wood green or seasoned? Since I posted the original question, I had an idea. I got a quantity of the charcoal, pesteled and mortared it, then mixed it with cellulose paste (which I've...

I burned a load of waste wood (some offcuts from my work shop, some old fencing, some prunings from the garden) in a steel oil drum incinerator, basically just to get rid. Being an artist, I noticed some usuable chunks of charcoal in the ashes left behind. Some of it was like the regular windsor...

Theres something very powerful for me about geese, when I see and hear them its as if I instantly enter a timeless dimension. About a week ago I was out in the garden weeding around the onions, early evening, when I hears that distinctive "honk honk honk" as a small group of geese passed over...

Does anyone else use a samsung NX3000? I've had mine for 8 maybe 9 years, not sure? and its done many thousands of shots and hours of video, and I love using it, punches way above its size and weight. However....sadly its started to play up. When in manual mode, and I try to alter the shutter...

i'd sell some of the ash as premium firewood (assuming the irish jobsworths still allow people to burn wood of course..) especially ifits a tree with lots of side branches, you wont get much decent straight material from a gnarly tree. If you clean up the stumps you'll get lots of new coppice...

did you hammer out the copper? lets see a better picture...

It depends what you want to use it for. I've always favoured drop point willow leaf type blades (mora shape and similar) for carving....BUT I recently made a large and a small knife both with hefty round bellys, like a miniature leukku sort of shappe...and its been a revelation. That curve is...

several years 2 firewood suppliers turned up next door and did a split while u wait type thing, for the pub.... they were, as del boy trotter would put it bladdy good innt, I watched them for a while, extremely fast and efficient workers. They had a splitting axe each, amazingly just old 6 or...

the way I do is scrape the old crap off with a turned over knife or shard of glass. Then wrap it with rags well soaked in whatever mix you use (I use a blend of danish oil wax and real turpentine) then shove the entire wrapped axe inside a sturdy plastic bag and leave it at least 48 hours. Then...

make sure you dont fart in bed? Probaly a good precaution.... you can get earthing shoes now, I thought maybe earthing hammocks was a new trend I get static shocks off car doors and fleeces and in my teeth from spoons or forks, but the worst was off screens when I worked as a screen printer...

Not sure wether for fresh water or sea, but most likely was a largemouth bass bait. It was just 2 simple pieces of metal no real detail other than the basic fish silhoutte shape, I dont think it was even painted, just stainless, or maybe plated with brass copper or chrome or similar. It had the...

Does anyone who uses lures know the name of an old 1950's american one. It was all metal, 2 pieces, joined with a split ring, oin the shape of a fish. It was a killer bait back then. I came across it a while back but cannot remember what it was called. IIRC it had a random type of action

I think in the north they use any variety of wood, just so long as its birch..... My roselli axe came with a birch handle, but I redid it with ash Elm would be a good bet if you can find any. Svante darve uses elm for tool handles I think he does. Elm and ash get naturally polished smooth with...

in the last week or 10 days I've made some felt and used it to make 3or4 drum beaters. Needling felt to adjust it is awesome, you can make it softer or denser and it affects the sound of the drum in different ways. Apart from that I've made "another" largish knife from a scrap of billhook steel...