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hey all, here is my first bow made from ash. its suppose to be a flat bow... its not quite finnished yet, i am still to sand it, which i am dreading :( ) so what do you think?? next i want to have a go at a tradional english longbow..

My scout troop has an old army paracute, that we use for a shelter over the campfire as well as sleeping in. The only problem is that it isnt waterproof... I think its made out of silk, so is there anyway that you can suggest to waterproof it?? Here is a picture of it in action on our...

hey all, Im thinks about making a flat bow out of ash and am planning on heading out this weekend to find a stave... my question is, how long should you leave the stave to dry beofre you start carving? and how logn should the stave be?? Thanks, Mike

A shave horse.. Anyone made one and have some advice/pics? Mike

hey all, I want to get a new axe for carving. I already own the GB Small Forest Axe but cant really afford to spend £70 on the GB Carving axe.. are there any cheaper alternatives out there?? Mike

How many of you guys carry them? And what size do you have?? I want to start one, but not sure what to get... Mike

Hey all, At easter im helping run a district camp with a Green Theme. We will be running activities through-out easter weekend to do with the subject (recycling, reduce your carbon footprint ect..) I was thinking about running to activites based around making things from recycled objects...

Hey all, Does anyone have any experiance making these?? I am going camping with my scout troop over easter and we want to make a clay oven, but it will only be needed for a few days, My question is, does it really need the 3 layers that are shown in the clay oven blog...

Mini Flask Mini Tankard New Crook Sheath Draw Knife Sheath this the the prototype made from scraps. As soon as i get some more leather ill make a final vertion.., Thanks for looking :) Mike

What wood has the nicest patterns? I want to carve some spoons and mabey some bowls, but i want them to have an intresting pattern/grain in the wood. Is there any specific wood that gives this or is there something speical that you need to look for? Any adivce appricated. Mike

Hey all, I asked a couple of weeks ago if the articles on the main site would ever come back and was told it would happen in a couple of days but its still not here.. Is the main site ever going to be back up?? Thanks, Mike

Does anyone have a link to a tutorial for a leather flask? I want to have a go at making one, but dont know how! :(.. Thanks, Mike

Hey all, Our explorer unit needs a new programme for the winter months... We are stuck inside at the moment, and we need ideas for back-to-basics scouting/bushcraft. Any ideas of what we can do?? Ideas for the outdoors in winter also welcome, we shall see if we can get out to do them...

Hey guys, Im looking for some ideas on what to make for a sheath for my crook knife. Any idea's/pictures you have would be much appreciated Mike

here is attempt number 2: Quick question, how do you finnish the edge? is there a wax or something that you can put on it? thanks for looking, Mike

this is what i have spent the afternoon making when i folded the leather, the top layer kind of ripped shown here: Any ideas why and how to prevent this in the funture? Thanks for looking, Mike

hey guys, Is there anywhere I can view the DIY articles that used to be on the main website? I emailed bushcraft uk about 4 days ago but they havent got back to me, so just thought i would ask here... thanks, Mike

a quick question.. do you think 2.2mm leather would be to think for sheaf making? what thickness would you recomend? also whats the differnce between bridal and tooling leather? cheers, Mike

So we have a Yucca Tree in our bag garden that we are going to get rid of. My question is are there any uses? Is the wood any god for carving?? Im seem to remember ray mears saying something about it... Mike