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    Hi from the UK

    Hi Dave, this is a really good site. Very informative too. I'm also in N.E.England (Durham City) and I do American Fur Trade living history as well as other stuff. I'd be interested in hearing more about BP and how you get round the U.K.legislation as I want to get myself a muzzleloader sooner...
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    How do you use rice?

    I take it you are wet molding the pouch? If you use rice, it'll leach starch and stick badly to the inside of the pouch. I've found a better way is to use wheat grains. Wet the pouch so it's soft and floppy, open the mouth and pour wheat in till it reaches the top. Tap the wheat in with a...
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    scrimshaw work

    Also, make sure that the horn is smooth and highly polished before you start otherwise any scratch, file mark or blemish will pick up the ink. Eric
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    Entry level fire striker making(What not to do)

    Glass? Well, that's what obsidian is, volcanic glass. Eric
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    Entry level fire striker making(What not to do)

    I'd suggest that the best flint to use is that which is local to you. I favour English flint because I have lots of it. I can pick great nodules off the beach at Whitby. If I go up to the north west of Scotland however, I can get obsidian. I can get good sparks with obsidian, but it's...
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    Whats your favorite abrasive for metals?

    I'd agree with the wet and dry school of thought. I go progressively finer right down to 2400 grit then finish with something like Autosol spread on the inside of a cornflakes packet. That's if I want a mirror finish like on the cutting edge of my wood carving tools. Autosol is the paste used...
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    Entry level fire striker making(What not to do)

    Here's a few of the strikers I traded for with Mike and Darrel Aune. I still have the whale and dragon, but the rest now live happily with reenactors all around the UK. Eric
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    A weekend carvin' spoons

    I had a fantastic weekend at Chopwell forest on a spoon carving course run by Robin and Nicola Wood. It started on Friday afternoon so we could learn all the safety stuff and get to terms with all the Scandinavian type cuts. I must say that that alone was worth going for. My technique...
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    Canvas tarp question

    I'll go for hemp if I win the lottery, and then only after ALL the rest of my kit is completely authentic - and I have a ways to go yet. I finished a different 9ft x 9ft canvas tarp two days ago. I'll be taking it up to the Lanark Medieval Festival tomorrow to give it a thorough work out...
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    Campfire trivets

    Cheers guys. The hardest part was finding a three legged horse. Eric
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    Campfire trivets

    Not picky at all. For the next ones I was contemplating welding nuts to the underside of the shoes and screwing in some bolts with a short thread for exactly the same purpose - to make it more packable. I was also thinking that I might hold the nuts on the belt grinder so one side gets ground...
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    Campfire trivets

    I had a go with my new (second hand, but new to me) stick welder. I got the wire brush on some old horse shoes I had in the workshop and welded three at a time together to make a campfire trivet. Then I cut some thin round stock and put legs on. This was my first time at welding. Turned out...
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    PC camp stool?

    Aye, but when it's been raining non stop for three days, your arthritic knees are playing up and your back is aching, sitting on the ground up against a tree doesn't sound that appealing. I can get down OK, gravity helps there, but getting back up again is a chore. With these stools, I can sit...
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    PC camp stool?

    That's one of the designs I get my students to make themselves on the woodcraft courses I run. There's always enough 'found' material lying around to make one each. It gives them somewhere to park their posteriors when having a break. As for period, I've used one in Iron age, medieval and...
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    Tobacco pipe of red deer antler

    Oh, now that's nice. Russian roulette and lung cancer at the same time. :hmm: Eric
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