Fire by hand drill

Fire by hand drill

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

A windy day

The weather outside is very stormy. I can see my locla wood from here and the trees are getting hammered. I suspect I might get a few emergency calls today.

Good weather for fire lighting practice I think.

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Leister harpoon

I had a bit of fun building this and I hear they are effective.

Find a curved piece of hazel and split it as shown. Then tie them to a central spike. Put some barbs on and away you go.

All these things are good to make because they develop all sorts of skills. Wood lore, knife craft, binding, cordage.


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