This video was taken on our Spoon Carving day course in May 2019. It was a beautiful day and the sun shone on us throughout. During the day we looked at knife and axe safety, use and maintenance as well as a variety of carving tools. We also covered different cutting techniques as well as […]
Wood turning on a pole lathe is great fun and a useful skill. Dave attended our ‘Blacksmithing, Bodging & Bushcraft’ course in September and sent these photos to us. They are the before and after shots of a billhook. The left hand side are the before photos and the right hand side are photos of […]
There are plenty of reasons why cross cutting a tree or large branch is needed. What is important to remember is safety, you really don’t want to have an accident with an axe. Ordinarily I carry the Gransfor Bruks small hunters axe and whilst this is perfectly sufficient to cross cut a tree or limb, […]
I had a fantastic day today at our woodland camp. I was getting some pole lathing lessons from Ross as I want to be able to do more with this traditional woodland skill. The photo below is of Ross making a Victorian style potato masher. He’s using a gauge that cost £1 at a boot […]
Ross and I made some shave horses yesterday. Almost finished, hopefully should get them done tomorrow. We’re making them in preparation for our ‘Blacksmithing, Bodging & Bushcraft’ course that we’ll be running for the first time in September. Next up will be making the pole lathes. Really excited about this course, it has the makings […]
