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+1 for Ragweed forge. Ragnar is a very nice fellow and has always given me great service with the orders I've made with him. There are bigger Mora style knives on his site. Also, you could look at buying a blade from him and make your own knife. Warning : it's addictive though. The scandi knives (es...

Another place to try is knife shows. I've picked up some antler at the Melbourne knife show before. Makes great knife handles. Regards, Charlie.

Another newbie here. I've just made a deposit on a Viper longbow. I have a brother and nephew that live in Gippsland and are very keen archers. Let's just say I've been bitten by the bug of their enthusiasm. We chatted a bit about the goals I was hoping to achieve (hunting) and he recommended the Vi...

Love the bushcraft side of things. As another poster said previously - Archery is another wonderful primitive skill we can learn that takes us back to an earlier, simpler time. Very pleased to see the sub forum here. Regards, Charlie.

Really fine knives. I'm a big scandi fan - I love the first one (Skookum ?), normally bushcraft knives have a spear point (to facilitate hole boring, I think). I don't like the spear point - I have no problem boring a hole with a normal scandi blade. I've bored a hole through some birdseye maple whe...

Great stuff. I love these old guides. Thanks for posting. Regards, Charlie.

Well done Steven J - I'm going to try this sometime - been meaning to for a while. I can make fire from flint and steel (not the modern firesteel method - the OLD method) and while I'm no pro - I'm consistently getting sparks on the charcloth and then flame. The bow n drill is the ultimate challenge...