This is a selection of my favourite projects – either because of the way the finished item turned out, or because of some meaning or learning that came from completing it.
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The Primitive Flatbow
For Christmas 2014, my present from my wife was to join a course run the following spring, in which I’d spend four days in the woods making a primitive flatbow. Run by Jamie of the Wild Bushcraft Company and supported by Ferg of Ferg’s Forge, the course aimed to provide every attendee with the chance…
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Breadknife refurb
My parents were given this breadknife as a wedding gift, or possibly as a first anniversary present (it was some time ago, so they can’t quite recall which). They ‘sharpened’ it by periodically running it through a pull-through knife sharpener (don’t do that), and they periodically put it through the dishwasher, too (definitely don’t do…