My daily bushcraft

A year ago, I purchased a Cold Steel Trailhawk, had a look at it when it arrived, laughed, shook my head, but started on the project it was intended for: Making it look cool, and transforming it into
something usefull.

Since I do not have anything I need to defend myself from on the island, I shortened the handle about 20 cm. And strated on removing the paint on the axe head itself. Man that was stubborn stuff, so I lost my patience. After all I looked at that tiny axe as a toy. So I dumped it in a corner of the shed and forgot about it. Until just now. Managed to get the paint off witrh lots of elbow grease and a power tool :-)

Oiled the handle, and managed to get it reasonable sharp with a belt grinder...so now it looks kind of cool, hanging on the wall in the shed...I got a Wetterlings hatchet, so that hawk will just be an ornament...
Still good to have finished the job.

Also made a tape measure antenna for my VHF/UHF handset...and reading up for my HAM test, and we spent half the day on the beach with the wife and the runt . First shorts and t-shirt day this year...

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Originally Posted by FishyFolk

A year ago, I purchased a Cold Steel Trailhawk, had a look at it when it arrived, laughed, shook my head, but started on the project it was intended for: Making it look cool, and transforming it into
something usefull.

Since I do not have anything I need to defend myself from on the island, I shortened the handle about 20 cm. And strated on removing the paint on the axe head itself. Man that was stubborn stuff, so I lost my patience. After all I looked at that tiny axe as a toy. So I dumped it in a corner of the shed and forgot about it. Until just now. Managed to get the paint off witrh lots of elbow grease and a power tool :-)

Oiled the handle, and managed to get it reasonable sharp with a belt grinder...so now it looks kind of cool, hanging on the wall in the shed...I got a Wetterlings hatchet, so that hawk will just be an ornament...
Still good to have finished the job.

Also made a tape measure antenna for my VHF/UHF handset...and reading up for my HAM test, and we spent half the day on the beach with the wife and the runt . First shorts and t-shirt day this year...

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Garsh, Rune....a can of paint and varnish stripper would have saved you that elbow grease :p

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Originally Posted by OakAshandThorn

Garsh, Rune....a can of paint and varnish stripper would have saved you that elbow grease :p

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I tried 2 different brands, none of them worked...but now a year later I was able to reamove it all quite easilly....with a power tool, ha ha

Made many cups of kelly kettle tea with the daughter (she's four now and always wants to be outside making "garden tea!"), made fire with flint and steel, made another fire with a magnifying glass, made some more char cloth, practiced with my catty, found some rabbit snares, practiced casting with a hand line and still found time to walk the dog.

Tomorrows mission is to take the daughter to Saltburn for a ride on the funicular and make sandcastles and cook sausages on the Cobb cooker, although the real mission is to scout the opportunities to be had for feathering for mackerel off the pier and maybe to detour via Skinningrove to see about the possibilities of launching my RIB there.

Just discovered a sanding machine ammong the tools I got after my grandfather. And found it excellent tool to sharpen axes with, so know all my old hatchets are all nice and shiny, and sharp. They had been somewhat neglected since I got the Hultafors and the Wetterlings axe, since those two covers all my axe needs....by the way, I made a count of axes. I got one full size felling axe, 4 hatchets, and 1 Tomahawk....I think I have enough to make it trough the Zombie plague....

Made a couple of drawstring bags from an old pair of jeans to keep my cooking pots in. Had a wander to the local woods, unsuccessfully tried making fire with a now and drill (working against failing light didn't help) so brewed up on the trangia and sat in the hammock until dark listening to the sounds and watching the mighty river Tees drift by! Brought the drill and hearth home to try and work out why I was unsuccessful last night.

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Originally Posted by FishyFolk

Just discovered a sanding machine ammong the tools I got after my grandfather. And found it excellent tool to sharpen axes with, so know all my old hatchets are all nice and shiny, and sharp. They had been somewhat neglected since I got the Hultafors and the Wetterlings axe, since those two covers all my axe needs....by the way, I made a count of axes. I got one full size felling axe, 4 hatchets, and 1 Tomahawk....I think I have enough to make it trough the Zombie plague....

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Dang Rune, the frozen zombies won't stand a chance LOLOL :happy-clapping: :cool:

Had another go with the drill and hearth from last night - struck an ember no problem, three times on the trot!! Putting it down to inexperience, haste and competing against poor light. As for today, I've made yet more char cloth (can never have enough!) and just reconditioned an hatchet head that belonged to my Great Grandad. It was quite badly pitted with rust on one side (had been found mouldering under a shed!) but was still solid. Cleaned up with a wire brush wheel in the grinder and attempted to file it sharp but the cutting edge just laughed at the file and told it where to go! Had to grind the bevels on and then go through the stones and give it a strop and it's very sharp indeed now! Just needs a handle and a piece of family history can come back into daily use!

Made a wood play sword for Ståle out of some scrap wood. He needs it for the annual Childrens Viking Festival on sunday.
And on monday he will recieve his first knife, as it is his 5th birthday :-)

Know if I can make him stop trying to beat the living daylights out of me with that sword...lol
Well, he is a boy. Boys needs swords :-)

Follow the link for pictures from previous years festival :-)

https://www.google.no/search?q=Barna...w=1600&bih=775

Chopping up and moving a windfall oak tree. All done by hand because the chuffing chainsaw wouldn't start!!