Posted in Tools, Uncategorized, tagged Bone, flint, knife on 21/09/2009 | Leave a Comment »
During the summer I completed the Woodcraft School Primitive Technology course.
The course required that at least one our craft items had to be made using only primitive tools and techniques.
I decided to make myself a bone knife and a bark sheath for it. The knife I made from a Lamb’s thigh bone and the sheath [...]
Posted in Crafts, Equipment, Natural Materials, Tools, tagged deer, knife, leather on 02/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Having made my Crusader mug possibles pouch I have now made a set of smaller belt pouches for a variety of items. The pouches are very basic. Nothing fancy, just plain soft leather with a leather loop to attach them to my belt and I have cut disks of Roe Deer antler to use a [...]
Posted in Crafts, Lapland, Natural Materials, Tools, Trees, tagged Birch, Jokkmokk, knife, Reindeer, Saami, Sami on 13/03/2009 | 5 Comments »
In 2006 I bought a knife blade from Leifs knifes while in Jokkokk, Lapland and used it to make this knife.
As it is such a good blade I bought more while in Jokkmokk at the beginning of February. Some of the blades I am selling but one particular blade I decided to use to make [...]
Posted in Crafts, Equipment, Food and Drink, Lapland, tagged knife, leather on 03/03/2009 | 1 Comment »
As I mentioned here http://naturallore.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/winter-in-lapland-2009-7/
I had the idea to carry my Crusader mug in my possibles pouch (the one you can see on my belt in the picture below) but unfortunately the pouch was a little too small.
So on my return from Sweden I decided to make a new pouch using one of many leather [...]
Posted in Crafts, Equipment, tagged firesteel, knife, leather on 03/11/2008 | 3 Comments »
This is how I made my half leather, half wood sheath but I am sure there are many other ways.
The items you will require are part-tanned leather, silver foil, and awl, sewing needles and thread, a nail with the point rounded and a small round file.
The piece of bur you have selected for your sheath [...]
Posted in Crafts, Equipment, Tools, Trees, tagged knife, kuksa, leather, Reindeer, Saami, Sami on 28/06/2008 | Leave a Comment »
Before leaving I visited the house of a Saami couple who make traditional clothing and crafts. Ake opened up there shop and workshop for me to look around. There were so many beautiful items including knives and kuksa’s but unfortunately they were out of my price range. I bought a few [...]
