Beneath the Stars - Leathercraft & Knives

23/08/2022

YO YO YO 20TH ANNIVERSARY WILDERNESS GATHERING KREW!!!!! AS ALWAYS A WONDERFUL TIME HAD BY ALL!!!!.....THE LEY-LINES ALL MEET AT THE BISON FARM.....VIBE CENTRAL!!!!!! ITS RIVENDELL.....

THANKYOU ROGER AND ALL THE TEAM......AS ALWAYS CONSTANT LAUGHTER......TONS OF WORKSHOPS AND SHARING / LEARNING GOING ON ......GIFT-GIVING......GREAT MEMORIES WITH LEGENDS OF THE BUSHCRAFT INDUSTRY AND PERFECT WEATHER TOO!!!!!

CYA ALL ON THE BEACH!!!

15/08/2022

OK, SO I FEEL OBLIGED TO DO A QUICK WRITE-UP ABOUT THE SHOW I JUST ATTENDED AT THE WEEKEND WITH MY BROTHER GUS BECAUSE ITS WELL DESERVED!!!!!!.....

THE SOUTH DOWNS SHOW AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH COUNTRY PARK WAS LITERALLY MY INTRODUCTION TO ''THE CIRCUIT'' AND ''WOODFAIRS'' SOME 10+ YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS JUST A HOBBYIST LEATHERSMITH AND ANGELA AND I VISITED SOCIALLY FOR THE DAY....BACK THEN IT WAS RUN BY A KOOL GUY CALLED PAUL AND I REMEMBER MEETING SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL FRIENDS TO THIS DAY......TIBOR EPERJESSY ARTISAN LEATHERWORKER, CHRIS ENGLISH OF ARMY STORES, BOW MAKER/INSTRUCTOR NICK MCMILLAN (AND MOLLY) AND GURUS SUCH AS BLACKSMITH DAVE BUDD......A YEAR LATER I WAS RUNNING MY OWN STALL ALONG WITH CHRIS CAINE AND ITS WHERE I ALSO MET GUS FOR THE FIRST TIME.....WE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE SHOW AND IT WAS GREAT HAVING IT LOCAL TO US ALL HERE IN HAMPSHIRE.

HERE WE ARE NOW POST-COVID AND THE SHOW WAS BACK ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND NOW BEING HOSTED BY HOMETOWN EVENTS HEADED UP BY A YOUNG LADY ORGANISER NAMED FLUR.

I HAVE ZERO!!!!! COMPLAINTS (APART FROM THE ABSOLUTELY BLISTERING HEAT HAHA WHICH UNFORTUNATELY DRAINED BOTH TRADERS AND VISITORS ALIKE). FLUR DID EVERYTHING TO ACCOMODATE US......COMMUNICATION BY PHONE/EMAIL WAS ALWAYS INSTANTANEOUS.....AND EVEN DOWN TO THE SMALL THINGS SUCH AS NICELY PRINTED SIGNS AND ''EXECUTIVE'' TOILETS/SINKS/FACILITIES.....(I BLOODY WELL DESPISE THOSE CLAUSTROPHOBIC BOG-STANDARD PORT-A-LOOS)....ALL!!!! OF THE STAFF WERE FRIENDLY AND SEEMED TO GET ALONG GREAT BETWEEN THEMSELVES.....THE BAR WAS LOVELY.....THE OVER-ALL LAY-OUT.....LOADS!! OF ATTRACTIONS FOR KIDS......EVEN THE CHIPS WITH CHILLI, CHEESE, BEANS & MAYO WERE GOOD!!!! WE HAD SOME KOOL NEIGHBOURS.....F.B. CBD.....PERRY AND HIS LAND ROVERS.....THE SELBORNE SAUSAGE LADIES......LOTS OF GOOD BANTER WITH OUR CUSTOMERS AND MANY MANY HAPPY KIDS WENT AWAY WITH THEIR NEWLY STAMPED KEYRINGS FOR THEIR SCHOOL BAGS......WE ALSO MET THE ESTATE MANAGER AND HAD A SIT-DOWN WITH HER AND A GOOD LAUGH.....

FIRSTLY A BIG THANKYOU TO MY BROTHER GUS.....A LOVELY HUMAN BEING WHO KEPT ME FED, WATERED AND HAPPY ###. AND TO FLUR (WHO NEVER STOPPED GRAFTING ON WHAT?......8/9 HOURS SLEEP ALL-TOLD????) WITH HER SENSE OF HUMOUR AND ALSO TO THE WHOLE TEAM!!!

SO......BIG UP HOMETOWN EVENTS!!!......AND TO EVERYONE IN HAMPSHIRE.....I EXPECT TO SEE YOU ALL!!!!!! AT THE QECP NEXT YEAR WHERE THE SOUTH DOWNS SHOW WILL BE EVEN BIGGER AND BETTER!!!!! GET ON IT AND SUPPORT THIS LOCAL EVENT!!!!!

The South Downs Show will be returning for 2022! Book tickets now!

10/08/2022

BIG MONSTA 5-INCH LONG/0.5-INCH THICK FIRESTEELS.....RED DEER & A GORGEOUS BIT O' WALNUT......AVVVVVIT!

09/08/2022

HERE'S WHAT I'VE MADE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS GETTING READY FOR THE SOUTH DOWNS SHOW AND ***THE WILDERNESS GATHERING***!!!!!!......WENT A BIT CRAZY WITH THE STRAP CUTTER ON A BRACELET BINGE......HUGE RED DEER AND WOOD HANDLES FOR 5-INCH FERRO RODS (NOT ARRIVED YET).....ARCHERY BRACERS.....DANGLERS.....MORA 162 SHEATHS.....FERRO ROD HOLSTERS.....AND FINISHED OFF A FEW G.B. SMALL FOREST & WILDLIFE MASKS....AND!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY GOT SOME MORE BUSINESS CARDS SORTED OUT!!!!! F**K TA COVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ALL NIGHT ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

05/08/2022

NEW STOCK ARRIVED.....

02/08/2022

BIG UP THE PREPPERS IN THE WOODS JOE & TRUDIE!!!!!

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01/08/2022

THE BUSHCRAFT SHOW 2022, STANFORD HALL.

STARTED WRITING THIS LAST NIGHT BUT ENDED UP COLLAPSING SO HERE IT IS NOW LOL.....

SO....ITS NOW 00.33AM.....I GOT HOME FROM THE BUSHCRAFT SHOW ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO AND UNLOADED THE WEIGHT FROM POOR OLD BESSIE.....ON THE WAY HOME NEARLY FALLING ASLEEP FROM EXHAUSTION.....CAR HEAVY.....RAVE TUNES ON UP LOUD!!!!!.....WINDOWS OPEN....PRO-PLUSSED UP.....ALL I ATE TODAY WAS A BURGER COOKED BY MY MAN MIKE'S MUM (THANKYOU!).....DEHYDRATED.....SUN-BAKED.....HAVN'T BATHED/SHOWERED SINCE ABOUT 11PM LAST TUESDAY.....BLISTERS ALL OVER MY FEET.....EACH TIME I PRESSED DOWN THE CLUTCH MY STINKING FOOT GASSED UP OUT OF MY BOOT FROM THE FOOTWELL.....GAG......ANYWAY.....

I WANT TO SAY QUITE SIMPLY......***RESPECT TO DAVID THOMPSON***. END OF. AND AS ALWAYS THANKYOU TO ALL THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS. X

SO.....STANFORD HALL.

HEAVEN. PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AS PERFECT AS CAN RATIONALLY BE EXPECTED......IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ALL THE TRADERS AND ALL THE VISITORS HAD AN AMAZING TIME!!!

I LEFT HOME AT 1.30AM WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DROVE UP THROUGH THE NIGHT.....ARRIVED 4.30AM....SYNCHRONISED/SHORTLY AFTER MY MAN MIKE LISTER
ROCKS UP NEXT TO ME.....WE PUT OUR HEADS DOWN IN OUR VEHICLES AT THE MAIN GATES FOR A BIT OF KIP AS THE SUN COMES UP..... SQUIRRELS.....GEESE.....DEER.....MIST:

MIKE LISTER ARMY SURPLUS:
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NOT LONG AFTER WE GET IN, DRIVE ALONG NICE EVEN ROADS, ACROSS NICE LAWN-MOWERED GROUND ETC TO OUR PITCHES.....IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING WITH B.C. SHOW STAFF ALREADY ON SITE....INCLUDING GHURKAS.....WE FIRST MEET JACK.....SHORTLY AFTER ABOUT 9AM DAVID ARRIVES, HUGS ALL ROUND AND A TALK THAT MEANT SO MUCH ###.....THEN 5 DAYS OF PERFECT BRITISH WEATHER......WITH NOT ONLY HUNDREDS OF OLD FACES/FRIENDS......BUT NOW MANY MANY NEW ONES TOO.....

I WANT TO GIVE SHOUT OUTS, LOVE, HUGS AND RESPECT TO A WHOLE LOADA PEOPLE.....
....MY NEIGHBOURS ON THE LEFT.....DD HAMMOCKS.....:

https://www.ddhammocks.com

TO MY RIGHT.....MISTER LISTER MENTIONED ABOVE.....THEN KHALED RADMAN (AMMO)/GLENN/STEVE/KEN OF TRUEWAYS SURIVIVAL.....FOLLOWED BY THE LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!! HIMSELF MARK HORDON/HELEN/JAMIE/BEAVER BUSHCRAFT.......
https://truewayssurvival.com
https://www.beaverbushcraft.co.uk

ANGELA AND MY SONS ARE CURRENTLY IN AMERICA FOR HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY......I'M MISSING THEM BADLY......(UNDERSTATEMENT)......BUT THE EXPERIENCE I'VE JUST HAD THESE LAST 5/6 DAYS WITH THESE HUMANS THROUGH THEIR VIBE/INTELLIGENCE/WISDOM/EXPERIENCE/WAY OF LIFE/LAUGHTER/S.O.H./SIMILAR MINDSET/BELIEFS/FRIENDSHIP ETC ETC HAS NOT ONLY HELPED ME THROUGH THIS PERIOD BUT ALSO SHAKEN OFF AT LEAST ONE WHOLE SH*TTY YEAR OF THE INSANITY OF COVID AND STIR-CRAZINESS FROM MY SHOULDERS AS WELL......I MEAN.....ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME EVEN A LITTLE BIT KNOWS I'M SPEAKING HONESTLY AND OPENLY WHEN I SAY.....''MY SOUL JUST HEALED UP A BIT''.

THANKYOU MIKES DAD FOR THE WATER. THANKYOU MIKES DAUGHTER FOR STEALING MY WHISTLES, BRACELETS & KEY-RINGS AND MAKING ME LAUGH ABOUT IT....(YOU OWE ME AN IMAGINARY INVISIBLE UNICORN BY THE WAY)..... THANKYOU JAMES FOR THE WOOL SOCKS + MORE. X. THANKYOU STEVE FOR GOING 3 ROUNDS WITH WATSON. RESPECT. THANKYOU MARK HORDON FOR BEING AN ABSOLUTELY NON-NEGOTIABLE AS***LE. THANKYOU JAMIE FOR JUST BEING YOU....KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK YOUNG MAN!!!.....HELEN, NUFF LUV ALWAYS....DATTY DEAGOL (PERV)....JACK, NADIA.....BEN & LOIS ORFORD.....THE GUYS AT 1948 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT.....MRS PATELS FOR THEIR FANTASTIC FOOD.....SIR LOFTY WISEMAN FOR ONCE AGAIN MAKING ME FEEL LIKE A TEN YEAR OLD IN TROUBLE IN FRONT OF THE HEADMASTER.....THANKYOU GHURKA REGIMENT....THANKYOU GLENN FOR MAKING ME LAUGH MORE IN 3 HOURS THAN I HAVE FOR A YEAR.....THANKYOU JOSH FOR YOUR 'GENEROSITY' AND FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM.....THANKYOU ANDY OF THE OLD KILN FORGE (JOHN & LEE GEAGSBEY TOO!).....THANKYOU REG FROM CURDRIDGE FOR YOUR TRUST......THANKYOU SPOTTER FOR MY SILVER PENDANT THAT KEEPS ME REAL WHILST DRIVING.....SHOUTS OUT TO NEWGATE SAUSAGES & BEANS WITH ADDED PEAS AND MAYO....THE DINNER OF KINGS.....HEDEHOGS AND THE GREENMAN!!!....AND 'SIR ENGLISH' AND THE LEGEND CHRIS LUNDREGAN & FERAL.....NOMAD KNIVES....WILL LORD AND PREPPER IN THE WOODS.....THANKYOU TO MY REPEAT CUSTOMERS......AND NEW....AND THANKYOU STANFORD HALL FOR ACCOMODATING US ALL AND I HOPE TO BE THERE AGAIN IN MAY 2023......(IF I'VE MISSED ANY 'THANKYOU'S''....PLEASE FORGIVE ME.....I'M SO TIRED I'M HAVING A HARD TIME USING MY KEYBOARD......

I'M NOW GOING TO EAT SOME CHICKEN PIES.....SHOWER.....AND SLEEP FOR 24 HOURS......AND THEN START GETTING READY FOR THE QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK SOUTH DOWNS SHOW WITH MY BROTHER GUS FOLLOWED BY SIR ROGER HARRINGTONS EPIC WILDERNESS GATHERING WITH JON & EDGEY.....

https://www.southdownsshow.com
https://www.wildernessgathering.co.uk

AS MIKE SAID TO ME EARLIER.......''SEE YOU ON THE BEACH!!!!!'' AND ENJOY THE PICTURES.....AND ALSO CHECK OUT ALICE, THE MICRO-GREEN QUEEN OF:

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PS.....GLENN.....STEVE.....REMEMBER, BLISTERS HAVE FEELINGS TOO......PAIN!!!!!!!! (KAL LOLOLOLOL X)

WOODY WOODY WOOOODY WOODY WOOOOODY!!!

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CHRIS LUNDREGAN:
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https://www.youtube.com/c/prepperinthewoods
CHRIS ENGLISH FOR WORKWEAR AND SCHOOL UNIFORMS:
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25/07/2022

ALSO MANAGED TO SQUEEZE IN THE RESTORATION OF A 66K I COLLECTED RECENTLY....EVERYTHING WAS BROWN.....NOW SHINEY....YUM.....

THIS IS THE LESS COMMON TYPE OF THE 66K LOTUS VARIANT.....IT HAS A DIFFERENT BOBBIN WINDER MECHANISM AND A 12-SPOKE HAND-WHEEL.....OTHER DIFFERENCES OF THIS TYPE IS THAT (FROM MY EXPERIENCE) THEY USUALLY COME WITH A DECORATED CRANK (RATHER THAN A PLAIN BLACK ONE) AND ALSO THE LARGER-SIZED VERSION OF THE MANUAL (I'VE ONLY EVER HAD A FEW OF THESE AS OPPOSED TO DOZENS OF THE SMALLER MANUAL).....AND I GOT FURTHER REAL LUCKY RESULTS......NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE A THREADER WITH THE PAMPHLET......BUT THEY ARE IN THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE TOO!!!......AND!!!!!!!!! NOT ONLY A FULL SET OF THE SCARCE ''BACK-CLAMP'' FEET BUT ALSO A BACK-CLAMP IMITATION HEMSTITCHER.....VERY RARE......I'VE OWNED MANY TENS OF 66K'S AND THE FEET......BUT THIS IS THE FIRST BACKCLAMP HEMSTITCHER I'VE EVER HELD.....(TO BE HONEST....I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THEY EXISTED)

NOT BAD FOR £32 LOL.....BOOOOOM!

22/07/2022

MORE STUFF I'VE MADE THIS WEEK.....MONSTER 1/2INCH THICK FIRESTEELS....A FEW DEER ANTLER RINGS....MORE CROOK KNIFE SHEATHS....G.B. SCANDINAVIAN MASKS....BAHCO LAPLANDER/SILKY SHEATHS.....KNIFE SHEATHS....AXE HOLSTERS....FIRSTEEL HOLSTERS....AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS, SOME BELTS, FROM SAVAGE 5MM THICK SHOULDER .....I HATE MAKING BELTS LOLOL....

ALL NIGHT ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17/07/2022

SUP YO!.....THE BUSHCRAFT SHOW IS IN 12 DAYS TIME Y'ALL!!! FOLLOWED BY THE SOUTH DOWNS SHOW AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK (BACK ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS!) AND THEN OF COURSE THE LEGENDARY WILDERNESS GATHERING!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO! BEEN BUSY SORTING OUT ANTLER AND HORN TODAY.....HERES JUST SOME OF WHAT I'LL BE BRINGING SO YOU KNOW WHERE TO COME!!!! WALKING STICKS TOO!

ALL NIGHT ALL DAY!!!!!!!!

15/07/2022

HAD ME HEAD DOWN SMASHING OUT THE WORK FOR THE UPCOMING BIG SHOWS....AXE SHEATHS, PENKNIFE CASES, CROOK KNIFE SHEATHS, COIN PURSES......ANTLER KEYRINGS & NECKLACES.....SOME NEW STOCK TOO.....LANYYARDS AND BOTTLE OPENERS....ALL GOOD!

08/07/2022

WAS JUST NOW GOING THROUGH OLD HARD DRIVES LOOKING FOR SOMETHING....DIDNT FIND IT.....BUT FOUND SOME OF MY OLD PICS....HERES 3.....