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Let's see your homemade or modified gear
- Thread starter CShepherd
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Here`s some of my homemade or modified kit.
Billycan.
Wooden cups.
Leather bag. Made of bark tanned reindeer hide (my own product).
Birch bark container.
Modified old billhook. Reindeer antler handle and homemade sheath.
Crooked knife. Made from an old mora blade. The blade is hafted to the handle with pine resin glue.
Handle carved as animal head.
Tor
Billycan.
Wooden cups.
Leather bag. Made of bark tanned reindeer hide (my own product).
Birch bark container.
Modified old billhook. Reindeer antler handle and homemade sheath.
Crooked knife. Made from an old mora blade. The blade is hafted to the handle with pine resin glue.
Handle carved as animal head.
Tor
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Lot`s of nice work guys. I really liked Tor`s birch bark box. I`m afraid I left most of my gear in the states when we got married. I`m gonna have to get back in the habit of making a few things. The wife`ll hate it, but it`ll keep me out of trouble.
One IKEA stand for forks, spoons, knives etc.
One tent peg.
One GSI steel cup.
A pile of pine wood filled with resin.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=962248&l=8670d&id=606638033
The improvements that followed was to add a second tent peg to keep the mug level. Also all the resin made everything extremely sooty
One tent peg.
One GSI steel cup.
A pile of pine wood filled with resin.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=962248&l=8670d&id=606638033
The improvements that followed was to add a second tent peg to keep the mug level. Also all the resin made everything extremely sooty
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I'm late to this party and make a bunch of homemade gear. I just got some pics of my stove/cup set up, so I figured I should share.
My pot/cup is some sort of tin I picked up at a thrift store. It holds about 25oz of liquid. I paracord wrapped a handle on it which was recycled from and another project, same with the lid handle. I had to put some heat resistant tape around the base of my paracord wrap because of fear of melting my cord.
The primer plate is the base of a small can. The windscreen is a fosters beer can. I got the fuel container at a thrift store for a whopping $0.69 and it works great and all fits together nicely.
The stove is made from a couple of 16oz aluminum bud bottles and I have included my original blueprints, slight mods have been done since I drew those up. It is extremely heavy duty and blows pepsi can stoves away. The stove works awesome and I can boil 2 cups of water in under 6 minutes with 3/4 oz of fuel (heet).
enjoy.
My pot/cup is some sort of tin I picked up at a thrift store. It holds about 25oz of liquid. I paracord wrapped a handle on it which was recycled from and another project, same with the lid handle. I had to put some heat resistant tape around the base of my paracord wrap because of fear of melting my cord.
The primer plate is the base of a small can. The windscreen is a fosters beer can. I got the fuel container at a thrift store for a whopping $0.69 and it works great and all fits together nicely.
The stove is made from a couple of 16oz aluminum bud bottles and I have included my original blueprints, slight mods have been done since I drew those up. It is extremely heavy duty and blows pepsi can stoves away. The stove works awesome and I can boil 2 cups of water in under 6 minutes with 3/4 oz of fuel (heet).
enjoy.
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Some very nice work Wotan! IH8U, that is a cool stove.
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This stuff isn't really 'worthy' of being shown after the craftsmen that have posted, but...
Spooky what size fiskars is that i think for mine im gona do orange kydex.
The container is about 7 inches high and about 2 inch by 4 inch by the lid.
I don`t know the difference between bark tanned and brain tanned as I`ve never made braintan. Bark tanned leather is the norm over here.
PS. I believe bark tanned is veg tanned.
Tor
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It's the 14" hatchet, not the larger axes. Kydex would definitely go better on those I think, the leather is a little heavy IMO. I've never tried my hand at kydex though!
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Nothing as cool as you guys stuff, but I did knock up this little bench the other day to sit on with a cup of tea when the sun comes out !
That's the coolest thing I've seen in this thread so far. I'm a big fan of natural chairs, tables, benches, etc. I've already warned the wife that when we have a house out in the less developed area of GA, there will be no shortage of natural furniture on the property. Pretty much anywhere I think has a good view, has a good cool shady spot, needs a shooting bench, whatever, there will be furniture made from whatever is around.
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Here`s some of my homemade or modified kit.
Wooden cups.
Tor
That is awesome. I assume that you carved this then used sandpaper to get it smooth. Did you coat this with sealer before use?
By the way, I found my next project.