Here we interview lead instructor and Forest Knights founder Wayne Jones about the three-day longbow making course provided by Forest Knights in Sussex, UK. We ask about the course participants, what it’s like on the bow making course, where the course takes place, whether you can get there easily from London, and why exactly it…
Shrink pots are another item I have been making. These pots have been made with silver birch, felled about November. But I understand you can use most green woods, but you do need to think about how and what they are going to be used for. Traditionally they were used to store dry goods possibly…
What can we do at home? Well, today with two university boys doing their best at home, we ran out of bread.So, having seen all the comments on the Muurrikka pan and as the phrase goes in ‘Heartbreak Ridge’ ‘Improvise, adapt and overcome’(name the actor). Some bread was needed!!!!!! Ha ha.Ok most will know who…
Teaching Spoon and bowl carving courses I am always looking for quality carving tools. I prefer to support small businesses and craftsmen keeping traditional skills alive. If we do not support artisan crafts people then we cannot complain when their skills are but a memory. That said a tool must perform the task it was…
David SinfieldMay 2020 History. The Holmegaard bow is a prehistoric bow found in the peat bogs Holmegaard in the east of Denmark. It has been dated to 7000BCE and there is some dispute as to whether it is the oldest artefact identified as a bow but it is certainly the oldest complete bow, although it…
John Mathieson is one of the members of the Sussex Bushcraft Club and one of the Forest Knights guest instructors. He has many years experience in the outdoors as a accomplished canoe coach and Duke of Edinburgh Award leader and assessor. John has been on several forestknights Bushcraft Canoe Expeditions to Finland. John will be…
Bow and arrow hunting in the UK is evocative of all things Robin Hood for sure, but also connects us with our historical past when the world was greener and woodlands and forests made up most of the landscape, and life was simpler. The idea of moving silently through the trees, bow and arrow in…
A Magical World for Bushcraft Experiences The first time I sat alone in a glade in our woodland in West Sussex, it was so still and peaceful I heard the eerie sound of a single leaf fall. I was quite alone and it frightened me at the time. I thought someone was creeping up on…