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  1. WELL LADS , FINISH MAKING MY FIRST SHEATH ! .. GOT IT TO OIL UP NOW , BUT THE SHAPES THERE , KING .............I AGREE WITH FLETCH , TRY A KIT FIRST , HAVE A LOOK AT THE TUTORIALS ON BRISA THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE FULL DETAILS ON HOW TO ACHEIVE THE FINISH , HAVE A LOOK AT THE BRITISH BLADE FORUM ............ THE LINKS UP BACK AWAYS , AND LOOK THROUGH THE GALLERY , PICK A NICE SHAPED HANDLE AND TAKE A DRAWING FULL SIZE , THIS WILL HELP IN THE MAKING ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  2. WELL SAID TF STUDENT , I HAVE HAD MORE RUN INS WITH KEEPERS THAN A HEDGEHOGS GOT TICKS .............. YET I CANNOT HELP TO ADMIRE THE WORK THE GOOD ONES DO IN THE COUNTRYSIDE BY KEEPING PEST SPECIES AT AN EXCEPTABLE LEVEL FOR OTHER SPECIES TO FLORISH DUCKWING
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    WELL SOCKS , MY FIRST GUT REACTION TO ALL THIS IS F.you.C.K THE ANTIS , HOWEVER SINCE ALL THE S.H.I.T IN THE LOCAL RAG ABOUT THIS FORUM ITS MEMBERS AND SNAREING I THINK ITS ONLY COMMON SENCE , AFTER ALL SNAREING IS A LEGITIMATE FORM OF CONTROL ............. YET THAT b*****d ANTI NEWSPAPER MADE IT OUT TO BE SOME SORT OF FETISH CARRIED OUT BY WIERDOS , PAR FOR THE COURSE WITH THIS NEWS RAG ........... TO BE HONEST , IT DOESNT MATTER WHAT WE DO SOCKS , THE GUTTER SNIPES WILL TWIST WHICH EVER PHOTO OR STORY THEY CAN TO THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE ALL THE BEST
  4. i,d say a line that takes fox mate. WELL BITCH , IVE KEPT SOME FAMILIES OF COMPETITION BRED ANIMALS AT THE TOP FOR 20 YRS , IVE LINE BRED , INBRED AND JUST PLAIN BRED , ..... SO DONT TRY AND LECTURE ON BREEDING PLEASE BELIVE ME .........OPEN CLASS ............ COMPETITION IS THE ONLY WAY FORWARD , ITS SAD BUT TRUE THAT MONEY DRIVES MOST COMPETITION , AND WHERE THE BIG MONEY.... IS .....THE BEST..... ARE !! CHALKIE , AS YOU SAID , .. RABBIT " CATCHERS " SUPREME , RIGHT ITS BLOWING A HOOLIE , IAM OFF LAMPING ALL THE BEST
  5. WELL MATE , IVE BEEN TO QUIET A FEW WHIPPET RACES...... YOU COULD SAY ,............ MOSTLY NON KC ...... THOUGH I HAVE ALSO BEEN TO A GOOD FEW DAYS COURSING WITH THE KC BRIGADE , AS WELL AS GREYHOUND , SALUKI AND DEERHOUND AS YOU SAID RACING WHIPPETS ARE FASTER ............. THOUGH HOW FAST A DOG HAS TO BE FOR A RABBIT IS DEBATEABLE I HAVE VOICED MY OPINIONS YRS AGO ON HERE ABOUT KC BREEDS , SPECIFICALLY THE WHIPPET ............. BUT HERE GOES , IMO , ANY BREEDERS WHO KEEP A CLOSED GENE POOL , IS GOING TO FAIL TO IMPROVE THE WORKING ATTRIBUTES , .......... TO
  6. TO BE HONEST WHIN , IVE ALWAYS HAD REAL GOOD RESULTS ON DEER IN THE MOON LIGHT , THEY SEEM TO VENTURE FARTHER AWAY FROM COVER , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  7. WELL LADS , IMO,........... I PREFER THE RACING WHIPPET TO THE KC , I FIND THEM , TOUGHER / BETTER DRIVE AND SEEM TO PRODUCE THE BEST HUNTERS ..... THE THING IS THE RACING LINES ARE PERFORMANCE BRED ! , THE KC LINES ARENT TO NO WHERE NEAR THE SAME DEGREE REMEMBER MOST LINES OF RACING STOCK HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF GREYHOUND BLOOD , WITH SMALL DASHES OF BULL BLOOD AND IN CERTAIN AREAS THEY DID USE DASHES OF OLD TYPE BEDLINGTON BLOOD ......... SOUNDS LIKE A LURCHER TO ME HOWEVER , IF I WAS CONTEMPLATING GETTING A SMALL WHIPPET SIZED LURCHER TYPE , I WOULD BE TEMPT
  8. HI FLETCH , SCANDI SHEATH LOOKS TO BE COMING ON IAM ON WITH A SHEATH FOR ONE OF THE KNIVES IVE MADE , JUST HOPING IT TURNS OUT OK , I GOT A NICE SHEET OF LEATHER FROM CHIPPER , AND AM GOING TO TRY AND WET FORM IT , WHICH SEEMS TO GIVE THE KNIFE A REAL SNUG FIT , ESSENTIAL I THINK , IF YOUR NOT TO LOOSE A KINFE EVERY TIME YOU JUMP A FENCE ETC , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  9. WELL KENNY , I BELIVE THERES A THREAD , SOMEWAYS BACK THAT HAS ALREADY COVERED THE GWP CROSS , SEEN A FEW CROSSES AND HYBRIDS OVER THE LAST 8 TO 10 YRS , AND HAVE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED WITH THEIR HUNTING DRIVE / BRAINS AND ABILITY , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  10. FLETCH , THAT HANDLES COME UP NICE , I LOVE THAT CURLY BIRCH TO WORK WITH , WHAT MAKES THE BLADE ? , LOOKS LIKE A LAURI ... THE HANDLE I BETS A BEAUT TO HOLD JUST HAS THAT LOOK ABOUT IT , HAS THE KNIFE GOT A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR IS IT TO BE A GENERAL USER ,? MILLET , IF YOU SPEND A BIT OF TIME AND EFFORT WORKING ON A KNIFE , I BET YOU WOULDNT LOOSE IT , HAVE A GO ....... YOU MIGHT SURPRIZE YOURSELF ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  11. GREAT PICTURES AND AN INTERESTING THREAD HORNHUNTER , IVE HEARD THAT THE COYOTE HAS BECOME A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE you.S . , KILLING OFF OR MOVING OUT A LOT OF FOX , BOTH RED AND GREY .......... IS THAT TRUE ? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  12. FROZEN GROUNDS ALWAYS A PROBLEM NO MATTER WHAT YOU USE JIGSAW , IN THE PAST IVE USED A STEEL DIBBLER LIKE THE GARDENERS USE FOR MAKING HOLES DURING PLANTING FOR THE PEGS ON PURSE NETS , I WONDER IF YOU COULD USE A SIMILAR METHOD UNTIL YOU HAVE THE POLES , THE THINGS WE DO FOR A DAYS SPORT ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  13. :11: COME ON , WEVE ALL FELT LIKE THAT AFTER JUMPING OUT THE TUB :11: DUCKWING
  14. WELL LADS , AGREE WITH THE FOX AND HARE BIT , BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A GO AT THE WILD BOAR AND MAYBE RACOON WITH THE TERRIERS , OR IS THAT BEING GREEDY ? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  15. WELL BONDY , THERES ABSOLUTLEY LOADS OF INFO ON http://www.britishblades.com/forums/index.php I MIGHT START MY NEXT ONE THIS WEEK ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  16. TO BE HONEST MAVPHILL , I WOULDNT , IF THE BOP IS CONSTANTLY ATTACKING HIS FLOCK , WHATS HE SUPPOSED TO DO ?? I SEE NO DIFFERENCE IN A FARMER SHOOTING A FOX THATS PREYING ON HIS LAMBS TO THE ABOVE . A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE LOST NEARLY 10 BIRDS TO A SPARROWHAWK THAT CONSTANTLY PREYED ON HIS BIRDS OVER A 3 WEEK PERIOD , TILL IT MADE THE MISTAKE OF FOLLOWING HIS BIRDS INTO THE LOFT , NO MAN WHO LOVES HIS STOCK COULD PUT UP WITH THAT DUCKWING
  17. WHIN , DID THE WEATHER GET COLD ENOUGH IN NEW MEXICO TO MAKE THE FUR SALEABLE ? ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  18. JIGSAW MATE , WE HAVE PLASTIC PIPEING ON OUR LOCAL GOLF COURSE , THATS WHY I HAD TO TRAVEL :11: WE ARE TRYING TO SOURCE SOME MORE POLES AS I WRITE , HAD A LOOK AT EVERYTHING FROM TENT POLES TO GARDEN PLANT POLES , NOWT SUITABLE .......... IAM AFRAID OLD HAZELS HARD TO BEAT , IF WE FIND OWT .... YOU BOYS WILL BE THE FIRST TO HEAR ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  19. WELL LADS , TO BE HONEST ........... I THINK WE ARE " ALL " TO BLAME FOR UNDER PRICEING AN ANIMAL THAT IN A LOT OF DAYTIME CONDITIONS CAN PUT MORE CONEYS IN THE BAG THAN A LURCHER !! IAM SURE IF THEY WERE WORTH £ 25 A PIECE THEY WOULDNT BE SO QUICK IN DISCARDING THE POOR FECKERS THE FERRETS TRUELY AN UNDERATED ANIMAL DUCKWING
  20. RABBITHUNTER , I WONDER IF A LENGTH OF OLD ROPE LEFT OUT FOR A FEW DAYS LAID IN THE POSITION YOUR NETS TO TAKE , WOULD CONVINCE THE NERVOUS RABBITS THAT IT WAS NO DANGER TO THEM ??? THEN ON A SUITABLE EVENING THE OLD ROPE COULD BE REPLACED WITH THE NET . I THINK I WOULD STILL GO THE GW ROUTE MYSELF , BUT MAYBE WORTH A TRY ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  21. WELL LADS , AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE WHOS NOW WELL INTO HIS 70s , CAUGHT LOADS OF THEM WITH THE TERRIERS ......... AND DIDNT THINK MUCH OF THEM AS A QUARRY ....... HE STILL HAS THE MASK OF HIS FIRST CAUGHT ON HIS WALL . THEY DO SAY THERES STILL A FEW ABOUT ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  22. WELL TOP CHALKER , THAT A VERY NICE PUP , IN GOOD NICK , ANY DOGS WE WOULD KNOW IN THE LINE ? AND , I HOPE YOUR LITTLE LASS IS FEELING BETTER ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  23. YEP RH , I REALIZED THAT , ... IT WAS MORE A " PROMPT " FOR THE LADS WHO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF CONEYS ON THEIR GROUND ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
  24. PERSONALLY RH , IVE NEVER USED THE DROP NETS ........... I JUST DONT LIKE THE IDEA OF LEAVING MY HARD WON NETS FOR SOME THIEVEING GIT TO TAKE AND TO BE HONEST I DONT KNOW IF THE RABBITS WOULD TRAVEL OVER THE NET AND OUT INTO THE FIELD ? .... IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO FIND OUT TO ME ............. IT SOUNDS LIKE AN IDEAL SET FOR THE GW STYLE NET , ... FAST OUT , ALL THE BEST DUCKWING
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