Recent content by Wildgoose

Looks great, a bag like that with care will last a fair few generations

Camping and camp chores are a reasonable excuse especially if accompanied with your other camping gear. Pattree you will be fine with your Opinel

depends where you are going in the UK and what you will be doing. Remember a fixed blade is perfectly legal in the UK, you just need a reasonable excuse for its carriage and use.

Does feel that way sometimes. In all seriousness, with a few exceptions first aid taught during WW2 will still save lives today, it’s just the new techniques are more effective.

The policy, rules and myths of first aid are debated as much as the best bushcraft knife. Traditional first aid books list a lot of do’s and don’ts and rules. Modern first aid is much more based on what is appropriate in the circumstances. Mouth to mouth is still part of CPR, but if you...

What’s more common in London? I live and work in London, you hardly see the police let alone get stopped by them

The law hasn’t changed, nor do you need a reason for carrying a non locking UK legal knife. There are of course situations and locations where knives are prohibited by rules or unwise such as a nightclub. I’m not a fan of this current belief that the police are out to fit everyone up, nor do...

Malice clips?

Plenty of temperate smocks about for reasonable prices. Sizing wise the numbers are height and chest in CM or as close to it. The temperate smock was still used in the late 90s/early 2000s in Northern Ireland as the cotton gave better flame resistance being cotton.

Top one is probably around 2005, standard issue to all personnel. Replaced the soldier 95 rip stop one. The mod started printing woodland on the labels to distinguish from desert dpm which was very popular at the time. Issued until MTP came in 2010 ish. Bottom one is 94 pattern. Full cotton I...

No affiliation but cadet direct have TQ’s on sale right now, £13 or so. Not as good for self rescue but the Tourni Key is a reasonable alternative at under a tenner too

I find a lot of ready to go kits are lacking in the quality of the items provided. The cheaper ones also add a load of fillers with very little real world use. Check out reflex medical, they used to be on here and at one stage offered a FM discount. Bought from them a few times and they are...

I hankered after a spray way jacket in that blue/teal colour in the 90s. At £200+ was just a dream then.

Do you mean the bottle green smart ones? I think they were replaced in the early 2000s with a more khaki coloured type. The bottle green plastic ones used to melt at the sight of an iron so the shortage may be due to the fact that there’s more material on the iron plate than on the legs

Probably not, but logic would suggest a rise in knife related statistics following a law change.