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    Mice in Van (again)

    Of course it looked miffed, it brought the mouse to you as very apparently you were incapable of hunting them yourself! :D
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    How do warm blooded people cope

    Quite warm as the hair is hollow, sheds a lot as Pattree said.
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    Water outlet.

    Ha, start from 60 cm of fluffy snow and -20C. :angelic2:
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    2024 Bushcraft Goals

    I have 3 or 4 blades waiting for a handle, maybe finally I can decide what kind I want ...
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    water bottles and water

    .. and then flip over in a fairly uncontrolled way ... But I do admit it is kind of problematic. :)
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    water bottles and water

    Military pilots have a working system for that. :whistling:
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    BcUK fly of the month April 2024

    Haven't done any flyfishing in about 30 years, might be a good time to restart. We have less insect species here but on the other hand our mayflies fly until July-August.
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    Smart 'phone apps for bushcraft.

    GPS Status shows all satnav satellites, your position, heading, elevation etc. Also shows all sensors that exist on your phone and readings for those.
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    Day Out A day in the sunny Lincolnshire Wolds

    I like the way the OSM map has the added descriptions like "cherry tree" at the north end of the walk. Nice day and good video.
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    The time has come the Bushcrafter said.. Light weight rucksacks. Most of my kit is old and ex-military at the age of 70

    As far as I understand it is because climbers use those, I have no idea why. Also some military ones are narrow as it is a bloody nuisance to carry AT weapons anywhere but the sides. I don't see any factual reason for that, I guess it is the coolness factor mostly. Hmm ... there is one...
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    How do warm blooded people cope

    It adds up, compressed down just has higher heat conductivity than uncompressed. On the rest I just invoke Broch's conjecture.
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    The time has come the Bushcrafter said.. Light weight rucksacks. Most of my kit is old and ex-military at the age of 70

    List your gear by weight and start spending money on the heaviest items and before that decide if you really need something. By the way taking 60 l bag you just can't stuff in as much as into a 80 l one.
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    Whats your oldest kit

    I have from grandfather the earlier model from that -1930. Now retired to drawer duty. It is also somewhat a piece of history as some years ago a noticed it has "Suojeluskunta" stamps on it.
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    Fiskars tools - are they plastic tat?

    After some real use and abuse the axes and billhooks are good, secateurs so and so; well made but the cutting blades are too thin and tend to bend and break: kind of misuse but still within operational parameters. Plastic handles are good, steel used is good. I have visited the factory some...
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    aluminium water bottles for carrying fuel?!

    A lot of epoxies are BPA based but not all, especially some high temp baked coatings. But generally drinking bottles and epoxies is not a good combination, some vinyl esters are actually tested and approved for wine tanks in France and as all know that is an application of almost religious...