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i know its been a while since anyone responded but what did you go for in the end all day bing? Ihave collected a number of hooks over the years my fav being a rutland pattern by hedgehog looks like a meat clever with a convex blade shape but it cuts so sweetly. They also fit in with the living...

We (the whole family) are part of a 14thC living history group in norwich. Combat and crafts. good fun and chance to use bows swords axes staffs etc with out getting the boys and girls in blue excited. just dont open the boot at the moment as its full of arms and armour. Now off to ipswich for...

Sorry rik uk3 you have to bear in mind i was with someone who thinks that bushcraft is a form of pornography! And it had stopped snowing we were just waiting for the cars in front of us to be pulled out of the 3inches of snow that stopped a Bmw X5 from moving on. shame my naff company ford cmax...

So whos ready for the end of the world then? perhaps 2012 has arrived early. i just wish it would hurry up then i woulnt have to go to work tommorrow. We(society) are so gullible as far as the media is concerned.

Come on who has filled there car this week with bush kit just in case they get stuck in the snow. Guilty. but it has impressed a couple of colleages when the kelly kettle produces a almost instant cup of hot stuff. ps trying to carry less kit as got to much round the middle after xmas. I like to...

My wife is anti military but didnt stop her marrying me. 12 years of service including two tours of bosnia and a brief spell in some mountains near india? ps we could learn a lot from each other that is civillians to military and vice versa. so dont go knocking the military or those that cant or...

Perhaps mentalnurse is a giant of the species and has big hands?

maya dust, laplander, grilliput, thermarest pillowcase(snugly), several bushy books. hey you lot out there how did the sloe gin turn out. mine is like liquid amber, slipping down a treat. merry christmas to you all.

It snowed in wickham market in suffolk. this morning big flakes but only lasted 30 mins or so. Went there with work and headed back into norfolk where it was foggy and raining. roll on the real white stuff.

Mod survival knife or small billhook(sparhook). cant decide which one is best. but failing that i would go with my mora.

Damn these computers. We had a bit of a tech failure over the last week and only just got back to the forums. What do i find RM has a new knife and no sooner than its out but its out of stock. No surprises there though. nice to see its given us something else to drool over. So what else is new...

What a lot of fuss over a knife. If people want to spend that sort of money good for them. I like my mora and my mod survival knife slightly modded that is, and both for less than £45. saying that if i had the money i would love a custom knife made by any of the guys both on here or on BB...

I agree, my wife and i are planning on gonig off the grid when our son goes of to uni in a few years. we plan on living a simpler life syle but not forgoing all modern trappings ie computer freezer etc. just perhaps a modern version of the early settlers. J johnson is one of my fav films too...

how about mountain ash(rowan) has been used in the past for self bows. Or good old birch but beware it creeks like mad. Failing both those my son has a long bow made for the living history group we are involved with. made from the other wonder tree in bushcraft, ash. good luck would love to see...

quick buy one now before the prices go up and the availibility goes through the floor because RM used on one the latest northern wilderness.

how about packing the inside of the kelly kettle with kindling or tinder material for when it comes out to play next. i tend to use an old allie pan with lid for boiling water nowadays cant be bothered with carrying a kettle, kelly aside just hoping santa remembers the cross pot stand for it at...

perhaps it will be winter kit that we will never use in this fine weather country we live in. Lets just hope th next ice age comes along sooner rather than later.

i carry packets of sugar for mulitple uses ie cleaning wounds, cups of sweet tea mixing with other chemicals as a firelighter etc. but my little cheat is mini tampons as a fire lighting tool and as a first aid tool. ie deep punture wounds or blood absorber. used to carry them in my first aid kit...

Didnt Ray mears help design the wilkinson sword survival knife, which was based on the mod survival knife. or am i getting my knives mixed up. I am sure i have an old copy of combat and survival somewhere that gives Ray credit for being involved in it in someway. Besides like most things peoples...

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