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Not really. I cant think of anything that can't be improvised. I do carry a verrryyyy small folding knife and tend to wear clothes most of the time. that gives me the option of a first aid kit. If I see someone whos injured themselves with an axe or something I can fashion a dressing from my...

I have an old Elwell Golok that is puzzling me a bit. It is marked with the Elwell 'king of spades' mark and what appears to be an order number or id number but no broad arrow. Its slightly longer than a standard martindale. The handle is shaped like the tapered ww1-ww2 British army machette but...

Thats what I had heard and has always been my response to enquiries about hobo reels and hand lines. But I cant find a law that mentions anything other than set lines and cross lines which have a specific definition. Also historically hand lines were used with ringed rods instead of reels, poles...

Has anyone come up with the definitive answer to the legality of using hand lines on freshwater? I've searched in vain. The Salmon and fresh water fisheries act 1975 (last amended 2013) only mentions unattended lines, set lines, or bank to bank fixed lines, crosslines, no mention of hand...

I dont wear camo apart from an old DPM Goretex I bought for a tenner. Most military kit is heavy and a bit pants to be honest. I do bikepack and do a bit of wildcamping so Ive a lot of earth colour, Green, and non-DPM Camo (real tree, digital, flecktarn etc) bags, covers and stuff to be as...

Yep Dad for me as well. Ex military and countryman. That and all the asorted poachers, farm labourers and eccentrics living in the back of beyond in 60's North Essex. Then cubs, just at the point when it went from Baden powell to Blue Peter :(. And then as a teen discovering Ernest Seton, Ernest...

I dont use levers prefering the aforementioned tyre centering and brute force, but my kids have gone tubeless. This seems to be the prefered system nowdays for cross country, DH and bikepacking (the most bushcrafty type of cycling) and seems to virtually eliminate punctures which are apparently...

Im a bit late catching up with this thread and I admit to not having read every post. As a bushcrafter I'm a bit concerned at the level of hostillity towards the LEZ. Its pretty obvious why we've got it. It is relevant to Bushcraft. And it will inevitabbly get applied elsewhere. Ive noticed an...

Just in case anyone reads this after all these years. It's posible to stiffen up the existing stock sheath by the simple expediant of painting it with oil based paint. 2+ coats of gloss + 1 of mat or satin varnish. This makes it a lot stiffer and more durable. Also from personal experience for...

The broken Kukri in the picture is a stainless steel Miltec Kukri. For some unacountable reason the stainless steel is welded to a carbon steel tang at the point of failure. The stainless steel is soft and coated with some sort of black paint. The Cold steel kukri MACHETE on the other hand is...

I''ve had a great ratcatcher for years, it's accurate, tuned to just below the legal limit and running on hpa gets between 100 and 300 shots per refill. It's a tack driver out to perhaps 40m and takes down very small with the simple addition of a backpacker stock quick release button. However it...

There are certain things the British don't really do. Inflatable canoes and kayaks are one. Check out the rest of the world for information. Personally I use an adventure plus as getting a hard canoe big enough for two and a dog onto a train/bus was getting tiresome.

I use an early mk2 airsporter that's been in the family from new. It's mainly been used for wood pigeons. These days I also use a silenced Crosman ratcatcher converted to hpa. It also has a takedown stock courtesy of the button from a crosman backpacker. But the gun I use most often and that...

I've used a 5metre paint roller pole from b and q it worked a treat on a big guyed cargo chute. Did try a carbon roach pole but it shattered after a week. Old two piece windsurfer masts are great. Massively strong, easy length to pack, and really light.

We just peg round the base with no guys. This is a pink cotton medical supply chute we use as an inner (£25) that goes inside a green cargo chute. Poles are old gazebo poles from the bins at B&Q.

Is the Mil-tec blade Stainless or carbon steel?

Has to be a lurcher. Lets face it most of us are weekend bushcrafters and lurchers will laze arround doing nothing all day during the week. Beagles 'sound' too much and you can hear them miles away. Rottys, Ridgebacks , and cattle dogs make one look hardcore etc need 5 tonnes of food a week...

Another vote for the little Husqvarna. Great head and usable cover. Bit of shaping and polishing on the poll and some cutting and stitching on the cover and its probably the best value hatchet on the market. On a different note I've got smallish hands and find I have to slim down most handles.

If you are using a Tilley, Coleman etc the implication is you are useing a vehicle, pony or bearers etc yes? They are a bit heavy to drag around in a pack on your own. The reason theyre popular is theyre idiot proof and give out loads of light. But if you want a lantern that gives out as much...

Hmmm let me see.... ok If your so clever how come your all dead by the time your 30yrs old? Or how come you dont gag eating some of that stuff?