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    sleeping bags: pipedream 600 vs skyehigh 900

    hi everyone, im thinking of getting a new down sleeping bag. im wanting to spend around £200 and and stuck between these two as they are both a similar price. https://www.alpkit.com/products/pipedream-600-2016 https://www.alpkit.com/products/skyehigh-900 ones a big heavier, the...
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    Advice needed: Salting a deer hide

    theres many way to do everything. this is not the 'right' way, as i dont think there is a right way. but this is what i would do. i wouldnt hang it and all, and i would salt the flesh side plenty and fold it it two, inwards, along the middle of the back of the animal. this will stop the salt...
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    some natural cordage / wool, fireweed, and hemp

    Ive been making cordage for the first time today and yesterday. the hemp was grown locally. i tried including the images in the post but they were massive. https://cdn.mediacru.sh/EofUj5Fpop-l.jpg Fireweed picked and ready to go https://cdn.mediacru.sh/uV7UThbE6hF6.jpg Fireweed...
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    Rosebay Willowherb cordage

    i made fireweed corage for the first time yesterday. just picked the dying plants, skinned them and 2-plyed it. no drying, no soaking no nothing. seems pretty good. i was quite impressed with myself. pictures to follow hopefully
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    Animal Dangers.

    i think we shouldnt worry about whats out there. there is this mentality that the wild is crazy and dangerous place. It's not. ...we are just scared of what we dont know. we know supermarkets and concrete and high streets and we feel safe there. maybe one person dies every year in a bear attack...
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    Happy People documentary, full 4hr footage

    hey, maybe some people have already seen Herzog's "Happy People: A Year in the Taiga" following a siberian trapper through the seasons. on youtube there is the full footage, 1hr per season http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbhPIK-oBvA absolutely fascinating stuff
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    reproofing a crappy plastic tarp?

    its a tipi that i am currently living in. it has been sewn together to perfectly fit these poles. it has smoke flaps, and a proper door and is pinned toggether front etc. alot of time was put into making it. it has been lived in for two years before, by two different people one year each. i am...
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    reproofing a crappy plastic tarp?

    that sounds really good. ive read some, but ill look more into it. thankstartanferret
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    cook set suggestions

    id recommend a MSR seagul or MSR stowaway, they are the same pot, just a different name, i duno why. comes in 3 sizes. stainless steel. sold in cotswold on the highstreet
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    reproofing a crappy plastic tarp?

    ....just replacing it isnt an option I was wondering if anyone knew anything about reproofing plastic tarps you get in hardware stores, usually blue, green or white in colour. I know they arnt that expensive but it has been cut and sewn to fit something perfectly and that took alot of time...
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    buring paint of altoid tins...

    Genuis, thanks! I dont have the time do do this at the moment but when i do and if it works (or not i guess) ill try and mention how i got on.
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    buring paint of altoid tins...

    yeah, but it looks funny so id rather get rid of it. thanks for the suggestion samon but maybe i should have said i was looking for something more, um, i duno, not less toxic, but something i might have around the house. i guess that involves people knowing what i have a dont have etc. would...
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    buring paint of altoid tins...

    im aware this isnt exactly a craft but i duno where else to put it. ive found some small little metal containers with hinged lids. smaller the altoids but im guessing similar material. previously i burned off the paint by just chucking them in the fire and fishing the out after, then givin...
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    anyone ever make an ulu knife?

    hey, just wondering if anyone here ever made or botched together something which resembles an ulu knife. if so id be interested to see a picture or two. I think id like to make one for scrapping skins. for those who have no idea what im on about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulu
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    Alone

    i travel alone alot. I enjoy the simple freedoms of stopping when i want and not feeling lik eim holding someone up, or changing route/ plans/whatever. I am often around alot of other people, have been living in collective houses etc, so it is quite nice to have time alone. i feel like i really...
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    Ferrocerium Striker

    i like to use a small piece of flint.
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    camping, Kuksa fire, bacon grease lamp disaster, birch carving supplies

    im no wood genuis, but from what i heard you dont want to be using the core of the wood for making anything really. my understanding is that the center point of a log, tree, branch, whatever, is the weekest and most likely to crack. like in your pictures. use a much larger diamater of wood (if...
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    'Overlevnad' PDF Download in English

    did anything ever come of this? would people like to PM on as far as they got or something.
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    moose skins - ideas?

    hey, ive got two moose skins hanning for a few months now and i was wondering if anyone has any idea for what to use them for? Ive been making leather from sheepskins and its hard work but worth it. i was thinkn of maybe using one of the [untanned] moose skins to sleep on as i reckon it will...
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    dd tarp, long term use?

    hey, Ive had my 3x3 dd tarp for a few years, getting usually a few days use a month. i was wondering what is people experience of having it out and up for a few months? in the summer sun in the forest. will extended sunlight exposure mess with the waterproofing or is it fine? thinking of...