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    Do you display your knives?

    Hi, everyone, After 20+ years of buying various knives, I now have 8-14 knives that I rarely use. Some are quite nice - Busse, Randall, Roselli, Fairbairn-Sykes, - so I wonder if I should display them and take out for use in rare occasions. Any recommendations how to display? I am thinking if I...
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    Swiss non-folding shovel at a reasonable price in the UK? And question on law...

    Could you refer me, please, to some source that encourages to have shovel in the boot of the car? I want to have a few things for an emergency (water, fire extinguisher, med kit, shovel, maybe also kit for getting out of mud holes in case I get stuck), but don't want to have any trouble with...
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    Swiss non-folding shovel at a reasonable price in the UK? And question on law...

    Hi, guys, I am looking for a Swiss non-folding shovel in the UK at a reasonable price. I have read that you can get them in some places in the USA for less than $40, but cannot find them here. Yes, I am sure they should be at some surplus stores, but there are so many of them around that it is...
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    Bushcraft clubs near swindon?

    Hello, guys. Do you know any clubs near Swindon where I could practice wilderness/bushcraft skills? I know there are some schools nearby, but I would like something that I could use more frequently and cheaper. Thanks.
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    Stoneage firemaking

    Yes, I read this article before. My favourite part is "boil water..." in the second sentence :D
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    Can Opening without can opener?

    I was in the following situation in 1995 as a student: we were sent to work at one place on Issyk-Kul lake with two more of my University friends. We ended up at some "sanatorium" on the lakeside in the forest and had to cook our own food on open fire for about 3 weeks. It was only me who...
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    Stoneage firemaking

    Thank you for replies. I did bowdrill fire already, hand-drill for some reason does not attract me, but i thought you can end up in desert places where trees are rare, so bushes will be used to feed the fire, i.e. little luck with bow or hand drill. That is why I thought about a stone and a...
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    Stoneage firemaking

    I want to learn how to make fire without anything I cannot find in wilderness. I tried making fire using a rock flint (though I suspect I mistaken it for a dark quartz), a stone and some natural tinder. I get small sparks, but my tinder does not want to ignite. I tried using crampballs, papery...
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    Nettles and blackberries

    Do you, guys, experience problems with nettles and blackberries when you walk on countryside? I am just wondering if I will have this problem all the time or it was just one rare experience, so I do not need to worry about it too much. I would not want to have something to deal with bushes and...
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    Nettles and blackberries

    Yes, I guess electric pruner will do well, except carrying... Any other recommendations? I also think shovels might do the job. What do you cary to deal with bushes? Or you do not deal with them at all? I am thinking - if I get myself GPS, I will find the trail again, as long as I have a map.
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    Recommendations on day sack

    Hello, guys, What should I look at when I select a day sack? What volume would you recommend, additional features? I will be usiong it for both hiking and for travels to other countries. Regards,
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    Nettles and blackberries

    Hello, everybody, I was hiking yesterday along White Horse Trail. The path was fully overgrown by nettles and blackberries in many places. I could not pass there, but when I diverted from the path I got lost a few times and could not find the path again for quite a while. Therefore I have...
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    Danger of meths

    Hello, guys, I finally got myself meths burner. I read on another forum that meths is highly poisonous chemical. Most meths burners are made to keep the burners inside the pots. Do you think there is much hazard from smell of meths accumulating in the pot? Also, sometimes you cannot burn all...
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    Small sharpener

    I already have Spyderco Tri-Angle. However, I would like another considerably smaller and lighter sharpener that I could carry without thinking it took too much space and its weight was too much. Any recommendations? I like to make the blade razor sharp. I know there is not much point of...
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    Cannot make fire with bow and stick

    Guys, I was trying to make fire using bow and had no success: I had a lot of wood dust, there was a lot of smoke, but fire did not ignite. I used also cotton to ignite from wood dust but it did not even burn at little. Wood, I think, is from pine trees - I just used what I found in the...
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    Swedish Army 'Trangia'

    A question about Trangia stoves: in your opinion, is it worth paying extra for non-stick Trangia set or duossal pans? I read technical dictionary which says duossal pans are made of aluminium with stainless steel layer inside. Does it make the pan much easier to clean? As I understood...
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    Somewhere to walk during the Bank Holiday?

    I agree, good maps are useful. However, they cost money and after you use them once for a walk, they collect dust on shelves :) Can I get them from somewhere on the web? This winter, I walked several 1-day walks near Swindon using sketches I found on internet, but got lost a few time, even...
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    Best Bushcraft Knife

    Knives are addictive things… You start looking for a knife for bushcrafting, then for carving, then tools for chopping. After 2 years you realise that now you have more knives than you will use in your live, but cannot stop buying more. But you still will try to rationalise and try to explain...
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    Somewhere to walk during the Bank Holiday?

    I am in Swindon, Wiltshire.
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    Somewhere to walk during the Bank Holiday?

    Hello, guys, I would like to go for a walk during the Bank Holiday at the end of August. Preferably something in this style: get out from camping site where I can leave my car, walk 10-12 km, sleep in B&B and come back by another route back to camping site. Sleep in a tent and next day go for...