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More trouser questions! Has anybody tried out Country Innovation's Kestrel trousers. They seem a possibility but I am curious about the "Innovation XL Lining". What is that and how does it feel on the skin? Anybody know?

Hi Guys. Has anyone got a reccomendation for a quiet pair of trousers? I've been wearing Kiwis's for a good while and they're versatile, but very loud! Ta.

I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in helping to build a shelter at a little spot I have the use of up in the hills near Porthmadog. It's part using practical skills and part a chance to play in the woods, camp out , sit around a fire and shoot the breeze. I'm thinking of the weekend...

Anyone know where I can get marcasite and iron pyrites nodules? There is plenty of 'fools's gold' in the slate mines around here but thats's all the pretty sedimentary stuff,no nodules. And as for marcasite, i can only source little ones, 2 - 3 cm, which I reckon is too small. Thanks, Richard

Just had a striker from Darrel Aune arrive through the post and I must say it's a beauty - feels lovely in the hand and puts out a shower of sparks with just a glancing blow at the flint. A real treasure. I think I've seen that you're a member of these forums Darrel, so thanks: :You_Rock_...

Just a bit curious about what people use for tinder nests when out and about with a bowdrill. I tend to have a bit of jute string about my person in case there's now suitable grasses. How about you?

I've been out playing with cramp balls this morning and have seemingly hit an impasse... I can get all kinds of tinder to work with cramp balls: punk wood, grass, jute string, cedar bark etc, but the one that is flooring me is birch bark. No matter what I've tried I can't get it to flame. It...

The sun shines and I smell of woodsmoke. I've just been out in the garden and made my first charcloth (thanks to the anonymous tutorial); it works beautifully. Thanks guys. BCUK: :You_Rock_

I've had a 1.8 x 3m tarp (a Kathmadu) for quite a while now and have been pretty happy with it but have been thinking of getting something a tad bigger. I am curious about what size(s) the rest of you guys use, and why?

I've been out mussel hunting today (I know it's the tail end of the season but ...) and have come up wih a puzzle. I live by a tidal estuary quite well known for its mussels and yet I can find only small, barnacle encrusted ones. The seagulls, on the other hand, find big beautiful one with clean...

Does anyone know if the Web-tex DPM Waterproof Rucksack Cover, Small 45 ltr, fits a full sabre 45? or is there something else?

Popped my pack on the scales today and it tipped 12 kg without food or water! Sure its got warm clothes and sleeping bag but seems a tad on the heavy side to me. Am I short of some knowledge here? How heavy is yours?

I've had great success with hazel hearths in the past but I went out today to collect some new material and came up with a new phenomenon - when I cleave the hazel I've collected it all has a sunwise twist to it! I tried it with a hatchet, a billhook and a knife just in case it was the tool nut...

I'm off for a bunkhouse with my Cub Pack this weekend to do a Captain Caveman sleepover . I've got bunch of things to do, such as building a couple of benders with some hazel and tarps; collecting tinder and kindling and messing with firesteels and making a hot drink; a bit of tracking and...

Has anyone a bright way to sheathe a crook knife? Or, even better, a way to sheathe a crook knife and a Frosts Classic together?

I'm a'hunting for some new overtrousers and I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for a tough pair tha can take the rigours of the woods and not weigh a ton! Green would be good, naturally. Ta

Could I ask of you good people with Sabre 45 sacks if any of you are 5'11 and 11 1/2 stone and quite long in the back? If so, is the Sabre a good sack for you?

I like the look of this bag but wonder how long they are. I'm 5'11 and have already been caught short by a snugpak rocketpak! Are the highlanders long or short or what?