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(I also posted this across at the Bushcraft USA forum, but since the odds of finding someone who's familiar with both of these sleeping bags are not great I hope you'll excuse the cut and paste) Comparing specifications on the internet when you're not able to actually get out and see the...

Looking around for a decent wool blanket (a few years too late to snaffle one of the real surplus bargains, but hey-ho) I found three styles of Italian Navy blankets and was wondering if anyone has a better understanding of the differences between them, since information online seems sparse...

After a bit of patient searching I've managed to snag a nearly-new pair of Rohan Super Striders breeks on eBay; quite a bargain at thirteen quid, I don't think they've actually been worn at all. I'm intending to use them for general hiking and camping wear, as well as cycling, but it's been a...

One of these days I imagine I'll be found crushed beneath a mountain of antique camping books when the shelves give way. Until then I can enjoy reading and re-reading some of these wonderful volumes, sifting the advice they offer and putting it into practical use. I've been thinking about...

In a fit of uncharacteristic enthusiasm I've decided to apply for next year's TGO Challenge, a walk across Scotland from the West coast to the East, and even managed to dupe a friend of mine into coming along. [evil laugh] mwahahaha [/evil laugh] My usual hiking method is to travel light...

I found a mention in one of the sticky knife threads that the Kellam Wolverine doesn't work with a firesteel even if you were to square off the spine, but I can't find any comments regarding the Kellam Puukko from the same line. Does anyone know whether grinding the spine square on this...

According to the forum software I last logged in over a year ago... My, where does the time go? Anyway, lovely to see some of the old "faces" still on the board and the new site is excellent. I thought that I should say hello rather than just lurk in the background, now that I'm hopefully in...

Advance notification just arrived that a reprint of Hugh Fearnley-etc's "A Cook on the Wild Side" is going to be published, at the original cover price. The River Cottage website will doubtless show more details as they are available.

Anyone interested in a little history, or in scouring "viking" markets for crafts and goods (I'll be on the lookout for some leather goods myself) might care to wander over here: http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/jorvik-navigation.htm The Jorvik Viking Centre in York has a number...

Iceland has been mentioned a time or two on the forum and I was wondering if anyone has spent time there camping. Being fond of the old sagas I've a mind to trek out to a few of the locations mentioned in them one of these days, but most of the guidebooks about the country seem to focus...

Has anyone ever camped or travelled extensively using the old navy standbys, such as hardtack, salt beef and dried peas? In the old camping texts it is clear that there was a constant campaign to find better grub, or new ways of serving up the old standards, but until relatively recently this...

I've recently been keeping my head down and reading rather than replying. After a little prodding from an anonymous source, however, I thought that I might air an observation. The BushcraftUK forum is a marvellous opportunity to share knowledge, to learn the unexpected and to get considered...

Bit early, I know, but I'm one of the few, the happy and lucky few, who won the competition on Ray Mears' DVDs a few weeks ago, so tonight I'm off to Lapland to spend a few days with the other winners, Ray and Lars Falt (and that chap who paid fifteen grand to Children in Need, I believe) doing...

If ever we required further proof of how sorely needed even the simplest of bushcraft and survival training can be, here's a story from the BBC news today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3315061.stm Of course I don't know all the facts of this incident, only what's been reported, but from...

We've discussed socks before, but over the weekend I found myself thinking about the sort of socks I wore when I started hiking. Big, thick, shapeless things, with not a terry-loop in sight and no hint of specific padding, just a load of heavy ribbed wool. They were always sold as "Fisherman's...

As some of you may have noticed, I've a fondness for old books about camping and woodcraft. It occurs to me that the majority of my library is American ("Camping and Woodcraft," "Woodcraft and Camping," "Camp and Trail," "Jack-Knife Cookery" and so on) and I was wondering if anyone could suggest...

Well no, actually it's not that unfortunately named book at all, but some of you might find the following link of interest: www.inquiry.net It's a gigantic scouting resource, concentrating especially on old-fashioned woodcraft skills drawn from some of the classic texts, although many...

Any suggestions on the best options for a first aid course in the UK that would focus on backcountry requirements, rather than urban first aid?

Not sure if this has been mentioned previously, but here's a link to a BBC story on something very disturbing now occurring in British trees: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3291011.stm

I'm convinced that somewhere out there it is possible to still get what I think of as a standard, old-fashioned pocket knife. So, can anyone suggest something to fit the following (flexible) requirements: :arrow: Available easily in the UK. :arrow: Carbon steel. :arrow: Two blades...