Kit that's allowed to be carried on the outside of a rucksack...

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drewdunnrespect

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To any newbie , nervously entering the world of bushcrafting/wildcamping , reading threads like this , is going to decide against venturing out with strangers , or attending a meet for fear of ridicule , we all had to learn once !

It doesn't really matter what you carry on the inside/outside of your pack , or even if you bring carrier bags ! It must be positively encouraged , it's all a learning curve , nothing wrong with taking your hobby/craft seriously , but especially for beginners and those on a tight budget ,some of the comments could make them think we are all kit snobs , and have never bought the wrong gear (look at all the stuff, sold on here !) or you will be slated , for turning up with something sticking out of your pack or strapped to the outside with baler twine.

We don't all operate at -20 or dangerous altitudes , anyway i think i have said my piece ..

my thoughts precisley

drew
 
1.Kerosene lamp
2 Sleepingbag
3Towel
Carried by me sometime back in the early 90,s in the mountains of Swaziland.

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Who cares , if it works do it, not a fashion show.
 

lucan

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Sep 6, 2010
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If It's good enough for Knobber Charles Hawtrey to have his pots n pans hanging off his Rucksack it's good enough for me:rolleyes:

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Also any chance of a Rucksack I.D. Please:lmao:
 

Ivan...

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Jul 28, 2011
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Fantastic Lucan , His legs are bigger than mine mine look like 2 fags hanging out of a packet !

Great when a thread, takes a serious note and makes infrequent posters voice their opinion ( isn't that the whole point of a forum?)

I would love to think the pack was an early Campri ? like the one my parents forced on me as a child for Ten Tors , he also looks like he had the same waterproof , an awful Peter Storm , fold up in it's own chest pocket thing (rubbish ) in yellow !
 

John Fenna

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I think after reading this thread I'm going to strap my steel mug and any other metal items I have to the outside of my pack so the constant clinking can act like a lepers bell, warning others that a knobber is coming! :)

I don't know what's funnier, the thread as I read it, or if people are actually serious about it! Lol

Cheers

Mat (knobber extraodinaire)

But my dear chap this is a serious issue - how can anyone possibly be a real bushcrafter if they look like a travelling scrapheap?
It realy is not the image that a dude with any kind of cred could possibly contemplate - remember we wear a uniform out there to show how credible we are as real outdoorsmen (and women)!
Or is that credulous?
 

rik_uk3

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I suppose you could hang expensive Titanium mugs, pans and kettles from your pack, put them on show sort of thing. Also if you've splashed out mega bucks on a really expensive high altitude/five season/Antarctic sleeping bag for your spring overnight camps in the home counties that should be on the outside of your pack too, label on display obviously.
 

Jimmy Bojangles

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Sep 10, 2011
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Knobbers Unite !! I sometimes (not very often) strap my Eurohike XL-Si comfort to my pack , not on the bottom anymore as it weighs 2830g ! so it makes me walk like a limbo dancer , also it is so wide ,i have to go through gateways sideways .

Having hosted loads of meets ,i have seen it all ! but if it works for you brilliant , i am reattaching my steel mug to my ali carabiner as we speak , and might even go to Asda to shop with my pack , so when the assistant says" need any bags sir" I can proudly say no thankyou i have a bag for life !

Faith restorer, all round good egg, bushcraft psycologist and knobber Mr Bojangles .(hope you don't mind )

Aw, Ivan. That's the nicest thing anyone's ever said about me. :) The knobber bit I mean, I assume the rest was cruel sarcasm! ;)
 

Jimmy Bojangles

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Sep 10, 2011
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But my dear chap this is a serious issue - how can anyone possibly be a real bushcrafter if they look like a travelling scrapheap?
It realy is not the image that a dude with any kind of cred could possibly contemplate - remember we wear a uniform out there to show how credible we are as real outdoorsmen (and women)!
Or is that credulous?

John, you've brought me to a painful realisation, bushcrafting is a young mans game, and there comes a time when you have to accept it's time to step to the side of the path and let the new generation go marching by. :( it's funny, *chokes back the tears* I always thought I'd know myself when it was time to hang up my ferro rod and become just another.... camper. But I guess it just kinda crept up on me.....

Anyway, I'll phone Ray in the morning and tell him I resign my position in the bushcrafter ranks. To be honest now it's down in print, it, it feels like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders, and I don't think I could take many more of Rays beatdowns for uniform infringements. I was in hospital a good week last time, and that was just for tying my laces incorrectly! :(

Well it's been great knowing you all, and I wish you many more happy years of bushcrafting, and not too many beatings.

Your friend

Mat (exbushcrafter)
 

John Fenna

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John, you've brought me to a painful realisation, bushcrafting is a young mans game, and there comes a time when you have to accept it's time to step to the side of the path and let the new generation go marching by. :( it's funny, *chokes back the tears* I always thought I'd know myself when it was time to hang up my ferro rod and become just another.... camper. But I guess it just kinda crept up on me.....

Anyway, I'll phone Ray in the morning and tell him I resign my position in the bushcrafter ranks. To be honest now it's down in print, it, it feels like a weight's been lifted off my shoulders, and I don't think I could take many more of Rays beatdowns for uniform infringements. I was in hospital a good week last time, and that was just for tying my laces incorrectly! :(

Well it's been great knowing you all, and I wish you many more happy years of bushcrafting, and not too many beatings.

Your friend

Mat (exbushcrafter)

I have decided!
Well - if bushcrafting has been hijacked by the young then us 50+ers should band together and become "Bushcrafters" - note the capital!
Bushcrafters do it their way!
 

Large Sack

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May 24, 2010
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LOL at the entire thread...serious or not it's an entertaining read.
However, there is definitely one thing that if attached to your sack would make you a VERY unpopular knobber...and that would be a pair of abandoned poo laden kecks...;)

Sack
 

rik_uk3

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I have decided!
Well - if bushcrafting has been hijacked by the young then us 50+ers should band together and become "Bushcrafters" - note the capital!
Bushcrafters do it their way!

Although your not retired yet John you will be a 'Snowbird' (retired and enjoying life) in the not so distant future so here you go, welcome to the club

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I want a red horn...

I think wooden spoons should be binned or shoved somewhere they cant be seen. Only titanium spoons to be hung on the outside.
 

John Fenna

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Although your not retired yet John you will be a 'Snowbird' (retired and enjoying life) in the not so distant future so here you go, welcome to the club

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Many thanks Rik:)
Unfortunately it looks like I will never retire - no personal or work pension and the State Pension seems to move further away every year!
I just need to win the lottery!
Perhaps I should buy a ticket.....
That badge would look great embroidered onto the outside of my pack!
 
if the royaal marines want to put flags on the outside of there packs there more than welcome cos anyman who can say he would die and fight for his country and does so has my up most respect and can put flags and what ever else he likes on the outside of his pack and i am not going to argue why well he has been to war for my freedom so who am i to argue

Well Said, Give yourself a pat on the back from me :)
 

santaman2000

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Although your not retired yet John you will be a 'Snowbird' (retired and enjoying life) in the not so distant future so here you go, welcome to the club

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Ah. But to be a true snowbird, you have to migrate south every Winter. That's why the retired yankees and Canuks all come to Florida for the winter.
 

rik_uk3

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"Ah. But to be a true snowbird, you have to migrate south every Winter. That's why the retired yankees and Canuks all come to Florida for the winter."

I'm British and I'll be in Gran Canaria every year though its more SSW :) The weather is just as good but it doesn't get the tornados;)
 

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