Recent content by Bearmont

Whatever you put on the saws will transfer to the wood, but you gotta put something on. Mineral oil like Ballistol works fine. Or petroleum jelly / vaseline if you prefer something viscous that you can wipe off again before using the saw. Putting the rust-prone tools in an airtight container...

We have a similar thing here in Germany. Customs are clutching at straws getting things pulled. I guess because pulling things is their job and they need a job to do. In my case it was also a flipper knife from China (perfectly legal, just not legal to carry), but they said it needed the full...

Ah, that is a bummer. I don't think I was required to do any age check either, having it shipped to Germany. I had an age check done ordering a straight razor from Solingen, funnily enough. And for a Machete from a German web shop. Maybe they're calling it a utility knife. But UK really seems to...

As long as it's legal to own, I think you would be able to. Varusteleka ships worldwide, no? (It's also on sale right now)

That's because the 200 has a skeletonized tang that the rubber handle fills into, so it can't really move. The 240 has an almost straight tang.

I second the suggestion of a flat grind for a camp all-rounder. I would look at Brisa Trapper or Trooper in stainless, Elmax if you want to go fancy at 200, but you can get N690 (I think that's similar to a premium 440C) for 150ish. Casstrom would be great too except I only see them as scandi...

Sorry for necro, but maybe it'll help someone. I've heard this happen before after heavy use. Get the handle all the way off, apply epoxy to the inside and to the exposed tang, then fit it back on. It should be bombproof then.

Yeah I think there's several versions of these out and about. Also, here in Germany the Giga is used a lot as a study and school backpack so there's lots of turnaround on the second-hand market. I think I paid 15€.

I have a Deuter Giga Office, which is the variant with a dedicated laptop compartment. Deuter Gigant looks very similar to this, maybe that's the new version? Anyway, these are super cheap to be had second-hand and so far it's been very durable and comfortable. It has a chest strap, but no...

Quite simply - why not dry rice and other grains and legumes in airtight storage containers? Put some silica gel in there and be merry. Milled products go bad as the exposed fats essentially go rancid, but the whole grains as far as I'm aware do not expire. This has the upside of being actual...

Ferro rod is a gimmick for gear fetishists. I mean I got one and it's fun, so I'm not throwing shade. But I'd just bring a small BIC or two every time. The rod meanwhile sheds its volume in oxidation dust every couple of weeks as it basically eats itself. So yeah, separate if at all.

I have a Bach Classic 2 for trekking, which is an Irish company I believe and the backpack is durable as hell. Also got a Deuter urban backpack super cheap - they show up in classifieds a lot here for basically pennies as people give them to their kids for school, but they're a quality brand...

Basically you're describing a Mora, such as Mora Companion. BPS is disqualified because they only use 1060. Another Finnish company that is going the Brisa route of offering lots of different knife blanks, you can get "NKD" brand on eBay in similar styles and various steels. I've been tempted...

Yeah, it's possible. That would be a pretty dismal explanation though. I recently watched the interview of a very popular protest culture personality here in Germany who just got out of prison (wrongfully in investigative custody for 9 months just to make the protests cool off), and he basically...

Repeal all carry laws and just dish out draconic punishments for the actual knife crime. But we can't do that for some reason. Almost like the nannying is part of the program.