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Come along to the amazing Summer Moot (21st July - 2nd August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread New member introduction.Hello and welcome. Hope you enjoy it here Fishing you say? In the Lake District? :bluethinking: My impression was that the story that... -
C_Claycomb replied to the thread Mora full tang knifes.https://heinnie.com/casstrom-no-10-swedish-forest-knife-curly-birch-fixed-blade/...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread Nikwax TX.Direct - does it work?.I have a Parano Fuera wind smock. High cut under the arms to the point it was almost impossible to put on. Was able to get some Paramo...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread Mora full tang knifes.I am not disapproving of the "recycled" steel. If you have a strip of 14C28N and you cut out a bunch of blades, you are left with a lot...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread Mora full tang knifes.I handled a couple of the full tang Moras. I was monumentally unimpressed with the fit and finish for the price. I think they are some...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread Nikwax TX.Direct - does it work?.Regarding soaking in a bucket for re proofing. Left to its own devices, a Paramo jacket will fill a bucket and probably trap some air...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread Nikwax TX.Direct - does it work?.I have a bunch of Paramo gear and when I need to re-proof it, I do that by hand, only. I might wash in the machine, I might even use...
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I also believe in evolution by natural selection over the last 3000 years or so - most people find it works best with a point therefor...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread What’s the point?.Not adversarial either. The middle and right have points. Only the left could be said not to have a point, and poking a hole in the...
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I’d say that two of those are pointy, though? Perhaps we need to define ‘point’?
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread What’s the point?.I just checked with my Old Timer Stockman’s Spey blade, and it can clean nails. Not good for those hang nails though.
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Or cut those pesky hang nails on the side of your nail, good sharp tip edge is what you need!
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread What’s the point?.Sailor knives are a special case where rope cutting is way up at the top of the task list. I have read that they lacked points to make...
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C_Claycomb replied to the thread What’s the point?.Those have points. Granted, some sheepsfoots don’t have much point, but Wharncliffes are pointier than sheepsfoots, and those ones are...
