Recent content by C_Claycomb

  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    For Sale NORDSMITH CANTEEN FIXED BLADE - NEW, UNUSED!

    Sadly @redfour hasn't been on the forum since April. https://bushcraftuk.com/community/members/redfour.55290/ and shipping knives outside the UK can be difficult due to postal company restrictions. Good luck, but manage expectations...
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    For Sale Original Bushcraft UK Ventile Jacket

    What colour is it? Mine is what was called "earth", a sort of greyish stony/light brown but I cannot remember whether they came in different colours.
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    Returning womble

    It was GOOD to have you back!
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    What wildlife did you spot today?

    At the Moot: Hornets Tree Creeper Nut Hatch Woodpecker (spotted, but didn't see enough to know which one) Mole (freshly dead :() Hedgehog numerous mice/voles - everything so dry they couldn't move without noise twig caterpillar - less than inch long on my tarp ridge Two bushels of squirrels+2...
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    Advice needed. Winter mountain tent under £200?

    Lyvan hasn’t been back here since 23rd June. Sadly, the usual pattern with younger folk asking advice is they come, ask, and leave, never to return.:(. chalk it to the different way they learn to interact on the internet, coming from the faster pace, more anonymous types of social media.
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    The Great Kilt

    For some reason kilts are a favourite topic of Indian and Pakistani spam. Kilts and leather jackets!
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    The Elusive “One Knife” for Bushcraft…?

    I suppose I ought to contribute with my “Do it all” knife and my journey to find it. I never really got bit by the Scandi knife bug. I’ve got one that I made, a couple of the Spyderco Bushcrafters, a Mora (loaner and demos), and a Hultafors that I keep for leatherwork. I came into Bushcraft...
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    The Elusive “One Knife” for Bushcraft…?

    :lmao:The other end of the spectrum from baton splitting knotty oak logs or felling saplings in a single blow. I am going to disagree.;) I don’t think the search is based on the assumption that you assert that it is. Just because some people making suggestions to a person do not qualify their...
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    What is this?

    Note. The steamers often have support legs that are just thin vertical cylinders, not like the flat bent things in the Amazon fire bowl advert. Supporting a handful of broccoli in a pan isn’t the same as supporting a stack of wood on a patch of woodland soil. Best to use stones to stand the...
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    Planning Derwentwater for 60th Bday

    Grange camp site. Hollows Farm. Grid Ref: NY 24921 16759 Lat, long: 54.54051, -3.16196
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    Hello from William, London

    I was suspicious from the moment he joined, but the trigger was the second instance of product placement, and link, in bold. Occupational hazard, spammers have to spam. There were some other factors that provided more than enough support for the diagnosis.
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    Hello from William, London

    One of the more sophisticated spammers, but eventually showed his colours.
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    Living on your own land legally. What actually works and what catches people out.

    We allow a single mention of a resource or business which we think may be of use to members. This is at our discretion only. That was Mr Acreman’s one mention. We have had people ask about this stuff. My curiosity is why @sacreman has an avatar image from Steven Acreman (searchable, 2...
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    GMail will use your data to train AI (ie. read all your private emails)

    I cannot help but see an absurd irony in the EC (and UK) talking tough about GDPR, ostensibly caring about citizen data rights, privacy, security, and so forth, while the EU and UK introduce age verification laws that will require everyone to scan photo ID, or bio-metrics with unregulated, often...
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    Trousers with non-synthetic material

    The Fjallraven are 65 polyester/ 35 cotton. I think that is enough that they don’t feel synthetic. Helikon tex Urban Tactical Pants come in both a dura canvas and ripstop versions with a bit more cotton than polyester, I like them. Before I stocked my wardrobe with Helikon, I liked...