Recent content by Laurentius

Some of my creations: https://photos.app.goo.gl/mLSPgYZ9AZ3WgwrE6, three of them are jointed so come apart.

I have been using a stick for so long it is hard to imagine walking any distance without one. I do have a lightweight folding job for taking shopping and what have you, but mostly I use the elaborately crafted one you can see my avatar using. It is a regular topic of conversation wherever I go.

I should not worry too much it is neither a curved sword or a hexamine block.

I do not remember my first knife it would likely have been a not very good folder, and my first sheath knife was about as crap as they come, my dad was not pleased that I swapped a decent British Army jack knife for it in the playground. Not that his knife was any better I broke the tip off it...

Well if it costs 250 nicker I am sure I can survive without it.

Clipitool with the bottle opener, dunno what the blade is for?

We do, we tend to stand out, however perhaps that is why nobody messes with me, I am kind of scary.

I would agree, if you are a veteran camper it is likely you have accrued enough stuff to get you through a few difficult situations, I keep a canister gas stove in the car and small Kelly kettle, that is not prepping, they just live there.

I am back after having my account locked down. I needed to change my email, however I was not aware that it could lead to a problem with some email servers. I had changed to an outlook address only to find that all the verification posts from the forum were being automatically rejected by the...

I have just had a bright spark, why do we have to go all primitive technology when you can pick up a hand drill almost anywhere, has anyone ever used one successfully to make fire by friction?

I could write an essay on the evolution of the academic essay. I first went to Uni in the 70s and failed my degree. Back then essays were hand written with a pen whatever one of those is. I don't remember being taught how to introduce citations or anything like that. Jump forward a quarter...

I finally got round to buying one off Dave Budd. Expensive, yes, but he is very good at what he does, and the tool is good at doing what it ought too as well.

A good point there, I do what I do and I know what I know and there is nobody stopping me, but if I wanted a proper job in forestry or arboriculture I do not think I would get very far at all and if I did take a formal course I am not sure there is anything much useful I would learn other than...

They are becoming quite the fashion, I saw a "yoof" in my local store this evening wearing one, he also had his pajama trousers on.

Ye gods, even I could make something like that with a brass rod and a file, and maybe better looking too.