Recent content by Matt Langley

I must say that I've never handled a MOD Survival Knife but at the prices I've seen them at I can imagine them being pretty useless as a large knife simply because at that price the steel with either be too soft to keep a good edge or too hard to be useful for impact and prying work. If any...

Stuart- I'm very glad you've reported back about this. Having bought a good few blades that look alot stronger than my recently purchased Lapp Puukko, I was quite concerned that the flat grind was a compromise of the strength of the blade. While I'm very pleased with how the knife performs in...

I bought myself 5 pairs of Barbour Tweed Gun Socks a couple weeks ago. I'm only wearing cotton around the house now (mostly so I don't wear the wool ones out). They're actually only 80% wool but Barbour do quite a range, and even have 100% Merino Gun Socks (porbably quite xpensive though). The...

Trekker- I've got family in Florida and have been there a number of times, spending much of my holidays walking and canoeing. Cotton is the best bet, IMO. Long, loose cotton trousers and long-sleeved shirt. As for socks, you might want to try something synthetic that wicks the moisture away...

On my feet, woolen Barbour gun socks and my pair of British Army Issue boots, because they're nice and comfy now. If I could choose something else, probably some Russell's Stalker mocassins and a pair of Merino wool socks. All this kit talk is making me wonder if I should try to get by...

10 items, assuming I'm fully clothed for the outdoors. Knife Firesteel Axe Poncho Poncho Liner Pack Large Water Bottle Snares or Fish Kit (depending on where I am) Paracord (100' would be more than enough for short periods) Billy Can I think I'd be fine with that. As for the...

I don't think I can merge, I can split but that's about it. In the new version I can so in the future some time!!

Hi everyone, This is my first post. I've been hanging around for a bit and decided that I should join in. Just to let you know a bit about me, I'm an active member at the swamprat forum (there's a survival forum there as well, so it's not jsut about knives) and although I haven't done a whole...