Recent content by Pattree

Just arrived and feeling good about myself.

How being in nature improves life satisfaction.

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How many joules per second does your axe apply to your fire wood? :lmao: I suspect that most of us are far more interested in function and effectiveness than definition. I’ll repeat my previous point here: Has anyone used one or seen one in use?

I think many here would agree but it’s not what I usually do. I don’t have a set routine. (who’d have thought? :lmao:) I would very probably make myself a hot drink first. That’s an outside activity in all except the worst of weathers. For me it’s also very relaxing. The tent isn’t a...

Me too @TeeDee - my question is really, once that decision is made and you stop: what follows. From about 4.30 I’d have been looking out for somewhere to sleep. It may or may not have been where I prepared my meal. Sometimes I’d be waiting for dark before setting up sleeping arrangements...

Just been re-reading The Forest by S E White (1908); something that I do on a regular basis.. It’s very basic because that’s what they had. It’s a great way of keeping things simple. He describes month long hikes in the “virgin“ Canadian forests. On arriving at his chosen camping site, lays...

S E White would agree with you.

I use an old 90pat and love it. As it (and I ) get older it is losing some its once excellent insulating properties. It was called “all season“ but I tended to sleep on top of it in the warmer months I’ve done two things: Bought a Snugpack back up. and Got myself several liners for the 90. A...

We’ve just enjoyed a meal at my absolute favourite vegetarian restaurant in Llanidloes. As we entered an elderly lady was just getting ready to leave. She drew her folding stick from a holster and it clicked into place like the cocking of a breach - it was quite intimidating!

What wood?

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Another puzzle: Simple but not necessarily easy. Two motorway junctions - A and B are 113 miles apart. You travel from A to B at an average of 30mph. How fast must your return journey (B to A) be in order to average 60mph for the round trip? Just a thumbs up when you’ve got it to avoid spoilers.

Once you get into the physics there are so many factors. A 400nm edge or a 300nm edge. The fictional coefficient of tool surface and substrate (why it was worth the agonisingly long job of smoothing a flint axe) etc. etc. Has anyone used one? Does it work on the jobs for which you bought it...

If anyone wants to practice field sharpening (No bench) using, say, a puck, hone or even a steel: Try colouring your working edge with a sharpie. You can easily see where your hone is working and adjust accordingly. From experience I’d say: don’t be scared. You can’t do anything that can’t...