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Most Khukris (post 1945) are usually made from ok steel, especially if army issued working ones but the heat treat is xxxx, most being made manually by eye in coal forged. Given that they are multi purpose machetes they are really designed for brush work not felling trees (which a lot of...

There is a slightly better variant.... https://www.amazon.co.uk/KAKAKE-Vintage-Outdoor-Camping-Aluminum/dp/B0GWJZ8SCP

Permaculture Designers Manual by Bill Mollison is still the gold standard.

Shoulder straps with buckles on the bottom end somewhere allowing rucksack to be dumped or taken off quickly. If my rucksack doesn't come with them, I add them.

Looks tidy, especially in khaki/green, still missing dump straps through....

This one?

Having ingredients to store grown/harvested food is essential as a canned supply will only last a short time in reality but is good for a few weeks (unless you have a serious preppers urge). Bring able to pickle, bottle, can, salt, dehydrate, make alcohol, then vinegar, 25kg of rock salt is...

Sickle from the car boot with a proper light weight sprung steel blade that looks hardly used.

Out of production but comes up in drips and drabs on fleabay, etc

https://knifesteelnerds.com/2021/10/19/knife-steels-rated-by-a-metallurgist-toughness-edge-retention-and-corrosion-resistance/

Sofirn HS10 for small and lightweight to the larger HS45. Sofirn Headlamps

Will take the 303 stone if available

I have both an aluminium one and a brass one, as well as several UCO's and a couple of Firefly lanterns. Generally, Uco's no longer get a look in as the Bushlites are much brighter and can be run off "standard" or stearin or beeswax 7/8inch candles and fire fly lanterns are also equally good...

If you are looking for a mainly indoor or dry weather blanket, I would suggest the following: - Silentnight Heat Genie Thin layer of fleece on top, sherpa fleece underneath with a foil reflective blanket sandwiched in the middle. It does puzzle me that if Silentnight offer this sort of...