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  • 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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    *The* Gift-It-On Thread

    You also have a shed of dispair? Mine is the overflow from the legendary room of sharp objects. I just hope we never have a tornado.
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    MoD Survival Knife... Not such a pig afterall

    I found that the blade was too thick to be any use for food preparation or cutting anything fine. It’s more of a chopping tool and for that I have axes.
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    What is an every day carry really when you get down to it?

    I have no strong feelings about acronyms one way or the other and have occasionally been guilty of using some of the more easily recognised prepper acronyms….however bushcraft isn’t really the same as prepping for me. Bush craft for me is more about slowing down and getting back into the natural...
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    4 man arctic tent

    The three flat straps go across the floor under the inner bathtub that is sewn into the liner and they stop the poles spreading. The ends of the tent are tensioned outward using the remaining guys. It needs to be quite well tensioned and properly aligned to be free of wrinkles.
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    4 man arctic tent

    Exactly 10 kilos packed with bag and poles.
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    Open question - Financial

    Land.
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    Word association game

    Patriarchy
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    Meindl sole repair.

    Excellent!
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    Word association game

    Random
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    Word association game

    Overcooked.
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    RATS!

    This takes me back to a simpler age when a twelve year old lad could sit by the canal plinking rats without anyone making any comment beyond complimenting a particularly good shot, certainly no complaints to plod. These days you could expect an armed response unit turning up along with a large...
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    RATS!

    Animal welfare act 2006, it also protects grey squirrels from the same watery end. The recommended way to clear a live capture trap is to use a trap comb to confine the trapped animal up against the bars of the cage and then shoot it in the head with a Prometheus pellet from an air pistol that...
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    Word association game

    Politician
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    Word association game

    turd
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    WHAT DID YOU MAKE TODAY?

    I made an arm, a leg and two articulated shoulders for an antique Grodnertal wooden doll, now she’s bionic but only 75%antique. The Mrs is happy though.