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    DIY - toolbox refurb / rust removal question

    Kennedy Manufacturing in the US don't make tools, just storage.
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    FlexiStove

    Seems it really needs a MoD or other large customers to drive costs down.
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    FlexiStove

    Yeah, FireMaple's titanium folding box stove is £16 from AE. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/3256807524379016.html
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    Cheap knives Uk?

    The M8P 2WR postcode doesn't even exist.
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    Cheap knives Uk?

    The Manchester address is fake. Domain name is linked to China.
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    Room a new SAK

    Don't think there is enough to create a SAK out of. Could go the shears route like the Leatherman Raptor, but seems a lot of medics don't like them due how hard it is to keep clean.
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    Room a new SAK

    Aron Ralston couldn't find his SAK when he left and so had a cheap Chinese multi tool knockoff and struggled to remove his arm.
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    Room a new SAK

    Cigar cutter? Nail clippers?
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    What did you buy today?

    Reminds me to look at Wera's Advent calendar for this year. https://products.wera.de/en/campaign_products_adventskalender_2024.html Seems Wera Salt & Pepper shakers, bottle opener and a soft case for them are the quirky additions this year.
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    Room a new SAK

    The patient was in cardiac arrest. Remember a video of an expedition to one of the poles, and SAK pilers were used to pull a tooth of woman suffering from toothache.
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    USB torch / light

    IKEA Janso if want a lamp on a bendy cable https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/jansjoe-led-usb-lamp-black-70291232/ XTAR have one too, https://www.xtar.cc/product/xtar-ul1-120-usb-light.html
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    The 'I've found a bargain' thread

    Dropped further to £24 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-1-3713-7B1-Huntsman-Officers-Knife/dp/B079ZFKRY4/ Camper is £19. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Victorinox-Camper-Pocket-Functions-1-3613/dp/B005UM4PA4
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    Water Bottle/Canteen obsession.

    Wasn't talking about being outdoors. I meant putting it down on the kitchen top, usually to pour something in from a larger bottle.
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    What did you buy today?

    Sounds like a hanging toiletry bag or wash roll? Though 1m sounds large.
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    Water Bottle/Canteen obsession.

    Ah, no. Been using a 500ml daily for years and never occurred to me. Thanks.
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    Water Bottle/Canteen obsession.

    One of the annoying things with nalgenes is that if empty, and you put it down with the cap off and waving about, is that it can have enough momentum to topple the bottle. Any one use Hunersdorff bottles...
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    Recommended metal/robust headtorch

    Headlamps used in sailing tend to have red as first modes, so if working nightshift on deck can try and retain low light vision. Decathalon's Forclaz HL900 is one IIRC At the flashlight enthusiast level, there is Hank's dual channel right angle light...
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    Recommended metal/robust headtorch

    Here's one.
  19. J

    I can't stand Deadpool

    If you mean the original Danish/Swedish version of The Bridge, Bron/Broen. The second season is one of my favourite seasons of TV.
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    IBC Shower tote

    Suspect it has a coil inside and top port is the in, and bottom out. Edit: could not remember the word for it, it's a thermosiphon NZ variants. https://spiroloc.co.nz/product-category/wood-fired-water-heaters/ And big storm kettle/thermettes types...