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  1. JonathanD

    The benefits of Bushcraft on Health?

    Can’t be any worse than that stew I scraped off the forest floor. Twice.
  2. JonathanD

    The benefits of Bushcraft on Health?

    Sword on sword is a good way of putting it. Nothing technical or distanced. Just one man fighting for his survival. Every atom of our bodies is designed for that just as every other animal has the same instincts. From Robins in the backyard, to badger sett disputes in the woods. Religion...
  3. JonathanD

    New Ray Mears knife with marked blade

    I have no dog in this fight. And it’s not even a fight. My advice to you in all my posts is advice that benefits you and only you. Not Woodlore or Emberleaf, as I have no allegiance to either. I have taken no sides, just pointed out views all parties may have of each other based upon the...
  4. JonathanD

    The benefits of Bushcraft on Health?

    It’s all the same really, but the former is more distanced from the actual realities of one on one fight to live or die. It’s more random and distanced from reality and thought. Although very real it is. …. So not the same. I forget my point :unsure:
  5. JonathanD

    The benefits of Bushcraft on Health?

    That’s why contact sports and winning used to be a good thing. It’s natural and instinctive. Suppressing that will lead to far worse things than acquiescing to it.
  6. JonathanD

    The benefits of Bushcraft on Health?

    Combat is natural. It is survival in its purist form, and every living cell on this planet is programmed to survive.
  7. JonathanD

    The benefits of Bushcraft on Health?

    Tens of thousands of years getting DNA attuned to an environment. The sounds, smells, heat of the sun on the skin, smell of the earth when the rain falls on it, cut grass. It’s all remembered. And in the last half century most people have been ripped out of that and had it replaced by a...
  8. JonathanD

    Ignore Function

    I can’t believe it’s been over a year and no one has replied to your post.
  9. JonathanD

    New Ray Mears knife with marked blade

    I’m not assuming anything, I’m just going off the picture and information you have given us. Your picture shows a glaring visual anomaly. And as you’re not at all happy with it, then you agree. So if you think I’m being OTT with my assessment of the issue, then you can’t blame Woodlore to...
  10. JonathanD

    New Ray Mears knife with marked blade

    You said you sent them a picture. You should have sent it back. They can’t rectify a problem there and then by looking at a picture. As far as they see it from just an email, Emberleaf missed a glaring visual anomaly during quality control checks, they missed a glaring visual anomaly during...
  11. JonathanD

    New Ray Mears knife with marked blade

    Don’t send it to Emberleaf, send it to Woodlore. It’ll get sorted faster and is the best way to go about it. Your contract is with Woodlore not Emberleaf, and you may not get the expedited service that Woodlore would be sure to offer. And if it is a quality control issue, then it was missed...
  12. JonathanD

    New Ray Mears knife with marked blade

    If you received it like that, then that’s not acceptable. Forgive me, but on reading your post I thought you’d used it and then noticed the mark. I do use my 01 knives and leather sheaths in wet conditions though. Just a case of a tiny little bit of extra care. In the decades I’ve been...
  13. JonathanD

    BcUK Photograph of 2022 January Heat

    Sherwood Ent…
  14. JonathanD

    New Ray Mears knife with marked blade

    Looks like normal patina build up to me after using. I wouldn’t worry about it.
  15. JonathanD

    Free Beginner's Bushcraft Course

    Sounds great. And a bloody good deal.
  16. JonathanD

    New member from North Staffordshire

    Welcome aboard.
  17. JonathanD

    Fire side snifters

    Slumming it tonight with an Old Forester.
  18. JonathanD

    The names.. Bond... James Bond..

    I felt like that when I met him. What do they say about never meeting your heroes. You expect this great big presence, then it turns out they’re a convenient height to lean on.
  19. JonathanD

    The names.. Bond... James Bond..

    TeeDee check this out. These are Kate Middleton's stats: Height 5'9 / Weight 130 lbs. She’s wearing flats here.