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I thought that those new tops were meant to go on as the second layer, over the base layer and were supposed to be like a Buffalo shirt? That's how I wear my cool weather jacket; over the lightest and thinnest Patagonia base layer; almost but not quite bare skin, then the high loft shelled...

One thing in favour of the Gothic arch pole set is that they are stronger, if you get a couple of pin&ring assemblies you could stitch the rings to an adjustable length of LW tape of webbing and adjust the width and height of the opening using a 3-bar buckle or triglide

Do you ever use a walking stave or poles? Personally I find a poncho a bit on the small side for this sort of shelter and prefer a hootchie but the linked item plus some extra pole sections would work for me.

I just looked up shipping on a Bedourie oven. steel pan and lid $65. Postage to the UK another $92->!! I've had mine [ 2 off] for 40 years but use them seldom https://www.auspit.com/12-bedourie-camp-oven-australian-made I used to have a perforated pizza cooker tray I used as an internal trivet...

Still made in the UK and not at all expensive https://groundsmantools.com/workshop-tools/fuel-cans/explosafe-paddy-hopkirk-steel-fuel-can-10-litre/

There are a couple of lightweight options that work for some people. One of them is the old climbers half sack [ elephants foot ] combined with a jacket of parka. While a full sleeping bag is warmer you already have the jacket as part of your normal clothing. My own half sack is a home sewn...

What? Has the common law defense been removed? Personally as the owner of my late brothers cutlass and his issued sword I agree with the OP, an edged weapon that isn't ready to use isn't a weapon, it's simply a decoration. Somebody breaks into my house I'll take whatever steps I need to in...

Having read "the Aquatic Ape" many decades ago Sarah Hrdy makes cogent arguments for a period of semi-aquatic living in the time of the great drought and the drying out of the Mediterranean sea, but her book was based on much earlier research and quoted as such in the notes and bibliography. I...

Using 7D fabric combined with 900+ down will do that, but do you really want something that fragile for bushcrafting? More information needed from you, your age because sleeping metabolism drops after 35YO and for every decade after 35 you need to go 5C warmer, your fitness levels because that...

I have a CO meter, bought it and never used it and I actually think it was a waste of cash. CO simply isn't the problem some people think it is when using a wood fired stove, although without a flue, smoke could be; some extra venting is needed for fresh air inlet. I've never tried an open fire...

One of my winter base camp tents is a 12-14P Helsport lavvu with the Helsport stove. Works really well if you are super careful but that wood burning stove takes up a lot of room and you can't fit 12 active people in if the stove is going. With the stove burning I think it's really only safe...

Just a note on safety. Does anybody here remember the Paddy Hopkirk explosion proof squat jerrycans? Designed to be carried in the boot but from memory only 10 litre and 5 litres capacity. They were excellent apart from the very limited capacity.

It depends on circumstances but from the Aussie perspective anytime I have an intention to travel away for any of the major freeways I'll take a 20litre jerrycan of supergrade petrol, if traveling outback I'll increase that to 2 or 3 jerry cans. The car only has a 60 litre tank and I only get...

Have a look at the Sea to Summit Traveller series of quilt/sleeping bags for inspiration. I have a couple of these and they work quite well; but I consider the Tr 2 version massively underfilled because the baffles are a full 50mm deep. I had my Tr2 topped up with an extra 100 grams of down a...

Certainly can, any good sleeping bag should have laundry instructions sewn in. Cool gentle wash [ or treat like a down bag and use the tub] and cool to warm tumble dry, what is important is to use minimal soap and rinse all the gunk out. Normally I use a product called SportWash but when I lived...

I have way too many sleeping bags, partly because I bought some new ones with the ideal of having my beloved come camping with me but that hasn't happened and won't ever into the future [ unless we get a fully equipped caravan with all mod-cons and that isn't camping] but I bought a S2S...

Well hopefully. I've made a few bags myself and none of them have been quite right and I really need some help. Integrating my big mothership parka into the sleep system is perhaps one of the partial solutions so I can use a lesser weight of insulation in the overbag but deciding where to use...

There are a couple of Mora and Mora style knives in OD and they are the budget option, although as a professional cook I don't think much of the Scandi grind. As a young CMF volunteer and like most of my regiment I carried either the khukri or that aforesaid butchers knife, the issued pocket...

South Island New Zealand, and put up with the earthquakes.

Have a look at some commercial wide blade boning knives I've carried an old one for decades; but you do have to make your own sheath as the commercial sheaths are for butchers and cooks https://www.dick.de/messer/en/cutting-edges/detail/ausbeinmesser/ergogrip-ausbeinmesser-breit-steif-15-cm But...