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Are the new ones being trialled on BATUS? Are they designed for the military? That's how they got their name, I even remember them coming into service. If the design isn't taken on by the military it won't be a Defender in many peoples view no matter how they are badged.

I have had a Prime account since they came out in the UK, it has saved me money on both my business and my personal purchases. I dread to think what the cost in postage alone would have been under normal circumstances let alone getting next day delivery. I would say that I make in excess of 70...

I've got some of the stuff from an asian supermarket, when it rehydrates it takes up a lot more space than you think it's going to.

You can view the page at http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/content.php?r=777-Review-of-Cooking-With-Seaweed-101-ways-by-Marcus-Harrison

For those of you that didn't know Marcus has been broadening his horizons. I have just started reading Marcus Harrison's latest offering. "Cooking With Seaweed: 101+ways." I like the fact that it's small, just 136 pages including the recipe index at the back :D I have liked seaweed as a food...

I like dry cold as well, unfortunately in Devon we only get dry cold once in a blue moon. Infact we rarely get proper cold down here and when we do everything goes pear shaped because nobody is prepared for the weather and that's where the whinging starts.

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As a bit of fun you could look at "The Dangerous Book For Boys" On the military front "Sniper One" Or "A Snipers Conflict" Both written by people who have been there and former friends / colleagues of mine. I am also a fan of Bill Bryson's "A Walk In The Woods" If you can get hold of...

I would say that it's in man's nature to hoard, wealth is normally measured in material possession, greed drives humanity. That has little to do with ones geographical location. It's people's perception of things which make a major difference, a knackered washing machine to some people is junk...

Nothing wrong with that John, now if your eybrows had gotten out of control that would have been scary.

Hand made is a funny old thing. You can use a sewing machine and it's still hand made, it's just machine stitched. If the whole process was automated that would be different. Many things are sold as being handmade, but they have used machinery to make or create something, knives are a classic...

You may want to think of making sharpening boards. Double sided carpet tape, wet and dry and a flat board (a sheet of 3mm tufnol cut to 6 inch by 1.5 inch oblongs would do the job). this would give you the facility of carrying three stones with three different grits, potentially thin leather...

Striker and sizes of rods. The size of the rod does make a difference. The larger the diameter of the rod the greater surface area providing a larger amount of sparks. Strikers also make a difference, I like you, use a super striker, but the spine on an F1 works well as does the back of the...

Another good one is blackberry brandy.

I am with tombear on this one. I own a number 8, however I modified it doing a number of things to make it how I preffered it. A short while after I finished the modifications my brother turned up with the Number 8 Garden knife. It's almost identical to my carbon steel knife in all respects...

Although they use cane now I believe that the old spliced handles were either willow or ash.

Yes, but you'll get that in all walks of life, be IT with people using iPad's against android versions or be it someone using a Frosts River or Duluth pack over a pack by highlander. That's in people's nature to do the "Look at Me" thing. In the end it's not what you've got it's what you do...

Any item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. If you aren't willing to pay that much for a knife then so be it. When buying knives people will look at a number of things and these are factors effecting their idea of worth. Design, is it aesthetically pleasing, does it or will it...

Dreadhead is right you should be able to get bits from EvilBay. However you could also look up chiropody, podiatry and orthotic supplies. Algeos should be under that lot and they'll have soling amongst other things.