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  1. ESpy

    Chris Reeve Shadow III. Survival Knife.

    I've got one of the 3 here, and it isn't mine - but I haven't been able to make contact with the actual owner in well over a decade (and the rest).
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    Group Buy Pressure canners.

    That's still alumin(i)um bar the base, but I'd definitely go for one that handled induction.
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    Big knives

    Ah, a sawtooth BMF. Mine's plain :)
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    Sold Spyderco Slipits

    I'd assumed so.
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    Sold Spyderco Slipits

    Happy to take them off your hands, Andy.
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    Biggest Life Lesson

    Hmm. I think I'd go further than that - if you're self-employed, don't rely on the NHS, get private medical insurance. I was almost completely out of commission through spinal damage for about 2 years. Absolutely no support from the NHS, nor any benefits.
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    The old Britishblades forum

    London Eye IIRC. Never really understood the point of the fake stories - cui bono?
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    Soft and silent waterproof jacket?

    I've been using a Torrent the last few years and I can't fault it. Recently got a good deal on a Monsoon smock too, so that's become my around-the-horses waterproof (normally I downgrade an older jacket for that abuse).
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    Why the different date formats?

    Nah. Year/Month/Day makes sorting far easier :)
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    Edge regrind from scandi to convex

    Less of a regrind, more of a resharpen with that profile. While it could be done on a belt, equally there's no real reason why a jigged sharpener couldn't do the job. https://support.wickededgeusa.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-create-a-convex-edge for example. Freehand too, depends on how...
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    Home brew

    And the style of beer - I've been brewing some highly carbonated stuff recently. And TBH, I calculate a sugar solution and dose according to the intended vols of CO2... But that starts to get a bit geeky.
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    Home brew

    The usual is to feed the beer about 1tsp of sugar (or whatever) per pt when bottling; the remaining yeast will feed on that and generate CO2. Or you can be a lazy git and keg the stuff with forced CO2 :)
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    Ignore Function

    There's an addon available, otherwise it's a direct query of the database.
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    The old Britishblades forum

    Meh, I sold on my other Design Team UKPK.
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    Big knives

    Not quite. They prohibit any blade, but good reason can be a valid defence - there's an exemption for folding, non-locking blades under 3" in length. But even then you can be charged for carrying it if there's believed to be grounds. The knife/axe/saw combination is mostly about bushcraft...
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    Opinions please; chatter on threads...

    Case in point. The sales section looks like it works well; the comparison with British Blades is valid; the rigour there worked reasonably well, but I'm also of the opinion that it's not the right fit for here. SMH somewhat on some of the suggestions here though. Buying from a forum is in no...
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    Gift Upgrade marking for posters?

    https://xenforo.com/community/resources/gift-upgrades.6583/
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    Hobo stove ?

    Years back I pierced one out of 316L sheet... Never again. It's probably in the loft still.
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    Useless

    A Primus *folding* plastic spork. Clip broke on 1st or 2nd use. I also have a Ti folding spork that's too thin to be really useful - more of a gimmick. Takedown Ti chopsticks too... Can't be too rude about them, they were a gift.
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    Question re: Leather thickness?

    Stamping, embossing, carving et al are subsets of tooling as a whole. Your description of splits is far more charitable than mine - I won't use it for much, it represents a false economy in materials as far as I'm concerned. Depends on the tan, really - this stuff was used for pouches for...