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...recently. It's a PK2 from Simon Fearnhamm at the Raven Armoury. It's been a while coming but is a very beautifully made knife. I used to have a PK1 which, again, was faultlessly made but really too much of a club for my purposes. This PK2 looks to be much more useful to me. Here's a...

Valandré make really high quality down gear. I bought a sleeping bag from them years ago and it is as good now as it was when new. If you're after a bag with a centre zip, PHD in the U.K. Will make one for you. They, too, are very good, offering a wide range of bags and clothing, all of which...

I love the cold: there is something undeniably refreshing and clean about it. The sweatiness of a hot day just makes me irritable and frustrated. There's a lot to be said about the conditioning idea. I am outdoors every day and live in a very drafty, stone house in which the central heating...

I've always been amazed at how noisy woods can be after dark. So, having eaten, I set off, away from the camp and its fire, find a relatively comfortable and dry patch and simply listen. If there is road noise or other human intervention, that soon drops into the background, leaving you with...

I used to file a square edge on the back of the old style Moras, purely to get a decent spark from a ferro rod. Thankfully, the knife I tend to use most now comes with a lovely 90 degree back.

+1 for the Helikon Pilgrim. Superb, versatile garment that won't break the bank but will give years of service.

"and to love you" - what happened to that half of the lyric?

Another factor in the discussion are the shoulder straps. I found that, when using a HPG Umlindi pack, I could carry noticeably more without a hip belt because the yoke set-up was superbly comfortable. A lot of pack manufacturers seem to pay rather less attention to this than they might! I...

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Why do we choose to venture into the woods? Among legion other things, it is for the peace and quiet that they afford us. We opt to abandon the trappings of 'modern life' to get closer to something more elemental and intrinsically beautiful. By that argument, it also means abandoning the music...

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Cloth I'm sure Lady Gaga is vegetarian...

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