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It came as no great surprise that the company that created the SAK should make a fixed-bladed knife have a few 'additional functions'! That said, I like the shape of the blade and the flexibility of the system, though how often I'll need a 20 mm hole bored into something, I'm not too sure. As...

I have a Peltonen and a Rokka in stainless steel. Both are very good, versatile cutting tools. It's difficult to recommend one over the other in a meaningful and objective way but I would say that I enjoying using both but would be happy to live with the Peltonen. The decision is really...

Hi there and apologies for the name change on my part - I forgot the password to my old one! However, where you read 'Tiley' is now 'Springchicken'! The set is still available, if you are still interested. I look forward to hearing from you, should you wish to take the plunge! Best wishes...

It was a matter of getting the edge where it needed to be. That, in itself, wasn't an unpleasant task but it was annoying to have to do it - it does seem reasonable to me to expect a brand new axe or knife to have some sort of edge on it, even if it needs a little refinement through stropping...

PHD have sort of hybridised the straight/mummy shape in their Greenlandic range. I like the mummy concept - warmer, lighter and so on - but would appreciate a little more room. Maybe this British maker will proved a solution to that conundrum?

As has been said before, you need your body heat and a temperature differential to make Gore-tex work in the way it claims it can. Immediately, the very cut and style of the poncho would prevent that from working as effectively as it might. I've used a poncho in the tropics to protect me from...

Blimey! That brings back memories! My mother bought one very like that from the Scout Shop way back in the 1970s. It remained my pride and joy until my father brought back a Marttiini puuko from one of his business trips to Finland. I never quite managed to get an edge on it - not a great...

I once left behind my waterproof overtrousers on a mini-trip along St Cuthbert's Way. Thankfully, I didn't need them until the last day, crossing the causeway to Lindisfarne. We experienced rain that made you believe in the story of Noah and the flood and my lower half became very wet and very...

I have a couple of knives in AEB-L and find them to be excellent - very good edge holding and easy to sharpen. I have not done a side-by-side comparison with the N690 knife I own and it wouldn't be particularly accurate as the blade shapes are noticeably different. RWL34 is a good, tried and...

Beautiful - I love the grain and its patterns in the bowl!

The inevitable question is: how much do you want to spend?

Many thanks to one and all for the valuable pointers and advice. I do think hard about what I wear underneath - to 'manage' the moisture and 'regulate' heat - and always follow the idea of 'start cold' when out and about; however, it's always that steep hill, the rucksack or even the appearance...

When the axe arrived, it was about as blunt as a butter knife but, after some careful work with 'the stones', that has been remedied. I really like it now. The slightly longer handle and, indeed, the shape of it, make it both powerful and controllable across a broad range of tasks. For...

I understand how Ventile works in the rain, with the fibres swelling to keep out the water, but I have found that, when working hard on 'one of those days' which is a bit warm and only showering rather than raining, my perspiration condenses, wetting the inside of the jacket. This causes the...