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I am quite fond of my Fenix CL09. I had a smaller CL05 which ran off a AAA battery but the CL09 comes with a USB rechargeable cell and has become a firm favourite now. Nine times out of ten the moonlight mode is plenty but the red and green modes are useful as well.

Uco used to make a great little lantern called the Micro which folded up with three tealights in it. One in the top, two stored in the bottom. I bought one off Mad Dave in a BushMoot bring and buy one year and it goes everywhere with me now.

And today we have to tell people not to drink bleach.

Do you remember the old “night lights” that came in a cardboard cup… What could possibly go wrong ???

Folding candle lanterns are great if you can get them. From left to right: French, Stonebridge ( Reproduction ) and Swiss.

That looks like our road here. They’ve been chasing down a water leak and left the barriers up on Friday night. Blown over more than twice now because people keep putting them back up.

They have gone up a lot. Used to be quite cheap.

I have three Dietz no.76s that are made of brass. There was also a Feuerhand 276 made of brass but they are very rare. Most of the others are rare on this side of the pond.

A Swedish M-36 gas mask bag makes an excellent haversack.

It’s a little heavy but I suspect it will outlive me.

Clever bit of design work really. Most people don’t appreciate that the function very much defines the form on lanterns like this.

That is pretty much the nature of them, I made mine a few years ago at the BushMoot. https://www.ravenlore.co.uk/html/waylands_ditty_bag.html

Life is too short for ugly kit.

This is not the entire contents of my Ditty Bag but represents most of my “Nautical” and Rope working tools.

I'm starting to feel the need for a "show us the contents of yer ditty bag" thread...

My mistake. Thanks for the correction.

There is a post somewhere here by Stew about making a cup of tea. I was never a tea drinker but the point I got from his post was to take a little time to think things through. How many people get themselves into trouble by rushing into situations I wonder?

Still a lot of those around but many missing their burners.

I use a pair of nurses scissors or the scissors on my SAK but you just need good sharp ones. Cut straight across and then trim a mm or two at 45° across the corners to remove any loose fibres hanging over there. Roughly speaking the shape of the wick will be mirrored in the flame. There is...

These are the short globe Gremlin versions I have found so far. And these are the tall globe vesions.