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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Thats classic EDC, probably more than a lot of muggles but part of the great EDC/PSK/BOB acronym venn diagramm....
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Ive got teabags in mine, and biscoff bisuits to go with the tea.... and it has to be said, emergency biscoff could be my most used/restocked thing, even having emrgency sweetner for having a sudden cup of tea somewhere is very usefull....
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    HEXAMINE. PLEASE READ!

    Its the factory one ive got, i got it when I was 7 but over 40 years later i still use it.... have been tempted by the stirling engines, and even the model working petrol engines..
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    HEXAMINE. PLEASE READ!

    mines about the same, ive got a stationary engine...
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    HEXAMINE. PLEASE READ!

    I think ill be using up the rest of my hexamine in my mamod, u just wont take it out of my house...
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    Plastic free camping

    thats absolutely no point buying new natural fibre to replace plastic fibre, unless its replacing dead/worn out, i always buy 2nd hand, or make from otehr materials, except underwear, but if you are buying new, thats the thing
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    Plastic free camping

    any plastic based clothing....ployester, ploycotton etc, that goes in a washing machine creates plastic...Lots of people say cotton kills, only have manmade fabrics for outdoor pursuits etc, but y wife wont have most plastic clothing in the house, not bought anyway. even merino wool can have a...
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    Plastic free camping

    i slept on a debis bed and calico tarp shelter doing viking reenactment, by the time i woke uop everybody had stolen my bedding to use as kindling for their nreakfast fireplaces.... a lot of people used sheepskins and wolfskins as mattresses...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Ive posted quite heavily on this thread over the months and looking at some above posts i realised how bad my dyslexia is.....So thank you to all those that have managed to translate my gibberish....
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    Plastic free camping

    you should post photos of the setups , they are more unusual afterall
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    Plastic free camping

    Dave canterbury has just done a load of 1930s era camping, and is usinga lot of canvas/wool/vintage kit....
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    It tends to be muggles that make sarcastic comments about carrying kit... ive had several clients ask me why im carrying mountain climbing kit...and that was just because i had a carabiner keychain... “It’s very silly but it makes me happy.” That sounds like an aspect of ASD, dopamine...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    ive used quote a few things from my belt that have made things helfull, everyone needs to be responsible for themselves, the idea of doing anuything outdoors and just relying on a cellphone ecause if anuthing happens you can just call for help seems ridiculous, i hate it when people...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    i used to carry a molle response pack instead of th belt, but i tended to overload, and it still had too much of the miltary look....so the indi jones style knapsack has the stealth look going for it...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Yep, done that too with wire from my PSK, and people knock having wire and fishing kit in PSK
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    Thats why theres so much crossover between definitions of possibles bag, EDC and PSK....
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    my belt kit i wear while working or walking is a green army belt covered in molle pouches, but my stealthier kit is in a knapsack from endicotts, which matches the indi jones hat, theers a lot more comfort items in this like playing cards, pocket slingshot, pocket kite, mini microscope, colins...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    i think FAK, as falstaff said, and shelter ive used a mini poncho loads of times from my belt kit, sometimes just to sit on on wet grass while out shopping with my wife.. But a mini poncho and mylar will fit in a tin kit... and ive used the mylar i think twice in emergencies, just not on me...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    I think the sealed kit has its place in the military, where you cant trust grunts to keep PSK in order, and tehy have so much otehr gear, they need to know its there when they need it, and military use for E&E is very different to UK, prepared pathfinder, only recent left military i thin, he...
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    Is a psk really needed in the UK?

    exactly, you need to be profrssional, several of my clients have food areas, they normally have onside first aid kits etc but thats not the point, if you have to wait while someone wanders off to find the kit, write it all down in a book, all the while they are thinking "are you charging...