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  • BushMoot: Come along to the amazing Summer Moot 31st July - 5th August (extended Moot : 27th July - 8th August), a festival of bushcrafting and camping in a beautiful woodland PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information.
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    DD Hammock suspension kit upgrade ideas please and help with set up

    Hi yes i have an underblanket, no issues with it, i put a wool blanket in between the frontline hammock layers too. DO you have any videos or pictures of this knot you are describing so i can take a look please?
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    DD Hammock suspension kit upgrade ideas please and help with set up

    wow yes thank you for the cordage upgrade ideas they genuinely sounds great!! Paracord was just the standard stuff at hand I had but yes your stuff I can see thats a game changer !!!
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    DD Hammock suspension kit upgrade ideas please and help with set up

    yes I feel the sae with everything you just said. I'm trying to make the hammock work for me but yea my ground dwelling set up has never failed me
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    DD Hammock suspension kit upgrade ideas please and help with set up

    Hi All, I have recently just upgraded/ purchased a DD frontline hammock and I have some questions. So when i set it up it didnt have an even 'sag' length ways and presented some tightness in the material that would create ridges and towards the side of the hammock these ridges were less...
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    New bushcraft bag suggestions please

    Hi all, Just after your collective suggestions on a new bushcradft bag I should get, Now my usual 35/45L packs are usualy packed tight and no room for extra bacons, and i've now had enough of tightly packed packs. I also dont they are 35/45L as my LK35 has way more space than them; they were...
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    Modified Boker Plus XS. New favourite bushcraft EDC.

    Sorry for the late reply but did you get around to doing this? send a pic if so :)
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    Any successes with a fungus friction fire ?

    Hi all, I'm wondering if any of you have had a successful friction fire using fungus and which fungus? I have zero chaga fungus near me to try the friction fire where you rub it along a blade of dry wood but I wanted to know if anyone has tried this method with another fungus in the field...
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    Modified Boker Plus XS. New favourite bushcraft EDC.

    So I purchased this knife as I wanted a new UK legal knife and when it arrived I measured it at it was measuring slightly over 3" and with the arguably ambiguous laws on this is decided to replace the handles with my own Yew carved ones with oak ends and reshaped to ensure no matter where you...
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    Bushcraft bag and hiking bag

    I'm after a new bag. One that can be used in the woods and taken to bushcraft camps and also be carried for 20+ miles at a time. I'm thinking 50L ish. I'm used to a 35L bag and hanging stuff off it so I suppose 50L and an ability to hang stuff off / outter storage is an improvement. Any...
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    Bushcraft Events Calendar

    Maybe I can figure it out over a year and have one ready for next year
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    Bushcraft Events Calendar

    Hi all. Just wondering if somewhere there is a calendar for UK bushcraft events? Other than the 3 I know of (The Bushcraft Show, Bushmoot, Wilderness Gathering) I was wondering if there are more regular national events out there? June, September October onwards is a bit empty in my calendar...
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    Flint knapping or where to buy flint nodules.

    I was talking to Will Lord yesterday and he was talking about a scenario where he ran out of flint and apparently, he recovered by finding an old chalk mine, as back in the day, chalk was used for lime etc and the flint was stashed to one side. Someone would take certain pieces for buildings and...
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    Connecting to friends made this weekend

    Hi, nice to meet you too! :)
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    Connecting to friends made this weekend

    Hi it's Ed Not really a welcome but I attended the bushcraft show this weekend I made a few friends but I didn't have my phone at the time and people wanted an Instagram which I also didn't have but now Ive made an account so I can connect now !! .. if you're all here.. a hopeless cry for...
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    2024 Bushcraft Goals

    My goal Is over a couple of years but itsto increase my nights outside from 100 to 200 - just completed another 4 nights and a couple more planned is a few weeks :)
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    What's the grill called that people use ?

    Hi there just a quick question as it popped in my head. I see online thereuis a common style of grill being used on campfires. No legs just a tray with horizontal and vertical grid pattern, few sizes i have seen too. What is this called and why is it popular over a standard kitchen/bbq one...
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    Bushcraft show 2024 ..what tent?

    Okay 4 man tent it is. I'll ha So the misses hasn't done this before, I'm about to introduce her into bushcraft ccamping etc. If she lives it then I'm coming to the Summer Bu
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    Bushcraft show 2024 ..what tent?

    Hi chaps n chapettes, So I'm trying to return to the bushcraft community after a 8+year hiatus, sorry for leaving. Part of my return I'm wanting to attend the bushcraftshow this year amd bring the girlfriend along.. She demands a tent ⛺️..I don't own one being a tarp and shelter builder in my...
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    DIY wood gas stove.

    Looks brilliant! I want to make one now
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    Building a sheath for this particular knife - question

    They look awesome, the friction style one is almost exactly what I thought would be suggested