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That looks like the kind of picture the police usually post after a knife amnesty. The only thing missing is the obligatory bat'leth :)

I thought to myself recently on a trip to London what I could do in the event of a train attack, and the answer is not much, best thing in fact the only thing would be to try and put some object between you and the attacker such as luggage or even an overcoat you had taken off. As for Bondi...

Aagh I have just caught myself responding to a ghost thread, anyway to delete this post?

Better than an ICE and it's standard 12v battery though, either way it will keep your phone charged at least.

I had a friend whose mum did the illustrations for that.

Angina has effectively put paid to Hillwalking for me.

I went out for a walk today and I took my poncho for when it started to rain, to be honest I should have taken my drovers coat instead, that way my knees would have stayed dry.

I have never done "bushcraft" to begin with, I have camped, I have hiked, I have practised traditional woodland skills, I have made stuff out of leather and so on, but whatever you call it, it is just things I have either found practical or enjoy to do.

I wouldn't feel very safe living in my block of flats, rather obvious target for drones. I have a hybrid car, and that is virtually a mobile power station in the event of power cuts.

Cut resistant gloves and sleeves certainly will not prevent a stabbing wound, however you can grasp a blade with cut resistant gloves at least and cut resistant sleeves can be worn discretely and would at least protect your arteries from bleeding out. I am going well into paranoid territory...

Oh honestly! I have had a fixed blade knife since my teens, and of course folding knives before that. I had a fixed blade knife long before I ever heard of any of these bushcraft personalities and before I had heard batoning was a thing. Does not mean I did not have an axe or two too.

I think probably the best thing I could do in such a situation is not interfere with anyone who knows what they are doing and be willing to take instructions.

I am making a lamp standard using a piece of less than perfect wood, but the interest in it is carving out the rot and leaving an interesting shape behind.

Bring back gaiters I say, and traditional Bishops, you can see my avatar is wearing a pair.

Boiled linseed oil at the moment.

Tie a stick to it and throw it over javelin fashion?

Oh yeah forgot about the UCO's extra tick if you have the (rubbish) paraffin insert.

What is this thing called a Swanndri shirt, I am into Pendletons myself :)

Axes, coppicing, woodland, old hand tools, what is not to like :)

I dunno but I have gone the whole length with the Polish tent thing but I would not call that a fad and feel insulted here. The Ikea hobo stove though and Czech bedroll maybe. Volcano stove? Who me?