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I am back after having my account locked down. I needed to change my email, however I was not aware that it could lead to a problem with some email servers. I had changed to an outlook address only to find that all the verification posts from the forum were being automatically rejected by the...

I can remember a good few and then some years back pouring scorn on expensive blades like Ray Mears knives and Gransfors Bruks axes but here I am a decade and some later forking out good money for custom blades. Now I still reckon Gransfors and co are a racket, but I have just forked out £170...

Reading the various threads about waterproofs got me just now to be thinking the whys and the wherefores with regard to "bushcraft" not to be confused with hiking. Today I was working in my little woodland clearing brambles wearing a pair of polycotton trousers and a T shirt. I got caught in a...

I see that according to the popular press we are all going to be a lot safer come August when all those ne'er do wells surrender their Ninja swords. Looking at the regulations, if it is a centimetre shorter or a centimetre longer then it is still legal to own. How ridiculous is that? I cannot...

Having seen the range of reproduction medieval and historical leatherwork around for re-enactors it has got me to wondering what sort of glues were used (if they were) before the advent of rubber solution. Would medieval leatherworkers have glued applique decoration to sheaths and pouches for...

Here is a useful tip. We all know how useful vaseline is, you can take a used toothpaste tube, cut the end off and wash it out. Then fill it with vaseline and seal the ends with the usual duct tape.

I went into a certain army surplus store in Kidderminster today as I was passing through, hoping to pick up a pair of British Army barrack dress trousers as I find them very good in this weather. None to be found, at least not in my size, the only pair in stock had ridiculously short legs...

Anbody heard of this company or wearing any of their products? They came up in my facebook feed and I looked at their website and I have to say their trousers look impressive given as I cannot find any Swedish surplus in my size. They are not cheap but applying the Vimes boots theory they could...

I have just come across this on YouTube which shows knives which were actually used on the frontier, somewhat different to our fancy hi tech steel blades no? More like my mums cooks knives which got smaller and smaller as time went by. Enjoy:

I wondered whether it would be possible to fit the Trangia gas adapter inside the swiss volcano stove and the answer is yes, it is a very good fit. I have not tried it out in the field yet, but it ought to make for a very fast and controllable boil, in jet boil territory. Only thing is the...

Because you never know. I was out the other day in the Welsh mountains, off the beaten track up a steep slope and I noticed the mist was coming in. I thought I would check if my compass and whistle were there in the pouch on my belt just in case. They were not, the pouch must have got snagged...

Does anybody know of where I can get a bathtub groundsheet or of someone who can make me one for the Polish Lavvu and Bushcraft Spain outfit, I was kind of washed out last week https://photos.app.goo.gl/yZQBj9zhmL3UzZCn6

I often watch US Bushcrafters on YouTube, but one thing has me mystified. Can anybody explain to me what is a "Pharoah Rod" :D

I have for some time had a hankering to make a blade out of an old tool such as a billhook that has seen better days. How good is the steel in these old timers and how does it compare with custom knives of today?

Have nothing in your camp you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful. This is my first picture I think, of my Lochnessmuk, and my Bowie/Sgian Dhu combo. I can chop a small tree down with the Lochnessmuk, and then whittle something useful out of the branches with the Bowie. I...

Never mind stoves, how many have you got. I have to confess to having too many water containers including 58ptn canteen, USGI 2 Quart (it is a lot less in English money) canteen, Nalgene, Platypus, Camelbak, Swiss Army canteen and more.

I have my Bushcraft Spain lavvu extension at last though I sometimes think I am Victor Meldrew, because I had some hiccups with DHL tas well as UPS. Firstly I missed the courier, who I do not think had even bothered to press my intercom, and then the redirection went awry as DHL emailed me to...

Having seen the reviews I ordered a lavvu extension from Bushcraft Spain, I am in no position to comment on the quality of the product as it has not arrived yet. The first problem was customs, I had to pay a hefty charge to UPS, and was sent a delivery email with inaccurate information. On...

Having failed to light my trusty trangia with my ferrocium rod, never mind the number of sparks, and having on the same day lost my zippo, I was beginning to feel like the guy in that Jack London story, thank goodness I had a match. Anyway the upshot of losing my zippo, is that I have replaced...

Has any one ever used wax to waterproof a pertex garment the good old fashioned way you would wax cotton? Are there any good reasons not to? I have used wash in DWR treatments in the past and frankly they are pants.