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If you're using a commercial "firesteel", that'll do; if you intend to use a flint and steel, it's best to boil it with wood ash for an hour or two. You can use it in thin sheets or scrape off fluffy bits and use that. Don't forget to make sure it's properly extinguished if you are using a...

I find that the way the back of the blade sticks up at the handle very uncomfortable in use. A couple of minutes on a grinder sorts that. Not too keen on the slippy plastic handle either.:rolleyes: Apart from that it's a very useful tool.:)

And don't forget the wee hatchet.

No, he was up before the Magistrates Court, he did not accept a Caution. According to the DM that is.:rolleyes:

You don't work for the Daily Mail then.:rolleyes::D

Aye, I missed that bit, it's a good safe habitat for a lot of species; in fact it's all some areas provide.:eek:

We all have our different reasons.:) Me, I just love being away from "civilisation" and the noise and frantic rushing about associated with it. If you can ignore the frantic struggle for existence of the smaller life forms round about you, "bushcrafting" gives the chance to slide back into...

A Fomes Nursery My "Interesting Fauna" Finder Young Grass Snake

If you paid attention to all the stuff on any mainstream medication, you'd never use anything.:rolleyes: Even the first few pages of my car's handbook had dozens of "Danger of Death" notices. I was almost scared to unlock the door.:eek:

Can't answer that but it would make sense for animals to use ready made trails rather than forcing their own. From observation, muntjac or roe don't seem to bother with trails. It might depend on how thick the vegetation is in their particular habitat.

That sounds really nasty, good job that you were ashore when it hit.:eek: The problem with pre-emptive antibiotic carrying is the problem of getting the right one to kill the bug that gets you and not you. Allergic reactions on top of the infection would probably carry you off quicker than...

A wee question from the ignorant (I don't have one). Why use the bung at all if there is no water to be kept in? If it's just to keep muck out, a wee poly bag or a condom would do the same job, no?

Although it's a nice idea and an interesting concept, I think a bushcraft model would soon get crudded up and be unusable. My Champion goes everywhere with me but apart from the magnifying glass, tweezers and scissors, oh yes and the saw and occasionally the main blade and now and again the...

What's wrong with the back of the main blade then? (closed of course.):)

Just 6 months? Why are you even hesitating? GO! I'm now 63, made a lot of mistakes, never regretted anything. It's ALL experience for the present and memories for the future. You may even find that you don't want to leave; you'll never know unless you've tried it.:)

Oh, the photographs are essential. :) You can't come on here and whet our appetite then let us down, can you?:D Sounds like fun, if a little weird.:eek:

Thanks for sharing. What do you for holidays?:rolleyes:

All that nice snow has gone, folks are bound to feel a bit down.:)

You have got that absolutely **** about face. Read the bible, I have. "the lord thy god is a jealous god" "leave no living thing alive". Your book of rules is full of the most evil instructions to inflict genocide and destruction on anyone who does not believe in "the one true god"...

Go on then. Paypal?