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  1. Herman30

    Licensing for Knife Sellers or Importers

    Problem is, you have not expressed any opinion (at least not one that I can understand) so one can not agree or disagree with you.
  2. Herman30

    Chest Rigs - How Useful Are They?

    Used to have one, a decade ago or so. Never really liked it.
  3. Herman30

    Bug out coffee

    French press is the most conveniant way to make coffee, be it in the bush or in the Savoy of London.
  4. Herman30

    Chest Rigs - How Useful Are They?

    Used the Numbat when on holiday in Stockholm few years ago.
  5. Herman30

    Chest Rigs - How Useful Are They?

    Or goat.
  6. Herman30

    BACON!

    That is the true gospel, right there! Best fried potatoes are fried in pigs lard.
  7. Herman30

    BACON!

    I like my bread white but made with sourdough. It makes the bread sturdier, less crumbly, and the taste better.
  8. Herman30

    BACON!

    Streaky bacon is the only bacon. Loin cut so called "bacon" is not bacon. Too little fat. To be called proper bacon there have to about 50/50 meat and fat or even more fat that meat. When frying bacon there has to be plenty of fat in the pan which you can soak up with bread. Then a layer of hot...
  9. Herman30

    I'll Never Buy A Production Knife Again!

    @Megatramp Could we get a photo of this fantastic knife, please?
  10. Herman30

    BACON!

    This is the best bacon in Finland. Dry cured and smoked.
  11. Herman30

    Blackout Kit

    7 Did he mention water for flushing the toilet? If blackout includes the waterpumps that supply houses with water then you have one flush, after that no more water in flush tank.
  12. Herman30

    What did you buy today?

    @Keith_Beef Excactly. I think about ditching the part (with can opener) that utensils go in. It´s the heaviest part and since I have the P-51 can opener no need for it. Just put the utensils in a plastig bag.
  13. Herman30

    Survival Tins - Updates

    I don´t have a survival tin but a firelighting kit in my cargo pocket. This is the content and the pouch it´s carried in. Tube with alcogel. Storm matches. Esbit-tablets. Telescopic blowtube.
  14. Herman30

    What did you buy today?

    I have one too but not BW, mine is Mil-Tec copy. But now that genuine Bundeswehr ones were sold I felt I have to have one. Bought from Kohka webshop. And the P-51 can opener to go with the BW set.
  15. Herman30

    Really good budget clothing

    Can´t say if this applies to UK but in my country (Finland) I have found some affordable (and big sized) clothing from webshops selling working clothes. One example; wanted a fleece vest but all the known brands sell them for 100 euros or more and the fit is usually athletic where as I am...
  16. Herman30

    Dutch oven

    Has anybody got info on why it is called dutch oven?
  17. Herman30

    Bushcraft and homesteading skills in WW3

    :O_O: Eh, what? You still have landlines!?
  18. Herman30

    Why a folding knife

    And then we have the spanish navaja. Existed from late 1600´s. Not exactly a pocketknife allthough folding.
  19. Herman30

    What did you buy today?

    Not yet bought but ordered online. P-51 can opener. Bundeswehr 4 piece field cutlery.
  20. Herman30

    Why a folding knife

    Not as common among women, is my understanding. Historically the housewife/lady of the house carried a so called housewives knife. A skeleton knife without wooden handle. Looking like this (there were variations of course):