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What can you afford and not mind losing as every pair I had had have had to replaced through somehow going walkies.

Most days I use something on the thing, like last evening, the tweezers to lift an errant hair out some paint I had just applied to a tool I was restoring, hoping for a good finish. Oh sure I could have gone into the house to hunt around for a pair of tweezers whilst the paint was drying, but I...

After being Victorinox Handyman carrier and user since 1978, I deemed to replace my trusty Victorinox that had seen me through both my scouting and military experience with the new kid on the block, the Leatherman Juice Xe6. Roll on 24 years, the Juice has long since failed due to not wear but...

I just found one of these things on fleabay complete with a natty little Bushlite branded carrying case, and yes for princely sum of £13 delivered I just had to get it to do my own comparisons with my existing brass UCO, now sporting a more economical oil candle.

SAK, Laplander and ' take down ' 24 " bucksaw

A bladed article......... \what is a blade ?

Regardless of what's legal a workman in his his work clothes carrying the tools of his trade, it's always better to hide away the stuff likely to cause concern from misunderstanding or mischievous eyes alike, it's just not worth the hassle

And so it was over the last few days the thought came upon me that I should check my stored water filtration devices of which comprised two Sawyer Squeeze filters and an old MSR Miniworks EX, to find horror upon horror the two Sawyers had lost their rather impressive flow rate, one sort of...

I got the ' survival ' bag as I was less than impressed with the standard draw string bag for hauling around the ultimate kit and all the extra bits I added to it. To find the survival bag just the ticket, where that big pocket on the front is cavernous and certainly fits all the extra bits I...

A Mövenpick 250ml steel expresso maker (moka type pot), but am keen to move over to the Aeropress

Oh water filters, my inspecting the function of two of our Sawyer Squeezes recently were not impressed to find despite the fact they were working before we put them into storage were no longer working to there learn all about ' mineralisation ', how to clear it out, sanitise and properly store...

There is a UK Government recommended diet Of which I have used to aid in the construction of my own diet of which is currently a weight loss diet where I am seeking to lose five stone But I through having long since come to view food as fuel have a rather limited diet of which comprises ...

Dunno if anyone has seen this stuff, but, from the UK gov. Get prepared for emergencies

Indeed it is for confected fear to be the motivator of both moral panics and modern politics

Yeah I have one of these things that's not really seen much use in the fifteen years or so I've had it, but I am considering putting it back into service, but before I do that I really do need to replace the inlet hose to need to know what material the ' stay flexy rubbery material ' the...

What am I growing, well an organic Kombucha Scoby - it started out as a brew but I lost interest in it and now the jar is now nearly all Scoby. Beyond that the ginger root I was going to make a ginger beer plant out of has become it's own plant through sprouting cane like shoots.

I'd love a Land Rover again, my first and last I still mourn the loss of; a '55 86 incher that I took to restoring before I could legally drive, where from I learned so many mechanical things. Think I might like a lightweight next as it has Series One ' properties ' about it

Beyond all the death, what did the pandemic do for you? Have you noticed anything about yourselves be it your health physical and/or mental that is different to how it was or maybe it's changed you in ways perhaps in positive ways? What did the pandemic experience do for you...

Yeah we have a problem with the media in the UK