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  1. JonathanD

    Cold or just cold.

    You need a she-wee and a 58 pattern water bottle Mary. Then you don’t have to get up and you end up with another hot water bottle :goodluck:
  2. JonathanD

    Cold or just cold.

    I hate the cold. Especially the cloying damp cold of British winters. I’ve spent some time just below the arctic circle and although it’s far colder, it’s a cold that I can deal with moreso than here. I love heat, hot humid or hot arid heat. I love the heat of the rainforest and arid African...
  3. JonathanD

    Crucible Steel, maker of all CPM alloys, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

    Interesting. If a company with in demand products like that is struggling against the tide, then it’s not looking good at all. At least RWL-34 and Damasteel are going strong. I hope.
  4. JonathanD

    What are your favourite pocket knives?

    Still, after 17+ years…
  5. JonathanD

    Scientists revive an ancient virus

    Well we are the voices of reason-ish. Every one knows :approve:
  6. JonathanD

    Why have Fallkniven changed the DC4?

    It’s smooth finished leather on both sides. No rough out.
  7. JonathanD

    Scientists revive an ancient virus

    Well there you go. You heard it from me first.
  8. JonathanD

    Why have Fallkniven changed the DC4?

    Yeah, it’s from Woodlore. They supply it with their own stone now.
  9. JonathanD

    Haversack/Day bag

    Go full on Indy with a WW2 gas mask bag. Been using them for years and they’re perfect for the day. Used mine today. Water bottle, food, binos and other bits and pieces. Including a sit mat.
  10. JonathanD

    .50 cal Winds.

    It’s quite a well managed wood, so hopefully they’ll leave it for habitat.
  11. JonathanD

    Modern, robust, candle lantern

    Make that three.
  12. JonathanD

    .50 cal Winds.

    I’ll test it another three times tonight just to make sure. Wouldn’t want it to fail in camp.
  13. JonathanD

    .50 cal Winds.

    Been testing the bottle opener. And that works great.
  14. JonathanD

    .50 cal Winds.

    It’s really sad. I can’t believe the first wood on the slope got away with it. It really gets the full force of storms. The second wood with the most damage is quite sheltered. And the trees down there were big. Some really massive oaks lost their lower limbs which took out the trees next to...
  15. JonathanD

    .50 cal Winds.

    Decided to take the plunge and check out the tree damage in my favourite woods by our house. It’s on a ridge and gets really windswept usually, but luckily there was only a couple of small birch and a few oak branches down as far as I could tell. So I went into the next woodland which is much...
  16. JonathanD

    How would you fix the Homeless crisis.?

    Too many people. It’s an Earth problem. I daresay nature will fix it soon.
  17. JonathanD

    Gerber Stowe

    pics pics pics. Really great to see you’re still around these parts.
  18. JonathanD

    What do you want to have on Bushcraft UK?

    Exactly. That’s what we need to overcome.
  19. JonathanD

    What do you want to have on Bushcraft UK?

    I think we had a discussion on this 15 years ago, and the consensus then was that it wasn’t a good idea as people would just click on that rather than replying as they do on FB. I think that’s true. Not sure it offers anything really. Nowadays it’s evolved and people crave it as affirmation.
  20. JonathanD

    Lords wood meet dates 2025

    Time I pulled my finger out and finally got back into these.