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Vintage clothing offers natural materials, superior workmanship and tailoring friendly. There’s an online blog; UK expat in Norway who talks about vintage and contemporary sources for clothing

My MK5 Canadian boots arrived today; six days transit and in half the stated 20 week lead time. The best conversion tables for sizing systems still leave many Unknown variables, especially footwear. I was lucky. An old pair of Churchill’s say I’m still a UK 11 and my intended MO5 Finnish sock...

Hello from California. Holds up a BIG SIGN ‘ You are here X’ That’s as good a place as any to start. You don’t have to get out the Cheque book quite yet. A few basics you probably have or can pick up to start. Everyone wants THE KNIFE. You have more stringent laws. Be careful BOOKS and online...

No Just being silly, since a can of spray paint, paracord wrapped handle and my Mora #1 is ‘tactical’ And 2x the base price

I just watched King Solomons Mines with a dapper Stuart Granger. He had a felt hat with leopard trim, khakis and a best grade rifle crooked in his arm. Behind him a couple dozen native load bearers ( mind the gin there !) Walked singing about taking off the minute danger appeared. I’m...

Can I bring my tactical knife?

Survival Lily’s blurred derrière turned me off all iterations of the genre.

I’ve been pursuing the Monty Python technical assault on roadside gutters. There were moments reaching for that hairline cement crack meant victory or inglorious descent.

Just ask a local for directions ( if the local accent is loaded on Star Treks’ universal translator) This worked for me in Ireland- except for this guy who, in all sincerity said ‘ well now, if I was you, I wouldn’t start from here.’

That ‘interchangeable’ percussion cylinder is a Hollywood gimmick dreamed up for PALE RIDER with ol razor blade eyes, anti firearm Clint Eastwood

If you have access to a power drill the wire wheels work just fine. Lots of YouTube instructional posts.

I don’t know about the multiple formulae determining ‘ power’ I carried the 1911 in the service- NOT the slight upgrade 1911a1. It was my grandfather’s US NAVY stamped, 4 digit From WW1 It’s grandfather was the .230 grain Scofield revolver load issued to the US Cavalry. The criteria? Founder a...

I worked for a used and rare bookstore in University. I arrived one afternoon to the smell of Dunhill pipe tobacco. Deep in the classical lit aisle a man, doppelgänger for King Edward stood in a wool Inverness, black homburg and free form Danish briar reciting a translation of the Iliad in Greek...

Cast iron can be cleaned up with progressive sanding to remove casting marks. Then reseason carefully and the performance improves remarkably

10’x10’ oilskin tarp, stakes and matching ground cloth with merino LiningfromBC Spain It’s POURING rain again in California. I had a horrid nightmare this AM just before the alarm went off. We had ‘ The Big One’ and my apt red flagged. Eggs went up again past $6 a dozen and Justin Bieber moved...

Steel ‘formulas’ are much like a beef stew with wine added. You May use a Cabernet Sauvignon but a different vintage or winery. And the parsnip was a little small so a bit more potatoes went in and that pinch of sea salt a little more than usual. It’s still a Delicious Beef stew within the...

People are to self conscious over unusual or period clothing. Our recent California storm made me subject to comments on my Gloverall Monty coat, Kuffya, Bison leather gloves and Wellies to name a few. Well, a few Brit expats were favorable on the Monty and wellies. This, by people in shower...

I love it when treads are resurrected. I’m never sure if I should add, or leave it be. The wool Latin American poncho Is favored by Cody Lundin. I have one. There are warmer options, but for a quickly donned, additional sleep kit layer they are fantastico! That’s Mexican for fantastic. The end...

If I may, no promotion intended; www.bonevalleyco.com I bought my 24” bucksaw and a matching hickory handled knife. Good people and friends. You can Read comments about the various wood characteristics, including an impact test and chart. It may be a design fault, or issue with the wood’ stability.

I’ve lost track of iconic brands now bearing the dreaded Made In China Logo. I’m told ‘buy ‘Merican’ by someone in a red MAGA hat made in China because I’m warm in my Gloverall Monty coat. My blue jeans Are actually USA made- in the Pendleton penitentiary teaching inmates a trade ( in a...