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Autosol is fine, it's all I use. Some people use toothpaste. As you say it will work without a compound but it's more work and slower. If you really want to get technical there are lots of compounds you can try but unless you're going to be entering sharpening competitions I wouldn't have...

I have an original Thermo Extreme, which has seen me (and on one occasion me and a companion) safely through many a very cold night. I'd certainly consider a swap. Again a long shot, but do you have something like a GSX750R to trade for it? :)

It doesn't float my boat. I certainly wouldn't want to use it on game, although I suppose it could do for general food and firewood prep. I don't like the corners on the handle, nor those nasty fasteners, nor the extension of the handle down to the ricasso, nor the blade surface finish. I like...

Well let's see how they look when finished, eh? I kinda fancy that one. What scales/liners/pins/finish are you thinking?

Are the bottom two roughly 3" blades? If so, 4mm sounds quite thick for the geometry and I'll be very interested to see how they pan out. They all look good but I esecially like the one labelled 60HRC. :)

You asked for pros and cons but it looks like what you've got so far is comparisons between the two, and I wondered if you were thinking of other steels as well? Assuming they're properly made (in particular, properly heat treated, but other parts of the manufacturing process are important...

If you're fit but you're running out of steam, then there's clearly something not right somewhere. Agreed on the hearth - try a different wood, e.g. lime, sycamore or willow. I take it you're making sure that the materials are (very) dry? Are you using the technique of putting in steady spins...

There will always be criminals out there, and I've kinda got used to that. What bothers me more than criminals openly breaking the law (for example on eBay, or on Amazon's Website) is the response by the authorities when it's brought to their attention. Nottingham Fraud Squad told me they...

Yes, a tough question to answer. Probably the Victorinox Fieldmaster at the moment.

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Crikey, you worry too much. The main thing is to have more fuel available than you think you'll ever need, and keep it all sheltered from rain and snow. I personally think sleeping near a fire is unnecessarily risky for the reasons Limaed gives. I much prefer hot water bottles in my sleeping...

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If it's urgent you could get by just with a length or two of paracord.

I've only seen the "guru meditation" thing when Virtualbox gets in a mess with one of its virtual machines. I don't know why Tony's service provider would need to give him his service from a virtual machine but I can imagine that it could offer the hosted sites better security from each other...

I believe the Mora is 12c27 and there's nothing wrong with that. Almost all the Victorinox and EKA/Nordic blades (at least a dozen) I have are the same steel. 12c27 is designed for razor blades, so you should be able to get a razor sharp edge on it fairly easily if the blade hasn't been abused...

Well, they needed felling anyway, didn't they? :)

Network cables are twisted pair, paracord is braided outer - totally different animals. I rarely carry long lengths of cord, mostly a few bits about five to eight metres, ten metres probably at most. I can always join a couple of lengths with a Carrick bend if I need longer. If they aren't...

Diced, fried in onions, and lashings of tikka masala sauce. Just about to start cooking it now. :)

Any chance of us seeing you at Britton Wood with that?

Nah, give over. There's a couple of people who spend more time at the keyboard than they do in a bivvy, that's all. And you might be the sensitive type? :)