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Cut resistant gloves and sleeves certainly will not prevent a stabbing wound, however you can grasp a blade with cut resistant gloves at least and cut resistant sleeves can be worn discretely and would at least protect your arteries from bleeding out. I am going well into paranoid territory...

Oh honestly! I have had a fixed blade knife since my teens, and of course folding knives before that. I had a fixed blade knife long before I ever heard of any of these bushcraft personalities and before I had heard batoning was a thing. Does not mean I did not have an axe or two too.

I think probably the best thing I could do in such a situation is not interfere with anyone who knows what they are doing and be willing to take instructions.

I am making a lamp standard using a piece of less than perfect wood, but the interest in it is carving out the rot and leaving an interesting shape behind.

Bring back gaiters I say, and traditional Bishops, you can see my avatar is wearing a pair.

Boiled linseed oil at the moment.

Tie a stick to it and throw it over javelin fashion?

Oh yeah forgot about the UCO's extra tick if you have the (rubbish) paraffin insert.

What is this thing called a Swanndri shirt, I am into Pendletons myself :)

Axes, coppicing, woodland, old hand tools, what is not to like :)

I dunno but I have gone the whole length with the Polish tent thing but I would not call that a fad and feel insulted here. The Ikea hobo stove though and Czech bedroll maybe. Volcano stove? Who me?

Absolutely I am sure we all know people like that.

I am not a fan of the Black Belt Barrister as his politics to me seem to be rather right wing, however I have enough concerns about this to have signed the petition, and if the PM ignores that he is on a very sticky wicket. What I am personally concerned about all this is it creates an...

I entirely agree, mostly because the current AI models are heavily US biased and trained on US data, ask for information about Birmingham and it will default to Alabama.

I didn't make anything today but I made a leather axe mask yesterday and I shall be making cider very soon.

Incinerators have been banned on our allotments, on the pretext that if a lot of people were using them all at once there would be considerable air pollution. we are still permitted barbecues though.

Rohan clothing lasts forever I have several items in my wardrobe including the iconic bags, it's selling point was that it is very packable, something you can't say about Buffalo.

Buffalo was functional but not fashionable I expect it will be made in China, and go the way of all good things.

My ranger SL is holding up, no bubbles so far.

Let me rephrase that. We don't collect knives but we do tend to accumulate them. (rather like canteens, but that is another story)