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This is a decent modern rendition- it has the integral striker. Not a bad price either- £23 https://emberlit.com/products/chukmuk

Found one I had of it.

Be wary of Chukmuks, I got my sister to buy one when she visited Ladahk recently, some shops were selling so called antique ones for up to £300. In the end, she bought me one that cost around £30, sadly though, I found the metal striker wasn’t made from high carbon steel so wouldn’t produce a...

I’ve got a Burley Coho XC, it was expensive but I find it really good. Once I’ve got my speed up, it’s not that noticeable even with a full load, except for up hill. Being one wheel, you don’t have to worry about clearance as it follows the same line as the bike. The one thing I haven’t worked...

Personally, if I’m on any road in daytime, country road especially (on a hybrid touring bike), I have an exceptionally bright, flashing rear light. You’d have to be blind not to see it, obviously as it gets dark, I switch to night mode.

She was pretty nimble for her age, she’d have been about 85 then, she loved gardening. The very next day she got out of hospital with her second knee replacement, we were shocked to find her busy digging with a full size fork in the garden! :oops: The seaside town where Montalbano “lives” is...

Am I right in thinking it’s only AA and AAA size, not 18650s or 21700s or other sizes? I have a smart charger that tells you all the charging data, plus it takes practically any battery size, the only difference I can see is, mine won’t boot out a defective cell and you have to put it in the...

It’s available on Netflix, also on Amazon Prime Video, although you have to pay per episode on there. Wasn’t a fan myself, although my late mother was, we had to make a pilgrimage to the town where it was filmed when we took her to Sicily!:)

$200,000,000 for charity! That’s incredible, what a legacy!! I love the way “stardom” never changed him, he always came across as so humble and unassuming! I remember watching his interaction with his local Fire Chief on that At home with the Osbournes, or whatever it was called, I think he...

Very sad news, both Ozzy and Lemmy really defied the odds with how long they survived! I think Herman is right about living for the last gig. Both musicians were a big feature of my teenage years and I continued to enjoy their music for the next 40 years or so although I always preferred their...

I had a Dutch army hooped bivi in large size, but found it too restricting- I’m 17 stone, 5’ 11”, I would get a bit panicky when I woke up in the night, I ended up getting a Rab Ridge Raider which although expensive, is absolutely marvelous, it has that bit more headroom that makes all the...

Chukmuk Sorry, I was meant to be doing a search, can’t work out how to delete this!

Survival Russia has a rather interesting solution to the Siberian mosquito problem, I can’t remember exactly, but it was basically offering yourself to them at the beginning of the season, getting bitten to death over one evening (possibly, after that, you go into the sweat lodge for a session)...

Just watched Leave No Trace, an American vet with PTSD living with his daughter in the woods until they get found and social services house them, then the tight bond between them starts to unravel. A few bushcrafty things in, including the girls back pack, an LK35 without a frame. A very...

I think the Zorro is even better, because it’s more solid, the sound is beefier! Not sure about wanting to start smoking again though. :oops:

Disappointing. I don’t tend to use mine now, glad I got it heavily discounted. It’s not reliable at lighting and if you keep the flame burning too long, it’s as though the wick can’t wick enough fuel and so it starts to glow and burn down. It’s just not as reliable as the zippo system. I bought...

I bought this a while ago, a wee bit more useful than my late father’s 1970’s copy of Reader’s Digest Family Law! :) Not cheap, but very well researched!

Oven

If I don’t get tied up in knots! :oops:

I have a little glass whiskey flask that’s covered in sharkskin leather, it’s called Shagreen. It’s actually rawhide, untanned leather. I believe the Japanese used to use it on their sword scabbards and hilts.