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Not the weekend just the Saturday - my first Bushcraft event

Sometimes a jack of all trades is master at none, sometimes and yes I own five victorinox models to invariably be carrying three of them daily basis sometimes you just want to use a the right tool for the job. In some ways the SAK as a tool of laziness, in that when one needs to do something...

And I was caused to use the scissors tonight to do a bit of first aid, through the knowledge the Vicky scissors are rather excellent at cutting first aid materials.

Loads where I am and no diseased trees this year from what I have seen I live in a place where my Aunt told me they used to go collecting them off the cliffs where the trees mostly are to sell to the gin distillery

That be the one in this listing, the ' Spartan ' Spartan Red

Tin openers and bottle openers becoming obsolete, er no as perhaps folk are unaware cheaper brands of food tend not to have easy open ring pull systems and beer bottles are still using crown caps. As to the knife described, yeah I had one of them before I had the Vicky, but I lost in woods...

Conservatism I guess, in that perhaps it is when we find things that work we become comfortable with those things to perceive no reason to change and to be fair Victorinox has been a part of European identity for decades to create an air of at least European familiarity. And yes the things...

What can you afford and not mind losing as every pair I had had have had to replaced through somehow going walkies.

Most days I use something on the thing, like last evening, the tweezers to lift an errant hair out some paint I had just applied to a tool I was restoring, hoping for a good finish. Oh sure I could have gone into the house to hunt around for a pair of tweezers whilst the paint was drying, but I...

After being Victorinox Handyman carrier and user since 1978, I deemed to replace my trusty Victorinox that had seen me through both my scouting and military experience with the new kid on the block, the Leatherman Juice Xe6. Roll on 24 years, the Juice has long since failed due to not wear but...

I just found one of these things on fleabay complete with a natty little Bushlite branded carrying case, and yes for princely sum of £13 delivered I just had to get it to do my own comparisons with my existing brass UCO, now sporting a more economical oil candle.

SAK, Laplander and ' take down ' 24 " bucksaw

A bladed article......... \what is a blade ?

Regardless of what's legal a workman in his his work clothes carrying the tools of his trade, it's always better to hide away the stuff likely to cause concern from misunderstanding or mischievous eyes alike, it's just not worth the hassle

And so it was over the last few days the thought came upon me that I should check my stored water filtration devices of which comprised two Sawyer Squeeze filters and an old MSR Miniworks EX, to find horror upon horror the two Sawyers had lost their rather impressive flow rate, one sort of...

I got the ' survival ' bag as I was less than impressed with the standard draw string bag for hauling around the ultimate kit and all the extra bits I added to it. To find the survival bag just the ticket, where that big pocket on the front is cavernous and certainly fits all the extra bits I...

A Mövenpick 250ml steel expresso maker (moka type pot), but am keen to move over to the Aeropress

Oh water filters, my inspecting the function of two of our Sawyer Squeezes recently were not impressed to find despite the fact they were working before we put them into storage were no longer working to there learn all about ' mineralisation ', how to clear it out, sanitise and properly store...

There is a UK Government recommended diet Of which I have used to aid in the construction of my own diet of which is currently a weight loss diet where I am seeking to lose five stone But I through having long since come to view food as fuel have a rather limited diet of which comprises ...