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We have a big, thick, end-grain blocks, wooden chopping board from Debenhams that we have had for around 20 years. It lives on the kitchen worktop. I added rubber feet to it soon after we got it.

A battered version of this lives in my pocket daily and is used at least once, often more, every day. How/why do people Manage without a pocket tool? I have added a pocket clip to the ring and the mini screwdriver to the corkscrew. For Scouts/light outdoors stuff I have a Svord Mini that is...

As I cycle to work, I need to dress for the conditions so I'm quite aware of what the conditions are like. It has been quite cool, but rarely sub-zero or frosty this winter in the low-lying SW Manchester area. Snow was a short-lived affair. It hasn't felt particularly unusually wet here...

Actually, I've decided to buy one of these https://heinnie.com/mora-garberg-multi-mount And burn a stack of £50 notes in my fire pit instead

I'm going to go for a proper letter opening knife From Heinnie.com https://heinnie.com/rockstead-don/

I laughed when I noticed that myself

The £1700 bargain will cut so much better than the Mora, I'm sure. Hmmmm. But nobody will ever use one after testing it on a piece of paper.

I received the same email. I thought the same things about the expensive desk knife/prison shank. Heinnie sell some good stuff, but they also offer some very expensive baubles and man-jewellery. I wonder how much of it they actually sell?

a thick wool jumper with a button-up neck is now my go-to, if I am not having to carry it in a pack.

I have an Austrian army surplus Goretex jacket for gentle and static activities. It is very waterproof. I have a Paramo Velez adventure light smock for more strenuous activities. It is very breathable and comfortable. I have a pair of British army surplus MVP/Goretex over trousers in camo...

Splitting big rounds with a suitable axe or maul is vastly quicker than using a saw. It would take hours/days to do a reasonable amount with a saw

A tiny hatchet or tomahawk is not a lot of use. I have found that even a fairly light axe head benefits from a 16" handle, with few downsides. For cutting off branches from a bough, though, a billhook or parang/machete makes much more sense.

Kitchen knives and tools will presumably be included. It seems quite ridiculous.

I would be interested to try a Fiskars X27(?) A friend has a sharp Fiskars style axe. We were splitting large sections of beech tree wood recently. I was using a friend's 6lb Roughneck maul that I had improved a bit, re-profiling, better bevel and sharpening from its original bludgeon like...

What is odd is just *how* absolutely useless this maul was with the original handle. A thin rod of fibreglass coated in plastic may have been resilient, but, with a 7lb head, hopeless for the task so would have lasted almost forever. People apparently rented them in the past. They can't have...

I found this fairly terrible 7lb maul at our scout hut. It apparently originally came from HSS. The head had potential, but the handle was extremely flexible. Striking a log resulted in the handle bending, with terrible transfer of energy and a lot of vibration. It was unusable! The handle...

Endorsed by Don Whillans no less. Edit. I knew he had died a long time ago, but he was only 52 when he died.

I'd not considered that, but comfortable boots shouldn't be a problem. I have travelled in plastic mountaineering boots in the past. The laces can be loosened off whilst sitting.

That was almost 40 years ago! You won't see many other 1980s cars around.

I wouldn't worry too much about the weight. Practice/train in them, or similar boots, for a few weeks if you are only conditioned to wearing lighter footwear.