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A friend has a GSI Outdoors Ultralight Java Drip, which I am going to replace my Vietnamese Coffee Filter and mug with built in filter. It really impressed me with how simple it was. The big problem with all of the filter systems is the clean up. Coffee bags are great and the brew bags as well...

These seem to be becoming a thing in the hiking world, and I get the idea because a lot of stuff that I carry for in-the-moment use never gets used as it is in the top pocket of my rucksack. Binoculars are a prime example.

He did tv shows aimed at children which may be out there somewhere?

The first picture is where I got the information.

No Need To Die Survival Kit contents - "Pencil and paper. Razor blades (2), needle and cotton, safety and straight pins, reflector glass, fish hooks, line weights, plastic water (balloon) bag, rubber bands, small compass, candle, windproof matches, hacksaw blade, (sharpened at one end, and...

You must be able to do some version of the SAS full kit with more modern stuff. The 2oz tobacco tin does take some beating and has for 100 plus years. There are all sorts of mess tins even titanium about now. I would not add tinder to my survival kit and rather have trick candles which I give...

The Germanic tribes are the ancestors of the Vikings.

You have to watch AI it makes stuff up. It seems a bit weird that the Celts were fans and not Germanic tribes when the Vikings loved them. The salt mines thing adds another messy, bad place for leather and an easier-to-clean answer.

There is a video on Youtube of Mors discussing knives, and he used folders for years. If anything, the reason for him changing knives seems to relate more to price than anything else. Check out Felix Immler's videos he can do anything with a sak.

The US 2nd Amendment is because of the carry laws in the UK. The first was in the early 1600s, I think.

The Army version is to provide a screwdriver for your rifle. A rope tool up to WW2 would have been very useful. I think we sort of agree that it must have been for messy tasks and hostile environments. I also do wonder if it is a Sunday best situation in that you had a folder as your edc to...

My point was that the argument of hiding it would not make sense at that time due to the lack of restrictions. The folder must serve a purpose that a fixed blade does not for people who could walk around carrying swords and axes. My money is on messy tasks or jobs like being at sea. They...

600 BC so the start of the Roman Republic as opposed to after the end of the Roman Empire.

The earliest peasant knives we have found date to about the founding of the Roman Republic (600 to 550 BC). That must be before any carry restrictions, which makes me think it has to be for more practical or financial reasons.

My guess would be the opposite, as I wonder if they were cheaper? If you consider flint blades, people would have been used to smaller edges, and metal was expensive for a long time. Also, I wonder if there is some water-use connection, as the Vikings liked them.

Hi John, A quick question: I think I can see what looks like knee pad pockets on the front; however, the seam does not match up on the back leg, as it runs in the middle of the cargo pockets. I was just wondering if there's some assembly secret at work here? Hope you had a good Christmas and...

Mors might be a bad example as I believe it was more about price than anything else. The Mora was the most recent version however the earlier course knifes were folders. We have almost no idea what people carried pre-metal and even post we are not really sure. For most of metal human history...

Elewys of Finchingefeld on Youtube is worth a watch. I belive she made the ones they used in "The Northman". I have no idea what is going on however it strangely fascinating to watch.

When Chernobyl happened sheep in Wales were radioactive so not sure I want to try any of them.

That is actually how Scouts was surposed to run. The Liberals got to them in the 60/70s and turned them into a young club. I think there is something odd with this question in that prepping seems to have become survival from the 80s. Be prepared is bushcraft thinking in that you go out into...