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Just to throw everything up in the air and be annoying.

That’s the Muntjac :bigok: They’re really light in the hand and lovely things to handle.

You absolute loon :lmao:

Why not. You rob everything else of mine.

Nice. I really like the Munty. It’d make a great squirrel/rabbiting knife for me.

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That used to be a load taller. But was chopped down during WW2 to stop our planes from hitting it at night, and to stop enemy aircraft using it as a landmark on bombing raids.

I’m for G10 as well. Followed by canvas micarta

Here we go…

They’re great tools, if not essential tools for beginners wanting to progress . You can’t learn to gauge measurements unless you use a ruler for a long period. And that’s what the main stick with bands is for. So you learn the gaits of animals through logging them. Sure, as you progress you...

Yew tree berries are lovely. The taste of Autumn. Don’t eat the seeds.

You need two sticks really if for just one target. One for gait. And another for the measure of the print. That’s deeply important but never taught. You cut that second stick to the length of the full print then you can tell who’s is who when tracking. Multiple targets. Multiple sticks. It’s a...

It takes experience. But if you’re asked to check depressions for firmness, you’ll be way ahead of everyone else with longer fingernails that are using their finger pads instead of the very tips at a 90 degree angle. Think about when you leave your nails too long and then cut them. How...

When checking depressions. The very tips of your fingers are good for checking the feel of tracks Not the pads. The very tips. If there is any nail in the way it reduces sensitivity. You can tell the age of the tracks and weight of the target this way far more accurately. If you cut your nails...

Perfect for tracking.

Also, cut your finger nails dead short if you don’t already. So there’s no overhang at all. If you have a bit of white showing at all over the fingertips of the first two fingers of both hands. File them down as much as possible.

It’s essentially the same knife. Sans the serrated bit and bottle opener. I prefer the plain bladed Dartmoor. But prefer the handle on the original by far. Check out my JD&Clem epic days out thread to see more about that.

A folding mirror compass is a key tool for tracking. Using the whole thing. Much better than a mirror on its own. Be interesting to see if he uses it to its full potential.

It is incredible. The concrete paving outside has been uncovered recently to reveal loads of old massive grinding stones laid down to use as paving slabs. Sadly I didn’t photograph those. Stu, if you read this, can you go out and do that. Cheers.