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    Hoped for....Victorinox Manager

    Hi all, tempted to try a Manager if any would part with one? That or I will aquire a Rambler to go with my Pokka pen and button torch on light duty days... I would be tempted by a Midnight Manager but not enough to pay new price when a button light would do the same, if not so elegantly.... Oh...
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    Recommended metal/robust headtorch

    Hello Hivemind, I am definately a headtorch guy, since the old 4.5v flat battery Petzls. I have Olight H1, Nitecore NU25UL and several broken iterations of Petzl Zipka, Tikka (new and old Core versions). All doing well enough for camping, travelling, holidays etc. No longer doing multiday winter...
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    Boonie/Kirtley kettle dimensions

    Hi all, festive greetings! One of my collection of 2nd hand stove kettles has sprung a leak. Does anyone have dimensions of the smaller Boonie Kettle sizes to hand? If I could get a 5l or even 7l on the stove but under the register plate, I'd go for one....and the 2.5l is cheaper than a Judge...
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    Pens....

    So I got fed up of Bics leaking in my pocket; pencils snapping or stabbing me; mechanical pencils snapping or dissembling....and took the plunge on a space pen. Gorgeously simple, expensive, heavy enough to wear through my pocket...and easily lost. So I didn't take it out except on special...
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    Coleman 424

    I have just tried to use a secondhand 424 for the first time. In dissembling to check the fuel route to the burner for blockages, I took the burner head (201462 cap and fillers master burner) apart. I broke the thin fibre gasket between the stacked parts of the burner head and the body they were...
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    Kydex Laplander sheath

    Hi all, I am looking for a kydex laplander sheath. Can people recommend makers who are happy to make such, please? Cheers Richard Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk
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    Retaping seams

    Long shot; just tec-washed my filthy but not worn out 90s goretex bivibag to instructions and all the seam-taping has come off. I know one needs a big machine to tape seams. Anyone know where/if I can get this done? Am sure its uneconomic but I love this bag and otherwise it's got plenty of...
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    My fav old gear

    Helly Hansen Field Jacket bought 1987 still going as work site winter layer (few grinder holes etc). Current model just not the same.... Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk